Church killings may put end to Christianity in Iraq

[sabra]

Source: Azzaman (Iraq Daily)

The killing of more than 50 Iraqi Christians among them two priests in a single incident as they celebrated mass on Sunday could empty the country of its dwindling Christian minority, a senior Christian official said.

Abdullah al-Nawfali, head of the department representing different Christian denominations in the country, said the incident, the deadliest against Iraqi Christians since the 2003-U.S.-led invasion, has sent the wrong message to those opting to stay.

“There is a danger that the incident at Our Lady of Salvation church will boomerang on the presence of Iraqi Christians in Iraq,” Nawfali, who is a director-general at the Iraqi Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments, said.

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“Iraqi Christians were not at all prepared for such a calamity as their numbers have already been halved since 2003,” he said.

In the meantime, he said the option to flee the country was “the worse of two evils.”

“Emigration is a second death, but it happens outside instead of inside the country,” he said.



Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2010-11-03/kurd.htm

[Coventina]

1. And one of them is about to be executed. Nice job, Bushco!! n/t

[AngryAmish]

2. What happened when this happened in Bosnia...

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. Iraq war results.

Before the war there were no terrorists and lots of christians.

Now there's lots of terrorists and no christians.

[Hoyt]

4. Yep, there were like 1.4 million Christians living in relative peace in Iraq before bush.

Of course, the warmongers said Muslims would behead all Christians -- so we blew their heads off with our bombs.

[GoCubsGo]

15. You think Dumbya's Christian Soldier supporters are going to see the irony here?

Anyone else remember all those nutters claiming that getting rid of Saddam would benefit all the Christians there, and promote religious freedom?

[saigon68]

17. They are witless clueless CHIMPANZEE worshipers

[Nihil]

8. Yep.

And as someone noted below, "the people who did that are simply barbarians"
(though I'm not sure he meant the same "people" as I do).

[Zax2me]

12. Yea - before Bush it was the Kurds and some Shias that got it

Christians caught a break under Saddam although many were 'relocated'.
It was exactly a peace palace.
Ask the Kurds.

[bullwinkle428]

5. "Freedom is on the march", eh, Chimperor? a.k.a. Mr. "Deciding Point"

[douglas9]

7. "Beacon of Democracy" ? n/t

[slackmaster]

6. The people who did that are simply barbarians

:nuke:

[Crowman1979]

9. According to the Talabangelicals in this country, their not real christians.

Which makes me sick! Every single one of those pastors in the USA who were jumping for joy over bush's war have blood on their hands.

[slackmaster]

10. You're talking about wackos who don't consider even Roman Catholics to be real Christians

Who cares what they think or say?

[Crowman1979]

11. Well almost 100% of those whackos voted for Bush.

[Jester Messiah]

13. Religious people killing each other. I'm shocked I tell you, just shocked. [nt]

[The Stranger]

14. The invasion and occupation caused the flight of Christians, not this.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. hmm. guess we brought secularity to iraq along with peace and prosperity