"La situazione sta peggiorando. Gridate con noi che i diritti umani sono calpestati da persone che parlano in nome di Dio ma che non sanno nulla di Lui che è Amore, mentre loro agiscono spinti dal rancore e dall'odio.
Gridate: Oh! Signore, abbi misericordia dell'Uomo."

Mons. Shleimun Warduni
Baghdad, 19 luglio 2014

9 agosto 2010

Syriac Catholic church damaged in Basra by a bomb

By Baghdadhope*

Source of the news and photo: Ankawa.com

According to what referred to the website Ankawa.com by the Syriac Catholic priest Father Zakaria Sulaqa his church, located in the centre of Basra, suffered extensive damage when, on Saturday evening, a bomb exploded near to it.
The Iraqi city of Basra was the scene of serious violence on Saturday and counted, security officials said, 114 people dead or injured involved in attacks by car bombs, improvised explosive devices (IED) and Katyusha rockets but there were no injuried or dead, apart from some minor injuries suffered by the same Father Zakaria, among the faithful of the Church.

According to the site Ankawa.com in these same days Christians jewelers are fleeing the city of Mosul. These artisans who until now survived in the city are now reopening their businesses in the Christian town of Qaraqosh.
Iraqi Christians use to buy gold and silver especially for the wedding ceremonies but, as reported by a trader who wished to remain anonymous for safety reasons: "the state of insecurity in Mosul, the lack of customers and the blackmails have pushed many artisans to leave the city."

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