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Archives: Assyrians
![Wealthy Muslim raised 85′ tall Christmas Tree: Supporting Iraqi Christians, Forgetting Nat’l Anguish](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/wealthy-muslim-raised-85-tall-ch-187x137.jpg)
![Woman on SF Train Verbally Abuses Christian Assyrian-American as ‘Terrorist’ for Speaking Jesus’ Language](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/woman-on-sf-train-verbally-abuse-187x137.jpg)
Woman demeans Christian Assyrian-American as ‘Terrorist’ for Speaking Jesus’ Language
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Aramaic was the language spoken by Jesus. Although the New Testament survives in koine Greek, likely it had an Aramaic substrate. The Gospels…![Is Religion really Driving Middle East Violence?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/is-religion-really-driving-middl-187x137.jpg)
Is Religion really Driving Middle East Violence?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pew Research has released a report saying that "As a whole, the region continued to have the highest levels of religious hostilities in…![For Iraqi Minorities, ‘Immigration No Longer A Choice, It’s Inevitable’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/for-iraqi-minorities-immigration-187x137.jpg)
For Iraqi Minorities, ‘Immigration No Longer A Choice, It’s Inevitable’
By Saad Salloum | Baghdad| (Niqash.org) | - - In an interview, Raad Jabar al-Khamis, a representative of the Christian Sabean-Mandaean minority, talks about why all minorities in Iraq will leave the…![Christmas and Christians in the Middle East](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/christmas-and-christians-in-the-187x137.jpg)
Christmas and Christians in the Middle East
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Whether Christmas is joyous sad or nervous-making for Christians in the Middle East this year depends very much on the country in which…![Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/iraq-can-mosuls-christians-ever-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?
Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | (Niqash.org) | - - They have been harassed, threatened, have lost all their worldly goods and forced to flee. What, if anything, would make Mosul's Christians want…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Meeting-Mother-596x960-187x137.jpg)
Assyrian Christians and the ISIS Assault on the Remains of Nineveh
By Adam H. Becker | (Informed Comment) In their sanctimonious showboating ISIS has trashed the ruins of ancient Assyria and this is a loss for world cultural heritage and more so for…![Syria: Daesh/ ISIL takes 150 Christians Captive as 3,000 flea to Hasaka](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701045352im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/syria-daesh-isil-takes-150-chris-187x137.jpg)