Mosul: Another “targeted murder” against the Christian community

10:10 am on October 8, 2008 by Kal

More violence against Christians from the religion of peace, of course.

Mosul (AsiaNews) - There is no end to the slaughter of Christians in Mosul: yesterday, Monday, October 6, Ziad Kamal, a disabled 25-year-old shopkeeper in the city, was shot to death. The young man’s store was in the neighborhood of Karama, but some time ago he had bought a home in Bartella, a Christian majority town not far from Mosul, for reasons of safety.

Ziad Kamal was taken by an armed group from inside his shop and brought to a spot not far away, where he was shot to death. Yesterday’s murder, against a member of the Christian community, is only the latest in a long series of killings that have taken place in Mosul. On Saturday, October 4, two men were barbarously killed in two different areas of the city: Hazim Thomaso Youssif, 40, was killed in front of the clothing store he owned, while 15-year-old Ivan Nuwya was shot to death in the neighborhood of Tahrir, outside of his home in front of the local mosque of Alzhara.

The fundamentalists therefore seem to have taken aim at a precise segment of the Christian community: two of the three latest murders have struck shopkeepers in Mosul. It is a clear sign that the terrorists are seeking to uproot the Christian community, wipe out its economic activity, and force the population to leave.

A source for AsiaNews says that “the situation is becoming increasingly difficult for Christians,” while the rest of the world seems to have “forgotten our sufferings,” allowing a “curtain of silence” to fall over them. The source specifically accuses “the Iraqi government,” which “has done nothing” so far to “stop the slaughter,” and accuses the security forces, the “accomplices” of criminal groups that kill Christians.

Yesterday in the capital, a demonstration was held (in the photo), organized by Shlemon Warduni, archbishop of the Chaldean Catholics in Baghdad, to call for the reintroduction of article 50 of the electoral law, which guarantees a proportion of seats to ethnic and religious minorities, ahead of the upcoming elections for the provincial councils. “We do not understand,” says Archbishop Warduni, “why the article was not included in the law, but we intend to defend our rights, and we call upon the authorities to ensure that the Christian community is not discriminated against.” The prelate concludes by launching an appeal that “article 50  be restored,” and the “religious minorities” be protected.

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    1. Gregory on 9 October 2008:

      I’m beginning to think it was a big mistake to get rid of Sadaam. At least he kept the peace between the muslims and the Christians. The only group he really hated was the damned shias. I can understand that now that I have been watching Iran for a while.

    2. RP on 14 October 2008:

      It’s funny how Muslims come to the west (Christian countries) to find peace and prosperity.  They go to school to become doctors and lawyers, they open businesses and become wealthy.  But in some Middle East countries Christian’s are treated as second class citizens, where they are intimidated and threatened.  They are discriminated against where they can’t find any opportunities.  In Iraq, most of the Christian people have fled to near by countries trying to emigrate to the west.  It’s sad that the west has helped these backward countries catch-up to the 21st century and the governments do not do enough to stop the discrimination against Christians who are living in their native lands and have lived there for thousands of years.
       

    3. marineland on 14 October 2008:

      yes- it was a mistake to rid of Saddam– he kept Iran in check and now that he is gone there is a power vacuum. Democracy is not our friend in the Middle East. Such a tribal Islamic culture must be ruled by an iron hand. Although the Shia were/are the majority in Iraq they didn’t dare breathe a peep when Saddam was in charge– and our PC notions of democracy and human rights will not work there. Churchill made the same mistake earlier in teh 2oth century.  I read that Iraq had democracy for 26 years and it was a disaster– all the factions used it to suppress one another. Ahmadinejad is also the bitter fruit of democray. Let’s build a big fence- halt immigration from Sharia countries  and leave those people alone!!!

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