Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas quietly, fear Muslims
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Umm Salam draws her curtains across her windows, then settles into an armchair in a living room festooned with colored lights and a portrait of Jesus on the cross. Her Christmas tree glitters in the corner.
One of Iraq's estimated 800,000 Christians, the 56-year-old widow celebrates the holiday quietly with her children and grandchildren, as violence sweeps the country.
"It is very risky to go the church in our neighborhood, so we will have a party at home and some of our relatives will come to celebrate," she said. "They'll have to stay the night at our home due to the security situation and the curfew."
The evening service at the local church was canceled for security reasons.
The spirit of Christmas is still alive in Iraq, but it's tucked away behind the closed doors of Christian families, who represent about three percent of Iraq's 26 million people.
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Nobody wants to talk about the Christians and Jews of Iraq and how they have suffered and are continuing to suffer under islamic rule clothed in the cheap trappings of 'democracy'...
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