Iraqi bishop slams West's silence
Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad Shlemon Warduni blasted the United States and Europe for their "silence" in the face of escalating violence against the Christian minority in Iraq, the Religious Information Service of the Church in Italy reported. Bishop Warduni cited the recent assassination of Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni and three deacons in northern Iraq, carried out a week ago as they were coming out of a church, and to the kidnapping of Father Hani Abdel Ahad, 33, who has not been heard from since he was abducted last Wednesday as instances of this silence, Catholic News Agency reported Tuesday.
The bishop said that after the killing of Father Ganni, "nobody showed us any solidarity. Only the Pope sent a telegram of condolences and raised his voice to make know the tragedy of the Iraqi Christians."
He added, "If this had happened in any Islamic population, the Muslim masses would have taken to the streets to protest and demand respect, just as what happened with the satirical comics some time ago."
"Christians, on the other hand, are doing nothing while here they are being killed, kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, to pay protection money, hand over their own daughters in order to avoid reprisals, or to flee, abandoning their whole life's work," Bishop Wardumi said.
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