AmaKrestu aseAsiriya (ngasemva), abaleke aqhubela phambili amaqela e-Islamic State kwiphondo lase-Syria lase-Hasakeh, alinde ukufumana izinto zoncedo.(Ifoto: Joseph Eid / AFP / Getty Izithombe) Ngexesha leholide yePasika, amaKristu kwihlabathi liphela akhumbula ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni nasekuvukeni kukaYesu Krestu. Ukanti kwelinye iqela lamaKristu eIraq naseSyria, le pasika ayizukubhiyozelwa ngebhanana yetshokholethi kunye namaqanda anemibala.
Ama-Asiriya a abantu bomthonyama waseMesopotamiya onembali ende, engaphaya kweminyaka engama-6 700. Nangona uBukhosi baseAsiriya baphela ngo-612 BC, amaKristu aseAsiriya anamhlanje ayinzala yempucuko yakudala. Ngenkulungwane yokuqala yeXesha lethu Eliqhelekileyo, ama-Asiriya aba ngabantu bokuqala ukuguqukela kubuKristu njengohlanga. Igosa ulwimi kwezi Cawa zintathu ziphambili zaseAsiriya sisiSyriac, esisisi-Aramaic, ulwimi uYesu awayenokuluthetha ngexesha lokudla kwakhe ubomi.
Ngaphambi kokuba amaSilamsi oyise lo mmandla, iCawa yaseAsiriya yayinabalandeli abamalunga nezigidi ezingama-80. Namhlanje, inani labo kwihlabathi liphela belikho kuncitshisiwe ngaphezulu kwesigidi esine. Ukuqhubeka kokubulala, ukudlwengula kunye nokuguqula ngenkani ubuSilamsi kukhokelele kuma-95 eepesenti kolu luntu lwamandulo lunyanzelwa ukuba luhlale kwamanye amazwe.
E-Iraq, amaKristu aseAsiriya ahlala phantsi kwesoyikiso sokuphela. Ngokwe-Near East Centre ye-Strategic Engagement, inani lamaKristu ase-Asiriya e-Iraq inombolo Isigidi esi-1.5 ekuqaleni kokuhlasela kwe-US ngo-2003. Nge-Disemba ka-2015, elo nani lalincitshiswe kakhulu laya kufikelela kwi-150,000. Oku kuthetha ukunciphisa iipesenti ezingama-90 zabemi abangama-Asiriya kwilizwe labo lokhokho.
KukumaMerika azo zonke iinkolo ukubeka uxinzelelo kuLawulo luka-Obama ukuba abize iAsiriya yoQhushululu ngegama-kwaye ayimise.
AmaKristu aseAsiriya ahlupheka kohlanga ezandleni ze-ISIS, ngeyona ntsingiselo imbi kakhulu yekota. Ukusukela kwi-ISIS woyisiwe Isixeko saseMosul ngoJuni ka-2014, zonke iicawa ezingama-45 zobuKrestu zitshatyalalisiwe, zaguqulwa zaba ziimoski, zajika zaba likomkhulu lamaSilamsi, okanye zavalwa. Ngenxa yoko, amashumi amawaka ama-Asiriya eMantla e-Iraq abalekile intshutshiso ezandleni ze-ISIS. Abo bangayihlawuliyo irhafu ekhethekileyo ngokuchasene neenkcubeko ezingezizo ezobuSilamsi bajongene nokukhetha phakathi kokuthinjwa nokufa.
Kwi Siriya , Iicawa ezingama-400 zitshatyalalisiwe. Ngaphezulu kwama-700,000 amaKristu ase-Syria anyanzelwe ukuba ahambe, ngaphandle kwabemi ababekade be-1.1 yezigidi. Kwiindawo ezilawulwa yi-Islamic State, amaKristu abe njalo wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni , banqunyulwa iintloko, badlwengulwa kwaye banyanzelwa ukuba baguqukele kubuSilamsi.
