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Journeying Together
SPRING/SUMMER ISSUE 14 Sharing HEADS OF CHURCHES MEETING ON 30TH JUNE 2015 JOURNEYING TOGETHER Inside this issue Making a difference. Church Program ..........................10 Catholic Diocese of Bathurst Celebrates 150 years of Ecumenism…A language of love! .............2 Explorations in Evangelism Christian Presence in Regional NSW ..........23 Dare to Serve – Call to Mission ...............3 World Council of Churches .................11 Speaking out about climate change alongside our Week of Prayer for Christian Unity .............4 Laudato Si’ – On Care of Our Common Home 12-14 neighbors in the Pacific.....................24 NSW Ecumenical Council Great Reading from the Books of the NSW Ecumenical Bougainville will be destroyed in the name of Endorses Interfaith Commission...............5 Council . 14 development.......................... 26-27 Commission on the Middle East Inaugural Meeting 6 Promoting a Harmonious Multifaith Society .....15 Salvation Army celebrates 150 Years of Service.... 28-29 A Tour with a Difference .....................7 The Centennial Commemorations of the Armenian ‘God’s Own People’ .................... 30-32 A Tribute to General Eva Burrows..............8 Genocide . 17-19 Refugee Week ...........................33 Condolence Extended to the Assyrian Church of the Break my heart for what breaks yours .........20 East . 9 162 Years of Christian Witness at Balmain ......21 Activities of the Council.....................34 The National Council of Churches in Australia Safe St Paul’s Lutheran Church Celebrates Centenary 22 An invitation join the Ecumenical Network NSW..40 Come and help us… Very Rev Fr Shenouda Mansour I am not dreaming…I am living a NSW Ecumenical Council, write to the NSW dream… Ecumenical and request how this may be possible. Come and help, and join in the new Ecumenical the churches working together for the Glory of landscape that God’s hand is doing for NSW & God! No church can claim the Holy Spirit. -
Cultural Educational Social
CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL SOCIAL Established 1964 Publication of the Assyrian Foundation of America Volume 43, Number 4, 2019 Books Contents 4 The Lazarists and Daughters of 21 A Son’s Loving Tribute... ComprendreComprendre le M leoyen- Moyen-OrientOrient ClaireClaire Weibel Weibel Yacoub Yacoub La France et les CollectionCollection dirigée dirigée par J.-P. par ChagnollaudJ.-P. Chagnollaud Jonathon Malek QUELLEQUELLE CITOYENNETÉ CITOYENNETÉ LA LAFRANCE FRANCE ET ETLES LES ASSYRO-CHALDÉENS ASSYRO-CHALDÉENS Charity among the Assyro-Chaldeans DANSDANS LES LESCAMPS CAMPS DE RÉFUGIÉSDE RÉFUGIÉS ? ? Qu’enQu’en dit ditla pressela presse ? ? ParmiParmi les Chrétiens les Chrétiens d’Orient, d’Orient, les Arméniens les Arméniens sont sontdevenus devenus familiers familiers Abdulmesih BarAbraham, MSc. Assyro-Chaldéens Les palestiniensLes palestiniens au Liban au Liban aux médiasaux médias et à l’opinionet à l’opinion publique publique française. française. Mais Mais qu’en qu’en est-il est-il des des LALA FRANCEFRANCE Assyro-ChaldéensAssyro-Chaldéens ? Les ?connaît-on Les connaît-on vraiment vraiment ? Sont-ils ? Sont-ils les oubliés les oubliés de de Claire Yacoub Weibel la grandela grande histoire histoire ? ? Claire Yacoub Weibel ETET LES LES ASSYRO-CHALDÉENS ASSYRO-CHALDÉENS Il est unIl est fait un que fait la que presse la presse française, française, toutes toutes tendances tendances confondues, confondues, a parléa parlédes Assyro-Chaldéens,des Assyro-Chaldéens, ces Syro-Mésopotamiens,ces Syro-Mésopotamiens, chrétiens chrétiens 22 Letter from the Assyrian depuisdepuis deux deuxmille milleans. ans. e e Qu’en dit la presse ? Qu’en dit la presse? Dès leDès xix le xixsiècle, siècle, elle répercuteelle répercute abondamment abondamment les récitsles récits des des Qu’en dit la presse ? explorateursexplorateurs et les et événements,les événements, souvent souvent tragiques, tragiques, qui quitouchent touchent les Assyro-Chaldéensles Assyro-Chaldéens aux confinsaux confins des empiresdes empires ottoman ottoman et persan.et persan. -
