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Saturday, March 14, 2009 By
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All Mosul Christian , and not only has close gremitissima today in St. Paul's Church where a solemn ceremony lasted two hours, he was recalled Mgr Faraj P. Raho (pictured ) exactly one year from the date of his funeral.

The body of the bishop, transferred this morning from Karamles with exceptional security measures, has now finally found its final location. The same Bishop Raho had written in his will he wanted to be buried in the church he founded even specifying the place, the right part of the church where he laid the choir.
The ceremony, led by the vicar of the Chaldean Patriarch, Shleimun Warduni, saw the participation of many religious. There was, of course, the pastor of St. Paul's Church, Father Basman Al Dammar , the young priest (27 years), ordained in 2006 was found, the death of Monsignor Raho, to manage a very difficult situation as patriarchal administrator has culminated in the wave of violence last fall hit The Christian community of the city, causing 14 deaths and the displacement of thousands of terrified people into the surrounding countryside or abroad.

There were two bishops in Mosul, Archbishop Gregorius Saliba Chamoun , the Syrian Orthodox Church and Bishop Basilius George Alqas Musa, of the Syro-Catholic. There were other priests, young and disabled guests of 'Joy oasis of Charity, the shelter was founded in 1986 by Archbishop Raho and now coordinated by Bishop Warduni, the Chaldean sisters in the city, including those operating a home for young orphans and their clients. There were many government officials, including Mayor outgoing and newly appointed, and a general in charge of security and peace processes.

Baghdadhope asked Bishop Warduni a memento of the day.
"It 's been beautiful and moving, the church was exceedingly rich. Everyone wanted to honor the memory of the late Archbishop Raho. The coffin that was buried was placed in the coffin and now rests in peace in the church that he himself had founded and had had as a pastor. "

Excellency, the text of his homily will be published tomorrow by site of the Chaldean Patriarchate, but may give a hint on what said to the faithful?
"What I said was inspired by Psalm 111 , the bliss of the righteous man. The memory of Monsignor Raho will remain forever. His death, which took place in a so tragically, but gives us the certainty that the saints in heaven pray for us. I reminded the faithful as the Holy Father himself has praised the courage of the believers and martyrs, and that last January when all of us, Iraqi bishops gathered in Rome for the Ad Limina visit, we handed him a cope of Archbishop Raho and a stole Father Ragheed Ganni was assumed their place in the church of San Bartolomeo on the Tiber Island in Rome, where they remember, for Pope John Paul II, the martyrs of the twentieth century.
As men suffer in the face of violent death, but as children of God we ask him to forgive those who commit these despicable acts they know not what they do. Monsignor Raho is no longer physically with us but it is in heaven among the martyrs of the faith and we ask her intercession for peace and security to Iraq, for the clergy and young people because they remain firm in your faith and can remain to live in their own country.
We are Iraqis, originating in this land, and it is this identity that unites us all. With all the faithful, I asked the Blessed Virgin and to St. Paul, the saint who Msgr.Raho loved most, to help us live charity and love. God is love. And is the love you need for reconciliation. "

lord, may say something about the families who left Mosul last October?
"I can say that about 80% of them have returned to their homes and their occupations. A sign of normalization that gives hope. "

Photo:

Left Father Toma Jibrail , abbot general of the order of St. Antoniano Hormizd of the Chaldeans in the commemoration ceremony in the monastery of Dair Saida Al Qosh.

Right Father Raymond Moussalli , Chaldean Patriarchal Vicar in Jordan and Rev. Michael Crotty , Vatican Charge d'affairs in Jordan and Iraq in the commemoration ceremony in Amman.

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I 10 mila coraggiosi di Mosul. E i musulmani che li aiutano.

At first, the Mosul Dam on the Tigris, by courtesy of Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

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Iraqi Christians are returning to Mosul

Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Translated and adapted from
Baghdadhope

March 5, 2009

Baghdad - about 10,000 Christians who fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to the violent persecution of last fall are starting to return back RFE / RL 's Radio Free Iraq (RFI).
The priest of the Chaldean church in Mosul, Father Samir Elias, told RFE / RL 's Radio Free Iraq's violence last year was "a summer cloud that is now gone and that we hope will not come back."
He added that Muslims are helping to resettle the Christians in Mosul and that have so far protected the property.
Ramsay Micha Paulis, an official of the Chaldean Democratic Union and a member of the Nineveh provincial council told RFI that about 80% of Christians who fled have returned.

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Recommandations and abstract of the conference “Christian Existence in Iraq: On a Rise or Demise?”

Recommendations of the Conference Entitled

"Christian Existence in Iraq: On a Rise or Demise?"

picture, from left: Bishop Auxiliary of Baghdad, Andraos Abouna; the bishop of Zakho and Dohuk, Petros Harboli; Hope Ammann, president of the Foundation Saint Camille, Mgr. Kassarji Michel, Bishop of Beirut dei caldei; il vescovo di Alquosh, Mar Michael Maqdassi e padre Joseph Malkoun, parroco di Saint Raphaël a Beirut.  

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Louaizé - Feb. 19, 2009.  
 

Introduction:

In result of the meetings that took place simultaneously with the preparations of this Conference between the representatives of the organizing Churches and their discussions about "The Christian presence in Iraq", and after listening to different points of view of speakers, religious and lay figures concerning the matter at hands, we reached the following recommendations:  

A- Recommendations addressed to Eastern Churches in Lebanon:

1. Declaring this present year of 2009 as the "year of the Christian presence in Iraq" and to be materialized in cultural and religious activities as well as humanitarian aids.
2. Organizing one day of prayer in all churches of Lebanon to sympathize with the Christians of Iraq.
3. Forming a high committee to take care of the Christian Iraqi refugees in the neighboring countries in coordination with local governments and church leaders.

 

2. Recommendations addressed to the Lebanese Authorities :
1. Issuing temporary residency permits subject to renewal for the Iraqi refugees to be exempted from fees and collateral monetary deposits.
2. Facilitating easy access for the Iraqi refugees to benefit from social services (health, education…) in coordination with the UNHCR, humanitarian non-governmental organizations and Iraqi Government.

 

3. Recommendations addressed to International Society and The United Nations:
1. Organizing a conference to examine the issue of "minorities in Iraq" to ensure their continuity and activate their role in their countries.
2. Creating UN bureaus in coordination with Iraqi Government in multiethnic and multi-confessional areas in order to monitor violations and in consequence adopt an adequate system of protection.
3. Working jointly with Iraqi Government to implement international agreements and charts concerning indigenous people.
4. Increasing aids to the displaced Iraqis within Iraq and abroad, be it directly or thru related governments.

 

4. Recommendations addressed to the Arab League and the Conference of Islamic Countries:
1. Promulgating decisions that will help protect the  
   Christians in Iraq and in other countries of the Middle East.
2. Working with Muslim religious leaders to enact decisions "Fatwa’s" that prohibit aggression against the peaceful Christian citizens of Iraq.

 

E. Recommendations addressed to the Iraqi Authorities:

1- Ensuring a just representation of Christians in the parliament and, as for the provincial councils, it is suggested that the declarations by virtue of article 50 before cancellation be adopted.

2- Implementing Act of Article (125) of the constitution that states that all administrative, political, cultural and educational rights must be ensured to all ethnicities.

3- Ensuring work opportunities for all Iraqis, away from the confessional quota and marginalization. 

4- Amending the Constitution on the basis of citizenship adopted as a true measure in public life and not on the basis of religious affiliation or ethnicity.

5- Ensuring the return of the displaced people, facilitating the restitution of their properties and compensating them for their land that has been confiscated for public use.

6- Inviting immigrants to return to Iraq and to invest in their regions and enacting a special law allowing the restitution of Iraqi citizenship to those who have lost it under previous regimes.

7- Prioritizing attention to disadvantaged areas and accelerating the process to create developmental projects in order to generate job opportunities for the local citizens.

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Abstract 

Under the patronage of His Beatitude and Eminence Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Cardinal Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, represented by Bishop Youssef Bechara, the Eastern Churches in Lebanon (Chaldean, Assyrian, Orthodox Syriac and Catholic Syriac) along with the cooperation of “Notre Dame University” hosted a major conference which took place on the 19 ^th  of February 2009 concerning the Christian presence in Iraq, entitled Christian Existence in Iraq: On a rise… or demise?”

