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Muslims and Christians Together in Iraq
If this isn’t a sign of bottom-up reconciliation, I don’t know what is. Michael Yon photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.
“Thanks and Praise” is the latest dispatch from the Amazing Michael Yon: (H/T Amy Proctor)
A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from “Chosen” Company 2-12 Infantry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John’s, an occasion all viewed as a sign of hope.
The Iraqis asked me to convey a message of thanks to the American people. ” Thank you, thank you,” the people were saying. One man said, “Thank you for peace.” Another man, a Muslim, said “All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother.” The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers. (Videotape to follow.)
Shooting Straight
November 11th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
If Iraqis can continue to come together, especially Christians & Muslims, the sky really is the limit on what we can continue to accomplish in Iraq.