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Facing Genocide in Iraq, Assyrian Christians Cry Out for a "Safe Haven"—Who Will Hear?"The Assyrians need a permanent safe haven in the Middle East itself: the birthplace of Christianity and where our legacy of seven thousand years as Assyrians rests, the land of our faith and our forefathers. This is where the Assyrians belong." –Nuri Kino In a Huffington/World Post Op-Ed, Nuri Kino, Swedish-Assyrian (Christian) journalist outlines the urgent conditions of Christians in Iraq and Syria, as the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), formerly ISIS, forces them to leave or be killed.
Kino has founded a campaign to protect the Christians of Iraq and Syria, called #DemandForAction, and is seeking a response of help from the international community. "The Assyrians want to live in harmony and understanding with other faiths and ethnicities of all kinds, as they always have. They just want a small area where they will be protected and not ruled by those who will force them to give up their faith or ethnicity or risk death. "France has announced its intention to grant asylum to the Christians forced out of Mosul. Thank you, France, for hearing our cry for help. Thank you for recognizing the immediate and disastrous situation facing Christian Assyrians in Iraq, and for offering to act. Hundreds of thousands are grateful for this announcement of possible asylum. "But as much as we would love to see all the Christians of the Middle East find a safe haven in, say, Marseille, we know that it is not a tenable solution. The Assyrians need a permanent safe haven in the Middle East itself: the birthplace of Christianity and where our legacy of seven thousand years as Assyrians rests, the land of our faith and our forefathers. This is where the Assyrians belong." Kino notes that the UN, which has made a statement regarding the situation—albeit a weak one—could come together and establish an "internationally administered safe haven in Iraq" but that it would take a member of the UN security council to "introduce Article 70" for a vote. (Photo by Fred Nile)
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