This conference was attended by Patriarchs, Bishops and Sheikhs from both the Christian and Muslim communities of various local and foreign churches and publics as well as representatives of many secular, cultural, educational, military, diplomatic and political entities. It was also covered by a considerable number of local, Arab, as well as foreign media channels and radio stations such as: LBCI, ANB, Future TV, Tele Lumière, Noursat, OTV, SAT 7, Sumariya (Iraq), Al Jazira (Arabic), Kurdistan (Iraq), Kanat al Hora (USA) and Voice of Lebanon radio station.

The conference featured many key speakers who proficiently, informatively, and decisively addressed the pressing problem which the Christians of Iraq are facing. 

The opening session began with the national anthem and then a welcoming speech by Father Walid Moussa, the President of Notre Dame University followed by a word from the head of the Chaldean community in Lebanon, Bishop Michel Kassarji, after that Bishop Yousef Bechara presented his word on behalf of Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Botrous Sfeir, Followed by a word from bishop Andraous Abouna the associate of the Cardinal of Babel Emanuel Deli the 3 ^rd  who spoke on his behalf and before ending the opening session, a word was received from the Lebanese President Michael Sleiman which was presented by the director of public relations at NDU Mr. Souhail Mattar.

The first session was initiated by presenting a documentary film by Assi Ziad Al Rahbani entitled “Departing…with history on their tracks.” After the documentary, a speech was made by Bishop Louis Sako Archbishop of Karkuk who spoke about the challenges of the persistence of Christians in Iraq followed by a speech from the Telkaif District Mayor Mr. Bassim Bello who addressed the basic elements concerning the existence of Christians in Iraq.

The second session included a film stating live testimonies of Iraqi people who spoke about their anguish, despair and pain regarding the hardships they have encountered in their homeland Iraq. Moreover, they spoke about the deep faith they have in their Lord who gives them peace, strength and harmony during these difficult times as well as the hope they are holding on to in returning to their beloved homes someday.                     

Furthermore, this session incorporated speeches from the Syriac Orthodox bishop of Aleppo-Syria Youhana Ibrahim, who spoke about the displacement of Christians from Iraq; Former Iraqi Minister Pascale Warde who spoke about the Christian rights and the freedom of other minorities; general secretary of the national committee for Islamic-Christian dialogue Dr. Mohammad al Sammak who spoke about the role of Muslims regarding the protection of Christian existence in Iraq. Finally, the last speech was made by Dr. Michel Awad who approached the Christian topic as part of the entire situation regarding the Christians of the East.   The Final word was delivered by General Michel Kasdano who stressed that the economic crisis can be compensated, but erasing pages from civilizations and history along with the deletion of communities from a country’s map cannot be remunerated. This has to be a Muslim mission and cause as much as it is a Christian cause. While the president of the higher Council of the Chaldean community in Lebanon Mr. Antoine Hakim presented a list of recommendation addressed to eastern churches, the International community, UN officials, Lebanese authorities, Iraqi officials, the Arab League and the conference of the Islamic states calling on them to take demanding action in putting a stop to this pressing matter and rescuing these minorities from this sad reality.

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Récommandations et discours de clôte du Congrès de la présence chrétienne en Irak

Congress Recommendations of the Christian presence in Iraq

"Presence in the process of dying or of resurrection"

University of Notre Dame February 19, 2009 Louaize

Introduction:

Following the meetings that have accompanied the preparation of this conference between representatives of Churches and organizing the discussions focused on the Christian presence in Iraq, and after listening the views of lecturers and religious leaders and laymen in this regard, we reached the following recommendations:

1. Recommendations for Oriental Churches in Lebanon:

1. named the year 2009 as "Year of the Christian presence in Iraq," and the result of religious and cultural programs and humanitarian aid.
2. Organize a day of prayer in all churches of Lebanon for Christians in Iraq.
3. Training in coordination with governments concerned and leaders of churches, a senior committee of the issue of Iraqi Christian refugees in neighboring countries.

