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MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
MORE than 6000 Assyrians marched through the city today in protest against the treament of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christian communities have spoken out against attacks by the Islamist group Islamic State, formerly known the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the past year, the militants have seized control of a growing number of Iraqi cities and towns, including the mostly Sunni city of Fallujah in western Anbar province and more recently the strategic northern city of Mosul.
Protesters fear Iraq's dwindling Christian population, which once numbered in the millions, is under threat of disappearing forever.
The group claims it has established an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Protest organisers told a crowd of up to 5,000 in Sydney that the insurgents were waging a campaign of terror against their Christian compatriots in Iraq, killing and kidnapping those who refuse to convert to Islam or leave the country altogether.
In recent months they say thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes and many have been murdered, raped, kidnapped and robbed.
In areas under control of the militants, Christian homes have been marked with the Arabic letter "noon" - or N - which represents "Nazarene", a term meaning Christian in Arabic.
Protest organiser Neneveh Yakoup said the militants had destroyed or occupied scores of Christian buildings and institutions in Mosul in the two months since its takeover.
"We have already seen the destruction of our heritage... 1,800 churches razed to the ground," she said.
"[There have been] tombs of biblical figures destroyed, ancient monuments levelled, the history of the entire region gone. The people gone. What will be left? Where will we go?"
Speakers at the Sydney rally say the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean people can trace their ethnic and cultural origins to the indigenous populations of ancient Mesopotamia, which includes modern day Iraq.
Community leader Samir Yousif urged Australia and other foreign governments to do more to stop the spread of militant Islam in Iraq and protect Iraqi Christians.
"The only way we can stop this persecution is for the international community to step in and encourage and help the Iraqi Government to be a government for all people, regardless of their religious, sect or belief," he said.
Christians in Iraq and across the Middle East have faced centuries of persecution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/iraqi-christians-stage-pro...
Photography by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2014
Este símbolo representa a letra árabe 'nun', primeira letra da palavra Nazrani (Nazareno) como são chamados os cristãos no Iraque. Os cristãos de Mosul estão tendo suas casas marcadas com esse símbolo para que extremistas islâmicos possam identificá-los, e então queimá-las. Os cristãos devem negar a Jesus, se converterem ao islamismo e pagar impostos como infiéis ou deixar tudo para trás e ir embora, caso contrário são mortos.
Oremos por nossos irmãos, pela igreja perseguida!
Nossa redenção está proxima, JESUS ESTÁ VOLTANDO!!!
1 João: 2. 24 e 25 =》 Quanto a vós outros, zelai para que aquilo que ouvistes desde o princípio permaneça em vossos corações. Porquanto, se o que ouvistes permanecer em vós, de igual modo permanecereis no Filho e no Pai. E esta é a Promessa que Ele nos fez: a vida eterna!
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This symbol represents the Arabic letter 'nun', the first letter of the word Nazrani (Nazarene) as they are called Christians in Iraq. Mosul Christians are having their houses marked with this symbol for Islamic extremists who can identify them, and then burn their homes. Christians must deny Jesus, convert to Islam and pay taxes as infidels or leave everything behind and go, otherwise they are dead.
Let us pray for our brothers, for the persecuted church!
Our redemption is next, JESUS IS COMING!
1st John: 2. 24 and 25 =》Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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