Iraq: Christians Raped, Murdered Systematically

Christians under siege worldwide. It is our duty to right this wrong. Not just in Iraq but everywhere Christians are being persecuted. What is wrong with everyone?

Murder and Rape of Iraq's Christians Now the Norm IRIS Blog

Koran-inspired attacks on infidels are the reason that minorities are fleeing every Muslim-majority area of the world, with only one exception--Israeli Jews. Despite this, Western governments and even Christian groups themselves are largely silent:

Iraq's outnumbered Christians and other religious minority groups are targets of a terror campaign and are facing a dire situation where killings and rapes have become the norm, a panel of witnesses testified yesterday on Capitol Hill.

In a hearing convened by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Canon Andrew White, vicar of St. George's Anglican Church in Baghdad, and four other panelists unfolded tales of horrors overtaking Christians, Yezidis (angel worshippers) and Mandaeans, members of a pacifist faith that follows the teachings of John the Baptist.

"The situation is more than desperate," said Mr. White, who described how Christians in Baghdad have been told to convert to Islam or be killed. Hundreds of those who could not afford to flee the country are living in churches without adequate food or water, he said.

"In the past month, 36 members of my own congregation have been kidnapped," he said. "To date, only one has been returned."

Iraq's eight remaining Jews, now hiding in Baghdad, are "the oldest Jewish community in the world," he said, referring to the 597 B.C. Babylonian conquest of ancient Judah that brought the Jews to the region as captives.