Soccer Dad: That holiday spite

December 23, 2009

That holiday spite

Last night I saw this article, A quiet Christmas for Christians in Iraq.

The Chaldean bishop of Basra, Imad al-Banna, is asking Christians "not to display their joy, not to publicly celebrate the feast of Nativity" to avoid offending Iraq's Shiite community, whose Ashura holiday falls two days after Christmas this year.
According to Louis Sako, chief archbishop of Kirkuk for the Chaldean Christians, a Catholic sect that originated in Iraq, none of the northern archdiocese's nine churches has scheduled a Christmas Mass this year.

"This is the first time we have had to cancel our celebrations," he said.

Then this morning I saw these three items in succession on Twitter.

That's not to say that Christian don't dish some out too.

'tis the season of persecution.

Posted by SoccerDad at December 23, 2009 7:59 PM

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