IRAQ: Muslim Extremists Seek to Drive Christians Out

Three days before the special Synod for Bishos for the Middle East ends, Jordanian priest Father Raymond Moussalli, Protosyncellus of teh Patriarchate of Bablyon of the Chaldeans, said the Catholic Church in Iraq is under attack. 

"There is a deliberate campaign to drive Christians out of the country," he said.

In addition to that, Father Moussalli continued: "There are satanic plans by fundamentalist extremist groups that are not only against Christians in Iraq, but Christians throughout the Middle East."

Patriarch Antonios Naguib of Alexandria reported that the real threat came from an increasingly political for of Islam, which seeks to impose totalitarianism, and "to impose an Islamic way of life on all citizens, sometimes by violence." The "fundamentalists" or extremists though are the minority in the Middle East,w ith the peaceful majority that sees no problem in living serenely with non-Muslims.

Source

CNA (2010): "Vatican synod sees growing concern over Islam," Catholic News Agency 21 October 2010