About ten days ago I blogged about the re-opening of St. John’s Church in Baghdad. On 15 November 2007 a service was held at this church at which the Most Reverend Shlemon Warduni, Auxiliary Bishop of the St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Diocese for Chaldeans and Assyrians in Iraq officiated.
This event was again described by the free-lance reporter Michael Yon:-
LTC Stephen Michael at St John’s. LTC Michael told me today that when al Qaeda came to Dora, they began harassing Christians first, charging them “rent.” It was the local Muslims, according to LTC Michael, who first came to him for help to protect the Christians in his area. That’s right. LTC Michael told me more than once that the Muslims reached out to him to protect the Christians from al Qaeda. Real Muslims here are quick to say that al Qaeda members are not true Muslims. From charging “rent,” al Qaeda’s harassment escalated to killing Christians, and also Muslims. Untold thousands of Christians and Muslims fled Baghdad in the wake of the darkness of civil war.
This is the main reason I want to high-light this report: it clearly demonstrates that the Muslims who persecute Christians are a very small minority.
Today, Muslims mostly filled the front pews of St John’s. Muslims who want their Christian friends and neighbors to come home.Let us hope and pray that all the citizens of Iraq will soon be able to live their lives in peace and security.
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