Commission Urges U.S. to Step Up Protection for Iraqi Christians

Wed, Dec. 15 2010
By Elena Garcia
Christian Post Reporter

An independent federal commission on international religious freedom is calling on the U.S. government to "redouble its efforts" in protecting the religious rights and safety of Iraqi Christians.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wants the government to use Wednesday's United Nations Security Council meeting on Iraq as an "opportunity" to address the "grave situation facing that country’s Christians and other imperiled religious minorities."

Since America entered Iraq in 2003, more than half of the Christian population in Iraq, an estimated 1.4 million, have left the country. More persecuted Christians have chosen to flee the country following a recent wave of violent attacks, including an Oct. 31 slaying of worshippers and priests at Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad. the rest