Iraqi Archbishop: 'Where Were the Protesters When ISIS Came to Kill Christians'?
by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.3 Feb 2017

The Catholic Archbishop of Erbil has denounced the hypocrisy of those protesting President Trump's recent executive order on immigration, wondering aloud where all of the demonstrators were when Islamic State fighters were slaughtering Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

In an interview with the online journal Crux, Archbishop Bashar Warda said that from his perspective in Iraq, he couldn't help but ask "why all of these protesters were not protesting in the streets when ISIS came to kill Christians and Yazidis and other minority groups."

Warda also criticized the policies of the Obama administration, which offered no financial assistance to displaced Christians in Islamic State territory and instead favoured Syrian Muslims when it came to accepting refugees into the United States.

"They were not protesting when the tens of thousands of displaced Christians my archdiocese has cared for since 2014 received no financial assistance from the U.S. government or the U.N.," he said. "There were no protests when Syrian Christians were only let in at a rate that was 20 times less than the percentage of their population in Syria."

"I do not understand why some Americans are now upset that the many minority communities that faced a horrible genocide will finally get a degree of priority in some manner," Warda added.

The archbishop also suggested that the inconvenience posed by a three-month moratorium on visas is nothing compared to the suffering of minorities in Iraq and Syria during the past several years, and yet no one seemed to think that was worthy of a protest.

"Most Americans have no concept of what it was like to live as a Yazidi or Christian or other minority as ISIS invaded," he said. "Our people had the option to flee, to convert, or to be killed, and many were killed in the most brutal ways imaginable."

"But there were none of these protests then of ISIS's religious test," he said.

In his lengthy interview, Warda underscored the hypocrisy of protesters who are willing to side with Muslims but won't lift a finger to aid Christians facing genocide in the Middle East.

"Our people lost everything because of their faith—they were targeted for their faith, just like the Yazidis and others too," he said. "Now these protesters are saying that religion should not matter at all, even though someone was persecuted for their faith, even though persecution based on religion is one of the grounds for refugee status in the UN treaty on refugees."

"From here I have to say, it is really unbelievable," he said.

Warda also blasted the careless journalists who have called the order a "Muslim ban," noting that this label is not only false but also dangerous to Christians and other minorities living in lands dominated by Islamic terrorists.

"All those who cry out that this is a 'Muslim Ban,'" Warda said, should understand clearly that they are hurting Christians and "putting us at greater risk."

"Here in Iraq we Christians cannot afford to throw out words carelessly as the media in the West can do," he added. "I would ask those in the media who use every issue to stir up division to think about this."

"For the media these things become an issue of ratings, but for us the danger is real," he said.

The Archbishop said "it is very hard for me to understand why comfortable people in the West think those who are struggling to survive against genocide, and whose communities are at extreme risk of disappearing completely, should not get some special consideration."

"We are an ancient people on the verge of extinction because of our commitment to our faith. Will anybody protest for us?" he asked.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/02/03/iraqi-archbishop-protesters-isis-came-kill-christians/

I doubt it that the liberal left and the mainstream media will protest for the causes of the persecuted Christians and minorities in Iraq. This is proof that liberals and Obama together with Muslims would be happy that this fact does not come to light. Hypocrites.

D. Trump the Christian president

OLAADEGBU:


I doubt it that the liberal left and the mainstream media will protest for the causes of the persecuted Christians and minorities in Iraq. This is proof that liberals and Obama together with Muslims would be happy that this fact does not come to light. Hypocrites.

It is really disturbing that situations like this still takes place today like in the bible days and many centuries after it. Public display of offenders like hard criminals just because they profess Christ and then they are publicly killed. Pls where did dis take place and wats the story. May God help we that have the privilege to profess Christ without public abuse use it to fulfil the expansion of the kingdom. Amen

DozieInc:


D. Trump the Christian president

That is the real change that has occurred and the liberals are now crying foul.

blueskies:


It is really disturbing that situations like this still takes place today like in the bible days and many centuries after it. Public display of offenders like hard criminals just because they profess Christ and then they are publicly killed. Pls where did dis take place and wats the story. May God help we that have the privilege to profess Christ without public abuse use it to fulfil the expansion of the kingdom. Amen

Nigeria is a typical example of how Christians and ethnic minorities are systematically cleansed from the northern parts of the country but the journalists, media houses and social media outlets such as this would rather sweep it under the carpet because it is not politically correct to admit that it is happening in our country. The funny thing is that the so called liberals are the first ones to preach tolerance only when it suits them. They cannot tolerate worldviews that are contrary to theirs, they would either ban you or restrict you from bringing your points to light.

OLAADEGBU:


Nigeria is a typical example of how Christians and ethnic minorities are systematically cleansed from the northern parts of the country but the journalists, media houses and social media outlets such as this would rather sweep it under the carpet because it is not politically correct to admit that it is happening in our country. The funny thing is that the so called liberals are the first ones to preach tolerance only when it suits them. They cannot tolerate worldviews that are contrary to theirs, they would either ban you or restrict you from bringing your points to light.

It is indeed sad

blueskies:


It is indeed sad

Thank God that this endtime event has been prophesied in the Book. The Bible is fresher than tomorrow's newspaper.

OLAADEGBU:


Thanks God that this endtime event has been prophesied in the Book. The Bible is fresher than tomorrow's newspaper.

