Parliament session discusses attacks on Christians

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament in its Tuesday session has discussed the issue of terrorist attacks against Iraqi Christians, whilst  legislators listened to several proposals in this regard, a member of parliament said. “The first part of the Parliament’s session had been centered on discussing the issue of attacks against Iraqi Christians in detail, and we came out with several proposals, most important of which had been a call upon the European states to stop encouraging the emigration of Christians in Iraq,” Adnan al-Assadi, MP for the National Alliance, told IraqiNews.com news agency. Al-Assadi noted that the session also called on the United Nations to interfere to stop attacks against Muslim leaders, especially represented by Prophet Mohammed and the Holy Quran, “because such activities would create passive reactions in the Islamic circles.” Al-Assadi was hinting at a number of press reports and pictures, published in some European states, that were pinpointed against the Prophet Mohammed and the Holy Quran. “Some of our proposals called for security protection by security forces for churches and other houses of worship houses that have become target for attacks and the formation of special committees to follow them up,” Assadi said. “The attacks against Iraqi Christians at the current time is a political motive, aimed at undermining the political process in Iraq, due to the measures taken by some regional states that are trying to undermine Iraq‘s image,” he noted. SKH/SR 1