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البحث الخاص بها">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 1st, 2011 by Mohammed Ibn Laith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/01/%d8%ba%d9%88%d8%ba%d9%84-%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d9%82-%d8%ae%d8%af%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%ad%d8%b1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to غوغل تطلق خدمة "مواعيد الصلاة" عبر محرك البحث الخاص بها">غوغل تطلق خدمة "مواعيد الصلاة" عبر محرك البحث الخاص بها</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/religion/" title="View all posts in Religion" rel="category tag">Religion</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/islam/" rel="tag">Islam</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ba%d9%88%d8%ba%d9%84/" rel="tag">غوغل</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">أعلنت شركة "غوغل" عن إطلاق خاصية جديدة توفر البحث عن مواعيد الصلاة مباشرة عبر محرك البحث الخاص بها. <br/>حيث أن الخاصية تمكن المستخدم بمجرد كتابة اسم المدينة مرفقا بـ"أوقات الصلاة" حتى تظهر مواقيت الصلاة مباشرةً على صفحة البحث "وليس كنتيجة بحث". <br/><a title="20110501_screenshot_google_announcement_prayer_times_service by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5675660752/" class="external" target="_blank"><img 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<div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>طالب البرلمان العراقي، امس الاثنين، المنظمات الدولية وعلى رأسها الامم المتحدة والمؤتمر الاسلامي وكلاً من الولايات المتحدة ودولة الفاتيكان بإدانة جريمة حرق نسخة من القرآن الكريم. <br/>وطالب البيان الحكومة الاميركية بتحمل مسؤولية ماجرى ومعاقبة من تطاول على القرآن ومطالبة الامم المتحدة باصدار قرار ادانة دولي رادع يحفظ للكتب السماوية قداستها اضافة الى دعوة منظمة مؤتمر الاسلامي لعقد جلسة طارئة لمناقشة الموضوع ورفع دعوى قضائية ضد من قام بجريمة حرق المصحف الشريف فضلا عن مطالبة الفاتيكان بادانة هذا المجرم، داعيا منظمات المجتمع المدني الى اتخاذ موقف ازاء هذه الجريمة.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12671"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/03/07/you-only-need-a-few-fanatics-and-it-all-falls-to-pieces/#respond" title="Comment on You Only Need A Few Fanatics And It All Falls To 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border-bottom: black 1px solid"> <p><font size="3"><strong>The Monday Interview:</strong> With his 30 armed guards, Andrew White, ‘Vicar of Baghdad’, lives on Christianity’s front line. Jerome Taylor meets him:</font></p> <p> <a title="20100307_canon_andrew_white_in_baghdad by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5506077910/" class="external" target="_blank"><font size="3"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px" height="381" alt="20100307_canon_andrew_white_in_baghdad" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252im_/http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/5506077910_55e027241d_o.jpg" width="280"/></font> </a> </div> <p>Canon Andrew White leans over his desk and – with a mischievous glint in his eye – prepares to deliver what I now suspect is a signature move when greeting new guests. Handing over a copy of one of his books, his face breaks into a wide grin as he asks: "Would you like me to sign that for you? I tell you what, I’ll use this pen. It was the same one used to sign Saddam Hussein’s death sentence." </p> <p>Such a macabre piece of historical memorabilia might appear an unusual keepsake for an Anglican priest but then Canon White – the so-called Vicar of Baghdad – is no ordinary clergyman. As pastor to St George’s, the only Anglican church in Iraq, Canon White has been on the front line of the most violent and barbaric persecution of a Christian minority in living memory. </p> <p>Cut off from the streets of Baghdad by blast-proof barriers, razor wire and round-the-clock security, St George’s is one of the few churches still able to operate weekly services for the Iraqi capital’s rapidly diminishing Christian congregation. Scores of his worshippers have been kidnapped or murdered, and militants have routinely tried to storm the complex which lies outside the comparative safety of the Green Zone. </p> <p>Canon White, 47, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has been shot at and kidnapped but still he returns, making sure to spend at least three weeks of every month with an embattled congregation that refer to him as their abouna (father). </p> <p>The 6ft 2in, bowtie-loving priest spoke on a brief visit back to his picturesque home in a quiet Hampshire village which he shares with his wife and two boys (for security reasons he asks us not to give their names or location). The stopover was part publicity tour for his new book Faith Under Fire, part a chance to catch up with the family. </p> <p>The Hampshire house is a pretty, single-storey family home in a quiet curving cul-de-sac, containing a theologian’s study filled with books and crucifixes from across the world. Work is a war zone 3,000 miles away, where Canon White is protected by 30 security guards. A place of sandbags and terror, particularly for Iraqi Christians, whose population has plummeted in the past 20 years from 1.4 million to just 300,000. </p> <p>The fountain pen, which Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki borrowed for a couple of days and used to sign Saddam’s death warrant, is a way of breaking the ice before talking about a subject that will inevitably be gruesome. We meet just days after Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s