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Chaldean Patriarch: “In 10 years’ time there will only be a few thousand Christians left in Iraq”

Apr 29, 2014 8:19 am By Robert Spencer

Archbishop_Louis_Sako_Credit_Aid_to_the_Church_in_Need_UK_CNA_2_26_14“The Iraqi Christian community had more than a million followers, 600 thousand in Baghdad alone, now they have less than 400 thousand in the whole country.” The ones who have been driven out of Iraq weren’t chased out by Zionists, either. Western governments and media wring their hands over “Islamophobia” while hundreds of thousands of Christians in Iraq have suffered grievously at the hands of Islamic supremacists. But to talk about that would harm the wonderful ongoing “Muslim-Christian dialogue.”

“Sako: ‘In 10 years there will only be a few thousand Christians left in Iraq,'” Asia News, April 28, 2014:

Baghdad (AsiaNew / Agencies) – The Iraqi Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael Sako I, says he is seriously concerned over the continuing decline of Christian presence in the country: “If measures are not taken soon, in 10 years’ time there will only be a few thousand Christians left in Iraq”.

The Iraqi Christian community had more than a million followers, 600 thousand in Baghdad alone, now they have less than 400 thousand in the whole country. The main causes of this massive migration are poor security, increased death threats against Christians from Islamists and the seizure of their property by armed groups.

The Patriarch describes the scale of the phenomenon of migration as “frightening” and says it is worsened by the encouragement of Western powers.

After visiting communities throughout the country, Sako said: “Christians are those who suffer most from the upsurge in violence across Iraq. This is due to the fact that Christians do not maintain tribal affiliations, as do Arab Muslims. The only way they have to resolve disputes is through the Iraqi legal system, which is often criticized for its corruption, and which is subject to political manipulation”.

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Apr 29, 2014 at 10:33 am

    and Kerry call Israel an Apartheid State

  2. David says

    Apr 29, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    This is just more evidence in the pudding of the conspiracy of silence (and of complicitness) in the West.
    ‘Woe unto those who strain over a gnat and swallow a camel.’

  3. Walter Sieruk says

    Apr 29, 2014 at 1:40 pm

    It’s not so much the question “Was Muhammad a prophet?” It’s better stated “Was Muhammad a prophet sent by God or was Muhammad a false prophet sent by Satan to lead many people astray?” After all Jesus did warn “Beware of false prophet which comes to you in sheep’s clothing but are inwardly ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15. The Bible further warns that “many false prophets are gone forth into the world.” First John 4:1. To give the acid test if a prophet, teacher, or religion is teaching truth of falsehoods is if the prophet, teacher or religion has teaching and doctrines that are in according to God’s Word, the Bible. That if a person or religion has teachings and doctrines that are in contradiction to God’s Word then that prophet, teacher or religion is false. As Isaiah 8:20. explains “To the law of the testimony : If they speak not according to the word , it is because there is no light in them.” [KJV] Islam denies that Jesus is the Son of God. This is in contrast to the Bible which teaches that Jesus is indeed the Son of God, John 3:16, 17, and 36. First John 2:22, 23. Likewise. Islam denies that Jesus is God the Son. In contrast to Islam the Bible teaches that Jesus is God the God. As seen in Hebrews 1:6-8 with emphasis on verse 8. Furthermore, Islam denies that Jesus is God. This is in strong contradiction to the Bible which teaches that Jesus is God. As shown, for example, in John 1:1-3. Romans 9:5. Colossians 1:15-17. First John 5:20. Second Peter 1; 1. Titus 2:13. Moreover, by comparing the Old Testament with the New Testament will further show that Jesus is God, As in by comparing Isaiah 45:22,23. With Philippians 2:5-11. Will show Jesus is God. Also by comparing Psalm 89:8,9. With Matthew 8:23-27 will further confirm Jesus to be God. Even by comparing the New Testament book together will confirm Jesus to be God. As in John 5:22 with Romans 14:12 will show Jesus to be God. The list can go on but this should be enough. The imams and mullahs will try to “explain” this all away by claiming that Christians had corrupted the Bible through time. This claim greatly underestimates the power of God to preserve His Word in time and keep it intact and away from the corruption of men. In conclusion, Muhammad was a false prophet and Islam is a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 14:6.

