Christian Community Under Attack in Iraq
The Christian community in Iraq is finding itself caught in the crossfire of sectarian violence, forcing Christians to move north to find safety in the Kurdish-controlled region of the country.
Although the world tends to focus mainly on the conflict between Shi’ites and Sunni Muslims in Iraq, reports have revealed that various ethnic and religious groups are under attack.
Brian Padden of Voice of America reports, “Christians attend mass at St. Joseph's Church in Irbil, in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, as they have done for thousands of years. But today the number of Christians living here is growing, as more seek refugee from the sectarian violence devastating much of the country.
“Father Tariq Choucha says what is happening now is not the persecution of Christians -- but indiscriminate killing by terrorists.”