only Christian cabinet member, was gunned down in Islamabad and it is inevitable that the conversation quickly turns to violent persecution of Christians. "All over the world there are increasing threats against Christians," Canon White says. "Bhatti’s death is deeply disturbing. But when you’re living in the midst of the fire like in Baghdad, it’s really what happens there that concerns you. We have had 123 people killed in Baghdad since November." </p> <p>Last year in fact was a particularly brutal year for Iraq’s Christians and 2011 looked like it was going to be no different. But in the past few weeks the killings have stopped. </p> <p>As head of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, Canon White has built unparalleled relationships with Iraq’s senior Sunni and Shia clerics. In late January he gathered them in Copenhagen to issue a joint fatwa (religious edict) condemning any attacks on minority communities. "Until then Christians were being killed every day," he says. "After the fatwa the killings stopped. It’s crucial to remember that the vast majority of Muslims we work with, they are our friends. We can only do what we do with their help." </p> <p>When he is not administering to his flock, it is these kinds of delicate negotiations between Iraq’s religious power players that occupy much of Canon White’s time in Baghdad. He has been a key negotiator in kidnappings including that of the IT worker Peter Moore, who was released, and Ken Bigley, who was killed. He has himself been taken hostage, held in a room where freshly severed fingers and toes littered the floor, and has negotiated for the release of countless Iraqis. The violence he has seen is harrowing. Does he ever lose his faith? "Never," he says. "If anything, my faith has got stronger." It’s a reply you often hear from religious people in conflict zones – but how can religion be a force for good when it does so much harm in these situations? </p> <p>"I remind myself that if religion is a force for bad it is also a force for good," he says. "If religion is the cause of this horrific violence then it is also the cure. The only way you will be able to stop this violence is engage with Iraq’s religions in a religious way. The best thing we can do is work with the Islamic leaders as most of them are not terrorists." </p> <p>Canon White places the blame for the violence against his congregants squarely at the feet of al-Qa’ida in Iraq, the primarily foreign militant network inspired by Osama bin Laden. "Those who instigate violence are mainly from outside," he says. "There are certain people you simply can’t work with and the al-Qa’ida people fall into that category." </p> <p>But he is equally infuriated by Christian bigots and publicity seekers – such as the American pastor Terry Jones, who threatened to burn the Koran. "Pastor Terry Jones is directly responsible for the murder of some of our people," Canon White says. "They have no idea how terrible it was. Throughout the time he threatened to burn the holy Koran, they were warning us that our people would be attacked. Four of my guards were killed throughout that time. He can try and say from the safety of Florida he was trying to make an important point. But it was an important point that killed our people." </p> <p>Canon White was himself a supporter of the American-led invasion of Iraq, but after all the killing, the mutilations, the kidnappings and the mass exodus of Iraq’s Christians – does he still think it was worth it? </p> <p>It’s the first time he seems unsure of himself. "I had one day in the whole of my life when I thought to myself, why did we do this," he says. "But I remember what it was like in Iraq before the war, the fear people lived under." Yet he adds: "But at least you could walk down the street." </p> <p>I press again, was it really worth it, so much violence, so many deaths? </p> <p>"I had seen the terror of the Saddam regime and I knew there was absolutely nothing the Iraqis could do to remove that terror," he replies. "It’s been hell. So many people killed. I still say the regime had to be removed but we should have done things differently afterwards." </p> <p>Regrets are a luxury Canon White cannot afford. He has a flock in Iraq to attend to. While a semblance of peace has returned for Baghdad’s Christians thanks to the joint fatwa, Canon White knows it is temporary. "From my years and years in Palestine, Israel and Baghdad I know that the majority of people can live together," he says. "But you only need a few fanatics and it all falls to pieces." </p> <p><b>Christianity under fire</b></p> <p>IRAQ In the past 20 years, the flight of Christians has reduced the community’s population from 1.4 million to 300,000. </p> <p>EGYPT On New Year’s Day, 21 Copts were killed in a bomb in Alexandria. </p> <p>PAKISTAN Shahbaz Bhatti, the country’s only Christian cabinet member, was assassinated last week. </p> <p>NORTH KOREA Christianity is vehemently prosecuted in North Korea, where any expression of religion in the totalitarian state is viewed as open insurrection against the Communist regime. </p> <p>NIGERIA Sectarian conflict between Muslims and Christians in central Nigeria has broken out with horrendous violence over the past two years in and around the city of Jos. </p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/andrew-white-the-vast-majority-of-muslims-are-our-friends-2234252.html" class="external" target="_blank">Andrew White: ‘The vast majority of muslims are our friends’ – Profiles, People – The Independent</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12324"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/02/07/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%88/#respond" title="Comment on اليوم السابع | "اليوم السابع" ينشر أول وثيقة مكتوبة لتجديد الخطاب الدينى">No Comments</a></span> Posted on February 7th, 2011 by Haleema Al-Azzawi</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/02/07/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84-%d9%88/" 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<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl" align="right"> <blockquote> <p>ينشر العدد الجديد من "اليوم السابع" الأسبوعى أول وثيقة مكتوبة لتجديد الخطاب الدينى، عكفت الجريدة على إعدادها بعد تكرار حوادث الفتن الطائفية وإلصاقها بالدين، والدين منها برىء، ليتناسب مع مستجدات العصر، الأمر الذى أصبح ضرورة حتمية. <br/>"اليوم السابع" فتحت الملف الشائك وأعدت الوثيقة لتكون حجة للإسلام لا عليه، شارك فيها ما يقرب من 25 عالماً أزهرياً وداعية إسلامياً تنوعت تخصصاتهم الفقهية وأعمارهم السنية، وكان من أبرزهم الدكتور نصر فريد واصل، مفتى الديار المصرية السابق، والدعاة خالد الجندى، ومحمد هداية، ومصطفى حسنى، والدكتورة ملكة زرار، أستاذة الأحوال الشخصية، والدكتورة آمنة نصير، والمفكر الإسلامى فهمى هويدى، والدكتور مبروك عطية، والدكتور صفوت حجازى وغيرهم الكثير. <br/>اشتملت الوثيقة على 22 مادة شملت جميع القضايا الفقهية والمعاملات والأحكام والفتاوى الشرعية: <br/>المادة 1 إعادة تنقية كتب الحديث الشريف والتفسير. <br/>المادة 2 ضبط المصطلحات السياسية المتعلقة بالدين مثل الجزية. <br/>المادة 3 إيجاد صيغة جديدة لمفهوم الاختلاط بين الجنسين. <br/>المادة 4 ضبط الرؤية الإسلامية للمرأة وتوفيق أوضاع قانون الأحوال الشخصية. <br/>المادة 5 الإسلام دين الإبداع. <br/>المادة 6 ضبط مفهوم الجهاد فى الإسلام وصياغة أحكامه وشرائعه. <br/>المادة 7 صد هجمات التدين الظاهرى والطقوس الغريبة القادمة من دول الجوار. <br/>المادة 8 الفصل بين الدين والدولة. <br/>المادة 9 تنقية التراث السلفى والقضاء على ما به من خرافات واجتراء على الدين. <br/>المادة 10 الإعداد الجيد للدعاة وفتح الباب لغير الدارسين بالأزهر وفق الشروط المحددة. <br/>المادة 11 صياغة الفضائل المشتركة بين الأديان السماوية. <br/>المادة 12 تصفية العادات الخاطئة وترشيد الاقتباس من العادات الغربية. <br/>المادة 13 صياغة العلاقة بين أتباع الديانات من خلال المدرسة والمسجد والكنيسة. <br/>المادة 14 إعادة تقديم السيرة النبوية للغرب بصورة مختلفة. <br/>المادة 15 عدم تنفير الناس من النظم الاقتصادية بتحريم التعامل مع البنوك. <br/>المادة 16 الاعتراف بحق المرأة فى رئاسة الجمهورية. <br/>المادة 17 محاربة دعاوى المذهبية لأن راية الإسلام واحدة. <br/>المادة 18 الدعوة إلى الله بالمعروف والحكمة لا بالترهيب. <br/>المادة 19 تطوير التعليم الأزهرى. <br/>المادة 20 الاعتراف بحق المسيحى فى المناصب الهامة ورئاسة الجمهورية. <br/>المادة 21 فصل الخطاب الدينى عن السلطة وإعادة ربطه بحاجات المجتمع وتغييراته. <br/>المادة 22 ربط الدعوة بالتكنولوجيا الحديثة والفضائيات وسوق الكاسيت الإسلامى. </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>المصدر : </strong>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=343007." class="external" target="_blank">اليوم السابع | "اليوم السابع" ينشر أول وثيقة مكتوبة لتجديد الخطاب الدينى</a></p> <p> <a title="Yawm_al-Sabi_00 by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5425916917/" class="external" target="_blank"><img height="720" alt="Yawm_al-Sabi_00" 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ممكن في بلد مثل العراق">No Comments</a></span> Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Harith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/25/%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%b6-%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%b2%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%ba%d9%8a%d8%b1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to بعض رجال الدين: عزل السياسة عن الدين غير ممكن في بلد مثل العراق">بعض رجال الدين: عزل السياسة عن الدين غير ممكن في بلد مثل العراق</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/islam/" rel="tag">Islam</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics/" rel="tag">Politics</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religion/" rel="tag">Religion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/secular-vs-religious/" rel="tag">Secular vs. Religious</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">يقف دعاة المدنية في العراق اليوم امام مرحلة تمثل تحدّ لإثبات الوجود، فما يصفونه بالمدّ الديني الحكومي ومحاولات فرض مفاهيم إسلامية تقضم الحريات وتسمح باضطهاد الآخر ستسهم بأفغنة العراق، الذي يؤمن دستوره بالتعددية. <br/>محمد حسن السلامي / ناشط / هنالك الكثير من الانتهاكات التي حصلت خلال الفترة السابقة منها ما حدث من مطالبات للخدمات في البصرة وسقوط شهيدين على اثرها وايضا اغلاق النوادي الثقافية الليلية كاتحاد الادباء هذه تثير مشكلة في المجتمع هل نحن دولة دينية ام علمانية ؟؟ سوف نقف بالضد من هذا باشكال مختلفة عبر الكتابة بالصحف والاعتصامات والتظاهرات. <br/>مفيد الجزائري: قيادي في الحزب الشيوعي <br/>/ عندنا ديمقراطية وعدنا دستور وعدنا اسس ارسيت لنظام جديد ولكن هذا بناء النظام الجديد لم يستكمل وثانيا هذا البناء يتعرض الى هجوم من هنا وهناك ومحاولات قضم وتضييق .. <br/>لكن رجال الدين .. او بعضهم على الاقل يرى ان عزل السياسة عن الدين غير ممكن في بلد مثل العراق، بينما يرى اخرون ان الحكومة الدينية لا يمكن ان تنسجم مع المعايير المدنية محذرين من تحول العراق الى افغانستان اخرى. <br/>احمد القبانجي / مفكر إسلامي / حكومة دينية لا يمكن ان تنسجم مع المجتمع المدني ولا يمكن ان تنسجم مع حكومة مدنية اذا اردنا بالاجبار ان نقيم حكومة دينية يعني حكومة طالبان او حكومة الصومال او ايران وكلها اثبتت فشلها وتحولت الى استبداد والى صراع واقتتال بين الاحزاب <br/>علي الشرع / رجل دين / لانستطيع نحن ان نعزل الدين عن السياسة الدين هو منبع السياسة الدين هو محرك السياسات كلها فلا يجوز اطلاقا وغير ممكن ان نعزل الدين عن السياسة نحن دولة اسلامية وتربيتنا اسلامية وتعاليمنا اسلامية <br/>ومع ان المرجع في حل اختلافات كهذه يفترض ان تكون مواد الدستور العراقي، إلا ان مختصين يؤكدون ان مطاطية البنود الدستورية تجعلها تتحمل أكثر من تفسير وبحسب رغبة ومصلحة الاطراف التي تتسلم السلطة. <br/>ابراهيم المشهداني / محلل سياسي / المواد التي صنع منها الدستور كانت مواد فضفاضة بحيث كانت تقبل الاجتهاد والتفسير من اي طرف الدستور الان يحتاج الى تعديلات اكو دراسات كثيرة واكو مسودة تعديلات للدستور لكن لم يتم الاتفاق عليها السبب في ذلك توجد بعض الاطراف التي تريد ان تجير الدستور لصالحها. <br/>وبينما يؤكد انصار شرعنة السياسة على ان النصوص الدينية مصممة لكي تناسب كل الازمان يشير مختصون الى ان اختلاف تفسير تلك النصوص بين المذاهب والتيارات الدينية المختلفة الى حد تكفير بعضها البعض احيانا يجعل من غير الممكن فرض نمط محدد وناجح للدولة الدينية في هذا العصر. </p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12237"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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Al-Najaf has stated that Al-Sadr movement’s Leader Muqtada al-Sadr "is preparing to be Iraq’s Hasan Nasrallah and play a major influential role" and warned that "partisan struggles for the political leadership of Iraq’s Shiites will take place in Al-Najaf, Karbala, and other central Euphrates and southern cities."</p> <p>The source which spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity by telephone from Al-Najaf said that "the leader of Al-Sadr movement is holding in his family’s home in Al-Hananah quarter, intensive meetings with leaders of his movement in an effort to put their affairs in order and resolve some conflicts and struggles inside it, especially between those wearing turbans and those not wearing them (Mullahs and non-mullahs). The first are asserting that they are the ones who protected the Trend and its permanence while the others believe they were the ones credited with making the Trend a political movement." </p> <p>The source went on to say that discussions during the meeting also focused on the removal of some the traditional leaders whom Al-Sadr believes are undisciplined or not in tune with the times, especially as some symbols of the movement have yet to appear in Al-Najaf since Al-Sadr’s return.</p> <p>The political source went on to say: "Al-Sadr returned to Iraq arrogant with power after having left Al-Najaf in secret for fear of being arrested by American forces. But his movment today has 40 seats in the Iraqi House of Representatives and seven ministers in the government. This hastened his return to play an influential political role that is to a large extent similar to the role of Hasan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to what those close to Al-Sadr are asserting."</p> <p>The source pointed out that "the attention the Iraqi political leaders are paying Al-Sadr is giving him stronger impetus" and referred to "the visit by President Jalal Talabani, leader of the Democratic Union of Kurdistan, to Al-Sadr in his house in Al-Najaf and the telephone contact Dr. Iyad Allawi, the former Iraqi prime minister and Al-Iraqiya List leader, had with him the day before yesterday." </p> <p>The source noted that, "leaders of the traditional Shiite parties are not happy with Al-Sadr’s return to Al-Najaf, the capital of Shiite influence." It added that "hot political struggles between the Shiite parties for control of the Shiite influence are going to surface through events, especially between Al-Sadr Trend and Al-Dawa Party, which is led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on one hand and between the Trend and the Islamic Supreme Council [IISC] which is led by Ammar al-Hakim on the other hand." It warned that "the struggle between Al-Sadr Trend and the IISC is going to be more public due to the historic struggle for control of Al-Najaf between Al-Sadr and Al-Hakim’s families."</p> <p>The source believes that "Muqtada al-Sadr will not forget his traditional enemies easily or the battles the current Prime Minster Nuri Al-Maliki led against his Trend in which many of his supporters were killed or arrested. Hence, the struggle between Al-Sadr and Al-Maliki will not be confined only to the partisan one between Al-Sadr Trend and Al-Dawa Party but personal aspects and settlement of accounts might be involved which will weaken both sides, particularly as Al-Dawa Party considers itself as having greater Shiite influence in Iraq and does not accept anything less than that. This Shiite party even sees itself as the only political representative of Iraq’s Shiites following the reduced influence of IISC in the recent legislative elections and its failure to obtain important ministries in Al-Maliki’s second government." The source does not rule out the possibility of "Al-Sadr starting his battle with Al-Maliki by criticizing the government’s performance and through his ministers and parliamentary deputies so as to weaken the prime minister’s position without triumphing over him" and pointed out that the "coming months will see noticeable tensions between the Shiite parties’ leaders and the people of Al-Najaf are fearful of Al-Sadr Trend’s calm before the storm."