Source: Fides
A flyer was posted yesterday on the door of Christians in Mosul: "Do not go to vote and do not elect Christians or you will die." In this climate of fear and tension, as local sources told Fides, the Christian community is approaching the elections of March 7. The violence of recent days has forced 870 Christian families to leave Mosul in a week and "others will flee in the days before the election, perhaps to return after the vote, when the situation has calmed down," note Fides sources. The faithful still want to participate in parliamentary elections, in the hope that the vote will result in a better country, where stability, peace, and freedom reign. From a survey taken by Agenzia Fides, we see the clear desire of Iraqi Christians to stay in Iraq and continue working for the good of the nation, despite the difficulties of the present.
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