The Inside Assyria Discussion Forum #5

=> there was no persecution of Christians under Saddam

there was no persecution of Christians under Saddam
Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Tuesday, November 10 2015, 18:07:14 (UTC)
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...this is another bogus claim we like to make, at least those of us safely out of Iraq who can afford to spread this lie. Christian churches have existed in Iraq long before they were built in Europe, or America. Christians have lived in peace with their Muslim neighbors with respect flowing in both directions.

The trouble came when Assyrian nationalists committed sedition by accusing the Iraqi government of being a bunch of Arabs who'd stolen their country and ruled over them illegally and demanded "their" country back. Maybe it was just coincidence but this happened in the 70s at the same time as similar claims were being made by members of the American Indian Movement. In the United States the upshot was the FBI and federal marshals descended on the tribal lands where AIM had followers, they killed several activists and some are still in prison...they were attacked by law enforcement because what they were preaching was sedition, a crime in every country on earth.

The claim of Native Americans to their tribal lands actually has legal standing, they still have in their possession treaties signed by Congress and presidents giving them land, including parts of Florida. Any chance? Whereas our claim is based on nothing but our own say-so and moreover is a claim for land we supposedly held 2500 years ago, not 150 as with Native Americans.

Saddam had no choice but to move against these nationalists....they were not persecuted for being Christians, or even Assyrians, but for preaching sedition...and, during time of war, such as during the Iraq/Iran war, sedition becomes treason, punishable by death...this is law, not persecution.

The real trouble for Iraqi Christians began with the invasion of Iraq by a host of Christian nations....Iraqis aren't responsible for what has happened to the Christians there, other Christians are, a whole bunch of foreign Christian nations are responsible. If Christians in Iraq have suffered, and they have, it is not the fault of Muslims, but Christians.



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