2. Recommendations to the Lebanese authorities:

1. awarding temporary visits to Iraqi refugees with renewable tax exemption and financial guarantees required.
2. facilitate Iraqi refugees access to social services (health, education ...) in coordination with UNHCR, humanitarian organizations and the Iraqi government.

3. Recommendations to the International Society and the UN .

1. Organizing a conference to address the issue of "minorities in Iraq" to ensure their continuity and activate their role.
2. offices opened for the United Nations in coordination with the Iraqi Government in the regions multi-religious and multi-ethnic, to monitor violations and adopt the system of protection required.
3. Working with the Iraqi Government to implement the international charters on indigenous peoples.
4. increase aid offered to displaced inside and outside Iraq, either directly or through the respective governments, ensuring their destination.

4. Recommendations to the League of Arab States and the Congress of Islamic Countries

1. Promulgation of decisions that help protect the Christian presence in Iraq and all countries of the East .
2. Work with Muslim religious leaders to enact decisions advocating aggression against the Christian citizens in peaceful Iraq.

5. Recommendations to the Iraqi authorities :

1. Ensuring fair representation of Christians in the parliament and propose the adoption of declarations under Article 50 which has been canceled.
2. Enforce Rule of Law (125) of the constitution which provides for the guarantee of human administrative, political, cultural and educational rights of different ethnic groups.
3. Providing work opportunities also for all Iraqis, far from the sectarian quota and marginalization.
4. Amend the constitution on the basis of citizenship adopted as a true landmark in public life, not the basis of religion or ethnicity.
5. Ensuring displaced from their right of return, facilitate the restitution of their property and damaging their land that have been removed under the pretext of public interest.
6. encourage emigrants to return to Iraq, invest in their regions and to enact a law allowing the return of Iraqi citizenship to those who lost under previous regimes.
7. Porter attention to disadvantaged regions and accelerate the implementation of development projects to create job opportunities for residents.

***

Closing Speech

"Presence in the process of dying or resurrection ..."

They are Christians of Iraq who have made their decision, they can longer stay! At the heart of suffering as their Savior has willed them, they were very supportive throughout history, but today they no longer want to live as foreigners in their own country. Always concerned, their livelihoods were falling more and more, they knew they had more room in the new state. They decided to leave.

And this move is not a luxury for them but a bitter cup because their roots in the land of Mesopotamia dating back to the dawn of history ... Today they are the unknown and the abroad they know very well that his dramas and sufferings.

In the last thirty years, more than a million Christians have left Iraq, they now have no more than three hundred thousand. And, if the bleeding continues at current human, it could end its presence in record time. Re-injury will then be added to many others in the region, injury or even a disaster the size of the Palestinian question. Because the disappearance of Christian minorities in the countries of the region converges with the projects and depuration division courses that are designed to change the East and to bathe in the dark. Thus, we are faced with two options: to accept what happens and be limited to declarations and wishes or those working hard to prevent the disaster. It is our responsibility to all of us, if not the last resort or the moment of truth.

It's now or never for the whole world realizes that the economic crisis and the collapse of financial markets can be offset so that the removal of civilizations and peoples of the map of nations can not be recovered . Because history does not live only books and museums but is embodied in the indigenous descendants of ancient civilizations.

In this context, it must be said that the UN is well aware of the seriousness of the situation, all reports of associations of Human Rights stressed the attacks against religious minorities in Iraq may lead to their imminent disappearance.

But as he returned to the United Nations the task of preserving the minority in their own countries, including indigenous peoples, the challenge we face today in the organization internationale, voire aux pays du monde entier est de procéder à un traitement réfléchi et immédiat, même si cela doit exiger l'organisation de congrès régionaux et internationaux en vue de trouver les solutions adéquates à cette crise. Car, ces populations ont droit à la vie et la vie en paix.  

    Et, si les Nations Unies réussissent à remédier à la situation des minorités dans leurs régions résidentielles et à les protéger, à travers le Gouvernement irakien et en coordination avec lui, elles feront de ces contrées pluriculturelles et multi religieuses un modèle à suivre qui fera la  richesse Iraq.

is the moment of truth for Iraq and Iraqis, so they decide if they want to the presence of their fellow Christians. If they are, they must convince the Christians to stay and encourage those who have emigrated to return.

