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The movement of Muqtada al Sadr relaunches the campaign to return houses and land illegally stolen from Christians and Mandeans
Publication Date: 26/8/2021
Source: Agenzia Fides
Thanks to the campaign of the Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, more than eighty properties - land and houses - have been returned to their rightful owners, including mostly Christians, citizens and Mandaeans after they have been victims of arbitrary and unlawful appropriation of their property by individuals or in recent years organized groups. Hakim al Zamili, a leading member of the "Sadrists" (supporter of the political group led by Muqtada al Sadr), who also previously chaired the Iraqi Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defense, reported on the results achieved so far thanks to the iniziative inspired by Muqtada al Sadr.
Iraqi Christians see little prospect of returning to former homes
Author: Mina Aldroubi
Publication Date: 16/8/2021
Source: National News
Iraqi Christians say they despair about ever returning to the homes they fled after the rise of ISIS, despite government assurances about their safety.
PM Kadhimi calls on Christians to return to Iraq
Author: Dilan Sirwan
Publication Date: 14/8/2021
Source: Rudaw
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Saturday called on displaced Christians to return to Iraq, and while Christian religious figures consider it as an “honest and sincere” gesture, some have told Rudaw that Christians need more to be able to return home.
One of Iraq’s oldest Christian communities struggles with religious diversity
Author: Rebecca Collard
Publication Date: 12/8/2021
Source: The World
At a church in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella, young, Iraqi Christians prepare for their First Communion. Their teacher is speaking Aramaic, the same, ancient Semitic language believed to have been spoken by Jesus. Bartella is one of the world’s oldest Christian communities — but Christians here are now a minority.
Kuwait churches, like mosques, eager to return to normal activities
Author: Ben Garcia
Publication Date: 10/8/2021
Source: Kuwait Times
The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has officially requested the Ministry of Health to allow a return to normal activities in mosques, including allowing worshippers to be at closer proximity to each other while performing prayers. Mosques have been allowed to resume sermons and lessons, but are still adhering to social distancing guidelines during congregation prayers.
Seven years after ISIS invasion, Iraqis still face uncertain future
Author: Elise Ann Allen
Publication Date: 8/8/2021
Source: Crux Now
For Iraqis, the first week of August 2014 will forever be etched into their memory as the start of one of the worst episodes of religious and ethnic persecution the country has ever seen when the so-called Islamic State overtook the Plain of Nineveh.
Algerian Christian convert arrested and deported from Tunisia
Publication Date: 31/8/2021
Source: Independent Catholic News
Algerian Christian convert Sulieman Buhafss was arrested by secret police in Tunisia on 25 August. He was subsequently repatriated and handed over to the Algerian authorities.
Iran: Three Christian Converts Sentenced To Prison In Karaj
Publication Date: 29/8/2021
Source: Eurasia review
Three Christian converts were sentenced to prison in Karaj near Tehran on August 22.
According to the Article 18 website, they were identified as Milad Goudarzi, Ameen Khaki, and Alireza Nourmohammadi.
