{"id":1628,"date":"2007-06-01T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T08:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/in-baghdad.html"},"modified":"2007-06-01T08:13:18","modified_gmt":"2007-06-01T08:13:18","slug":"in-baghdad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/in-baghdad.html","title":{"rendered":"In Baghdad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Convent sacked and occupied<\/a><\/p>\n

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Terrorists, believed to be Shiites, yesterday occupied the Convent belonging to the Chaldean Sisters of the Scared (sic – obviously should be Sacred) <\/em> Heart in Baghdad.  Sources in the capital in contact with the nuns denounced the event to AsiaNews. The Angel Raphael convent lies in the Mikanik area of the oppressed Dora quarter where for months now a ferocious anti Christian campaign of persecution has been unfolding.   The only two sisters who still lived in there tell that a group of terrorists broke into the building during their absence; on their return they found the convent had been sacked of all its goods and turned into a base for military operations.<\/p>\n

According to anonymous sources, in all probability, Shiite militants are behind the attack; as they too join Sunnis in their anti-Christian campaign.  Two days ago a letter signed by the Mahdi Army<\/a>, linked to the radical leader al Sadr, which imposes the Islamic veil on Christian women in Baghdad.  Today a spokesperson for the group in Najaf, denied all involvement with the message, yet according to priests on the round, the situation is \u201cvery worrying\u201d.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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