But what happens today is the opposite, indices are all negative and reveal an indifference vis-à-vis the departure of Christians. More worse are the attempts to lure the North or South side, from the party or the other; ceci ne pouvant que les déchirer et les disperser encore et encore.  

    Si vous voulez préserver vos frères chrétiens revêtez-les de leur dignité et respectez leurs particularités. Ceci doit commencer tout d'abord par la remise en vigueur de l'article 50 de la loi électorale et puis par l'initiation de la mise en œuvre des projets de développement dans les régions où les chrétiens se sont réfugiés en vue de les épargner de la pauvreté et de la misère.  

    Puis, avec un Irak qui va aujourd'hui vers des régions et des provinces qui rassurent leurs habitants à through modes of administrative decentralization, as stipulated in the constitution it might be beneficial to ensure greater participation of the Christian population to the functions that enable them to manage their areas coexisting alongside other minorities. If these areas happen due to be built and restored in a guarantee stability, they would not fail to bring an oasis of security within Iraq's ability to deter each other to migrate outwards .

is the moment of truth for the Arabs and Muslims!  

    Les efforts déployés pour lutter contre l'extrémisme et les initiatives du dialogue interreligieux sont tous de bonnes démarches et dans la bonne direction. Mais, tout le monde reconnaît qu'ils ne peuvent être suffisants pour pallier aux échéances qui pressent, sachant que leurs fruits portés jusqu'alors restent modestes et n'ont pas été traduits sur le terrain pour contenir les crises.  

    Une de ces échéances serait d'empêcher de mettre fin à la présence chrétienne en Irak. C'est à partir de là que l'on peut préserver l'image de cet Orient  diversified. However, this equation is global and comprehensive, because ending the Christian presence in Iraq will impact negatively on all Christians of the East, because the demographic and psychological factors that relate to the Christian presence in the Eastern countries are common and interleaved.

Thus, serious and decisive measures are taken, as the convening of the Arab League held an extraordinary congress on the Christians of Iraq where decisions must be made to preserve them in their own and to facilitate any cost return of those who are refugees in neighboring countries. This cause must be that of the Muslims as it is for Christians.

And if a more comprehensive, Muslims wish to demonstrate their intention to keep the Christians in the East, the Arab and Muslim governments are faced with a challenge to civilization, not only denying spirit treachery, but by making a humanitarian project that will recognize an open living together in a perfect partnership and in a society where the right to difference and the distinction is respected.

Finally, the moment of truth for Christians

We Christians, why are we ashamed to raise the issue of our relatives in Iraq when we supported Muslim and Arab causes just all over the world have sympathized with them. This is the "Christianity" which runs to the rescue of all the dramas of humanity, and if the victim, was a Christian threatened with whom we have cultural and historical links that say so!

The cause of Christians Iraq is just. Here we defend endangered presence and compassion is to a drama that affects hundreds of thousands of refugees into neighboring countries. Thus, the responsibility of all poles and Christian institutions in East and around the world to unite their efforts and help their brothers in Iraq and the refugees outside.

This solidarity between Christians is a condition for them to continue and remain in the East. The commitment to the common fate frees them from their little problems in their countries and open to greater question, that of their existence.

Once they realize they hold the reins of their own salvation and recognize responsible for the decline of Christianity in the East, because they are estranged from their religious values, they seek to renew their Christianity and to restructure their presence on new bases and strong.

This renewal begins with the return of Christians to the primary source of faith, the denial of selfishness, limitation of competition between supporters and between people of different churches. If they do not, they vainly seek inner peace and external stability.

In conclusion,

The drama is real, the danger of extinction than short historical Christian presence is serious and urgent. For this, we hope that the efforts of rescue can begin without further delay where everyone assumes its own responsibility. If the question is for large parties, it now belongs to the general public, where everyone is expected to take over and work with the help of the media to always revive.