Yea, are u a member of DLBC, because av seen a few of ur threads related to it

blueskies:


Yea, are u a member of DLBC, because av seen a few of ur threads related to it

Yes, by the grace of God.

OLAADEGBU:


I doubt it that the liberal left and the mainstream media will protest for the causes of the persecuted Christians and minorities in Iraq. This is proof that liberals and Obama together with Muslims would be happy that this fact does not come to light. Hypocrites.

Muslims, Atheists, Liberals, Homosexuals etc are all serving the same master Satan who wants to see the death of Christianity.

They have successfully bought the mainstream media using Saudi Oil wealth. Don't you wonder how all these people have suddenly forgotten the pain these Muslims inflicted on them on 9/11?

It seems nairaland is also part of the racket, cos i wonder why positive news about Trump hardly ever makes front page.

What these bought-and-paid-for media don't know is that people now make research of their own without swallowing every garbage

alBHAGDADI:


Muslims, Atheists, Liberals, Homosexuals etc are all serving the same master Satan who wants to see the death of Christianity.

They have successfully bought the mainstream media using Saudi Oil wealth. Don't you wonder how all these people have suddenly forgotten the pain these Muslims inflicted on them on 9/11?

It seems nairaland is also part of the racket, cos i wonder why positive news about Trump hardly ever makes front page.

What these bought-and-paid-for media don't know is that people now make research of their own without swallowing every garbage

President Trump has circumvented a means of getting News out to the masses through the social media such as twitter bypassing the fake news media altogether leaving them in the dark which I think is a good idea.

OLAADEGBU:


Yes, by the grace of God.

Wow, wat location do u attend, I attend d headquaters here in lagos

blueskies:


Wow, wat location do u attend, I attend d headquaters here in lagos

Our headquarters here is in London. U.K.

OLAADEGBU:


Nigeria is a typical example of how Christians and ethnic minorities are systematically cleansed from the northern parts of the country but the journalists, media houses and social media outlets such as this would rather sweep it under the carpet because it is not politically correct to admit that it is happening in our country. The funny thing is that the so called liberals are the first ones to preach tolerance only when it suits them. They cannot tolerate worldviews that are contrary to theirs, they would either ban you or restrict you from bringing your points to light.

I pity any Christian that doesn't rally behind Trump at these times , Christianity is at the cross roads of ISLAM and God sent Trump to see us through ..

This statement was made by the Catholic Archbishop of Erbistock, Iraq?. So there are xtians in Iraq. How did they survive for so long as religious minorities when all muslims "are killers". Why do you also label the entire Iraq as muslim and ban its travellers to the US?
Trump is lying to the American people. His policies are stupid and he is too proud to admit it.

Adminisher:
This statement was made by the Catholic Archbishop of Erbistock, Iraq?. So there are xtians in Iraq. How did they survive for so long as religious minorities when all muslims "are killers". Why do you also label the entire Iraq as muslim and ban its travellers to the US?
Trump is lying to the American people. His policies are stupid and he is too proud to admit it.

When Muslim talks I know

Adminisher:
This statement was made by the Catholic Archbishop of Erbistock, Iraq?. So there are xtians in Iraq. How did they survive for so long as religious minorities when all muslims "are killers". Why do you also label the entire Iraq as muslim and ban its travellers to the US?
Trump is lying to the American people. His policies are stupid and he is too proud to admit it.

The Christians there are a minority who regularly get persecuted by the Muslim majority. Pls visit www.shoebat.com to see the level of persecution Christians face in the islamic world.

Trump's Ban policy is not a Muslim ban, as the mainstream media has fooled you all to believe. It is a ban on people from countries currently plagued by terrorism. As it affects Muslims, so it affects Christians as well, so long they both live in such countries.

SalamRushdie:


I pity any Christian that doesn't rally behind Trump at these times , Christianity is at the cross roads of ISLAM and God sent Trump to see us through ..

Not all Christians can discern the times otherwise they would have jumped on the bandwagon of the new wave that is permeating the season.

Adminisher:


This statement was made by the Catholic Archbishop of Erbistock, Iraq?. So there are xtians in Iraq. How did they survive for so long as religious minorities when all muslims "are killers". Why do you also label the entire Iraq as muslim and ban its travellers to the US?
Trump is lying to the American people. His policies are stupid and he is too proud to admit it.

You have spent too much of your time digesting fake news. Wake up to reality and listen to the people on the ground as the OP has claimed.

OLAADEGBU:


Our headquarters here is in London. U.K.

Oh, dats gud

blueskies:


Oh, dats gud

Glory be to God.

OLAADEGBU:


Glory be to God.

Pls, when will nairaland put positive news about Trump on FP?

alBHAGDADI:


Pls, when will nairaland put positive news about Trump on FP?

You should know by now that Donald Trump is the antithesis of what NL is.

SalamRushdie:


When Muslim talks I know

Good observance.

Adminisher:


This statement was made by the Catholic Archbishop of Erbistock, Iraq?. So there are xtians in Iraq. How did they survive for so long as religious minorities when all muslims "are killers". Why do you also label the entire Iraq as muslim and ban its travellers to the US?
Trump is lying to the American people. His policies are stupid and he is too proud to admit it.

I believe the new executive order has removed Iraq from the travel ban.