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Chaldean Church invites Christians and Muslims to reject "the single card"
11/12/15
Kirkuk / long-Presse
He called the patriarch of the Chaldean in Iraq and the world Mar Luis Rafael first Sacco, Muslim personalities and civil society organizations and the Commission of human rights in Iraq, to participate in a protest against a unified national law card, the middle of next week.
The President of the Republic demanded the return of the bill to parliament to amend it, renewed his threat to resort to the International Tribunal for the establishment of a lawsuit against the House of Representatives if not amended law.
Suit the patriarch of the Chaldean came in Iraq and the world, St. Louis Raphael I Sako, a day after criticizing the national card law, His promise is an action "racist par excellence" as it "contradicts" with the Iraqi constitution and the principles of Islam and human rights and international conventions.
The House of Representatives voted, late last month, the draft national card law in Iraq, and accused the Yazidi organization, parliamentary blocs to "insist "On the adoption of the single card law despite" disadvantages "and the protests it, called for a reconsideration of paragraphs relating to embracing minor children of the Islamic religion.
He said Patriarch Sacco in a statement received (range Press), a copy of it on Tuesday, said that" Christians will stage a protest, Tuesday, corresponding to (the 17th of November the current 2015), in St. George Chaldean Church in Baghdad, against the national card law and Ajuhavh the right of religious components of non-Muslim, "and called on" Muslim personalities and civil society organizations and the Commission of human rights in Iraq to participate in the vigil ".ojadded Patriarch Sacco, "rejected the Christian component of the law and national card, especially in its article 26 Secondly," and urged "the necessity of leaving the freedom of the children of minors to choose the religion that they see fit for their convictions when they reach the legal age."
He appealed to the patriarch of the Chaldeans in Iraq and the world, President of the Republic, Fuad Masum, Once again, the "re-unified card bill to the House of Representatives to amend", urging "the members of the House of Representatives to take their responsibility in achieving justice and equal citizenship for all Iraqis."
He warned Sacco again, the possibility of a "resort Christians to submit a lawsuit against the Iraqi Council of Representatives of the Court If international law is not modified. "
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