</p> <p>However, Baha al-Aaraji, the leader in the Trend who is close to Muqtada, has said "Iraq is not Lebanon. What applies there cannot be applied here. In his speeches and statements, Muqtada al-Sadr stresses the need to stay away from weapons and demands that any issue should be resolved politically." He pointed out that the Trend leader "is expecting the government to provide the services to the Iraqi people and to get the American occupation forces out. He will back the government and give it the chance even though he had said it was weak. We will comment if his demands, which are for the Iraqis, are not fulfilled." He told Asharq Al-Awsat "there is a roadmap that is not yet clear and things will become clearer after "fortieth" celebration which marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Al-Hussein, when large meetings will be held."</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=23842" class="external" target="_blank">Al-Sadr’s Hezbollah designs for Iraq Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12120"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/05/iraq-muslim-solidarity-towards-iraqi-christians/#comments" title="Comment on IRAQ Muslim solidarity towards Iraqi Christians">1 Comment</a></span> Posted on January 5th, 2011 by Harith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/05/iraq-muslim-solidarity-towards-iraqi-christians/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to IRAQ Muslim solidarity towards Iraqi Christians">IRAQ Muslim solidarity towards Iraqi Christians</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/category/religion/" title="View all posts in Religion" rel="category tag">Religion</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/archbishop-louis-sako/" rel="tag">Archbishop Louis Sako</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asia-news/" rel="tag">Asia News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asianews/" rel="tag">asianews</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basra/" rel="tag">Basra</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/chaldean/" rel="tag">chaldean</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/christians/" rel="tag">Christians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/egypt/" rel="tag">Egypt</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnicity/" rel="tag">ethnicity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraqi-christians/" rel="tag">iraqi christians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/islam/" rel="tag">Islam</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kerbala/" rel="tag">kerbala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/layla-yousif-rahema/" rel="tag">Layla Yousif Rahema</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/muslimchristian-solidarity/" rel="tag">Muslim/Christian solidarity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/northern-iraq/" rel="tag">northern iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/pope/" rel="tag">Pope</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/religion/" rel="tag">Religion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/solidarity/" rel="tag">Solidarity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/violence/" rel="tag">violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%e2%80%8e/" rel="tag">الإسلام‎</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86/" rel="tag">بالمسيحيين</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="border-right: black 1px solid; 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A Christian woman who survived the slaughter in Baghdad’s Syriac-Catholic cathedral on 31 October is murdered.</p> <p>by Layla Yousif Rahema</p> </p></div> <p> Baghdad (AsiaNews) – At a time of escalating tensions and violence, Muslims leaders have expressed their solidarity with Iraqi Christians. Yesterday, some 20 sheikhs from Arab tribes in Nassiriyia, Kerbala, Diwaniyia, Imara, and Basra visited the Chaldean Archbishop’s Residence in Kirkuk to present their best wishes for the New Year, but also and especially to express their solidarity with Christians as well as voice their concern over mass Christian migration, particularly after the attack against Baghdad’s Syriac-Catholic cathedral on 31 October, and a Coptic church in Alexandria (Egypt) on 31 December. <p>During lunch with Archbishop Louis Sako, the Muslim leaders expressed their outrage and condemned the attacks against Christians. “Iraq without Christians would not be Iraq,” one of the sheikhs said. Another noted that his tribe was Christian before the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, adding that “we cannot forget our roots.” Others highlighted the need “to strengthen the spirit of brotherhood because we are all children of Adam and Abraham.”</p> <p>The sheikhs gave Mgr Sako a gift, a sword to symbolise their offer of protection to Christians. The archbishop thanked them but said that “the Christian sword is love”.</p> <p>“As the Pope said, the attack against innocent people offends God and humanity. If we want to build life together and in harmony, we must educate our children to respect those who are different from us in terms of religion, culture or ethnicity, and respect the human mosaic that God created,” the Chaldean archbishop said. “Destroying it is to destroy not only peace but life itself.”</p> <p>After the meal, the entire Muslim delegation visited Kirkuk cathedral and listened to Mgr Sako explain the Christian prayer and how, within the church, men and women praise God.</p> <p>In the meantime, Christians are still losing their lives in Baghdad. On Sunday night, Rafah Butros Toma, a 44-year-old unmarried Christian woman, was murdered in her home. She was one of the worshippers who survived the al-Qaeda massacre at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral on 31 October. She worked at a local university and lived alone after her old father moved to a village in northern Iraq. She never stopped going to church.