Here, I extend my greetings to all our Christian parents in Iraq and refugees abroad, and said, "Truly you are the candles of Mesopotamia and the heart of Iraq. Here in Lebanon, we bow down before your sufferings and pray for your martyrs. Their blood was not shed in vain, you affirm and consolidate your difficulties. "

And if they comply they tell me I imagined: "Thank you O Lebanese from all communities because you are defending our cause. We thank thee O Beirut, during which you still support the repressed, even when you yourself are tired, covered with wounds. Today, "Lady of the World", you t'enquiers of old Baghdad, the good old people. Baghdad will answer: "No, their sun will not go away and I will not say farewell to the Christians of Iraq because they are".

Finally, we thank all those who believed in our cause and compatible with us. We thank the Maronite Church and all churches in Lebanon, and all the Eastern Churches and their representatives for organizing this conference. We thank the University of Louaizé who greeted us and assisted in preparatory work. As we thank everyone who contributed to the success of this event.

May God keep our beloved East and Christians together with their Muslim brothers.

May God give you life and successfully complete this mission. Hoping to see you at the next congress, is the Dieu veut.

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Press Review from Lebanon

Future, February 22, 2009, "The ghetto for Christians in Iraq are a mistake" - link

La Liberté, February 28, 2009, "Enfermería dans les chrétiens d'Irak serait une grave erreur a ghetto" - link

Il Giornale del Popolo, 5 March 2009, persecuted Christians in Iraq, the risk of regional contagion - link

Times, March 5, 2009, "But we will not give ' - link

Tracks, 05.03.2009, Kassarji: "So we help the Christians in Lebanon on the run" - link

SamizdatOnline, Faith in Christ is not a 'idea , editorial - link

Katholiek Nieuwsblad, March 6, 2009, "Alleen met z'n allen" , link

In the photo, Andraos Abouna, auxiliary bishop of Baghdad, by courtesy of Hope Ammann

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"I'd rather die a martyr than to live as a slave at home anywhere else."

A side order: the auxiliary bishop of Baghdad, Andraos Abouna; the bishop of Zakho and Dohuk , Petros Harboli; Hope Ammann, president of the Fondazione Saint Camille, Mgr. Michel Kassarji, Chaldean bishop of Beirut, the bishop of Alquosh, Mar Maqdassi Michael - author of the quotation with which we have titled this post - and his father Joseph Malkoun, pastor of Saint Raphael in Beirut.

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Politici e militari. Membri del parlamento e media di tutto il Medio Oriente. Autorità religiose sia cristiane che musulmane. Non mancava proprio nessuno al convegno delle Chiese cristiane d’Oriente intitolato “Cristiani d’Iraq: Agonia di una presenza o resurrezione” che si è svolto a Beirut lo scorso 19 febbraio. Scopo dell’iniziativa, voluta dal vescovo caldeo di Beirut Michel Kassarji e ospitata dall’università Notre Dame de Louaizé Maronites: assert that the presence of Christians in the Middle East is severely threatened and that his loss would be a tragedy for all the peoples of the region.
"All have contributed to the exclusion of Iraqi Christians, and many will make it easy to start," said Monsignor Kassarji in his speech. "From the darkness of this tunnel, but today we are beginning to become aware of the fact that if Christians are lost, then all is lost. Why is the Muslim tradition has never known such an exclusion of Christians from living in different countries. With this conference we want to raise the alarm about the fate of Iraqi Christians. The Iraqi model anticipates to what is destined to happen in the Middle East: a process whose only possible outcome is the disappearance of the Christian presence. Our ancestors have lived through the persecution they experienced there in the veins, is our own blood, and for that we must remain. And it is possible that this is done, if there proves to be just a bit of solidarity. " To listen
were representatives of all churches and Christian rites of Lebanon Melkite, Chaldean, Assyrians, Maronites, Armenians, greek-orthodox and all others. But there were also representatives of the Sunni Muslims and Druze, a Muslim Mohammad Sammak, Secretary General of the European Christian-Muslim for dialogue, the ambassadors of Spain and Iraq, the head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Beirut, representatives of all Lebanese parties and many, many Lebanese and Arab TV stations: ANB, LBC, Future TV, Tele Lumiere (Christian), Noursat, OTV, Sat 7 (International Christian Lebanese), Sumariya (Iraqi) Kurdistan and Al Jazeera Satellite Channel (the television station of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party).
Many of the speakers that have taken place on the podium, but none of them gives the slightest accusation against population groups they belong to the perpetrators of murders, rapes, theft, intimidation, attacks that follow like a dripping and have tried so Iraqi Christians to lose their hope of a possible future in the country in which they live 2,000 years. None of the interventions mentioned neither the ethnicity nor the confession of the perpetrators of atrocities that are also claimed, whose intentions are declared. A mother whose daughter was kidnapped, raped and later died was thrown in the town square said he had received this telephone call: "We do not want money, we did to break your heart."

