With the rise of Islamic fundamentalism since Saddam Hussein's ouster in April, many Christians in Iraq say their situation has worsened, and some now fear meeting together because of the security threat. A prominent Christian judge was killed in Mosul, bombs were found at two Christian schools and many Christian students and families received threatening notes demanding conversion to Islam, the Christian Broadcasting Network reported.
The number of Christians in Iraq, who comprise about 3 percent of the population, has dropped from nearly 2 million to about 800,000 since the end of the 1991 Gulf War.
CBN said authorities defused a series of cluster bombs at two Christian schools one week after the Nov. 4 assassination of Judge Ismail Youssef, who was attacked outside his home in the northern city of Mosul.
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Clarence Sexton | 8/31/2009