Biography-Of-HH-Mar-Gewargis-III
ܗܬܘܫܝܕܩܕ ܐܝܚܕ̈ ܐܒܪܫ ܐܟܪܝܪܛܦ ܐܩܝܠܘ ܬ݂ ܩ ܐܝܬܝܠܬ ܣܝܓܪܘܝܓ ܝܪܡ َ ܡܝܪܡ �ܚܢܡܘ ܐܒܼ ܝܠܨܼ ܠܝܐܝܢܕ ܐܚܢܡ :ܗܝܘܒܼ ܒ ܡܼ 1941 � ܢ ܫ ܒ ܐܕܝܠܝܼ ܗܠܫܝܦ َ ܬܝܒܕ ܐܢܦܠܘܝܕ ܐܛܗܪ ܗܠܝ ܐܩܪܘܦ .ܩܒܪܥܕ ܐܪܬܐܒ ܐܝܢܒܗܕ �ܢܝܕܡ ܘܓ ܐܒܝܠܨܼ ܨ ܘ ̈ܒ ܐ ܓܘ ܦܥܘܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܒܢܓܠܣܢܝܐ ܒ ܫ َܢ � 1964 َܒܡܕܝܢ� ܼܕܒܓܕܕ. ܐܝܢܩܒ ܕܟ ܐܝܢܬܕܥ �ܩܚ ܘܓ ܐܢܚܠܘܦܠ ܐܢܛܒܚܡ ܗܠܝ ܐܝܘܗ ܗܬܘܪܘܥܙ ܡܼ ܐܗܘ ̈ ̈ ̈ ܡܼ ܐ�ܝܗܡܘܼ ܐܫܝ�ܦ ܐܢܦܠܡ ܕܝܒ ܐܝܪܦܣ ܐܢܫܠܘ ܐܫܝܕܩܼ ܐܒܬܟܕܼ ܐܫܪܕܠܘ ܐܢܦܠܘܝܠ ̈ :ܐܟܪܝܡܒܕ ܐܪܬ� ܗܬܩܦܬ ܘܓܘ �ܝܗܠܒ ܐܬܘܢܪܒܕܡ ܕܝܒ �ܕܒܥܡܼ ܐܗܒܘ .ܐܬܕܥ ܝܢܒ ܐܟܕܗܼ .ܐܬܕܥ ܘܓ ܐ ܓܪܕ݂ �ܩܫܠ ܗܪܕܗܡܕ ܗܠܒܪܩ ܐܝܥܝܒܪܼ ܐܚܢܕ ܝܪܡ ܐܗܠܒܕ ܐܝܣܚܕ ܣܝܓܪܣ ܝܪܡܕ ܐܪܡܘܥ ܘܓ 1980 ܣܝܢܒ 13 ܐܬܘܢܫܡܫܡܕ ܐܓܪܕܠܼ ܐܡܝܣܼ ܗܠܝ ܐܫܝܦ َ 1980 ܢܪܝܙܚܒ 8 ܐܬܘܫܝܫܩܕ ܐܓܪܕܠܼ ܐܡܪܘܡ ܗܠܫܝܦ ܐܕܗ ܪܬܒ ܡܘ .ܘܓܟܝܫܒ ܐܕܗܣ .ܐܪܟܕܘܡܼ ܐܪܡܘܥܒ ܣܘܠܘܦ ܐܫܝܫܩܕ ܐܡܫܒ ܐܘܗܠܩܫܕ ܐܢܠܠܥ ܕܚܠ �ܒܪ ܐܬܘܩܝܢܣܼ ܐܘܗܬܝܒ ܕܟ ܐܢܒܙܼ ܐܚܬܡ ܕܚ ܪܬܒ ܡܘܼ ܦܣܘܝ ܝܪܡ ܐܫܦܢ̮ ܚܝܢܕܼ ܡܠܝܥܕܼ ܐܝܣܪܘܟܠ ܐܝܠܡܠ ܩܒܪܥܕ ܐܬܘܢܪܒܕܡܠ ܿ ܠܩܫܘ ܣܘܠܘܦ ܐܫܝܫܩܼ ܐܝܒܘܓܡ ܫܐܦܕ ܗܠܝ ܐܘܗ ܐܝܗܠܒ ܐܢܝܒܨܼ :ܥܘܫܝܢܢܚܼ ܐܗܠܒܕ ܐܝܣܚܕ ܐܕܝܼ ܡܝܣܒ 1981 ܢܪܝܙܚܒ 7 ܩܒܪܥܕ ܐܛܝܠܘܦܪܛܝܡܕ ܐܝܠܥܡ ܐܓܪܕܠܼ ܡܝܪܦܒ ܝܪܡ ܗܬܘܝܣܚܕ ܐܬܘܢܪܕܥܡܒܘ ܐܟܪܝܪܛܦ ܐܩܝܠܘܬܩܼ ܐܝܥܝܒܪܼ ܐܚܢܕ ܝܪܡ ܐܕܗܣ ܣܝܓܪܘܝܓ ܝܪܡܕ ܐܪܡܘܥ ܘܓ ܐܢܗܟ̈ ܕ ܐܪܘܓ ܐܫܢܟ ܕܚܕ ܐܬܘܪܝܕܗܒܘ ܣܝܡܟܼ ܓܘ َܡܕܝܢ� ܕܫܝܟܓܘ. َ ܒܬܪ ܫܢܝ� ܕܚܣܝܐ ܕܒܠܗܐ ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܼܪܒܝܥܝܐ ܼܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ؛ 26 ܒܐܕܪ 2015، ̈ َ ܐܒܟܢܥܕܼ �ܢܝܕܡܒ ܐܢܕܡܥܡ ܢܚܘܝ ܝܪܡܕ ܐܬܕܥ ܘܓ ܗܠܥܡܓ̰ ܐܢܠܠܥܕ ܐܝܫܘܢܟ ܒܐܪܒܝܠ ܒܥܪܒܩ؛ ̣ܡ 16 ܗܠ 18 ܒܝܪܚܐ ܕܒܝܠܘܠ 2015. ܒܝܘܡܐ ܼܕܥܪܘܒ�، 18 ܒܐܝܠܘܠ، ܼܛܘܒܬܢܘܬܗ ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܼܨܠܝܒܐ ܦܝܫܠܗ ܡܓܘܒܝܐ ܼܠܕܪܓܐ ܡܥܠܝܐ ܝܪܡܕ ܐܡܫܒ ܢܘܦܣܝܛܩܘ ܩܝܠܣܕ ܐܝܚܝܠܫ ܐܝܣܪܘܟ ܠܥ ܐܟܪܝܪܛܦ ܐܩܝܠܘܬܩܕܼ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ. ܣܝܡܝܕܐ ܫܩܠܗ ܫܘܦܐ 27 ܒܐܝܠܘܠ 2015 ܓܘ ܥܕܬܐ ܼܡܘܕܟܪܬܐ، ܟܘܡ ܡܝܪܦܒ ܝܪܡ ܗܬܘܢܬܒܘܛܼ ܐܛܝܠܘܦܪܛܝܡ̈ ܝܪܬܕ ܐܬܘܪܝܕܗܒܼ ܐܕܝܡܝܣܒ ܐܛܝܠܘܦܪܛܝܡ ܐܝܥܙ ܣܝܠܝܡ ܝܪܡ ܗܬܘܢܬ ܒܘܛܘܼ ܘܕܢܗܕ ܐܛܝܠܘܦܪܛܝܡ ̈ ̈ ܐܝܫܘܢܟܕ ܐܡܕܗ �ܝܠܟܕ ܐܢܠܠܥ ܐܬܘܦܬܘܫܒܘ ܢܒܠܘܼ ܕܢܠܝܙܘܝܢܘܼ ܐܝܠܝܪܬܣܘܒܕ .ܐܝܩܝܕܗܢܘܣܼ ܐܓܪܕܒܼ ܐܝܬܝܠܬ ܣܝܓܪܘܝܓ ܝܪܡ ܗܬܘܫܝܕܩܕܼ ܐܢܪ̈ܬܘܡ ܢܚܠܘܦ̈ ܡܼ ݁ :ܐܙܩܘܢ̈ ܐܡܟܕܚܠ ܐܪܘܟܕܡܠܼ ܗܠܝ �ܘܵ ܐܝܛܝܠܘܦܪܛܝܡ ܗܘܢܡܕ݁ ܕܕܓܒܼ ܘܓ �ܝܢܗܟ �ܫܪܕܡܠ ܗܠܝ ܐܣܘܒܬܫ ܐܬܘܪܝܫܟܘ ܐܢܢܛܒ .ܒ َ ̈ ̈ َ ܐܡܗܣ ܕܚܘ .ܠܝܒܬܼ �ܟܒ ܐܫܝ�ܦ �ܝܥ�ܡ ܐܩ ܐܢܫܡܫܡܘ ܐܢܗܟ ܐܒܪ ܢܘܗܠܛܠܦ ̈ ܐܒܪܥܡܕܼ ܐܬܘܪ̈ܬܐܒ ܐܫܝܪ ܐܒܘܨ ܬܝܒ ܘܓ ܐܝܢܬܕܥ̈ �ܝܢܦܠܘܝܠ ܢܘܗܠܕܝܙܘܡ �ܝܢܡ Ph.D. -
Complex, Bloody Bond for Safety on Public
Volume 79, No. 55B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK Governors put onus Complex, bloody bond for safety on public BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coro- navirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee held a news conference and issued a stern response. It wasn’t a mandate to wear masks in public or clamp down on businesses or social gatherings. Instead, it was a plea for residents to do the right thing. “When we have people dying in this state as a result of this virus, we should be taking personal re- sponsibility for this,” the Republi- can governor said. It was the same message Lee issued in late March as the COVID-19 disease was beginning to spread. He has vowed to stick to the personal responsibility mantra, with no plans to reinstate stay-at-home restrictions or im- pose statewide mandates — even as photos of unmasked people crowding bars and outdoor con- certs across Tennessee spread across social media. Instead, Lee signed an execu- tive order Friday that allows local officials to issue their own mask mandates if they want — as Nash- US, Russia share brutal history in Afghanistan ville and Memphis had already done. Elevating a message of person- al responsibility over statewide BY KATHY GANNON Now both superpowers are linked again country that does not serve as a base for crackdowns on businesses and Associated Press over Afghanistan, with intelligence re- extremists to export terrorism. -
