Chaldean Patriarch Mor Louis Raphael Sako: Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian Christians are treated as second-class citizen in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Syriac Chaldean Patriarch Mor Raphael Louis I Sako has strongly criticized the treatment of Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian and other Christians in Iraq – Chaldeans-Syriacs-Assyrians make up by far the majority of the country’s Christians. In an interview with the Iraqi TV channel Al-Sharqiya News, the patriarch denounced the blatant religious discrimination against Iraqi Christians and all Christians living in the countries of the Middle East.
Below is a summary of the interview on Al-Sharqiya News translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako Criticizes Forced Conversion of Christian Minors to Islam, Adds: In Iraq, Christians Are Treated as Second-Class Citizens #Iraq #Christians pic.twitter.com/apMVocnOGU
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