A group of young Muslim volunteers helped clean and fix the Catholic monastery of St. George in Mosul, Iraq, as a sign that this city is also for Christians.
In a post published on the Facebook page “This is Christian Iraq” depicted young Muslims collaborating in the monastery, also known as Mar Georges or Mar Gorgis, after spreading false rumors of harassment against Christians in the zone.
After false rumors were spread about a Christian family being terrorized by the Muslim inhabitants of Al Arabi neighborhood in Mosul. Young Muslim volunteers from that neighborhood headed to the Monastery of Mar Georges to clean it up and repair it and to show that "Mosul is yours as it's ours" and "our differences are our strength".
The monastery of St. George, erected in the tenth century and rebuilt in the mid-nineteenth century by the Caldea Catholic Church, was repeatedly shot during the occupation of the ISIS terrorist group in the area.
Currently, combined forces of the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga militia are fighting to completely liberate Mosul from the clutches of the ISIS.
The western part of Iraq's second city is ISIS's last remaining Iraqi stronghold. The latest phase of the battle for Mosul - launched last October - was announced on Saturday.
The fighting is focussed on three western neighbourhoods. Recapturing them will pave the way for Iraqi forces, backed by US-led coalition airstrikes, to begin a final push for the Old City.
The fall of Mosul would end ISIS's so-called caliphate in Iraq.
Downstrike on May 29th, 2017 at 14:40 UTC »
As someone who got to spend plenty of time in Iraq [thanks US Army] I can tell you most Iraqis are pretty cool folks who just want to raise their families, have a laugh and smoke cigarettes. They have their worries but most of those are day to day worries like water and electricity. Some of the things they do seem odd to western eyes but it is mostly harmless. They are not ravenous savages because they simply don't have the time in their daily lives. If someone were to come up and offer the $100 to count the number of trucks in a convoy and at what time they arrive, you bet they are going to jump on it. They have a family to feed. You do what you have to to keep your family alive in times of hardship. Being nobel cannot take precedence over your children's safety. Their duty is to their children. So to think that they would be assholes to their fellow Iraqi when it is time to rebuild, no matter what the religion is absurd. It helps noone.
Southpawe on May 29th, 2017 at 11:40 UTC »
I rather see this on the news than what is currently being shown.
Positivity changes things, and people.
Nothing wrong with a bit of positivity, people. Saying that as someone with depression here.
wapswaps on May 29th, 2017 at 06:04 UTC »
ISIS (mostly western muslims) executed people who did this in Palmyra. Brave people.