    • Jerry says

      May 1, 2014 at 5:03 am

      Mohammed was never God’s Prophet on Earth.
      He always was and still is
      one of Satan’s Marketing Managers.

  4. WVinMN says

    Apr 29, 2014 at 5:03 pm

    My attitude concerning Christians in Iraq is likely 180 degrees of that espoused by most here at Jihad Watch. In a nutshell, I have a very hard time feeling sorry for them. Remember, they sat by quite comfortably and watched their Kurdish and Shia neighbors mass murdered by the hundreds of thousands at the hands of Saddam. “What could they have done you say? Any whiff of insurrection during the reign of Saddam would land you in prison at best.” True, but what about the Iraqi Christians who escaped Iraq. Why didn’t we hear from more of them concerning the plight of those being persecuted at the hands of Saddam? And beyond their collective lack of spine regarding their fellow Iraqi citizens, they are rabidly antisemitic as a group. On an individual basis and as a human being, yes, I feel for all of those who are butchered at the hands of muslim scum, which includes Iraqi Christians. But on the whole, they and their M.E. Christian brethren have been making deals with the devil for a very long time. And the devil ALWAYS gets his due in the end.

    • defcon 5 says

      Apr 30, 2014 at 1:11 am

      Muslimes killing muslimes? WHy should anyone not a muslim give a damn?

    • Larry A. Singleton says

      Apr 30, 2014 at 1:26 am

      What the… ….is with this comment function? I clicked “Reply” to reply to a comment and got the comment box with my previous comment in it.

      This is why my comments have become rare to almost non-existent.

      That’s not counting the weird and bizarre “Notify me” function. The print function still doesn’t work. It didn’t the last time I tried anyway. I know it sounds bad but I hope it’s due to security issues. Otherwise…

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      May 1, 2014 at 7:15 pm

      To understand not only the psychological damage that can be seen in many people from among Christian minorities living under Muslim rule but *also* the psychological damage that is manifest in all others who have similarly suffered, you *must* read Mark Durie’s “The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom”.

      Then you would have some comprehension of the *battering* that these people have taken, for over a thousand years.

      What is amazing is that, after all those centuries of intense Abuse, there are non-Muslim minorities of *any* size left in *any* long-Islamised countries.

      The ones who still identify as non-Muslim today (as opposed to the many who, down the centuries, simply *broke* and became Muslims, choosing to escape the non-stop bullying by…joining the ranks of the Bully-Mob that is the Ummah) are survivors…badly-wounded survivors.

      Should they come to the West, what they need from their Christian hosts is not condemnation but a lot of prayer…and heavy-duty intensive counselling of the type that we give to people who have escaped or been rescued from severely-abusive families or from psycho kidnappers.

      In fact, Durie has written a companion booklet for “The Third Choice”, this second book being entitled “Liberty to the Captives”, setting out some ways of freeing people from the psychological warping that is dhimmitude, that should be compulsory reading for anyone – *especially* church groups, but not only church groups – who find themselves in contact with non-Muslim persons (refugees, immigrants) who have come from Muslim-dominated countries.

      The techniques he outlines in that book have been “road-tested” and found to work.

  5. xyz says

    Apr 30, 2014 at 12:51 am

    and the west instead of accepting these as refugees take in more islamists that will burn their country from the inside

  6. defcon 5 says

    Apr 30, 2014 at 1:10 am

    Does anyone remember what happened to Iraq’s ancient Jewish population?
    Baghdad once had a majority Jewish population — in the 20th century no less.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      May 3, 2014 at 8:24 am

      *I* remember. Or rather, because I was only born in 1963 and didn’t start taking notice of “world events” until I was about 10 and upwards, I have *found out*, during the past ten years.

      I have read a number of interesting articles in Jerusalem Post online, from time to time, giving the testimony of Jews who fled from Iraq 1930s onward. I’ve also visited “The Forgotten Refugees” website; and I’ve read Andrew Bostom’s compendium, “The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism”.

      Most of the Jews from Iraq – like many other Jews rescued or fleeing or driven out from other parts of the dar al Islam – went to Israel.

  7. Larry A. Singleton says

    Apr 30, 2014 at 1:19 am

    ” Asia News”

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