Annual Activity Report 2011
“Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council since 2011” Annual Activity Report 2011 Prepared by: Christina Patto Index • Introduction • President’s Column • Administration and Financial Affairs • Aids and Humanitarian Affairs • Medical Aids • Civil Society Organizations • Assyrian Education • Dormitories • Construction and Projects • Visits • Supporters • Conclusion Introduction As it is known, founding of the Assyrian Aid Society in Iraq in 1991 was a result of the tragic conditions that our people gone through, and because of the economic embargo imposed on Iraq in general and the blockade imposed by the former regime on the northern region in particular, the bad economic situation, unemployment and poverty. As a result of these and other reasons, the idea of establishing the Assyrian Aid Society was necessary as a supportive society to our people, especially in the northern region of the country. It is worth mentioning that the role of the Assyrian Aid Society of Iraq increased more and more in supporting our people after the fall of Saddam regime in 2003, and as determined result for other needs due to the security and economic circumstances that Iraq is going through, in addition to the expansion of the geographical patch to include most of the governorates that our people are centralize: Nineveh Plain, Baghdad and Kirkuk. Departments of the Assyrian Aid Society of Iraq : • Administration and Financial • Aids and Humanitarian Affairs • Health (Medical and Therapeutic Aids) • Assyrian Education • Dormitories • Construction and Projects President’s Column AASI had presented in the past year to achieve My visit to the United States and Sweden more educational and humanitarian services to during the last year had a big impact on the support youth and students organizations, women, development of relations between our society construction projects in some areas, and distributing and other organizations and associations that gifts to children in other areas. -
Annual Activity Report Year 2016
Year 2016 ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT YEAR 2016 1 Year 2016 ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT PART 1 : PRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION ............................................................................. 3 PART 2 : ACCOUNT OF ACTIONS 2016 ............................................................................................ 4 EMERGENCY AID FOR IRAQI REFUGEES ......................................................................................................... 4 Necessities package delivery ........................................................................................................... 4 Transit of blankets for the kakaï villages ......................................................................................... 4 Purchase and install of tanks in Sharanish ...................................................................................... 5 RECONSTRUCTION HELP ............................................................................................................................ 5 Demining ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Mar Behnam reconstruction ............................................................................................................ 5 SUPPORT FOR THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE DISPLACED IN ERBIL .......................................................................... 6 Tank installation with the Saint Irénée Foundation in the Ashti camp ........................................... 6 Layout -
