ICC Note: Mosul’s Syriac Orthodox archbishop has called on the international community to build a Christian homeland in Iraq’s Nineveh Plain. As the original inhabitants of the land, the Christians have endured slaughter, enslavement and displacement by radical Muslim ideology. The call is in light of the Christian genocide ransacking much of Iraq and Syria by militant groups like ISIS. Christians are unique in their struggle as they have no safe zone among the conflict.

07/12/2016 Iraq (Christian Daily): A religious leader has called on the international community to build a “Christian home” in Iraq’s Nineveh Plain, according to Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

Monseigneur Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, Mosul’s Syriac Orthodox archbishop, was the last bishop who left the city in June 2014 when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) conquered it. The European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ) held a reception for the religious leader to allow him to relay to Europe the sufferings of the Christians in Iraq,WND reports.

The Nineveh Plain served as home to most Assyrian Christians. Based on Bible records, the region is where one can find the city to which God sent the prophet Jonah.

In a statement, Sharaf denounced the “genocide” being committed against the Christians in the Middle East. He also lamented the lack of action from the international community against the acts that have significantly reduced their population.

Sharaf also said Christians are considered of no value when Muslims rule over the region. However, he said the most powerful nations in the world could stop ISIS from continuing their violent acts if they really want to.

“We Syrians are the original inhabitants of this land, then we became a minority and now we are merely refugees in our own land,” said Sharaf. “… Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds: They all have got their territory. Christians … must also have a right to live in peace, they need a secured home.”

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