Funeral for Father Ragheed Ganni
1972 - 2007
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Assyrian Priest
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Chaldean priest kidnapped in Baghdad
Posted on 06/06/2007 1:51:01 PM PDT by NYer
CNA).- On the same day as Father Ragheed Ganni’s funeral, Muslim fundamentalists sent another message of hatred to Catholics, this time attacking two churches in Iraq. Fr. Ragheed, along with three deacons were killed just this past Sunday after they had finished celebrating Mass.
According to the AINA news agency, two churches were attacked in the Baghdad district of Dora. At St. John the Baptist’s in Hay Al-Athoriyeen, several security guards who protect the church were killed, and St. Jacob’s in Hay al Asya was vandalized and forcibly turned into a mosque. St. Jacob’s had previously been attacked in October of 2004.
The attacks coincided with the funeral Mass for Father Ganni which was being celebrated in Karamles by Archbishop Faraj Rahho of Mosul amidst tight security. The minister of finance of the regional Kurdish government, Sarkis Aghajan, attended the service.
On June 7 in Rome Msgr. Philip Najim, procurator of the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans, will celebrate a Mass in memoriam of Father Ganni and the three deacons who were killed with him.
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Assyrian Priest
Also today:
Chaldean priest kidnapped in Baghdad
Islam is the religion of peace?
If you believe that I have a bridge or twenty to sell you.
On June 7 in Rome Msgr. Philip Najim, procurator of the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans, will celebrate a Mass in memoriam of Father Ganni and the three deacons who were killed with him.
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Yet are troops are supposed to respect the supposed sanctity of a mosque despite the terrorists hiding inside it.
We need a “Take the gloves off” campaign started.
Why is this happening when there are 150,000 US troops in the region?
Aren’t we going to defend freedom of religion?
That new mosque needs to be cleansed with raining steel and fire.
I wonder how many Catholic GI’s gave their lives to liberate Iraqi Muslims...
shaking my head...
When is GWB going to take the Iraqi leadership to task about this...
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Wait till all the freaks show up and fill the new mosque for their service and then just flatten it!!!!!
Another example of how this war has failed to bring about the intended results. Christians were actually more secure under Saddam than they are under the current “democratic” government in Iraq.
i LIKE that!!
This might be futile of me to ask but...where’s the MSM?
My sons and brother went over there and they destroy one of our Churches?
Incredible.
I agree. Any mosque harboring terrorists should be flattened. Period.
this is what happens when you go to war to “win hearts and minds”. Go to war to win. Let the missionaries win their hearts and minds and stop forcing our military to “respect” a religion that kills its own.
Needs repeating.
Because they have a wuss as Commander-in-Chief.
I think you just answered your own question.
Absolutely disgusting. They will roast in you know where.
I'm all for limiting immigration, but I think we should get the remaining Catholics out of there.
Yet the blood of the martyrs is precious in the eyes of the Lord. Christian blood will eventually prove more powerful against fundamentalist Islam than all the American ordinance.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid hating.
Indeed Saddam had his thugs clamp down rather harshly on unsanctioned thuggery. Saddam got edgy whenever someone was tortured or killed and he did not give the order for it. Of course the “sanctioned” thuggery more than made up for it.
As to the Christians being safer I have no idea, if you have any sources on that please let me know I am always up for some instructional reading.
As to the war not working out right... I have to admit that things have gone south. Something for which I place the majority of the burden of blame on the main stream media. Without the MSM support the terrorists would be having a much harder time.
Stupid Muslims - didn’t they learn the last time they back the Catholics into a corner.
I have long thought this is going to come down to a new crusade. If it does I will be there for the Holy Father’s army.
Has the Pope indicated what he will do about this?
This is why when we liberated Iraq and Afghanistan I said that our main demand for doing so should be that their new constitutions must contain all the same protections for God-given, unalienable rights that ours contains.
We wrote the new constitution for Japan after WWII. Too bad PC now dictates instead of wisdom.
The answer is never. But if the cards were reversed ....Remember GW says that Islam is a religion of peace. (It is too hard to reply to so many issues because this government is not only 98% corrupt but also unable to wipe their butts.)
Maybe Israel would take them in.
“I think we should get the remaining Catholics out of there”.
