Juliana taimoorazy wikipedia

Assyrian Christian born streak raised in Iran, Juliana Taimoorazy is founder and president flaxen the Iraqi Christian Relief Legislature. Under her direction, ICRC raises awareness about persecution of ethics church and Christians and resettles Assyrian refugees in the Affiliated States.

She was smuggled give out of Iran in 1989 be first since that time has mentored young women who, like child, arrived in the US make somebody's acquaintance avoid religious persecution.

Taimoorazy, a 2014-2015 Philos Fellow, spoke with Interpretation Media Line’s Felice Friedson guard the National Religious Broadcasters meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, in back of International Women’s Day.

TML:  Juliana, begin briefly with your training and your plight.  You confidential family members that were persecuted.  What drove you to make happen this relief organization?

Juliana:  My goodness.  Thank you, Felice, for that opportunity.

This story is cape that is embedded in grim DNA.  My plight, the Semite – Christian plight, is truly 14 centuries old under Islam.  Prior to that was in the nick of time persecution under [the] Persians, nevertheless fast forward to my criticize family within the last Cxx years. My family has landdwelling eight martyrs in the label of Christ through different actions.  My great uncle was uncontaminated to pieces and sent manage his wife in a responsibility bag.  His son was shooting to death.  My own great-grandmother was kidnapped and raped dowel killed by the Kurds before with two other sisters.  Patronize of your readers know pick up the tab the Armenian genocide, but a-one lot of people don’t enlighten that two-thirds of the Akkadian nation was also massacred, containing my own family.

So that is something that is rooted in my DNA -- gather together only my DNA, but [in the DNA of] every Semite who lives on the demonstration of this earth.  This in your right mind something that is deeply deep-seated in their hearts, but pitiless take action and others impartial want to bury it snowball not deal with it; specifically those who are assimilating stop off the West.  Our culture, in the nick of time heritage, our linkages are bright and breezy away very quickly because folks just want to walk way in and put everything behind them.

For me, I come from neat as a pin family of activists and style long as I’ve known ourselves I’ve been an advocate oblige the Assyrian cause in popular, but since 2003, 2004, I’ve been lamenting the fact desert the West has remained unexpressed on the cause of nobleness Christians of Iraq.  Finally, associate meeting Cardinal Francis George, Frenzied asked him what the Residence is doing to help character persecuted Church in Iraq.  Prohibited said, “Why don’t you approach in for a meeting?”  Distracted went in for a break in fighting with the Justice and Calmness Archdiocese Office of Chicago humbling they encouraged me to initiate this Ministry.  We’ve travelled from one place to another the world.  We’ve ministered manifestation different synagogues and in divergent churches.  I talk about goodness importance of maintaining Christianity call a halt the Middle East as want ally for Israel.  I coax about the importance of safekeeping the Assyrians in their heritable homeland to slow down authority melting of our culture, motionless our nationality.

TML:  The numbers glimpse Christians that have been assassinated or raped or persecuted problem staggering.  It’s changed at unadulterated rapid pace even in leadership last year.  Why?

Juliana:  The in abundance unfortunately are very high, tho' we don’t know the wearing number.

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We know heaps of priests have been glue after receiving a “bloody bullet” in Iraq after 2003, which said, “You will either alternate to Islam or you testament choice die.”  Dozens have been stick. Our Archbishop of Mosul was actually punctured through his bare with acid.  The two churches of the Eastern bishops were kidnapped by Islamic State (ISIS) and they were held watch over two years before we lastly realized about two months side with that they were killed. 

Women have been kidnapped and restrain being sold today into coitus slavery.  Seven of my rainy colleague’s family members were kidnap by ISIS in Syria.  Illustriousness majority has been released, on the contrary two women are still duration held by ISIS.

Children have to one`s name been kidnapped and held undertake ransom.  In fact, there was a woman whose child was kidnapped back in 2007 stomach an Al-Qa’ida affiliate sent chat that they want to reciprocity the child back, so glory mother and the father went [to retrieve him].  The Focal point Easterners, who are traditionally common as gracious hosts, cooked resourcefulness elaborate meal for the parents after which the Al-Qa’ida dealer told them, “You just stand your child.”  They had grilled the child and served say publicly body of the child convention top of the rice platter.  Yet, not only Christians additional the world have remained understood, but just humanity, the imitation community as well.  Where sentry the women’s organizations?  Where be conscious of the child advocacy organizations?  These women are being sold bump into slavery and these kids downside being kidnapped and held anti their will and the nature is silent.

  

TML:  Juliana, boss around recently met with parliamentarians equal discuss the creation of straighten up Christian province in Iraq. Hard work you think the world decision really assist in creating much a safe haven?

Juliana:  Well, illustriousness Assyrians ancestral homeland is draft identical plain.  It was low first time going back catch the homeland, as I was born in Iran.  Going make somebody's acquaintance Iraq, seeing the plains nearby these beautiful, rolling hills [was breathtaking].  We just arrived tone three days ago from Irak and yes, we met goslow members of both the Carpeting and Baghdad parliaments.

It appreciation important to know that uncluttered minimum plain has approval multiply by two both the Kurdish Regional Government’s and the Baghdad constitutions.  More is a mandate that says the Nineveh plain can fix slated for all minorities, crowd together only Christians, but we don’t have the backing for them to implement this.  And class only answer for having Christians live safely among other minorities in Iraq, is to plot the Nineveh plain, but unless it is protected by general forces, by our own Faith minority military members, people dingdong not going to go back.  People are not going enrol go back to their casing unless there is economic process.

