Ethnic Cleansing Of Christians In Mosul

[Bradley K. Sherman]

|
| The full scale of the persecution of Christians in the northern
| Iraqi city of Mosul became apparent last night when the UN's
| refugee agency said about 13,000 had been hounded from their homes
| this month - more than half of the city's Christian community.
|
| The UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) said it was sending
| aid to thousands of Christian refugees fleeing Mosul after a
| three-week campaign of killing and intimidation. About a dozen
| Christians have reportedly been killed in the recent violence,
| prompting many members of the community to seek sanctuary in
| churches and homes in outlying villages, or in Syria. "Many left
| with little money and need help," said Ron Redmond, UNHCR
| spokesman, in a briefing from Geneva. Christian neighbourhoods
| had been bombarded with threatening phone calls, letters and
| messages pinned to doors for months, but the killing began a few
| weeks ago, he said.
| ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/25/iraq-religion>

--bks

[B]

=A0|
=A0| The full scale of the persecution of Christians in the northern
=A0| Iraqi city of Mosul became apparent last night when the UN's
=A0| refugee agency said about 13,000 had been hounded from their homes
=A0| this month - more than half of the city's Christian community.
=A0|
=A0| The UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) said it was sending
=A0| aid to thousands of Christian refugees fleeing Mosul after a
=A0| three-week campaign of killing and intimidation. About a dozen
=A0| Christians have reportedly been killed in the recent violence,
=A0| prompting many members of the community to seek sanctuary in
=A0| churches and homes in outlying villages, or in Syria. "Many left
=A0| with little money and need help," said Ron Redmond, UNHCR
=A0| spokesman, in a briefing from Geneva. Christian neighbourhoods
=A0| had been bombarded with threatening phone calls, letters and
=A0| messages pinned to doors for months, but the killing began a few
=A0| weeks ago, he said.
=A0| ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/25/iraq-religion>
=A0 =A0 --bks

Unfortunately when anyone wants to try and convert others through lies
about their own faiths and/or their own people tell lies about the
converters, this happens. Religious extremism has affected us all
through history no matter what faith we are. My Wiccan friends point
out a death edict in the holy Bible ...so you see it is everywhere. We
must treat others how we want to be treated.
In my opinion,
Bren