Assyrians Demonstrate Worldwide Against ISIS Persecution

Demonstration in Sydney. (AINA) -- Thousands of Assyrians held demonstration in major world cities today to support the Assyrians Christians of Mosul, who have been completely driven from the city by the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Demonstrations were held in the following cities:

Arbel, Iraq

Arhus, Denmark

Augsberg, Germany

Beirut, Lebanon

Cologne, Germnay

Copenhagen, Denmark

Detroit, United States

Enschede, Holland

Gothenburg, Sweden

Gutersloh, Germnay

Hamburg, Germnay

Hamilton, Canada

Jonkoping, Sweden

London, England

Los Angeles, United States

Melbourne, Australia

New York, Unites States

Norrkoping, Sweden

Paris, France

Phoenix, Unites States

San Francisco, Unites States

San Jose, Unites States

Stockholm, Sweden

Sydney, Australia

Toronto, Canada

Vienna, Austria

In all the demonstrations, the people wore a white shirt emblazoned with a red Arabic letter "noon", which stands for the Arabic word for Christian (nasrani). Two weeks ago ISIS marked all Christian homes and institutions in Mosul with this letter to identify them as Christian, and wrote "property of the Islamic State" on most of them (AINA 2014-07-19).

In Sydney over 6000 thousand people attended the demonstration.

In London 150 people joined the demonstration

In San Francisco more than 1,000 people turned out.

In New York 200 people attended.

The demonstrations were a result of a grassroots effort by Assyrians throughout the world and were organized and coordinated using social media.

The Islamic State captured the city of Mosul, Iraq on June 10. Almost immediately thereafter it began to drive Assyrians out of Mosul and destroy Christian and non-Sunni institutions (AINA 2014-07-29).

The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasrani" (Christian), on a Christian home in Mosul.

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Video by Linda Khamu