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Iraq
Measures to be taken to assure Christians, Maliki tells Vatican
2010-11-14
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said his government would be ready to take whatever measures viewed as necessary by Christian leaders to assure the Christian population in Iraq, noting all Iraqis highly respect their Christian brothers.
It's good to have Maliki say that, but we need some action.
“The Iraqi government has been still is working on whatever measures to assure all citizens in general and the Christians of Iraq in particular so that everyone enjoy stability and safety,” Maliki said in statements during a meeting with the charge d’affaires of the Vatican nuncio in Iraq Yuannis Lahdhi Jayyed.

“Christians have always been part of the history of Iraq and lived in amity among their Iraqi fellow citizens,” Maliki was quoted in a statement issued by his office and received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The past few days have seen attacks with improvised explosive devices and rockets on houses inhabited by Christians in several neighborhoods of Baghdad, where dozens were killed or wounded and the houses severely damaged.
The attacks followed a raid by gunmen on the Church of Sayedat al-Najah (Our Lady of Salvation) in Baghdad on October 31 during which they kept dozens of worshippers during a Sunday mass hostage.

“The takfirist ideology that allows the killing of others, be it Muslim or Christians or any other faith, is one that is alien to any divine religion or human values,” Maliki said.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  It's not a piece of stone, it's soap!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-11-14 04:02  

#1  Meanwhile the takfiris assure the Christians they will eventually be exterminated if they don't leave the country.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2010-11-14 02:52  

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