Posted on 07/23/2013 4:12:08 AM PDT by markomalley
A Kurdish ambulance driver refused to transport the body of an Assyrian woman from the hospital to the church, saying it was forbidden in Islam. The incident occurred in Iraqi Kurdistan, a symptom of the country's growing ethnic-religious polarisation.
The body of the Assyrian woman, who died last Sunday at Zarkari hospital in Erbil, had to be brought to the town of Ankawa, but the Muslim ambulance driver refused to drive to the church because it is "haram" (forbidden) in Islam.
Marivan Naqshbandi, media director at the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Kurdish Regional Government in north of Iraq, asked the Health Ministry to open an investigation into the case.
"The Committee for promoting religious coexistence, which was formed recently in the region, should follow up on this case to insure that civil servants carry out their duties professionally and impartially and not on the basis of personal religious beliefs," he said.
Insecurity and violence are rising in the country, especially after US and international troops left in 2011.
Between April and June of this year, at least 2,500 people were killed in violent attacks, many blamed on the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites.
On Sunday, armed groups attacked two prisons in Baghdad, Abu Ghraib and Taji, freeing about 500 prisoners, many of whom al Qaeda members, already sentenced to death.
The situation returned to normal after several hours of fighting in which at least 20 police officers were killed. At first, Iraqi authorities denied that prisoners had escaped; then admitted that "some" had.
Probably because he raped and killed her.
Whatever a Muslim doesn’t feel like doing is ‘forbidden by Islam’.
Christians should not live in Islamic countries and Moslems should not be allowed in Christian nations...no commerce - no aid - no military trade what so ever — and the let animals tear themselves apart...problem solved!
At first, Iraqi authorities denied that prisoners had escaped; then admitted that “some” had.
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500 is a pretty big “some”.
When will the United States stop fighting limited wars?
War cannot be limited. You kill the enemy and anyone else that gets in the way, until the enemy stops fighting.If we had done that in Iraq we would have been out of there a lot sooner and they could have gone back to their heathen ways hating us even faster than they now have.
I thought Kurdistan was the good one.
For all of you who thinks that it’s wrong for an ambulance driver to refuse to carry a body, how do you feel about a photographer refusing to photograph a gay wedding?
Freedom of association means people get to choose who they will or will not do business with.
The only individual, in this case, who has a reasonable complaint against the ambulance driver is his employer.
I don’t believe there are any good ones.
Did you ever get the idea that if Islam didn’t exist the world would be a peaceful place.
These creatures cannot be Civilised.Its against their religion,So they should be banned from entering and defiling any Western Country.
Depends, is this a private hospital and ambulance that the family chose, our is this a tax funded community service that is employed to service everyone?
Why was an ambulance transporting a patient from the hospital to another location? Usually it’s the other way around.
If the driver had refused to pick up an injured woman at a church, I would say there is a problem. However, if the woman is being released from the hospital, why can’t someone from the church get her from the hospital?
On Sunday, armed groups attacked two prisons in Baghdad, Abu Ghraib and Taji, freeing about 500 prisoners, many of whom al Qaeda members, already sentenced to death. The situation returned to normal after several hours of fighting in which at least 20 police officers were killed. At first, Iraqi authorities denied that prisoners had escaped; then admitted that "some" had.
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