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Christians flee "liberated" Iraq.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)
Understandably concerned over the fact that the new Iraqi constitution designates Islam the "official religion of the state," Iraqi Christians are "voting with their feet" by preparing the leave their native country, reported Insight on May 28. Tragically, this validates a prediction made in these pages more than a year ago (see "What Did We Win?" in our May 19, 2003 issue).
"Most of the Christians in Iraq are Assyrians--people who claim to be the original inhabitants of Iraq," reported Insight. "Because they are Christians and seen as allies of the West, the Assyrians have long been subject to persecution." During the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, nearly two-thirds of the Assyrians were slaughtered. At present, there are an estimated six million surviving Assyrians worldwide--less than hall of whom remain in Iraq.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Christians flee "liberated" Iraq.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)