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{
"time": "2008-03-14 11:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon\u2014Wanuskewin, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"973995\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, yesterday morning the body of Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosel, was found riddled with bullets in northern Iraq. He was kidnapped in late February as he left church.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"973996\" data-originallang=\"en\">The death of Archbishop Rahho is a tragedy that illustrates the difficulties faced by Iraq's Christian population. This gruesome murder is just one example of the tragic persecution faced by Iraqi Christians. I would like to take this opportunity to draw the House's attention to the community's struggles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"973997\" data-originallang=\"en\">Iraq's Christian population is dwindling in size because of this new wave of violence levelled against them. This community constitutes only a small fraction of Iraq's predominantly Muslim population. They are one of the oldest communities in Iraq, being distinguishable by their Christian religion, unique culture, and Aramaic language, which was spoken at the time of Christ.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"973998\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our government sends condolences to the Chaldean community and all the Christians of Iraq who suffer persecution.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"973995\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, hier matin, on a retrouv\u00e9 le cadavre de Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho, archev\u00eaque catholique chald\u00e9en de Mosel, cribl\u00e9 de balles, dans le Nord de l'Irak. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9 \u00e0 la fin de f\u00e9vrier alors qu'il quittait l'\u00e9glise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"973996\" data-originallang=\"en\">La mort de l'archev\u00eaque Rahho est une trag\u00e9die qui illustre les difficult\u00e9s auxquelles sont confront\u00e9s les chr\u00e9tiens en Irak. Ce meurtre atroce est un exemple parmi tant d'autres de la pers\u00e9cution dont font malheureusement l'objet les chr\u00e9tiens irakiens. J'aimerais en profiter pour rappeler aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s les luttes que m\u00e8ne cette communaut\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"973997\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a de moins en moins de chr\u00e9tiens en Irak \u00e0 cause de cette nouvelle vague de violence perp\u00e9tr\u00e9e contre eux. Ceux-ci sont une infime minorit\u00e9 au sein de la population irakienne, qui est principalement musulmane. Ils constituent une des plus anciennes communaut\u00e9s en Irak et se distinguent par leur religion, leur culture unique et leur langue, l'aram\u00e9en, qui \u00e9tait utilis\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque du Christ.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"973998\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre gouvernement adresse ses condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 chald\u00e9enne et \u00e0 tous les chr\u00e9tiens victimes de pers\u00e9cution en Irak.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/3/14/maurice-vellacott-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maurice-vellacott/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1538/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2379682",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Christian Population in Iraq",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/3/14/",
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}