Zunehmend manifestieren sich die islamistischen Kräfte in der arabischen Welt. Durch diese Entwicklung wird der Weg hin zu mehr Demokratie und Gleichberechtigung der Menschen versperrt, noch bevor er sich öffnen konnte. Geschickt gelenkt durch ein mittlerweile weltweit agierendes, undurchschaubares Netzwerk der religiösen Fanatiker des Islam, drehen sich die Machtverhältnisse rasant. Die Islamisierung nicht nur der gesamten Arabischen Welt ist zum Greifen nah, sondern auch die Rechtlosigkeit der Frauen und ethnischer wie religiöser Minderheiten eine ernstzunehmende Zukunftsperspektive. Weiterlesen
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United States vice-President
Joseph Biden Meets With Assyrian Leaders in Detroit
Detroit (AINA) — United States vice-President Joseph Biden met with members of the Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of America (CASCA) on August 22nd. Ismat Karmo, the Chairman of CASCA, as well as members Dave Nona and Joe Kassab discussed the plight of the Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) in Iraq, and the Obama administration’s poor response to the concerns of the Assyrian community. Weiterlesen
St. Gabriel monastery
Turkish Court Takes Monastery’s Land, Declares Assyrians ‚Occupiers‘
(AINA) — The final decision of the [Turkish] Supreme Court of Cassation in the legal case of St. Gabriel, ordering it to transfer the lands which the monastery has owned for 14 centuries to the State Treasury marks a major legal scandal. Cynically, it was the same institution which in 1974 ruled against the [non-Muslim] minority foundations in Turkey and has played an important role in intensifying minority problems. The latest ruling, in which the State is designated as the ‚land owner‘ and the ‚other‘ (being St.Gabriel) as the ‚occupier‘ proves that not much has changed in Turkey’s policy towards minorities. The court decision sheds light on an important parameter of the process that has been labeled as „democratization.“ Weiterlesen
Interview with Ara Sarafian
Ottoman Destruction of Three Christian Communities a Homogenization Process
AINA interviews Ara Sarafian, the founder of the Gomidas Institute (London), an organization promoting and disseminating research and scholarship on modern Armenian studies. In 2000 Sarafian edited and published The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916 (known as the Blue Book), an extensive collection of primary-source documents concerning the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocide, compiled originally by James Bryce and Arnold Toynbee and presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon in 1916. Weiterlesen
Assyrian New Year's Eve
Assyrians Worldwide Celebrate 6762nd Year
(AINA) — March 21 marked the beginning of the 6762nd Assyrian year. The celebration of the new year was and is called the Akitu festival by Assyrians, and this was adopted by the various cultures that lived contemporaneously with Assyrians and by those that succeeded them. The Akitu festival is a 12 day celebration. Weiterlesen
Wrong name
French Documentary Calls Assyrians ‚Christian Kurds‘
Stockholm (AINA) — A French documentary from 2011 about dress codes in various countries has enraged the Assyrian community in Sweden. The documentary describes Assyrians as „Christian Kurds“ in the episode about dress codes among the peoples of Northern Iraq. Weiterlesen
Just a lie
The 1,500 Year Old ‚Bible‘ and Muslim Propaganda
(AINA) — Much has been made of the recent discovery in Turkey of a Bible purported to be written in the Aramaic language, 1,500 years ago. The Muslim media, as well as Western media outlets, quickly pounced on this, claiming this Bible contains verses attributed to Jesus Christ, in which Christ predicts the coming of Muhammad. No media outlet has published a facsimile of these verses. Weiterlesen
Letter to Serzh A. Sargsyan
Scholars Urge Armenia to Officially Recognize Assyrian Genocide
(AINA) — The Assyrian Genocide Research Center (Seyfo), based in Sweden, has sent a letter to Serzh A. Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia, urging Armenia to officially recognize the Assyrian genocide, which occurred simultaneously with the Armenian Genocide. Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks were all victims of genocide between 1914 and 1923, a campaign which aimed, and succeeded, in cleansing the Ottoman Empire of most of it’s Christian subjects. Nearly three million Assyrians, Armenains and Greeks were killed during that period. The letter was signed by 36 organizations and 22 scholars. Here’s is the text of the letter. Weiterlesen
For Refusing to Pay Extortion Money
Two Copts Killed in Egypt
Two Copts were killed this afternoon in the village of Bahgourah, a suburb of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt, after a Muslim racketeer opened fire on them for refusing to pay him extortion money. Three days ago Ahmed Saber had asked from the Coptic building contractor Moawad Asaad for a considerable sum of money. This afternoon Saber drove to Moawad’s home to collect the money, but Moawad refused to go to his car to speak to him for fear of being kidnapped. Four men came out of the car with machine guns and shot Moawad and his 26-year-old son Asaad Moawad, an engineer. Both were killed instantly. Weiterlesen
Attack Church
Muslims in Egypt Burn Christian Homes and Shops
A Muslim mob attacked Copts today in the Upper Egyptian village of Rahmaniya-Kebly, Nag Hammadi, Qena province, destroying and torching their homes, straw huts and shops, while chanting Allahu Akbar. No one was reported killed or injured. According to reports, security forces were present but did not intervene and the fire brigade arrived 90 minutes late. Weiterlesen