Christians in Iraq

Do you know that there is a minority of Iraqis that are Christians? I came across an interesting article discussing their disenfranchisement:

"While Iraqi and Coalition officials continue to label Iraq's January 30 elections as an extraordinary success, hundreds of Christians protesting outside Iraq's Green Zone on Sunday beg to differ.

While both the ChaldoAssyrian and Turkomen communities pointed to specific voting issues that prevented what one spokesman estimated to be 200,000 people from voting, some election officials have already made statements minimizing the claims even before their own investigations have been completed."

The author of the article calls on Evangelical Christians to disseminate the plight of ChaldoAssyrian Christians. He feels the EC have a strong influence on the President's policy. I am not so sure we have as much influence as he believes, but I do think we ought to be doing something about this. I think the chances of Iraq becoming an Iranian style Theocracy are pretty slim, but then no one really knows for sure. I think the chances are better the Christian minority ending up with very little political voice, and could end up being persecuted, like Christians are in Sudan, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Vietnam, and many other countries. Evangelical Chrsitians need to work hard at making everyone aware of persecution that occurs on a regular basis. I hope that EC bloggers pick up on this story, and follow some of the article's author's suggestions.