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Iraq Christians returning home face many hurdles
The Islamic State emblem, which once adorned this wall in the town of Bartella, has been replaced by red crosses and the flag of a Shia militia, highlighting divided loyalties in the region after IS...
View ArticleKurdish government opens church for refugees who fled IS
Embed from Getty ImagesIraqi Christians attending mass in Erbil, in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, May, 2017 Iraqis displaced by IS and Catholics in Kurdistan have welcomed the opening...
View ArticleIraq and Philippines Christians join Red Wednesday religious freedom...
Landmarks in the UK, Ireland, Iraq and the Philippines are due to be floodlit in red today (22 November) to highlight the persecution of faith groups for their “peacefully held beliefs”. The “Red...
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Over 800,000 call on UN to protect Christians in Middle East
A petition signed by more than 800,000 people will be presented at the United Nations in New York today (12 December), calling for the protection of Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria,...
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Iraq archbishop invites Muslim nations to rebuild Christian villages...
The Archbishop of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan has called for Muslim nations to help rebuild the Christian and Yazidi villages destroyed by Islamic State (IS). Archbishop Bashar Warda said: “It is not...
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Persecuted Christians celebrate Easter with mixed emotions
Easter this year was a time of mixed emotions for the Christians who live under pressure for their faith. While political and religious leaders called for peace, reconciliation and brotherhood,...
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US to fast-track $35m aid to Iraqi Christians and Yazidis
The relief agency of the US government is to fast-track some US$35 million in government aid for Iraqi Christians and Yazidis who were terrorised by Islamic State (IS), after Vice President Mike Pence...
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Iraqi archbishop tells USAID delegation to hurry up aid delivery
An Iraqi Catholic archbishop has said he and other bishops are “delighted” that the US aid arm is to make good on a pledge to send aid directly to non-Muslim communities recovering from ISIS’s...
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Kurdistan elections: Christian parties want ‘real needs’ of minority to be heard
The site of Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan region, where hundreds of Christians found refuge when they were displaced by Islamic State. (Photo: World Watch...
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Iraq: Five years after IS occupied Mosul, returnees live in fear
Embed from Getty ImagesResidents cross the streets in the Old City of Mosul in November last year. The Islamic State’s three-year occupation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surrounding...
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