Facing Extinction in Iraq, Can Christians Hope for Aid from the West?

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We are the Modern Knights Templar, an Ecumenical Christian and Chivalric charitable Order. We do not claim a direct lineage to the original Knights of the Temple, but we do seek to emulate their positive attributes in our daily lives today. We have adopted two of the original Templar missions of Protecting Christians at Risk particularly in the Holy Land and the Middle East and in Keeping the Road to Jerusalem open to all people as our own.

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The conditions faced by the Christian population across the Middle East are important for caring Christians around the world to understand. Major media outlets too often provide us, however, with an incomplete (and sometimes inaccurate) account of events there and their causes. We present herewith a collection of well-written articles on the Christian situation to help broaden your understanding of this important subject. Articles reflect the authors’ research and opinions, not those of SMOTJ.

Facing Extinction in Iraq, Can Christians Hope for Aid from the West?

August 6, 2019

Sharp differences in values underlie the stark contrast between Western laws and Islam’s shari’a law, which could soon intrude more ominously on the rights of Iraqi Christians. The American Secretary of State is underwriting a multi-national effort to counter this drift toward intolerance and persecution. Read more....