Religions > Atheism > Iraq's Christian minority loses its innocence now the rule of Saddam is over
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Iraq's Christian minority loses its innocence now the rule of Saddam is over |
Iraq's Christian minority loses its innocence now the rule of Saddam is
over
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=595865
By Borzou Daragahi in Baghdad
24 December 2004
The school year in Baghdad always began the same way for Sister Beninia
Hermes Shoukwana. The Christian nun and headteacher of the Hebtikar
School near Palestine Street would be peppered with innocent questions
from her mostly Muslim charges.
"Madame headmistress, why don't you dress like mummy?" they would ask.
"Why do you always wear the same white dress?"
This year, the age of innocence has ended and the remarks from parents
and students have become more cutting than curious. "I've been accused
of trying to convert little Muslims to Christianity," says the
64-year-old nun, with deep worry lines on her forehead. "Leaflets have
been distributed asking the parents to withdraw their children."
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