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Mohammad Sammak intervened to point out that the right of Christians to remain is based on the letter of the Koran. Despite all that someone has offended the Iraqi ambassador in Lebanon has left the assembly in the middle of its operation, offended because he felt that the Iraqi state has been charged with breach against Christians. He is offended because the problem was simply put, because it was said that there is a problem.
Three Iraqi Chaldean bishops present at the conference, guests Chaldean Eparchy of Beirut which is not far from a major Shiite neighborhoods in the city. There were the archbishop of Kirkuk, Monsignor Louis Sako, well known to readers of Time, Auxiliary Bishop Andraos Abouna of Baghdad in March, with a refined sense of humor and contagious, and Tues Micha Maqdassi, Bishop of Al Qosh (the town at whose monastery during the sixteenth century, the Assyrian Christians decided to reunite with Rome), a mountain in the north, as he describes himself, muttering to himself: "I'd rather die a martyr in my country than live as a slave anywhere else. " But there were also representatives of the Assyrian Eastern Church, that is of Iraqi Christians who have been separated from Rome after 1553. Their attitude filled with wonder: despite coming from a situation in which the tragedy is the stuff of everyday life, in meeting one realizes that these men are not frightened or resentful, or sad or hopeless, or angry or thirst for revenge. Construct. As Monsignor Kassarji, who after years of effort he managed to get hold of a building in which to realize the medical-social center for Iraqi refugees present in Beirut (for the time it opened in 2007 as a subscription among the readers). On the third floor of a building in the suburb of Bir Hassan, have begun the renovation: the walls were demolished to make room for two doctors' surgeries, a dental surgery, a center of social assistance, classroom training. Kassarji perhaps optimistic, but speaks of opening in three months. His intention is to serve without distinction as to ethnic or sectarian people who come to the center. He believes it is possible to provide health care at very low prices to those who did not own resources, and thinks that this initiative can regime to respond adequately to the needs of Iraqis in Lebanon.
would like, however, that the West did more than his share, "International institutions are absent, and bend only with extreme caution on this issue. The initiatives are shy and modest in size in the energy invested in their actions. So you let Christians struggling in their grief. Yet we are confident that our presence is important for the Middle East, a land that Christians have always helped to flourish. "

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recommendation that Christians can remain in the Middle East

recommendations in the conclusion to the congress called on the Christians of Iraq

Agony of a presence or resurrection ,
Beirut, February 19, 2009

Transcription not revised by the authors, edited by Ida Soldini

recommend to the Eastern Churches: Making

1. year 2009 the Year of the existence of a prgoramma cristinai Iraq's cultural and religious activities and humanitarian aid
2. organize a day of prayer by 'intention unified in all the churches of Lebanon for Iraq crsitiani
3. Formare un Alto Comitato il cui compito sia favorire la causa dei rifugiati cristiani irakeni nei paesi circonvicini in collaborazione con i governi di detti paesi e delle autorità delle chiese
   

Alle autorità libanesi raccomandiamo di:

1. Concedere dei permessi di soggiorno temporanei e rinnovabili per i rifugiati irakeni esentandoli dal pagamento delle tasse dovute per tali permessi e dal fornire le garanzie da essi di norma richiesti
2. Facilitare ai rifugiati iracheni l’accesso ai sevizi sociali, sanitari, educativi ect… in collaborazione con l’ONU e il governo irakeno
   

Alla comunità internazionale e all’Orgnizzazione delle Nazioni Unite raccomandiamo to:

