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Being curious
Posted by AssyrianMuslim (Guest) - Wednesday, November 14 2007, 9:26:13 (CET)
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It is a well known fact that our ancastors began calling themselves "Assyrians" after ww1. It is widely agreed that it was the English men who named the Nestorians as "Assyrians". This is admitted by the Anglicans and the Catholic encylopedia as well. Furthermore, most historians and scholars do not always believe today's Christians of Iraq to be the actual Assyrians of antiquity. However, we are Assyrian now and that is the issue. The Nestorians who became Roman Catholic were given the name "Chaldean" in the 17th century ce. The remaining Nestorians were later named "Assyrians" by the British. So, whether today's Assyrians are truly descendants of the ancient Assyrians or not is not really that important to me, but what is strange here and important is the fact that the ancient Assyrians pretty much disappeared from history after their fall and were silenced from future history.

It is said that Assyrians converted to Christianity in the 3rd and 4th centuries ce. If that is the case, that means that Assyrians began losing their identity and for almost 1,700 years they did not know, care, or do anything dealing with"Assyrianism". They were known as "Suraye" (Christian name) and not Ashuraye or Assyrians. They used names like Dinkha, Shlemon, Hurmiz instead of Ashur, Sargon and Sencharib. Everything in the last 1,700 years is a Suraye thing rather than Assyrian thing, There is no real evidence or any Assyrian accomplishments, but it is rather always related to church and Christian Suraye traditions. Now, I have no problem with those Assyrians who are devout Christians or whatever else some may follow, but I am curious to know something.

Since we appearntly did not know that we were the great "Ashuraye" and simply called ourselves "suraye" and it was the British who gave us the Assyrian name in order to serve their political interests, would the so called fighters for modern "Assyrianism" be calling themselves Assyrian today? I am serious about this. I don't think they would be calling themselves Assyrians just as the Catholics would not be calling themselves Chaldeans. So, what would they be caling themselves had it not been for the British? perhabs Nestorians, Syriacs, Arameans or maybe just Christian Iraqis. Who knows what they would be referring to themselves and who knows were Sargon Dadeesho, Fred Aprim and the rest would be.

Whatever the case would, be I personally don't think they be calling themselves Assyrians and it would propably just be a Christian thing which in fact it always has been from the start. Peace



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