Ethnic cleansing in Iraq has caused half of 1.4 million Christians who lived there to leave the country.
Quoting the Assyrian International News Agency, the report said that these Assyrian Christians compose less than 4 percent of Iraq’s population.
They speak Aramaic, a dialect close to what Jesus spoke 2000 years ago, and are descendants of the first converts to Christianity.
Indyposted said that post Sadaam Husssein, many traditional protections that were given to non Muslims are no longer enforced due to various Muslim factions in Iraq.
Ethnic cleansing has taken place through bomb attacks, assassinations, rapes and kidnappings, Indyposted reported.