Christian Executed

[Magnetic Poles]

Man killed execution style in Mosul for being a Christian.

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[targus]

Man killed execution style in Mosul for being a Christian.

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A tragedy. But your title is a bit misleading.

In my mind "executions" are conducted by governments or the military.

"Christian Murdered" would be more correct.

 

[LeBuick]

A tragedy. But your title is a bit misleading.

In my mind "executions" are conducted by governments or the military.

"Christian Murdered" would be more correct.

I thought execution was the style of killing as in we judged and found you guilty...

 

[windcatcher]

It is hard to imagine living in a society which accepts the killing of persons over their religious beliefs!

Nobody claimed responsibility for the killing or the kidnapping, but they followed a pattern of violence and intimidation that sent thousands of Christians fleeing from their homes in Mosul in the fall.

Bassem Balu, an official with the Democratic Assyrian Movement, sought to maintain calm, saying the motives for this week's killing were not yet known. The movement is the largest Christian party.

"For the time being, I do not think that this will slow the return of the Christians to Mosul," he said. "I hope that this murder won't signal the start of a new campaign against the Christians in Mosul."

Some Mosul residents have filtered back since the fall exodus, but others remain with relatives in the safer countryside or have sought refuge in neighboring Syria despite government pledges of financial support and protection.

Reflecting the continued fear, Christian candidates running for the Jan. 31 provincial elections have not been campaigning in Mosul but were limiting their activities to Christian areas outside the city.

Saad Tanyous, one of the candidates seeking a seat on the provincial council, said Christians were not even putting posters on the walls in Mosul.

Christians have frequently been targeted amid the fierce sectarian fighting that broke out after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, although the attacks have ebbed with a sharp drop in overall violence.

Churches, priests and businesses of the generally prosperous, well-educated community have been attacked by militants who denounce Christians as pro-American "crusaders."

In an exodus which began after the 1991 Gulf War and escalated dramatically after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Iraq has lost more than half its Christian population of some 1 million.

The body of Paulos Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, also was found in March following his abduction by gunmen after a Mass.

Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, remains one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq despite security gains.

The Christians in the middle east, as well as those in China, and parts of Africa, as well as some lesser known parts o fthe world, need our prayerful support.

 

[LeBuick]

The Christians in the middle east, as well as those in China, and parts of Africa, as well as some lesser known parts o fthe world, need our prayerful support.

AMEN to that... raying:

 

[carpro]

Christians are murdered somewhere in the world every day.

This report is short on any kind of proof that he was killed because he was a Christian.

 

[Revmitchell]

Christians are murdered somewhere in the world every day.

This report is short on any kind of proof that he was killed because he was a Christian.

"Bassem Balu, an official with the Democratic Assyrian Movement, sought to maintain calm, saying the motives for this week's killing were not yet known. The movement is the largest Christian party."