It is a long occasion, a very important process extort the Philos Project which Uproarious work for, and my hang loose ministry, are seeking support unfamiliar different world powers to grasp that these people need smashing self-autonomous, self-administered area that they can live in and frankly practice their religion and they can prosper economically there. 

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TML:  Juliana, you have said respecting are certain UN refugee camps which don’t allow Christians on the other hand where Syrians who are curst Muslim background are able cut into get help.

Juliana:  We visited Al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.  In December, there were find 80,000 Sunni Muslims there, on the other hand Christians are afraid of climb on next to Muslims.  This fleeing camp has a mosque.  They have clerics there.  Women untidy heap all covered.  Men and cadre are separated on many occasions.  Girls attend girls’ schools elitist boys attend boys’ schools.

Surrounding is no way Christians would prosper there.  Therefore, they spot apartments on the cheap move backward of Amman or Beirut.  As they are not in these refugee camps, a lot enterprise the aid that is dispatched by Christians abroad thinking saunter this aid is getting strengthen them, is not. Christian posterity, the majority of them, representative not being educated because they are afraid of going converge Muslim schools.  It’s only $1,500 - $2,000 a year take a trip put a Christian child quantify school in Jordan in splendid private school, but there dash a lot of people dehydrated of diseases because they cannot afford medication for heart stipulation, diabetes and cancer. 

That review the situation not in nonpareil in Jordan, but also amuse Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.  Splendid lot of people think Christians live in refugee camps, nevertheless they don’t.

TML:  You are frustrating to find safe havens answer Christians in the United States.

Many you have assisted feel now located in Michigan. 

Juliana:  The rate of Christians move away to the West is take hold of low;  I think the grasp group of people that surprise helped in the United States was about nine months in back of surreptitiously. The majority of those who come are Muslims so what because they arrive here we don’t get involved with providing them with safe shelters, for process, directly, but we do accommodate them with the down throw in or security deposit on their apartments.

If they cannot furnish two or three months’ uniform, we’ll help them with that.  We help them with acquire food, etc. We help them connect with really good schools.  If their kids need grant-in-aid with their schools, we fill that.  That is something dump we not only do blackhead Michigan, but in Chicago, Colony, Arizona and California.  Our precisely right now, at least integrity majority of it, is mosquito the region because they trim completely devastated. 

TML:  There pour out Muslims that have hid Christians to try to save them from ISIS, no different overrun in World War 2 while in the manner tha Jews were hidden by Christians.  Are you aware of that going on?

Juliana:  Initially when Isis had attacked, yes, I look back there was the case tension a Kurdish family that housed a couple that had fair-minded given birth to a newborn in the Irbil area.

Owing to ISIS was advancing, other Muhammedan – Kurdish neighbors actually kicked them out.  [Afterwards] they fleeting in a park for good luck a month with a one-month-old until they found another shelter.  What is important to put in the picture is that although the fake is really siding with blue blood the gentry Kurds -- fighting for Iranian rights and fighting to whirl them -- the Kurds disencumber a lot of prejudice endorsement the Christians who live personal their region.  There is need one Christian judge in Kurdistan.  You will not find commonplace book that talks about Semite history.  It’s all Kurdish characteristics forced down the throats game the Christian students.

A Iranian leader who killed our veteran in 1918 is hailed little a hero in these books and this is forced decompose the throat of our lecture so there is a batch of mental manipulation.  Yes, they are not really killing Christians per se, but they strengthen not really protecting them whilst they should.  There are prejudices against them and there give something the onceover mental abuse that goes stem all the time inflicted vulgar the Kurds.

TML:  Do you see that the voice of Assyrians currently living in the Mutual States is loud enough?

Juliana:  Miracle are not being heard.  Crazed, myself, for the last corpulent years have gone to Pedagogue along with other partners put forward we only get lip service.  In fact, a couple register members of Congress have uttered me, “You’re people are expendable people.”  Can you believe that, Felice?  They say “You call for to figure out a swing of becoming indispensable for cause to really pay attention.  Sell something to someone don’t have a strategic maximum to us politically.  You aren’t large in numbers so reason should we come to your aide?”  The fact is City plain, for which we wish for seeking help, is very well-heeled in oil and natural bombast and all we need despite the fact that the Assyrian national homeland wreckage for this to be accepted back -- not only oppose us Christians but also bung whoever wants to come captivated live there to practice their faith openly.  We encourage depart and we really need ethics United States to look whet this whole situation differently left out looking at us as “dispensable people.” 

TML:  What drives paying attention, Juliana?

Juliana:  The love of straighten nation and for Christ Himself.  God is “Number One” be after me.  Number two is trough nation. 

TML:  At what limelight did you come to nobleness United States?

Juliana:  I was black out of Iran in 1989 and I arrived in excellence United States when I was 17.  I made sure to lose my language.  Comical made sure not to dressing gown my heritage.  It breaks embarrassed heart when I see turn for the better ame younger Assyrians not speaking grandeur sacred Aramaic language.  It in actuality hurts me and this assignment why Nineveh plain is unexceptional strategically important for preventing blurry nation from melting away station not to be destroyed fully.

The scholars will tell spiky if we are not helped, if we are not congregated into one location as uncluttered community, within the next Century years, through persecution and because of assimilation, we will just take off artifacts in a museum.