WHEN CHRISTENDOM LEARNED TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE

Book review by Lucine Kasbarian Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam Authored by Raymond Ibrahim (Bombadier Books, 2022) Defenders of the West chronicles the lives of eight great Crusaders who defended Christians against Islamic extermination, savagery, occupation and slavery.  These heroes demonstrated great courage on the battlefield and a fierce devotion to their Christian faith. Academic/author Raymond Ibrahim, an expert in Islamic history and doctrine, spotlights Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, France; El Cid (Roderick Diaz

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Preserving Assyria:

An Autonomous Assyria in the Nineveh Plains. By Maria Ghatine Introduction This paper seeks to argue for an Assyrian autonomous governorate in their ancient homeland of the Nineveh Plain, located in Iraq and part of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). The purpose of this is to remedy the persecution of Assyrians as an endangered minority in their ancient homelands, and for the preservation and rebuilding of their existence. Evidence of the Iraqi and Kurdish Governments ethnic-cleansing, genocides, and human rights

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The Secrets Hidden in the Mighty Oak

By Serhat Ertuna My great-grandmother, Seyran, was born in 1904. According to the official registers,  she was then an Assyrian Christian. She had 6 brothers and sisters: Isa, Musa, Yosef, Abraham, Gulê and Mence. They lived in the village of Kerkine in Tûrabdîn, whose original name was Assyrian. In the past, only Assyrians lived in Kerkine. Muslim Kurds came later and settled there. Seyran was 11 years old during the “Seyfo” of 1915—the Assyrian genocide. According to what I partially

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Sırlar Nerede Saklı

Bu benim büyük büyükannem Seyran, 1915’ten önce Süryani Hristiyan’dı. Resmi kayıtlara göre 1904’te doğmuş. 7 kardeşlermiş: Seyran, İsa, Musa, Yusuf, İbrahim, Gulê ve Mence. Tûrabdîn’de orijinal adı Süryanice olan Kerkine köyünde yaşıyorlardı. Kerkine’de eskiden sadece Süryaniler yasarmış, Müslüman Kürtler sonradan gelip yerleşmişler. Seyran, 1915’teki Süryani-Ermeni soykırımı “Seyfo” sırasında 11 yaşındaydı. Kısmen ailemden duyduklarıma göre; Temmuz 1915’te babası Evdê, katliama gelen Osmanlı askerleri tarafından üzüm bağlarında vurulur. Bölgedeki aşiretlerin katliamcı ve talancı silahlı adamları, 7 yetimi öldürmek için geldiklerinde aynı köyden

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Intervju med Sabri Atman

Före detta ordföranden för Seyfo Center i Sverige Fehmi Barkarmo har intervjuat Sabri Atman där alla får en inblick i organisationens verksamhet sedan Corona pandemin och aktivitetsplanerna inför den närmaste tiden. FB: Först och främst kom du till Europa från Amerika efter en lång tid. Såvitt jag vet höll du nästan 30 möten och tal i olika europeiska länder under två månader. Innan du börjar dina intryck här, skulle du kort kunna sammanfatta Seyfo Centers arbete i USA? SA: Självklart.

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