AASI Report 2013.Pdf
سيعةا اةوريت دعودرنا عريق اجلمـيعـة مالآشوريــــ ماخلرييــــ م-مالـيعراقم “Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council since 2011” Activities Annual Report 2013 Prepared By: Christina K. Patto Eramia S. Eskrya Index: • President’s Column • Aids and Humanitarian Affairs • Medical Aids • Civil Society Organizations • Assyrian Education • Dormitories and Universities • Construction and Projects • Visits & Activities • Supporters • Conclusion President’s Column The year 2013 witnessed many historical and distinctive stations and difficult at the same time, where the performance of our Society was great, active and influential despite the challenges that have emerged since the end of 2012, mainly that the Ministry of Education of Kurdistan Region did not pay for the transportation expenses of the Assyrian Education Students. By the aid of our supporter, the Assyrian Education Process continued and we were able to cover the transportation and lecturers' costs, printing the curriculum, distributing stationary to the students and supplying the schools with its necessary needs to ensure the continuation of the Process. Here we must pay tribute to our supporters, specially the Assyrian Aid Society of America by covering a large proportion of the Assyrian Education deficit through several payments, as well as the support the Assyrian Aid Society of Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Our Society was able to organize several relief programs for our People coming as refugees from Syria, by the support of AASA, AAS-Au, AAS-Ca, AAS Germany and AAS Sweden, as well as the other Societies and Organizations, as: SALT Foundation from Holland, the Evangelical Lutheran Churches from Germany and the Assyrian National Council of Illinois. -
Church Activities
MIDDLE EAST OVERVIEW | Nov. 2019 Contents 1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................ 2 2. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION ........................................................................................... 3 Egypt ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Jordan ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Iraq ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Lebanon .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Palestine ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Syria ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Cyprus ............................................................................................................................................. 7 3. THE REFUGEE SITUATION (Updated) ......................................................................................... 9 Egypt .............................................................................................................................................. -
Assyrian Aid Society of Iraq and the Assyrian Women Union
