A gathering was held Sunday at St. George Chaldean Church, which reportedly addressed the incident after Christians fled Mosul. The gathering was as much about Iraqi solidarity as it was a denunciation of the persecution towards Christians.
During the ceremony, Muslims and Christians alike held signs in the pews which read, 'I'm Iraqi. I'm Christian.' Muhammad Aga organized the event over Facebook. When Aga spoke, he listed Iraq's many narrower identities which include Christians, Arabs, Kurds, Shabaks, Turkmen, Yazidis, Sunnis and Shiites. He said, 'All of those people who carry Iraqi identity.'
Louis Raphael Sako, the church's patriarch said, 'I carry every Iraqi in my heart.'
Christians fled Mosul after ISIS forced their brutality once again towards Mosul residents. According to CNN, ISIS is known for its cruelty. In fact, the group is reportedly so violent that al Qaeda even attempted to distance itself from the group, its former affiliate.
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