34 Iraqi Christians hurt in last week’s Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church arrived in France late Monday.
Say what you will about France, but did you know that 1,300 persecuted and vulnerable Iraqi Christians have been granted asylum in France since autumn 2007?
And now they’ve taken in another 34 Christians injured in last week’s Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church.
The Iraqis who arrived Monday would within 24 hours have a temporary asylum-seekers’ card, renewable every six months, with authorization to work in France, Besson said.
Full asylum would be “handed out generously,” the minister added.
Oh, and France plan a second evacuation flight in the coming weeks to bring out a further 93 Iraqi Christians who were caught up in the horrific church attack.
And to which type of person do we rush to hand British citizenship and passports? Yep, folks like Abu Hamza.
I wish I could report an equivalent UK policy to President Sarkozy’s initiative – to admit to France Iraqis belonging to the vulnerable Christian minority – especially given the UK bears much responsibility for the current plight of Assyrian Christians.
British based Archbishop Athanasios Dawood – A Syriac Orthodox archbishop – is urging Christians to flee Iraq. This advise comes in light of Al-Qaeda in Iraq threatening more attacks specifically targeting Christians. He has said that Iraqi Christians should leave the country or face being killed at the hands of Al-Qaeda.
In light of all of this, if we can’t [or won't] protect Christians in Iraq, then bring them here to the UK.
Tags: Christian Persecution
November 9th, 2010 at 11:08 am
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