2010 a terrible year for Iraq’s Christians
The year 2010 was the worst year to date for the Christian community in Iraq, it has been revealed by the organization for human rights in Iraq, Hammurabi. Many Christians were forced to leave the country in fear of killings and violence of all kinds. The death toll among Christians over the past seven years, according to Hammurabi exceeds 822 people. 629 of them were murdered for being part of the Christian minority. Others were involved in 126 attacks of various kinds and many others have been victims of military operations undertaken by U.S. and Iraqi forces. 13% of victims are women. Among the Christian victims of 2010 there are 33 children, 25 elderly and 14 religious. In 2010 Hammurabi recorded 92 cases of Christians killed and 47 wounded, 68 in Baghdad, 23 in Mosul and one in Erbil.
Tags: Christian Persecution
July 15th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Ok, but for the sake of balance – what are the inter-Islamic violence statistics ? And what of the Zorastrians ? And the Jews ?
ie is Iraq just an extremely violent place or are Christians being specifically targeted compared to everyone else ?
July 15th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Paul just in case you haven’t noticed, this is a blog run by a Christian with a Christian theme. As a consequence, I tend to focus on the Christian community.
I am unable to track every community on earth.
I have been blogging about the SPECIFIC TARGETING of Christians in Iraq for over two years now, and for some background reading perhaps you would take the time to research my archives.
Here’s a starter for you:
eChurch Search – Christians + Iraq
As for the Jews, they left Iraq years ago, as I have mentioned in the past many times, when quoting the following blog:
Point of no Return
As for the Zorastrians, why don’t you do the research and then go ahead and blog about it.
For the sake of balance
Why don’t you pop over to Iraq and talk to the bereaved, traumatised and devastated grieving Christian families left behind, about balance.