{"id":2280,"date":"2007-04-02T09:16:36","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T09:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/the-way-of-the-cross-2.html"},"modified":"2007-04-02T09:16:36","modified_gmt":"2007-04-02T09:16:36","slug":"the-way-of-the-cross-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/the-way-of-the-cross-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Way of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

…for Assyrian Christians in Iraq:<\/a><\/p>\n

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After Iraq was created with the help of the Assyrians \u2013 nicknamed \u201cBritain\u2019s smallest ally\u201d in the First World War \u2013 they suffered persecution at the hands of the Arabs, who accused them of being conspirators with their imperialist fellow Christians. The1933 massacre of 3,000 civilians in Dohuk, northern Iraq, inspired the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin to coin the word \u201cgenocide\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now, Arab militants have almost cleansed southern Iraq of Assyrians, and in the north, Kurdish extremists are behind numerous unpublicised murders. \u201cThe Kurdish authorities don\u2019t even want to recognise us \u2013 they call us \u2018Christian Kurds\u2019 \u201d \u2013 an irony that would not be lost on their compatriots over the border, officially labelled \u201cMountain Turks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Damian Thompson blogs on the article. Near the end of the comments, the author of the article makes an appearance and adds a comment of his own.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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