سيعةا اةوريت دعودرنا عريق امجلعيــة الآشوريــــة اخلرييــــة - العراق “Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council since 2011” Annual Report 2014 Prepared By: Christina K. Patto Eramia S. Eskrya Index: • President’s Column • Aids and Humanitarian Affairs • Medical Aids • Civil Society Organizations • Assyrian Education • Dormitories and Universities • Construction and Projects • Visits & Activities • Supporters • Conclusion President’s Column The year 2014 had witnessed a re- genocide of indigenous people for different regions in Iraq, especially in Nineveh province, where our people (the Assyrian Christians) have faced an organized terror in Mosul and Nineveh plain by the terrorists of the criminal groups of ISIS, in which more than 200,000 (Two hundred thousands) individuals were displaced from their historic lands in Mosul and Nineveh Plain successively as from June 10, 2014 until August 7, 2014. Along with thousands of Yazidis, Shabak, Turkmen and others Iraqis. Since the first moments of displacement process and ethnic cleansing organized by the terrorists ISIS, our Society began a wide campaign to relief, shelter and care for the internally displaced people from Nineveh Plain, through implementing various relief programs organized by our Society by the efforts and support from the Diaspora and many organizations and institutions of humanitarian. Our Society has been able to provide thousands of ration and providing shelter for many families, as well as providing of necessary supplies for hundreds of families in different areas of province of Dohuk, Erbil, as well as in Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk and Baghdad. In spite of the difficult conditions experienced by our people and still, AAS has continued to conduct its work in supporting the Assyrian Education Process in Dohuk and Erbil through bearing lecturers wages and transport fees for some of them. -
Systematics, Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cousinia (Asteraceae)
SYSTEMATICS, PHYLOGENY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF COUSINIA (ASTERACEAE) Dissertation Zur Erlangung des Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften am Fachbereich Biologie der Johannes Gutenberg‐Universität Mainz Iraj Mehregan geb. in Gachsaran, Iran Mainz, 2008 Dekan: 1. Berichterstatter: 2. Berichterstatter: Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 10. 07. 2008 II Kapitel 2 (chapter 2) dieser Arbeit ist im Druck bei “Taxon“: López‐Vinyallonga, S., Mehregan, I.*, Garcia‐Jacas, N., Tscherneva, O., Susanna, A. & Kadereit, J. W.*: Phylogeny and evolution of the Arctium‐Cousinia complex (Compositae, Cardueae‐Carduinae). * Von den Autoren Mehregan, I und Kadereit, J. W.: Die Generation der ITS‐Sequenzen von 113 Taxa (Appendix 1), die Bayesische Analyse der ITS‐ und rpS4‐trnT‐trnL‐Sequenzen, das Rechnen der Molekularen Uhr sowie der Partition‐Hemogenity Test und die Analyse des Cousinioid Clade wurde in Rahmen dieser Dissertation ausgeführt. Das Manuskript wurde in Zusammenarbeit aller Autoren geschrieben. Kapitel 3 (chapter 3) diese Arbeit wird bei “Willdenowia” eingereicht: Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W.: The role of hybridization in the evolution of Cousinia s.s. (Asteraceae). Kapitel 4 (chapter 4) dieser Arbeit ist im Druck bei “Willdenowia“: Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W.: Taxonomic revision of Cousinia sect. Cynaroideae. III Contents SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................................................1 ZUSAMMENFASSUNG .....................................................................................................................................................2 -
Christians and Yazidis in Iraq: Current Situation and Prospects
