Posted by Robert Jimenez on November 16, 2006
Abu Baker and Qahar Mohammed: Koreme Village Massacre Survivors
Qahar Khalil Mohammed is one of five survivors of the 1988 Koreme Massacre. Thirty eight men were taken to a field behind the village, the youngest being Qahar’s brother Dilman, age thirteen; there, they were machine gunned and left for dead. The Iraqi’s returned later to bury the bodies, during their absence the five survivors managed to escape.
In 1992, after the No Fly Zone was set in place over Iraqi Kurdistan, an American team exhumed the bodies buried in a mass grave in the field where they had fallen. While searching through the clothing of the deceased for any remaining identification, marbles were discovered in the pocket of one of the bodies. This was Dilman Mohammed, Qahar’s little brother.
Qahar Mohammed was called upon to testify this last week at Saddam Hussein’s trial. This was reported by the Associated Press in an article called “Saddam Calls For Reconciliation In Iraq” .
Qahar’s story was filmed by Jack Harris while in Iraq and is featured in his documentary presentation on DVD, “Land Of The Kurds.” If you do not have this DVD it is available through Mission Global Harvest for free. Contact paul@praisechapel.com.
The clip from the Koreme Village Massacre is also available for streaming or download at our web site, www.iraqirelief.com.
Jack Harris
Mission Global Harvest (Iraq)
P.O. Box 1769
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729
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Posted by Robert Jimenez on November 3, 2006
USA (MNN) — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reportedly is making efforts to defuse tension among Lebanon’s political parties including working for the cancellation of planned street protests that threaten Lebanon’s anti-Syrian government. While Lebanon faces problems, terrorists throughout the Middle East threaten stability in the region.
However, the World Bible Translation Center’s President Gary Bishop is hopeful that their new Easy-to-Read Old Testament will help ease some of those tensions. “It’s really a thousands-of-years-old story that needs to be told today because it has tremendous relevance to how the Islamic faith person is, in fact, looking at their worldview, relating to other religions and in many cases why terrorism exists.”
According to Bishop the New Testament was completed a few years ago, but the Old Testament is close to completion. “Right now we’re going through our final edits, and getting all of our checks done,” says Bishop. “Those should be completed in December and, Lord willing, in January we’ll introduce the complete Arabic Easy-To-Read Bible.”
Bishop says this translation will be helpful to Arabic speakers for two reasons. “It reads on the third to fourth grade reading level. And secondly, it’s written in contemporary language, so that they’re not trying to struggle through ancient language and a more sophisticated reading level to understand the story that they are dealing with great conflict in the mind to begin with,” says Biship.
While the New Testament has helped many Arabic speakers understand the Gospel, Bishop says the historical context was missing. “We believe it completes the ability of many ministries that are working throughout Arabic speaking culture to be able to have this tool. More people will find it easier to understand the difference between Islam and Christianity and be able to act on that.”
Funding is needed to help offset some of the costs of editing, type-setting and ultimately printing these new Bibles.
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