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small, fringe organization (July 24, page
14). This was not the case.
Judging by the apparel they wore —
men and women dressed in traditional
Muslim garb — or the Arabic they spoke,
the large majority of participants were
clearly Muslims or from Middle Eastern
countries.
In the minority were others who were
not obviously Middle Eastern or Muslim.
Given the supporting organizations of
this rally, these participants probably
included extreme leftists, Detroiters
concerned about the water issue and
Jews who identify with the self-hatred of
Jewish Voice for Peace.

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Iraqi Christians Ethnically
Cleansed By Islamist Terrorists
While the world has been overwhelmed by
the events in the Malaysian plane tragedy
and the Israeli-Gaza conflict, one event
went unnoticed: a complete ethnic and
religious cleansing of Christians in the
province of Mosul, Iraq. These Christians
were there at the dawn of civilization
and were converted to Christianity by St.
Thomas the Apostle. The cleansing took
place after they refused to convert, pay
the penalty or be executed by the Islamic
State militants (ISIS). Their houses were
marked with the word "1 ■ 1:' the first let-

Keith Farber

ter of the Arabic word for Christian,
"Nasrani" or Nazarene, and confiscated.
Their churches were demolished. Their
businesses were looted. Those who fled
were completely stripped of even their
basic wealth, similar to the events the Jews
faced by the Nazis.
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako and
Pope Francis have appealed to world
leaders to stop this persecution and eth-
nic cleansing, but their words have fallen
on deaf ears.
America and western world govern-
ments, who are signatories to the United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and profess to be the guardians of
humanity, liberty and human rights, have
turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the
plight of the Iraqi Christians and those
facing similar persecution elsewhere.
This dilemma has not stopped, but
continues toward the rest of Iraq, where
in fewer than 10 years, a Christian popu-
lation of more than 11/2 million will only
be a few hundred thousand and maybe
completely exterminated.
Those who believe in human rights,
freedom of religion and are anti-ethnic
cleansing must act now. Otherwise, his-
tory will have repeated itself.

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