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Weer twee Arameeërs gedood in Irak.
Het Aramese bloed blijft vloeien in Irak. In Mosul zijn er weer 2 Arameeërs om het leven gebracht. De 65 jarige Oost- Arameeër Tariq Qattan werd op 2-9-2008 om het leven gebracht door zijn ontvoerders in Mosul, ondanks het bedrag van 20.000 dollar aan losgeld dat werd betaald aan de fanatieke ontvoerders.
Op 30-8-2008 werd de Oost- Arameeër Rafi Haddad ontvoerd en vermoord door de terroristen, eveneens in Mosul.
Het Aramese volk in Irak is mikpunt geworden voor de fanatieke Islamitische terroristen, ordinaire criminelen en dieven die een munt willen slaan uit de chaotische situatie in Irak. Door de onveiligheid, terreur, moordaanslagen en uitbuiting heeft een belangrijke deel van ons volk Irak verlaten en is gevlucht naar landen als Syrië en Jordanië. De lijst van de vermoorde Arameeërs is lang, zowel geestelijken als leken in begrepen. Deze lijst omvat onder andere:
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1. West- Aramese Syrisch Orthodoxe priester Paulus Iskandar van St. Afrem Kerk in Mosul werd vermoord op 12-10-2006 |
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2. De West- Arameeër Isho Majeed Hadaya werd vermoord op 22-11-2006 in Baghdeda (Qaraqosh). |
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3. De Oost- Aramese Priester Ragied Aziz Gannie werd op 3-6-2007 vermoord samen met drie diakenen in Mosul. |
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4. De Oost-Aramese Chaldese bisschop van Mosul, Mgr. Paulus Faraj Raho werd ontvoerd op 29-2-2008 en zijn lichaam werd gevonden op 13-3-2008 werd hij gevonden in een graf in Mosul. |
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5. Op 5-4-2008 werd de West- Aramese Syrisch Orthodoxe priester Yusuf Adel Abudi vermoord in Baghdad. |
Bron: http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13118&geo=1&size=A
09/02/2008 17:26
Fresh violence in Mosul,
two Christians kidnapped and killed
The kidnapping of two Christians has ended in tragedy, after the family of one paid a ransom of 20,000 dollars. The community of Mosul hopes that the Muslims will strongly condemn the murders.
Mosul (AsiaNews) - The Iraqi Christian community is again in the sights of Islamic fundamentalists in Mosul: today news came of the death of a 65-year-old doctor, Tariq Qattan, kidnapped recently by a terrorist group. AsiaNews sources say that his family had paid a ransom of 20,000 U.S. dollars. But it was not enough money to free Tariq Qattan, one of the many Christians kidnapped by fundamentalists for extortion.
Also in Mosul, two days ago - although the news has just been released today - another Christian, Nafi Haddad, was kidnapped and killed. It is not yet known whether or not a ransom was paid. Despite the small signs of improvement that seem to come from Iraq, the Christian community is still witnessing more violence: Mosul has long been the theater of a genuine slaughter, forcing more than two thirds of the faithful to flee elsewhere in search of safety.
The diocese has paid a large tribute in blood in recent years, beginning with the tragic kidnapping of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, whose lifeless body was found last March 13 in an abandoned area just outside of the city. During the ambush that preceded the archbishop's captivity, the three men acting as his bodyguard were massacred by the terrorists.
In 2007, the Iraqi Christian community suffered 47 deaths, 13 of them in Mosul: these include Fr Ragheed Gani, murdered on June 3, and two other priests.
Between January 6 and 17 of this year, there was also a series of attacks on Christian property. A wave of bombings struck the Chaldean church of the Immaculate Virgin, the Chaldean Church of St Paul, which was almost destroyed, the entrance to the orphanage run by the Chaldean sisters in al Nour, a Nestorian church, and the convent of the Dominican sisters in Mosul Jadida.
The source for AsiaNews in Mosul hopes that the two latest homicides will be "forcefully condemned" by the Muslim community, which has just celebrated the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. Atrocities carried out "in the name of religion", and which violate the precepts of the Qur'an. "For centuries, the Christian community has contributed in a fundamental way to the development of Iraq. It is the duty of Muslims to respect and protect it, because we all believe in one God, as is written in the holy book".
