Source: Ankawa.com
The worsening of the Iraqi Christians’ plight can be deduced from the number of appeals that are following one another in these days.
After Mar Emmanuel III Delly, (Chaldean Catholic Church) Mar Dinkha IV (Assyrian Church of the East) and Mor Gregotios Yohanna Ibrahim (Syriac Catholic Church) now it’s the time of Mar Addai II, Patriarch of the Ancient Assyrian Church of the East.
Mar Addai, at present abroad for a pastoral visit, yesterday appealed to the Iraqi Prime Minister and Iraqi Parliament asking them to put an end to the tragic situation that the Iraqis of Christian faith in the country, and especially in Mosul and Baghdad, are living owing to the violence against them that, according to Mar Addai, “nothing has to do with the spirit of Islam.”
Iraqi Christians and their representatives have decided to break the silence. Violence hits all Iraqis, but that against the Christians can have as a result not only the death, but also the disappearance of an ancient community who could, and would like, to contribute to the revival of a pacified Iraq.