UKhisimusi ubuyela eNyakatho Iraq

Ngonyaka owodwa nje owedlule iMosul yayiyisihlalo se-Islamic State's okuthiwa i-caliphate e-Iraq.

Njengoba abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.8 bevinjezelwe, uZibandlela kwakuyisikhathi lapho izakhamuzi zasebenzisa ifenisha endala futhi zigawula izihlahla ukuze zifudumale futhi zipheke noma yiziphi izinto ezidliwayo ezincane ezingase ziqoqwe—kuhlanganise nokhula oluseceleni komgwaqo namakati alahlekile.

Namuhla, ngenkathi amaKristu kuso sonke isifunda engena eholidini ngokuvamile enovalo ngendawo yawo eMpumalanga Ephakathi eneziyaluyalu, imiphakathi eyahlukene yama-Armenia, ama-Asiriya, amaKaledi namaSyria enyakatho ye-Iraq inokuthile okukhethekile abangakugubha.

Izihlahla zikakhisimusi sezivele ezimakethe kanti uSanta Claus ubonakale emigwaqweni yaseMosul.

“Kungase kubonakale kuxakile ukuzwa ukuthi kuqhamuke uSanta Claus wesifazane kuleli dolobha,” kusho uGhenwa Ghassan oneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa. "Kodwa bengifuna ukunika abantu balapha isipho esilula - ukuletha uKhisimusi endaweni lapho ayedingiswe khona."

Egqoke njengo-Santa, uGhassan wabele izingane zamaKrestu nezamaSulumane amathoyizi nezinto zesikole emigwaqweni egcwele imfucumfucu yase-Old Mosul.

Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu yokubuswa yi-ISIS, okuhlanganisa ukubulawa, ukuthunjwa, nokuxoshwa kwamaKristu eMosul nasezindaweni ezizungezile, ukubuya kukaKhisimusi kuphawula umzuzwana wethemba lokuthi abantu abaningi bangakwazi ukubuya kanye neholidi.

"Intsha yachitha ubusuku ihlobisa idolobha lethu ngamalambu njengoba sasijwayele ukufika i-ISIS," kusho uBernadette Al-Maslob, umvubukuli oneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu nesishiyagalolunye, eKaramlesh, amakhilomitha ayishumi nesishiyagalombili eningizimu-mpumalanga yeMosul.

AmaKristu amaKhaledi, ama-Asiriya nama-Syriac ahlala emadolobheni aseNiniva Plain abasa “Ilangabi likaKhisimusi” emagcekeni amasonto awo asendulo - amaningi awo ayengcoliswe futhi ashiswa yi-ISIS.

“Ukugubha uKhisimusi nanku umlayezo, wokuthi naphezu kwazo zonke izinsongo, ukushushiswa, ukubulawa kanye nalokho esabhekana nakho e-Iraq, sinethemba lokuthi lelizwe lizoshintsha,” kusho uMfundisi Martin Banni, umfundisi wamaKhatholika eKaramlesh. Ukwenza iphuzu libambeke, yiSonto LamaKaledi elisakaza izihlahla zikaKhisimusi.

"Imisa likaKhisimusi lokugcina lapha lalingo-2013. Manje, isiphambano sesiphinde saphakanyiswa phezu kweBandla lika-St. Paul," u-Banni etshela i-Media Line.

AmaSulumane enkolo kanye nenkululeko nawo athola induduzo ngokubuya kukaKhisimusi - bathi i-ISIS ye-tafkiri ibeka engcupheni indlela yawo yokuphila njengoba yenza kumaKristu akulesi sifunda.

“Kwakujabulisa futhi kugeleza izinyembezi ukungena ekilasini lami lasekuseni futhi ngibone isihlahla sikaKhisimusi esikhanyisiwe ngemva kweminyaka emithathu efiphele yokubusa kwe-ISIS,” kusho u-Ali Al-Baroodi, 29, uthisha wesiNgisi eMnyangweni Wokuhumusha e-Faculty of Arts yaseMosul University.

AmaKristu amaningi abuyele ezindaweni zesimanjemanje empumalanga yeMosul kunasezindaweni ezinomlando ezifana neHosh Al-Bai'ah esentshonalanga lapho izindlu zase-Ottoman, amasonto obuKristu ase-Asiriya namaKhaledi ngaphambi kokucekelwa phansi kwe-ISIS.

"Izolo, iqembu lentsha yaseMosul lihlanze isonto lapha ukuze amaKrestu akwazi ukugubha, ukuya emisa futhi ashaye izinsimbi," kusho uSaad Ahmed, 32 Muslim isakhamuzi East Mosul. "Izindawo zokudlela nezitolo zihlotshiswe ngezihlahla zikaKhisimusi nemifanekiso kaSanta Claus."

Kepha amanye amasonto asacekeleke phansi noma ashaqwe nguhulumeni - isibonelo, isonto elisesifundeni i-Al-Muhandisin selisetshenziswa njengejele,” kusho u-Ahmed etshela abeMedia Line.

Imikhosi yase-Iraq iza ngemva kwekwindla eshubile lapho amaKristu amaningi aphoqeleka ukuba abaleke amakhaya abo eThafeni laseNineve, izwe lalinamaKristu angaba yizigidi ezingu-1.5 ekuqaleni kokuhlasela kwe-US ngo-2003.

Amaqembu asiza amaKristu kanye nokumela akholelwa ukuthi lelo nani manje selingaba ngaphansi kuka-300,000.

“Ukufuduka kwamalungu emiphakathi eyidlanzana kuyaqhubeka njengoba amathuba okubona ukuzinza okubuyiselwe asekude,” kusho uMervyn Thomas Chief Executive at London based Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

Abaholi bomphakathi bathi ukubuya ngokuphelele kwamaKristu ezindaweni zabo e-Mosul nasezindaweni ezizungezile ngeke kwenzeke esikhathini esizayo.

"ISonto LamaKhaledi linohlelo lwezepolitiki, ukwamukela labo ababuyayo futhi lidelele labo abahambayo," kusho uSamer Elias, umlobi ongumKristu waseMosul owayefuna ukuphepha e-Iraqi Kurdistan ngemuva kokuhlasela kwe-ISIS.

“Uma ngibuya, ngizizwa ngidabukile ngoba omakhelwane bami babemi eduze babuka impahla yethu bephangwa phambi kwabo. Baningi kakhulu abathenge umbono wokuthi singamakholwa noma amaDhimmis,” kusho u-Elais etshela abeMedia Line.

U-Evon Edward, udokotela wezengqondo e-Alqosh- an Asssyrian Christian Christian enclave in the Nineveh Plain– uthi imihlobiso yamaholide nemikhuba evamile akukwazi ukudambisa ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngonyaka ozayo.

“Yebo zikhona izihlahla ezikhanyisiwe futhi abantu bayakhuluma ngamalungiselelo abo edili,” kusho u-Edward. "Umphakathi usathinteke kakhulu ngenxa yempi, abantu bagubha ngaphandle kwemikhuba yabo ngezinzwa eziphukile kanye nemizwa ebandayo."

SOURCE: Umugqa Wezindaba