1. Organizing a conference to study the issue of minorities in Iraq with a view to ensuring the preservation of their existence and the right to exercise the role that they deserve
2. Open UN office in collaboration with the Iraqi government in the regions inhabited by refugees, particularly in Syria, Jordan and Turkey
3. Working with the Iraqi government agreed to implement the international conventions concerning indigenous peoples
4. increase aid offered to Iraqi refugees in Iraq and beyond its borders , directly or through the governments involved, to ensure that the aid reaches its destination.
   

recommend to the League of Arab States and the Congress of Islamic Countries to:

1. Hiring of decisions that contribute to the protection of Christians both in Iraq and in other countries oreintali
2. Working agrees with other Islamic institutions to proclaim fatwas that prohibit any aggression against the Christian citizens of Iraq
   

recommend that the Iraqi authorities to

1. Ensuring fair representation of Christians in parliament, with regard to the district councils recommend to take as set out in Article 50 of the Constitution before it was repealed. Apply
2. Article 125 of the Constitution, in which the rights of cultural, political and educational services of different ethnicities are warranted.
3. ensure that job opportunities are distributed fairly to all Iraqis without discrimination or marginalization of any of the communities.
4. amend the Constitution so that citizenship is the fundamental criterion of public life, and not religion or ethnicity.
5. Ensure the right of Iraqis to return to the emigrants, to facilitate falling in possession of their property, and ensure compensation for land which were confiscated as a function of the public good.
6. encourage emigrants to return to Iraq and investment in their regions, to enact a special law to return the Iraqi nationality to those who have lost it during the previous regime.
7. Valuing the poorest regions of means, and quickly take of development projects in which jobs are created for the inhabitants of these regions.

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Did Christ in the Middle East has become an abstract idea, and is no longer a living presence?

Intervention of Archbishop Michel Kassarji at the meeting of 19 February in Beirut notes unrevised by the author. Remember that this is the transcript of the simultaneous translation from Arabic into French. I apologize for inaccuracies and expect the French tsto.

"St. Paul describes the heroic faith of those who he tasted the prison and whipping. In Iraq, everything again became current Iraqi Christians are fleeing because they are on the brink of despair. They run away, are scattered in the Diaspora and there is real danger that early Christian presence in Iraq to end.
All have contributed to the exclusion of Christians, and many will make it easy to start. From the darkness of this tunnel, but today we are beginning to become aware of the fact that if Christians are lost, then all is lost. Why is the Muslim tradition has never known such an exclusion of Christians from the life of the country.

With this conference, we want to sound the alarm about the fate of Christians Iraqis. The Iraqi model is an example, an experiment in what is bound to happen throughout the Middle East, a process whose only possible consequence is the disappearance of the Christian presence. That same fate may be that of many other countries. Our ancestors have lived through the persecution they experienced there in the veins, is our own blood, and for that we must remain. And it is possible that this is done, if there proves to be just a bit of solidarity.
Lebanon has always played an important role in the fate of Christians in the Middle East and the Maronite church can take responsibility for this cause. The Maronites were able to maintain have preserved their identity and openness to the West is, both to their homeland. Therefore we place the cause of the Christians of Iraq under the patronage of Mgr Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch of the Maronite Cardinal, because their cause is part of what he referred to the burden.
For many Christians, the faith wavers: the church is powerless to bring relief, is powerless for fear of reactions that may occur. The church in the world perceives the presence of Iraqi Christians as a hopeless cause, as if the odds had already decided that it is impossible to keep hoping. International institutions are absent, and bend only with extreme caution on this issue. The initiatives are shy and modest in size in the energy invested in their actions. So you let Christians struggling in their grief. Yet we are confident that our presence is important for the Middle East, a land that Christians have always helped to flourish.
Christian unity is the only way that this has a continued presence: we must return to our origins. And our roots are a man who is not covered with gold, but has a big heart. Did Christ in the Middle East has become an abstract idea, and is no longer a living presence?

And until we'll be here in Lebanon waiting for our turn? We hope that our conference can be a platform to launch an appeal for the Middle East is always full of plural identities, and why our Muslim brothers to take initiatives and assume the responsibilities placed upon them today. In fact, defending the presence of Iraqi Christians, we are defending at the same time the image of Islam with a human face.
that our solidarity can sustain the patience of our brothers in Iraq. "