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Muslim-solidarity-towards-Iraqi-Christians-20419.html" class="external" target="_blank">IRAQ Muslim solidarity towards Iraqi Christians – Asia News</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12078"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/a-pivotal-year-for-iraqis/#respond" title="Comment on A pivotal year for Iraqis">No Comments</a></span> Posted on January 3rd, 2011 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/01/03/a-pivotal-year-for-iraqis/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A pivotal year for Iraqis">A pivotal year for Iraqis</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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nation.</p> <p>However, while the breakthrough may have ended the governmental impasse, the crisis has only highlighted the fragility of Iraqi state-building more than seven and a half years after the US-led invasion of the country.</p> <p>The year 2010 did not start off well for Iraq as violence persisted and politicians’ bickering raised concerns about the country’s ability to get back onto its feet after the US withdrawal next year. </p> <p>Thousands were killed, including civilian bystanders, army and security officers and government officials, and thousands others wounded in a string of suicide bombings and attacks in Iraq throughout the year.</p> <p>The violence proved that the Iraqi security forces are not yet able to protect civilians in terms of numbers, equipment and training, while insurgents tied to Al-Qaeda continue to launch attacks, spreading an air of danger in many Iraqi cities.</p> <p>Critics maintain that the newly trained Iraqi armed forces are incompetent and sharply divided along ethnic and sectarian lines and that they cannot be expected to succeed in ending the violence, raising questions about whether the remaining US troops in Iraq will be able to exit the country as many Iraqis desire. </p> <p>The United States has reiterated that it will stick to plans to withdraw all its troops from Iraq by December next year, but Washington might have second thoughts if the new government fails to restore stability and insurgents continue their campaign to bring it down. </p> <p>In addition to the security problems, the newly formed government has to end the chaos in Iraq and deal with multiple political, social and economic setbacks.</p> <p>One of the biggest problems is the deep schism facing the country, which needs to be bridged by national reconciliation. Reconciliation of Iraq’s ethno-religious communities is seen as a necessary precursor to stemming the country’s sectarian violence.</p> <p>There are dangers that the country is descending into a situation in which it is becoming less tolerant in terms of religious freedoms and human rights, as the government fails to deal with increasing fundamentalism.</p> <p>An intensifying campaign is putting more pressure on the government to go after religious fundamentalists, operating in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, who seek to impose their strict interpretation of Islam.</p> <p>There have been widespread reports that these groups have ordered social clubs, bars and alcohol shops to close down and that they are intimidating people who do not follow their version of Islamic values. </p> <p>The crackdown has included shutting music and drama departments in arts institutes, banning arts festivals and circuses, and imposing strict codes of behaviour.</p> <p>The moves have heightened concerns among academics and intellectuals that Iraq, now emerging from foreign occupation and war, is displaying all the tendencies of a Taliban-like Islamic state.</p> <p>The year 2010 was also among the worst for the country’s Christians, with thousands fleeing their homes and more leaving the country during 2010 than at any time since the US-led invasion. </p> <p>The latest exodus follows a massacre led by Al-Qaeda at a Christian Catholic Church in central Baghdad on 31 October, which left some 60 people dead, almost 100 maimed and an already apprehensive community terrified.</p> <p>Since then, the terrorist group has targeted Christians in their homes, including family members of those who survived the attack.</p> <p>In Baghdad, as well as in the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk, Christmas services have been cancelled for fear of further violence. </p> <p>After more than seven years of war, the Iraqi economy is in tatters, with the country depending largely on imports for nearly everything from cars to tomatoes. Unemployment is among the highest in any country worldwide.</p> <p>The country also still lacks basic services. Electricity is in short supply, medicines are available mainly through the black market, and there are long lines for fuel in a country that has the third largest oil reserves in the world.</p> <p>Another serious problem is corruption, which is spectacular even by world standards. Iraq is ranked fifth from the bottom of the pressure group Transparency International’s list of 180 nations.</p> <p>Bribery and outright theft surround virtually every Iraqi government department, with some of the kickbacks being used by rival politicians to cement their power bases in order to perpetuate their hegemony in the country.