OTMAR OEHRING CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS IN IRAQ: CURRENT SITUATION AND PROSPECTS OTMAR OEHRING CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS IN IRAQ: CURRENT SITUATION AND PROSPECTS Published by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Cover photo: © Ibrahim Shaba Lallo, Qaraqosh (currently Ashti Camp, Ankawa, Autonomous Region of Kurdistan) Caption of cover photo: Vertically: We work together Horizontally: We are proud Diagonally: We love, we forgive .(nun), stand for Nazara (Christ) ن The three Arabic characters, starting with The black IS flag bears the words: There is no God but Allah Allah Prophet Mohammed Islamic State in Iraq and As-Sham (i.e. Syria) Published by: Konrad Adenauer Foundation 2017, Sankt Augustin and Berlin, Germany This publication has been licensed under the terms and conditions of Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE), website: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en Design: SWITSCH Kommunikationsdesign, Cologne, Germany Typesetting: Janine Höhle, Communications Department, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Printed by: Bonifatius GmbH, Paderborn, Germany Printed in Germany Printed with financial support from the German Federal Government ISBN 978-3-95721-328-0 CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Legal Framework 2.1 International law 2.2 National law 3. Reduced scope for non-Muslim minorities after 2003 3.1 Drastic decline in the non-Muslim minorities’ share of the population 3.2 Changes in Baghdad’s religious power structure 4. Crucial for the future of Iraq: the recapture of Mosul 4.1 Capture of Mosul by the IS in June 2014 4.2 Capture of Yazidi settlements in Sinjar District by the IS in August 2014 4.3 Capture of Christian settlements in the Nineveh Plains by the IS in August 2014 4.4 Classification of the IS attacks on religious minorities as genocide 4.5 Campaign to retake Mosul 5. -
Assyrians and the Turkey-PKK Conflict in Iraq Every Assyrian in Barwar Knows the Difference Between the Sound of Fighter Jets and the Sound of Civilian Planes.”
Caught in the Crossfire: Assyrians and the Turkey-PKK Conflict in Iraq Every Assyrian in Barwar knows the difference between the sound of fighter jets and the sound of civilian planes.” Assyrian eyewitness interviewed by the Assyrian Policy Institute ABOUT ASSYRIANS An estimated 3.5 million people globally comprise a distinct, indigenous ethnic group. Tracing their heritage to ancient Assyria, Assyrians speak an ancient language referred to as Assyrian, Syriac, Aramaic, or Neo-Aramaic. The contiguous territory that forms the traditional Assyrian homeland includes parts of southern and south- eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria. The Assyrian population in Iraq, estimated at approximately 200,000, constitutes the largest remaining concentration of the ethnic group in the Middle East. The majority of these reside in their ancestral homeland located in the Nineveh Plain and within today’s Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Assyrians are predominantly Christian. Some ethnic Assyrians self-identify as Chaldeans or Syriacs, depending on church denomination. Assyrians have founded five Eastern Churches at different points during their long history: the Ancient Church of the East, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church. The majority of Assyrians who remain in Iraq today belong to the Chaldean and Syriac churches. Assyrians represent one of the most consistently persecuted communities in Iraq and the wider Middle East. ABOUT THE ASSYRIAN POLICY INSTITUTE Founded in May 2018, the Assyrian Policy Institute works to support Assyrians as they struggle to maintain their rights to the lands they have inhabited for thousands of years, their ancient language, equal opportunities in education and employment, and to full participation in public life.