By Baghdadhope*
Source: Asharq Al-Awzat
During a visit to the holy city of Najaf, the government responsible for religious affairs of non-Muslims, Dr. Abdullah Alnaufali, said that the number of Iraqi Christians has halved since 2003, that according to some reports 40% of Iraqi refugees in Syria are of Christian religion, and that the hope is that they can soon return to their homeland.
The governor of Najaf, a city mostly inhabited by Shiites and a holy place for the faithful of this Islamic current, Adnan Al-Zerfi, for his part pointed out how Christians are an integral part of Iraqi society, how the relationship with the Government Office for religious affairs of non-Muslims is good, and that those who, taking advantage of the deteriorating security situation, tried, failing in it, to empty the country of Christians were extremists religious groups or groups linked to Al-Qaeda.
Source: Asharq Al-Awzat
During a visit to the holy city of Najaf, the government responsible for religious affairs of non-Muslims, Dr. Abdullah Alnaufali, said that the number of Iraqi Christians has halved since 2003, that according to some reports 40% of Iraqi refugees in Syria are of Christian religion, and that the hope is that they can soon return to their homeland.
The governor of Najaf, a city mostly inhabited by Shiites and a holy place for the faithful of this Islamic current, Adnan Al-Zerfi, for his part pointed out how Christians are an integral part of Iraqi society, how the relationship with the Government Office for religious affairs of non-Muslims is good, and that those who, taking advantage of the deteriorating security situation, tried, failing in it, to empty the country of Christians were extremists religious groups or groups linked to Al-Qaeda.
