DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines theJEWISHNEWS.com F. Kevin Browett Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor Letters from page 5 Chief Operating Officer kbrowett©renmedia.us ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl®renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen®renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzirnmerman@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs 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. Margot Gardner Bloomfield Hills dsachs@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin®sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar®renmedia.us Contributing Writers Ruthan Brodsky Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman 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. Sales Director kfarber@renmedia.us Senior Account Executive Melissa Litvin Account Executives Wendy Flusty Annette Kizy Joanne Levine Ilene Lubin Sales Manager Assistant Lisa Wren BUSINESS OFFICES Billing Coordinator Pamela Turner Collections Analyst Hazel Bender Production By FARAGO & ASSOCIATES Manager Scott Drzewiecki Designers Amy Pollard Pam Sherevan Michelle Sheridan Susan Walker PUBLISHED BY: RENAISSANCE PtMEDIA Ramsay F. Dass, M.D., president American Middle East Christians Congress Oak Park Chairman Michael H. Steinhardt www.middleeastchristian.org President Arthur M. 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