21 September 2011

Iraqi Christians find safety in the Muslim Kurdish north, but no jobs

.... Iraq’s Christians — most of them Syrian or Chaldean Catholics — numbered around 1.5 million before 2003 and are now estimated at about 450,000-600,000, according to Christian leaders. Iraq has not conducted a full census since 1987, but the largely Muslim country is estimated to have a current population of about 30 million people. [Reuters Blogs - FaithWorld] Read more