(AP/Washington Post) Even as secular Iraqis worry about the growing tide of Islamic fundamentalism, so long repressed under Saddam Hussein, their Christian compatriots are anxious about their place in the new world around them, one that often sees them as collaborators with their American occupiers. The new Iraq seems destined to be dominated by a mix of Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites, leaving many Christians wondering if it is time to leave. Of the 750,000 Christians in Iraq, the majority are Chaldean Roman Catholic, the rest Syrian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, and Assyrian. Christians were able to practice their faith in relative security, free from persecution, under Saddam.
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