Madrid, Spain, Nov 11, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Spanish newspaper “La Razon” published a statement this week by a priest of the Iraqi Diocese of Mosul who says that in addition to attacks against churches, Iraqi Christians are also victims of “psychological terrorism.”
Fr. Nizar Semaan says Islamic fundamentalists in Iraq are undertaking “a cultural and psychological massacre” by obliging Christians “to behave in ways they do not want to.”
An example is the harassment young Christian women endure, as they are constantly threatened through messages left for them on university campuses or at the doors of churches.
Fr. Semaan said they are forced to wear the Islamic veil, and some of them carry it in their pockets and put it on when they sense danger.