Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Report: Up to 600,000 Christians Have Fled Homes in Syria
Catholic Culture ^ | 1/8/13

Posted on 01/08/2014 5:49:24 AM PST by marshmallow

Up to 600,000 of Syria’s 2.2 million Christians have fled their homes and are now either refugees or internally displaced persons, according to Aid to the Church in Need.

In all, 1.8 million Syrians have left their homes, the charity reported.

“The number of Christians killed because they are targeted for their faith is growing,” said Father Andrzej Halemba, the charity’s Middle East projects coordinator.

Referring to an October massacre, the priest said that “Sadad is a very clear case. They were slaughtered like animals.”

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicculture.org ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Islam; Orthodox Christian
KEYWORDS: arabchristians; bhomiddleeast; christianpersecution; flee; refugees; syria; syriawar

1 posted on 01/08/2014 5:49:24 AM PST by marshmallow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Unarmed, and unwilling people .. get slaughtered.


2 posted on 01/08/2014 5:53:35 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: knarf

Most likely will flee to Israel.


3 posted on 01/08/2014 5:55:57 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Another foreign policy ‘success’ for the current WashDC regime

(ever notice how everything he does benefits the worst, most murderous IslamoNazi terrorists.. anywhere in the world?)


4 posted on 01/08/2014 5:56:30 AM PST by faithhopecharity (no)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

And not one bit of reporting tin the main stream media.

But we know all about cartoon and videos with allah


5 posted on 01/08/2014 6:04:20 AM PST by rdcbn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: knarf

Unarmed, and unwilling people .. get slaughtered.


And Obama is supporting strongly the terrorists who are doing the ethnic cleansing (remember that term?) and the murders.

Strangely, Assad is the good guy on the this issue, to the extent there is any good guy in that region.


6 posted on 01/08/2014 6:07:56 AM PST by rdcbn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Nuke Mecca. Feed Islamic terrorists to the pigs.

Hang our traitorous politicians, and leave their rotting corpses on display as a warning to all other tyrants.

The tree of liberty is on parched soil.


7 posted on 01/08/2014 7:02:09 AM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Biggirl
Most likely will flee to Israel.

Mostly no; here is an article. Many Syrians are against the rebels, even though they are not completely supporters of Assad per se. But they are aware that the rebels are backed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and that those governments as well as that of Israel have close ties to US/UK elites.

The situation is very confusing until one realizes that it is financial elites that are transnational / global, i.e., have no real loyalty to a nation state - that are pulling the strings behind the scenes of all Western-aligned governments - at the highest levels. These financial elites can therefore have their own "private" operations going and also enlist the UKUSA "five eyes" intel apparatus, as well as the many intel agencies which work with "five eyes", to conduct operations.

"Five eyes" dates back to WWII. It's also important to note that the same elite private financial interests, well, their organizational ancestors, ripped the Tsar from power and have been doing business with the "USSR" all along, i.e., the "Cold War" was put into place by the financial elites. At the "collapse" of the USSR, the hundreds of billions being borrowed in the name of taxpayers through the banking syndicate and spent on Western militaries - suddenly had the "foe" disappear, endangering said spending and borrowing. The next "enemies" then had to be created, among them were terrorism, global warming, world poverty, AIDS, etc., which were all deemed national security threats in the 1990's by the UK/US intel establishment leadership. This provided the statutory basis for maintaining the vast security, military, intel, etc., apparatus in the West.

Bottom line, given that Syria remains outside the Western-banking regime lead by the elites' Bank of International Settlements, the Syrian "revolution", like its Libyan, Egyptian, etc., counterparts, is about making moves to integrate the Syrian economy with the West, of course, according to the terms set forth by the elites.
8 posted on 01/08/2014 7:25:31 AM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Prayer for Peace in Syria

 

God of Compassion,
Hear the cries of the people of Syria,
Bring healing to those suffering from the violence,
Bring comfort to those mourning the dead,
Strengthen Syria’s neighbors in their care and welcome for refugees,
Convert the hearts of those who have taken up arms,
And protect those committed to peace.

God of Hope,
Inspire leaders to choose peace over violence and to seek reconciliation with enemies,
Inspire the Church around the world with compassion for the people of Syria,
And give us hope for a future of peace built on justice for all.

We ask this through Jesus Christ,
Prince of Peace and Light of the World,
Amen.

Petition: For the people of Syria, that God may strengthen the resolve of leaders to end the fighting and choose a future of peace.


9 posted on 01/08/2014 7:39:18 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

I know it’s been a while but I just saw this other web post and it is appropriate for me to assume that the people from syria that will be permitted to immigrate will not be the Christians...

http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/01/obama-to-pave-way-for-30000-syrian-islamists-to-resettle-in-america/#t88bfbLyD0idxKy7.01


10 posted on 01/19/2014 8:02:08 AM PST by huldah1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: marshmallow

Your tax dollars at work.


11 posted on 01/19/2014 8:07:33 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson