Scott1
Well-Known Member
Hey all...
Most of the secular media talks about Iraq in a way that makes it seem there are only Muslims living there and Islam has been in Iraq forever.
This is not the case at all.
Christians were in Iraq first.... the Christian community there was started by St. Thomas (yes, that Thomas refered to by Paul in the Bible) and before Muslims attacked and took away their land (@700), the area was 95% Catholic Christian. Today there are less than 1 million Christians---- more than 400,000 have fled because of the violence in the country.
The Chaldean Catholic community STILL SPEAKS ARAMAIC.... yes, the language of Christ and the apostles. This just blew me away... what a rich tradition.... what a holy community to persevere for over a thousand years in a Muslim territory. They are still being kidnapped, persecuted, and murdered on a daily basis by Shia and Sunni Muslims.... the Christians (both Catholic and non) have no army to protect themselves and those who remain are only given three options:
1. Convert to Islam
2. Pay a "tax" ... basically a penalty/extortion just for being Christian
3. DIE
Lean more about these wonderful Christian on their website: kaldu.org
Most of the secular media talks about Iraq in a way that makes it seem there are only Muslims living there and Islam has been in Iraq forever.
This is not the case at all.
Christians were in Iraq first.... the Christian community there was started by St. Thomas (yes, that Thomas refered to by Paul in the Bible) and before Muslims attacked and took away their land (@700), the area was 95% Catholic Christian. Today there are less than 1 million Christians---- more than 400,000 have fled because of the violence in the country.
The Chaldean Catholic community STILL SPEAKS ARAMAIC.... yes, the language of Christ and the apostles. This just blew me away... what a rich tradition.... what a holy community to persevere for over a thousand years in a Muslim territory. They are still being kidnapped, persecuted, and murdered on a daily basis by Shia and Sunni Muslims.... the Christians (both Catholic and non) have no army to protect themselves and those who remain are only given three options:
1. Convert to Islam
2. Pay a "tax" ... basically a penalty/extortion just for being Christian
3. DIE
Lean more about these wonderful Christian on their website: kaldu.org