Agenzia Fides
Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927ASIA
2010-03-04
ASIA/IRAQ - A Brief Overview: 2,000 deaths and 600,000 Christian refugees in 7 years
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The following figures compiled by Fides, through local Church sources in Iraq, provide a comprehensive picture of the suffering of Iraqi Christians.
- Since 2003: about 2,000 Iraqi Christians have been killed in several waves of violence
- Between February 27 and March 1, 2010: 870 families, a total of over 4,400 faithful, leave Mosul due to anti-Christian violence
- October 2008: more than 12,000 Christians flee Mosul for a wave of violence
- 40% of Iraqi refugees abroad (a total of about 1.6 million) are Christians (source: UNHCR)
- 44% of Iraqis who have applied for asylum in Syria are Christians. Asylum applications are growing in Jordan, Turkey and in Western countries (especially Sweden and Australia).
- The total number of Christians in Iraq: in 1987 = 1.4 million; in 2003 = 1,2 million; in 2009 = 600,000, many of whom are IDPs.
- Iraq's total population: 27.5 million - 97% Muslim (65% Shiite, 35% Sunni), 3% Christian and other religious minorities. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 4/3/2010)
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ASIA/IRAQ
- 2010-05-12 - Archbishop Casmoussa calls for a UN investigation on anti-Christian violence
- 2010-05-04 - Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad appeals for 'prayer and pardon' following Mossul murder
- 2010-05-03 - Christians feel fear, shock and indignation after bomb attack on three buses carrying Christian students to college
- 2010-05-03 - Catholic Archbishop of Mossul calls for UN intervention to protect Christians in Iraq
- 2010-04-26 - Being a priest in Iraq today, amidst difficulties and hopes
- 2010-03-29 - Christian child killed in attack on Mosul; word of the day is “hope”
- 2010-03-29 - Council of Christian Church Leaders: “We ask the government for peace and security”
- 2010-03-16 - Bishop Warduni encourages Christians to enter into government coalition
- 2010-03-05 - Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul tells Fides: Thousands of Christian families are fleeing Mosul, country needs unity
- 2010-03-04 - Bishop Warduni: a vote for rights, peace, and religious freedom
- 2010-03-03 - Christians in preparation for elections, amidst fears and hopes
- 2010-03-03 - Building a more mature nation, where Christians are acknowledged and respected - Interview with Fr. Bashar Warda, CSSR, Rector of the Chaldean Seminary of Ainkawa
- 2010-02-27 - Christians conduct peaceful march, Masses in the afternoon as a sign of protest: “We want justice,” Syro-Catholic Archbishop of Mosul tells Fides
- 2010-02-23 - Council of Christian Church Leaders in Iraq: government should do its duty; Churches of the world, please help us
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