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Gregorios John Bar Hebreaus
Who made the East- Aramean Nestorians known as "Assyrians"?
SUA/WCA and allowing terrorism
Aramean history, culture and language, a six partite interview
21-1-2013: Iraq: Aramean teacher and student killed in Mosul
22-2-2012: Iraq: We have left behind a "sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq"
19-8-2011: Iraq and Arameans: The usual ritual, blowing up their churches
7-6-2011: The uproar in the Middle-East and the future of the Aramean nation
29-4-2011:
“Liberation” of
23-11-2010: Aramean blood continue to flow in Iraq: Two Aramean brothers killed in Mosul
11-11-2010: An Aramean spiritual leader makes a dramatic appeal: Leave Iraq
1-11-2010: Bloodbath among the Arameans of Baghdad: Something like this never happened
17-5-2010: Iraq: The 19 years old Aramean girl Sandy Shabib Hadi Zahra succumbs to her injuries
10-3-2010: Exodus Arameans from Mosul: According to recent UN report more than 5000 Arameans have left Mosul
27-2-2010: Council of Churches in Iraq appeals to the government to protect the Aramean people in Mosul, Iraq
26-2-2010: The Arameans of Mosul: A new Exodus and Ethnic cleansing is going on
18-2-2010: The Arameans of Iraq again victim of killings and bloodbaths:
24-12-2009: A Christmas “message” for the Arameans of Mosul: Four Aramean Churches attacked and one Aramean killed
1-9-2009: Arameans of Iraq: The East- Aramean Chaldean bishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk sounds the alarm bell
29-8-2009: Totally unfounded or has it a grain of truth in it? Greater- Israel and the ethnic cleansing of the Arameans of Mosul and surroundings in Iraq
13-7-2009: Seven Indigenous Aramean Churches in Baghdad (Iraq) attacked by car bombs
4-5-2009: Aramean blood continues to flow in Iraq…
15-11-2008: Iraq: The bloodshed of Aramean people and bombardment of churches continues undiminished
27-10-2008: Attempt of ethnic cleansing Mosul: The Aramean Srebrinica. Who is responsible and why?
2-9-2008: Again two Arameans killed in Iraq
Killing of Priest Yusuf Adel Abudi
4-5-2008: Again a Aramean spiritual leader is killed in Iraq. This time: The West- Aramean Syrian orthodox priest Yusuf Adel Abudi in Bagdad
11-4-2008: Through all the misery: Miracles happens in Iraq
6-4-2008: Funeral of the West- Aramean Syrian Orthodox Priest Yusuf Adel Abudi
Killing of Mgr. Faraj Raho
1-3-2008: East- Aramean Chaldean bishop of Mosul, Mgr. Paulus Faraj Raho was abducted on 29-2-2008 in Mosul.
13-3-2008: The East- Aramean Chaldean bishop Paulus Faraj Raho killed in Mosul
14-3-2008: Friday 14-3-2008: Funeral of Mgr. Faraj Raho in St. Addai Church in Karemlesh
16-3-2008: Mgr. Paulus Faraj Raho: A Great Spiritual Leader and a Worthy Sheppard in Charge of Jesus Christ
23-2-2008: Aramean centre for art and culture has been opened in Ankawa, northern Iraq
7-1-2008: Aramean Churches and institutions in Iraq under Attack
Killing of Priest Ragied Aziz Gannie
25-5-2007: Terror against Arameans (including "Assyrians" and Chaldeans) of Iraq. Ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous people of Iraq
Killing of Isoh Majeed Hadaya
22-11-2006: The West- Aramean Isoh Majeed Hadaya killed by terrorists in Iraq
Killing of Priest Paulus Iskandar
12-10-2006: Aramean priest Iskandar beheaded in Mosul (Iraq) |
Aramean people: Aramean people (not to be confused with ‘Armenians’) speak Aramaic, the language spoken by Abraham, Moses and Jesus. They are the indigenous people of what was called in ancient times Aram- Nahrin, in our days it is called ‘Mesopotamia’. Some Arameans today identify themselves with “Assyrians”, because of the spiritual colonial hate generating activities of the Western missionaries and diplomats in the Middle-East in 16th and 19th centuries. Other Arameans became known as “Chaldeans”. However all of them are Arameans.In Turkey, the Arameans are called: Süryani. In Arabic they are called Al- Suryan. Aramean Organisations ask United Nations for help to protect the Aramean clergy and Aramean Indigenous people of Iraq.
A letter to Ban Ki-Moon by: Aram-Naharaim Organisation and Aramaic Democratic Organisation
Following the letter of the Aram-Naharaim Organisation and the Aramaic Democratic Organisation sent to the Iraqi government on 22nd of April 2008 in which they ask for a special protection program in protecting the Aramean spiritual leaders in Iraq, both organisations have sent a letter on 6th of May 2008 to the Secretary General of the United Nation requesting for the involvement of the UN with this protection programme. Please find below the letter sent to the UN.
Nr.: 2008-05-6/04
Netherlands, 6th of May 2008
The Most Honourable Secretary-General of the United Nations His Excellency Ban Ki-moon U.N. Headquarters, Room S-3800 New York, NY 10017 United States
Your Excellency;
We, the undersigned, the Arameans of Aram-Naharaim Organization and the Aramaic Democratic Organization are writing to ask for your help in protecting the Aramean spiritual leaders in Iraq, for they are targeted and killed by those who do not want Iraq to became a tolerant, democratic and a moderate state with basic Human Rights standards and values.
