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Iraq's Persecuted Christians.

Authors :
Allbritton, Christopher
Appleton, Samantha
Source :
TIME Magazine; 9/27/2004, Vol. 164 Issue 13, p44-45, 2p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Discusses how between 10,000 and 30,000 of Iraq's 800,000 Christians have fled the country since the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Findings from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees that Christians compose about 20 percent of the refugees fleeing Iraq for Syria; How Islamic insurgents linked to terrorist leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi attacked five churches in Baghdad and Mosul with car bombs; Condemnation of attacks on Christians by Muslim authorities; How the Christian population in Iraq includes Chaldean Assyrians, Assyrians, Syrian Catholics, and Armenian Catholics; Vandalization by Islamic fundamentalists of businesses traditionally owned by Christians.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
164
Issue :
13
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
14441674