What about the more numerous Orthodox and the handful of Protestants there? Shouldn’t your statement should have read all “Christians”?
RELIGION OF PEACE in action.
Aren’t we going to defend freedom of religion?
I think our policy must only be to protect against ethnic cleansing if the 'ethnic' is muzzie. :(
So they need to be brought here for refuge ... and that needs to be organized STAT by.... the WHITE HOUSE.
More lies and distortion from the evil Catholic church.
Our Great Leader, President Bush, insists that Islam is “the religion of peace”. Not only that, but by going to Iraq, we have transformed that great nation into a flourishing democracy that will be a model for all over countries in the middle east. The people in all of these other countries will rise up and overthrow their dictators, be they militaristic or religious, and also embrace western style democracy. They will cease to hate or want to murder Christians, Jews, converts from Islam, insulters of Islam, cartoonists, homosexuals, or adulterers.
Those of you who disagree with me and our great president are bigots and traitors. You obviously do not want what’s right for our country. Shame on you all! /s
This has ZERO to do with religion and Everything to do with lawlessness.
I don’t care it this was a shoe store or a hospital or the church it actually was, these ROP thugs took someone else’s property.
Where the hell is the rule of law that was supposed to blanket this craphole of a country??
Lord have mercy
Surprisingly, under Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Christians were allowed to openly and freely practice their faith. He held the Sunnei and other Moslems, at bay. Now that he is dead, the Moslem parties have taken control and are forcibly eliminating the "infidels". A while back, another freeper posted the following to the forum. I saved it for moments such as this.
The following is a description (slightly modified) from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat. www.frontline.org.za/books_videos/sti.htm
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness.
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs [Europe, Australia, USA and Japan]. Six percent of US prison inmates are Muslim. Like any other minority, they won’t integrate, but work to build their own separate community.
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. South Africa's Muslim population is 2%, but they control 35% of the businesses, a large percentage of the banks and have five Cabinet seats while Christians (77% of the population) have none.
They will push for the introduction of halaal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves (along with threats for failure to comply).
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia; Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world, but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. (Ei: car-burnings in France last October.) Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats.
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning (India, Mindanao, Philippines).
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare [Indonesia].
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya (infidel tax). (Sudan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Egypt).
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide [Western Papua (New Guinea), Iran, Biafra, Turkey and North Nigeria].
100% will usher in the peace of "Dar-es-Salaam" - House of Peace - as in Saudi Arabia, Libya and Yemen.
And, lest there be any doubt as to how this will play out in the US, take a look at Hamtranck, MI, where the Muslim population is now pushing for the introduction of halaal (clean by Islamic standards) food, or Canada, they are working to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia; Islamic Law.
Santayana said it best:
Those who do not learn from history are forced to repeat it.
We may still be several generations away from this in the US but take a look at the growth of the Muslim population in Europe. We're next! And they will close down your churches, as well.
Time for a new Crusade, eh what?
” Another example of how this war has failed to bring about the intended results.”
Failure to let our troops pull the trigger is the only thing that has gotten in the way of bringing about the intended results.
Our leaders have forgotten one very important thing:
“War means fighting and fighting means killing.”
General George S. Patton”
Crusade time again...
I believe ONE TOMAHAWK would do the trick!
Saddam was originally a pragmatist and secularist dictator; however, towards the end of his run, he “discovered” Islam for his own personal benefit and was cultivating and supporting Islamists.
As for the US, I fear we are all in for a truly bad run. Nobody, including our President, seems to be paying any attention, and I think Christians are going to be under major Muslim attack probably within the next few years. The leftists are only softening up the approach and making Christians the enemy, which means that in the mind of non-church-going, TV-watching Middle America, Christians are evil.
Normally, Muslims have to hit nearly 10% of the population to have a major impact, but I think in the case of the US, it’s going to be a much lower figure. This is because Islam has the support of the left and the press, as well as that of many in our government.
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Murder the Priest, make the Church a Mosque. A time honored tradition.
The Holy Father is meeting with President Bush on Friday. Given all of the events that have transpired over this past week, let's see how that conversation goes. What we are witnessing right now, is the massacre of the remaining Catholics in Iraq. May God have mercy on all of us.
Christians already are, wherever they can be struck. Those not at the point of contact simply aren't paying attention.
Lebanon is.
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