Although the Aramean indigenous people (not to be confused with ‘Armenians’) of Mesopotamia [1], are peaceful minded, living according to the ten commandments, showing respect, dignity and love to their neighbours and always respecting the law of the countries in which they reside, they have a long and painful history of persecutions, discriminations, exclusion, extortion and genocides. [2]
They not only suffered severely from the hands of those who apply the path of fanaticism and intolerance but also from those who came from outside and presented themselves as the children of ‘light’, ‘peace’ and ‘brotherhood’ and fragmented our nation in the name of ‘education’, ‘faith’, ‘help’ and ‘assistance’. This colonial spiritual intervention by the Western missionaries [3] and diplomats has damaged our nation severely by planting doubts in their hearts regarding their origin and imposing fake names “Chaldeans” (since the 16th century by Roman Catholics) and “Assyrians” (since the 19th century by Anglicans) resulting in a severe form of fanaticism, nationalism, mutual hatred, division and hostility, thus a kind of spiritual genocide was committed against our nation. [4]
Nevertheless, the Aramean people, who were also made known as “Assyrians” and “Chaldeans”, made a significant contribution to world civilizations in particular through their Aramaic language, also spoken by Abraham, Moses and Jesus Christ. [5] This ancient Semitic people, now divided into several denominations and spread throughout the Middle East, amount to approximately 8 million people worldwide (Enclosure 1: Aramean denominations).
Your Excellency;
As it is known to you, the daily suffering of many innocent Iraqi people, including children and elderly people, is heartrending and unbearable. Flying parts of human bodies, mangled bodies in the streets covered with human blood, desperate and crying mothers; children crying for their parents, heartbreaking scenes, it is unbearable how the innocent people of Iraq are suffering. The cradle of civilization is burning and peace, love and brotherhood seems to be far away and unachievable.
However the situation for the Aramean indigenous Christian nation is even worse, for they have no means to defend themselves and in many cases they are at the mercy of those whose dictionary lacks words like “peace”, “solidarity” and “unity”. As a result, an important part of our nation has left Iraq for countries like Syria, Jordan and the West. The Iraqi government is doing everything she can to provide her citizens with basic protection. Unfortunately, as we have painfully experienced, this is not enough to prevent the killing and abductions of numerous Aramean spiritual leaders and others by groups who we believe are promoted by outsiders with the goal of creating more chaos and instability within Iraq.
For this reason we sent a letter to the Iraqi government on 22 of April 2008 in which we shortly describe the suffering of the Aramean people, also known as “Assyrians” and “Chaldeans”, and strongly urge that a special protection program be considered, with the assistance of the United Nations, to protect the Aramean spiritual leaders in Iraq (Enclosure 2: Letter to Iraqi Government).
Your Excellency,
Such a protection program may positively contribute to a general feeling of safety, hence preventing our nation leaving from the lands of their forefathers which they have inhabited for thousands of years.
Therefore, we believe that the United Nations can play a significant role in this protection program by offering the Iraqi government the necessary means and assistance.
The Aramean Christian nation of Iraq, have been present for thousands of years in this part of the world, also known as the Cradle of Civilization. It would be a great loss to mankind if the Cradle of Civilization would be cleaned of its original inhabitants by those who apply and enjoy the law of the jungle in stead of the law of respect, brotherhood and solidarity where all the Iraqi can live together irrespective of religion, ethnicity and political orientation. Today something can be done to prevent this happening, tomorrow may be too late!
Respectfully Yours,
Enclosures: 2
Footnotes:
[1] In ancient times ‘Mesopotamia’ was called Aram-Nahrin in Aramaic and Aram-Naharaim in Hebrew. More about this: http://www.aramnahrin.org/English/Aramnaharaim.htm [2] http://www.aramnahrin.org/English/ArameanGenocide.htm [3] http://www.aramnahrin.org/English/Aramean_Spiritual_Genocide.htm [4] On 22nd of August 2007 we sent a letter to President Bush, President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Brown to help unify our nation, for it is the moral obligation of the West: Unifying the Aramean nation, repairing and healing of the wounds caused by the West http://www.iraqichristians.org/English/Letter_Bush_Sakozy_brown_22_8_2007.htm [5] More about this, see a six-partite comprehensive interview with the chairman of Aramnahrin Organization: http://www.aramnahrin.org/English/Interview_Chairmain_Aram-Naharaim_26_6_2007.htm
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Letters to governments and international institutions
Aramean Spiritual/ Physical Genocide
Fake News on the Aramean nation:
1-12-2009: Aramean Organizations sent a letter to the new elected president of the European Union
10-14 August 2009: Aram-Naharaim attends the annual meeting of the UN Expert Mechanism On the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Statement on the situation of the Aramean people in Syria, Turkey and Iraq
25-4-2008: Aramean Organisations ask for protection of Aramean spiritual leaders in Iraq
22-8-2007: Aram-Nahrin sends a letter to President George Bush, President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Gordon Brown
31 July - 4 August 2006: Aram-Naharaim attends the 24th session of the Working Group on the Indigenous Populations
* Aramaic language in danger: Shall the language of Abraham, Moses and Jesus disappear?
* Proposal: Media Ombudsman for Indigenous Peoples.
* Report of Aram-Naharaim: A great success for the Aramean cause …. the Arameans and the UN…..
20-10-2005: Aram-Naharaim in action for the Arameans in Iraq
18-22 July 2005: Aram-Naharaim attends the 23rd session of the Working Group on the Indigenous Populations: A statement on “Spiritual Colonialism and the decline of the Indigenous Aramean people of Aram-Nahrin”
19-23 July 2004: Aram-Naharaim attends the 22nd session of the Working Group on the Indigenous Populations. Statement: The exclusion and discrimination of the Indigenous Aramean people of Mesopotamia (Aram-Naharaim)
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