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St George\u2019s embraced me after I came here from Mosul<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Before ISIS was formed, a tragic and awful killing occurred in Mosul, northern Iraq. After days missing, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul was found brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave. In the months following many thousands fled the region in terror. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saad, a Christian, was one of those who fled. He made his way south to Baghdad hoping that things would be better. Saad told us: \u201cLife in Baghdad was tough at first. It was hard to get around due to the large number of explosions. The roads were often closed. It was difficult to move from place to place.\u201d Since fleeing Mosul, Saad has been strengthened by his Christian faith at St George\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ask The Lord to bless the church every day and give me the strength to serve Him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
He regularly attends the Sunday service at St George\u2019s and speaks warmly of the church and the positive impact on his life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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With a smile she tells us her name means \u2018moon\u2019. This makes her next comment all the more stark: \u201cWe were living in peace until 2003.\u201d With a calm certainty, she continues: \u201cThere was brotherhood between different ethnic and religious groups until 2003. After that, a lot of things changed. There was terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nLuna lived in a suburb of Baghdad called Dora. It has since been renamed \u2018New Baghdad\u2019. The name of her home wasn\u2019t the only thing that changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nShe tells us with hurt in her eyes: \u201cOur Shia neighbours started threatening us \u2013 they told us to convert to Islam or leave. We wouldn\u2019t give up our faith and so we left.\u201d Luna and her husband lived elsewhere (she does not tell us where). A few years later, they sold the house for much cheaper than they bought it. 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