</p> <p>Some two million Iraqi refugees are either abroad or displaced inside Iraq after being forced to flee their homes to safe havens because of violence and sectarian threats.</p> <p>Today, most of Baghdad’s neighbourhoods are shielded by high concrete walls from the rubble-strewn streets and are cordoned off by the security forces as residents are trapped in fear of a renewal of sectarian conflict. </p> <p>However, the good news in 2010 was that Iraq increased its oil exports. New Petroleum Minister Abdel-Karim Luaibi said on Wednesday that Iraq’s crude oil production had increased by 100,000 barrels a day to 2.5 million barrels. </p> <p>The ministry had announced earlier that sales from Iraqi crude oil exports during the first 11 months of 2010 had reached $46.9 billion. Last year, Iraq’s oil revenues reached $41.3 billion, compared with $60 billion in 2008.</p> <p>Iraq might have made other small advances in 2010, especially in avoiding civil war, but the country still has a long way to go. At the end of a long and exhausting year, it is hard to see a clear end in sight.</p> <p>Strengthening the Iraqi state will be hard, especially after the March elections that produced a government many Iraqis consider to be weak, fragmented and incompetent.</p> <p>According to some scenarios for post-2010 Iraq, next year will be crucial as it will see the withdrawal of the remaining US troops. The pullout will mean that the US will no longer have a large foothold in Iraq, leaving the country to local forces and interests as it absorbs the after- effects of the American-led invasion.</p> <p>One scenario is that the national partnership government will succeed in holding the country together and that a strong central government will emerge. This will be able to prevent violence escalating and erupting into all-out civil war.</p> <p>A second scenario would be that the instability in Iraq continues, with the growing confrontation between the country’s Sunnis and Shias over power and resources leading the country into chaos.</p> <p>Neighbouring countries will be fearful of the risk of contagion and will try to keep the chaos contained within Iraq’s borders. A proxy war could be the result, along the lines of what is happening in Somalia.</p> <p>Another scenario would be the collapse of the government because of sectarian fighting and the country descending into outright civil war. This would most likely lead to Iraq’s disintegration with instability spreading to the entire region.</p> <p>The year 2011 will be pivotal for Iraq’s future, and that future will be more than anything else determined by the fortunes of the new government. </p> <p>It is to be hoped that Iraq’s politicians will not repeat their previous mistakes and that they will stand together to end the people’s misery and start rebuilding the devastated country.</p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/1029/re6.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | A pivotal year for Iraqis</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11986"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/12/24/christian-exodus-from-iraq-gathers-pace/#respond" title="Comment on Christian exodus from Iraq gathers pace">No 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Now <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iraq" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq</a>’s Christians face two further unthinkable realities: that Christmas this year is all but cancelled, and that few among them will stay around to celebrate future holy days.</p> <p>It has been the worst of years for the country’s Christians, with thousands fleeing in the past month and more leaving the country during 2010 than at any time since the invasion nearly eight years ago. Christian leaders say there have been few more defining years in their 2,000-year history in central Arabia.</p> <p> <a title="20102412_captioned_memorial_murdered_christians by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5287899085/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 5px" height="276" alt="20102412_captioned_memorial_murdered_christians" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110618012252im_/http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5287899085_689e1097d8_o.jpg" width="460"/></a> <p>The latest exodus follows a massacre led by al-Qaida at a Chaldean Catholic church in central Baghdad on 31 October, which left about 60 people dead, almost 100 maimed and an already apprehensive community terrified. Since then, the terrorist group has targeted Christians in their homes, including family members of those who survived the attack.</p> <p>In Baghdad, as well as the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk, Christmas services have been cancelled for fear of further violence. Church leaders said they would not put up Christmas decorations or celebrate midnight mass. They told families not to decorate their homes, for fear of attack after al-Qaida reiterated its threat to target Christians earlier this week.</p> <p>"Now more than 80% of Christians are not going to the churches," said the head of Iraq’s Christian Endowment group, Abdullah al-Noufali. "There is no more sunday school, no school for teaching Christianity. Yesterday we had a discussion about what we would do for Christmas. We took a decision just to do one mass. In years before we had many masses."