Please join us on April 18 to hear refugee Juliana Taimoorazy, founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council (ICRC), as she describes the rising persecution of Christians in the Middle East and what can be done. The free event will be at 7 pm in the Borg Warner room in Tompkins County Public Library, 101 E. Green Street. The talk is sponsored by the Ithaca Coalition for Unity and Cooperation in the Middle East (ICUCME) and all are welcome.
In 1989, Taimoorazy was smuggled into Switzerland to escape religious persecution in her native Iran. After seeking religious asylum in Germany, she came to the U.S. as a refugee, and subsequently obtained a Master’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University. A Fellow of the Philos Project, Taimoorazy founded ICRC in 2007. ICRC distributes emergency humanitarian relief, including food, shelter and medicine, and advocates on behalf of Christians in Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. Their goal is to shatter the world’s silence on the persecution of Christians who face the destruction of their churches, torture, abductions, sexual slavery and assassinations.
ICUCME is a grass-roots anti-racist community organization working to bring a constructive approach into dialogue about Israel and the Greater Middle East. As a non-partisan organization, ICUCME embraces fact-based, respectful dialogue, mutual recognition, and cooperation to promote understanding and support peace.
