Resources
The Chaldean Assyrian Syriac People of Iraq: An Ethnic Identity Problem
Author: Shak Hanish
Publisher/Publication: Digest of Middle East Studies
Volume/Issue: 17(1)
DOI/ISBN: 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2008.tb00145.x
Syrian Christians under Islam: the first thousand years
Author: David Thomas
Publisher/Publication: Brill
DOI/ISBN: 9004120556
Pope’s visit had no ‘positive impact’ on Christians' status in Iraq: Assyrian politician
Publication Date: 4/11/2022
Source: Rudaw
The visit of the head of the Catholic Church to Iraq last year had no “positive impact” on the status of Christians in the country, an Assyrian politician told Rudaw on Friday, decrying the lack of equality for the religious minority in Iraq.
'Dream come true': Arab Catholics in Bahrain speak of Pope’s visit
Author: Ramola Talwar Badam
Publication Date: 31/10/2022
Source: The National
When Hala Fayez distributes communion at a public Mass led by Pope Francis in Bahrain, it will be an emotionally charged moment for the parliamentarian. Ms Fayez belongs to a small Arab Catholic community, who are Bahraini citizens and deeply connected to the history of the tiny Gulf island that their parents and grandparents called home.
Christian, Yazidi villages remain deserted years after ISIS defeat
Publication Date: 26/10/2022
Source: Rudaw
Christians are vanishing from the Nineveh plains, according to church leaders in the province, and Baghdad’s failure to provide services means those who fled the ISIS onslaught of 2014 are unlikely to return.
Eviction for Christian refugees in Baghdad: the building where they live must become a shopping center
Publication Date: 15/10/2022
Source: Agenzia Fides
In 2014 they had to flee Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. They had abandoned their homes and all their belongings in the face of the advance of so-called Islamic State (IS) militias, they finally found refuge in Baghdad in and around a building in the Zayouna district, now known as the "Virgin Mary" Refugee Camp. Now they have to give way to the commercial interests of entrepreneurs and the Iraqi capital's urban development plans and leave their already precarious living quarters. Over the past few days, more than 120 Christian families have been asked to move out of the building complex in which they are housed. A corresponding order was previously issued by the Directorate of Investments in Baghdad. A new shopping center is to be built in the area.
Christians in Iran under pressure, COI report says
Author: Pat Ashworth
Publication Date: 14/10/2022
Source: Church Times
EVIDENCE shows that simply being a Christian in Iran is enough to warrant arrest, a new Country of Origin (COI) report on Christians and Christian converts says.
The publication of the report coincides with increasing unrest in the country, after the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, in police custody, after being arrested for not wearing her hijab in the approved manner.
Iranian Christians Pressed During Protests, but Never Without Hope
Author: Scott Barkley
Publication Date: 12/10/2022
Source: Church Leaders
Nathan Rostampour received yet another patchy correspondence today (Oct. 11) from his native Iran, where the internet has been shaky in the wake of protests that have the potential to change a decades-long regime.