Ukubethelela aba bantu kukuthumela umyalezo kwaye basebenzisa iindlela zokubulala abakholelwa ukuba ziye zagwetywa ngumthetho weSharia, utshilo uPatrick Sookhdeo, uMlawuli weZiko leSifundo samaSilamsi kunye nobuKristu.
Ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni ngokuqinisekileyo kuyindlela eyithandayo yokuphumeza ilizwe lamaSilamsi, lisetyenziswa rhoqo ukusukela Matshi 2014 ngokwe CNN . ESiriya, zimbini abantwana babethelelwa emnqamlezweni ngokungazili ngexesha lenyanga engcwele yamaSilamsi yeRamadan. A Uneminyaka eli-12 ubudala Inkwenkwe yomKristu yabethelelwa emnqamlezweni, emva kokuba iincakuba zayo zeminwe zinqunyulwe ngamajoni e-ISIS. NgoJanuwari 2015, amadoda angama-17 aseSyria abethelelwa emnqamlezweni koko Amaxesha oShishino lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kubizwe isiphambano somnqamlezo. Ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni kuyaqhubeka nanamhla, kunye nemikhosi ehambelana ne-ISIS isoyikisela Mbethelele uMfu Tom Uzhunnalil .
I-ISIS ayifuni nje ukusula amaKristu akuMbindi Mpuma, kodwa nokucoca nabuphi na ubungqina bokuba ama-Asiriya okanye enye impucuko yangaphambi kwamaSilamsi yayikhona. Ngo-Matshi 2015, ISIS kutshatyalaliswa Isixeko saseAsiriya saseNimrud esineminyaka engama-3 000 ubudala. Amangcwaba abaprofeti beBhayibhile uYona noDaniel nawo atshabalalisiwe, kunye ne-ISIS ukwazisa ukuba iyakuguqula indawo eyayikade iyindawo yokuphumla kaJona ukuba ibe yipaki yolonwabo.
Ukubulawa kwabantu ngokuchasene neAsiriya yi-ISIS yeyokugqibela kumtya wokuzama ukubasusa kubukho. Ukusukela ngo-1914 ukuya ku-1924, uBukhosi base-Ottoman benza inkqubo intshabalalo ngokuchasene namaKaledi, amaSyriac kunye nama-Asiriya. Ukuthatha indawo ecaleni kwembubhiso yaseArmenian, abalawuli baseTurkey baqhubeka nokubulala ixesha elide emva kokuba ubukhosi buchithiwe. Ugqirha Israel W. Charny, UMlawuli oLawulayo weZiko leNkohlakalo kunye nokuBulawa kwabantu, uqikelela umrhumo wabantu abangama-750,000 abaswelekileyo.
Ngo-Matshi ka-2015, iNdlu yabaMeli baseMelika yavota ngamxhelo mnye ukubonakalisa ubundlobongela be-Islamic State e-Iraq nase-Syria njengohlanga. Kwiintsuku ezininzi emva kokuba esi Sigqibo 75 sidlulisiwe, uNobhala Welizwe uJohn Kerry ngokukrokra yavuma ukuba amanyathelo athathwe yi-ISIS eneneni enza ukuba kubulawe. Umongameli u-Obama kusafuneka athathe isigqibo sokuba ingaba kwenzeka ntoni na ngokuchasene namaKrestu ase-Asiriya kwaye umgaqo-nkqubo osemthethweni we-White House awukenziwa.
Inye into eqinisekileyo; Ixesha liphelile kumaKristu aseAsiriya kuloo mmandla. Ayisiwo nje kuphela ukuba amaKristu abethelelwe emnqamlezweni, kodwa ingcambu yobuKrestu ngokwayo isiza ngokusondeleyo ekutshatyalalisweni ngonaphakade. KukumaMerika azo zonke iinkolo ukubeka uxinzelelo kuLawulo luka-Obama ukuba abize iAsiriya yoQhushululu ngegama-kwaye ayimise.
UBradley Martin uliqabane leZiko leHaym Salomon kunye noMncedisi woPhando kwiZiko laseCanada loPhando lwamaJuda