</p> <p>Noufali’s church was closed and barricaded in 2005 when violence was consuming Baghdad. Many others had stayed open since then. Until now. In the wake of the attack on the Our Lady of Salvation church, at least 10 churches are believed to have been closed. At others, congregations are down to a handful.</p> <p>Iraq’s Christian population has halved since the ousting of Saddam Hussein. But in the past two months, the rate of departure has soared. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is reporting high numbers of registrations by Christians in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. And in Iraq’s Kurdish north, the number of refugees is overwhelming.</p> <p>Christians have been arriving since the president of the Kurdish regional government, Massoud Barazani, offered them protection and refuge days after the massacre.</p> <p>Kurdish officials say at least 1,000 families have taken up the offer. Noufali believes the number is far higher. He says the Kurds have been warm and welcoming, but fears that moving there does not offer his community a long-term solution.</p> <p>"We have seen in Kurdistan that they have no ability to accept the Kurdish students in the universities," he said. "There are not enough chairs in the university for them. They must have opportunity to learn and work. The problem is not just security."</p> <p>In Lebanon, the plight of Iraq’s Christians is being carefully scrutinised. Father Yusef Muwaness, of the Council of Catholic Churches in the Middle East, said: "We understand the shock [the Iraqis] are enduring. We want them to know that they won’t be left alone.</p> <p>"There are ancient issues at work. These people [al-Qaida] are killing because of a fatwa. There has not been a mufti who has stood up and said this is wrong."</p> <p>Lebanon’s Christians once held a demographic majority. Emigration and a brutal civil war has whittled numbers away. Amin Gemayel, a former Lebanese president and now patriarch of many of the country’s remaining Christians, believes far more could be done by Muslim leaders to ensure that the exodus is not total.</p> <p>"The Christians were very nationalistic," he said. "They are part of the foundations of this area. We can’t understand such extremity then passivity from the leaders. When the region is completely cleansed of other religions (apart from Islam) it will be a surrender to the fundamentalists."</p> <p>In the Chaldean archdiocese in Baabda, above Beirut, Father Hanna has been receiving Iraqi families fleeing their homeland. "I would go back there to give a service in front of one person, if I had to," he said. "But even that may not be possible now. Since 1 November, we have seen 450 families register here. Many more have gone to the UN."</p> <p>Among those who have stayed in Iraq and tried to build a new life in the north, there are mixed feelings. "Three days after the church attack I left my house (in Baghdad) and came to the KRG," said Georges Qudah, 30, a pharmacy assistant. "At the main checkpoint I said we are a Christian family, and they said we are welcome to stay as long as we want. I feel safe and comfortable here, but the problem is how to live. The council here has given us blankets and beds, but housing is very expensive."</p> <p>In Baghdad, there are few signs of the joy of Christmas.</p> <p>"There is no hope here anymore," says Noufali. "No one can believe they [the Christians] will stay. Christmas came with two messages, peace in the world and hope for the people and we need these two things for our life in Iraq. If there are no more Christians here, I am certain Iraq will become a more dangerous country."</p> <h3>Christianity in the Middle East</h3> <p> Freedom of worship for Christians varies greatly across the Middle East. <p>In Lebanon, where about half the population are Christian, believers are allowed to practise their faith without fear of persecution. The Maronite Church is the largest, most politically active and influential denomination, holding 34 of the 64 Christian seats in the Lebanese parliament.</p> <p>In Jordan, Christians are free to profess their faith, build churches, schools, hospitals and universities. They attend mass and there are public celebrations of religious festivals and ceremonies. They experience less discrimination and more freedom than fellow believers in Egypt and Iraq. There is a similar portrait of stability and freedom in Syria, where Christians comprise up to 10% of the population.</p> <p>Evangelising bvy Protestants in Jordan has prompted a crackdown on churches, visas and summer camps. Attempting to convert Muslims is illegal, but there is no law against proselytising to other Christians and some Catholic and Orthodox groups have complained of energetic wooing from Protestants. It is this evangelising that has offended authorities, keen to avoid religious zealotry of any sort.</p> <p>What Saudi Arabia lacks in violent persecution it makes up for in outright intolerance. There is no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia, which counts a million Catholics in its population. The country allows Christians to enter for work purposes but severely restricts the practise of their faith.</p> <p>Christians worship in private homes and there are bans on religious articles including Bibles, crucifixes, statues, carvings and items bearing religious symbols. The religious police bar the practice of any religion other than Islam. Conversion of a Muslim to another religion is considered apostasy and carries a death sentence if the accused does not recant. 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