World Maronites Condemn Iraq
Church Attacks, Call for Emergency Action
The World Maronite Union and its affiliate
the American Maronite Union strongly condemns the attacks against
five churches in Baghdad today. At 4 AM, on Sunday, the churches
of Mar Yussef (St Joseph), Mar Yacoub (St Jacob), Mar Geries
(St George), Mar Roum (St Roum) and Mar Tuma (St Thomas) were
attacked with explosives.
The World Maronite Union and the American
Maronite Union, on behalf of more than 8 million Maronites around
the world, including in Lebanon, the US, Canada, Europe, Australia,
Latin America and South Africa, considers such acts as an aggression
against all Christians in the Middle East.
The Terrorists behind these cowardly
acts against churches aim at emptying Iraqfrom its native Christian
population, the ChaldoAssyrians and other Christian minorities.
This Jihadist aggression not only targets the endangered Christian
community of Iraq, but the entire multiethnic reality of the
country and its emerging democracy.
The Maronite Union stand by their brothers
and sisters in Iraq and calls on Christians around the world
to pray and act so that a special protection be extended to the
ChaldoAssyrian people of Iraq.
The World Maronite Union and the American
Maronite Union will initiate a call for an emergency meeting
in Washington DC with representatives of the Iraqi Christian
communities and international organizations to study the appropriate
measures to protect the endangered Christian communities in Iraq
Sheikh Sami Khoury President World Maronite
Union.
Dr Walid Phares Secretary General World
Maronite Union.
Tom Harb President American Maronite
Union.
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