Chaka chimodzi chokha chapitacho Mosul anali mpando wa Islamic State zomwe zimatchedwa caliphate ku Iraq.

Pokhala ndi anthu okwana 1.8 miliyoni ozunguliridwa, December inali nthawi yomwe anthu ankagwiritsa ntchito mipando yakale ndikudula mitengo kuti azitenthedwa komanso kuphika zakudya zilizonse zong'onoting'ono zomwe zingathe kufufuzidwa - kuphatikizapo udzu wam'mphepete mwa msewu ndi amphaka osokera.

Masiku ano, pamene Akhristu m’chigawo chonsechi amalowa m’holideyi ali ndi mantha chifukwa cha malo awo ku Middle East komwe kuli chipwirikiti, madera osiyanasiyana a ku Armenia, Asuri, Akasidi ndi ku Syriac kumpoto kwa Iraq ali ndi chinachake chapadera choti achite.

Mitengo ya Khrisimasi yawoneka m'misika ndipo Santa Claus adawonedwa m'misewu ya Mosul.

"Zingawoneke zachilendo kumva kuti Santa Claus wamkazi wawonekera mumzinda uno," anatero Ghenwa Ghassan wazaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri. "Koma ndimafuna kupatsa anthu pano mphatso yosavuta - kuti abweretse Khrisimasi kumalo komwe adathamangitsidwa."

Atavala ngati Santa, Ghassan adagawa zidole ndi zida zasukulu kwa ana achikhristu ndi Asilamu m'misewu ya Old Mosul.

Pambuyo pa zaka zitatu za ulamuliro wa ISIS, womwe unaphatikizapo kupha, kulanda, ndi kuthamangitsidwa kwa akhristu ku Mosul ndi madera ozungulira, kubwerera kwa Khrisimasi ndi mphindi ya chiyembekezo kuti anthu ambiri atha kubwerera limodzi ndi tchuthi.

"Achinyamatawo adakhala usiku wonse akukongoletsa tawuni yathu ndi magetsi monga momwe timachitira kale ISIS isanafike," adatero Bernadette Al-Maslob, wofukula zakale wazaka makumi asanu ndi anayi ku Karamlesh, makilomita khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Mosul.

Akhristu aku Chaldean, Asuri ndi Syriac omwe amakhala m'matauni a Nineve Plain amayatsa "Lawi la Khrisimasi" m'mabwalo a mipingo yawo yakale - yambiri yomwe idaipitsidwa ndikuwotchedwa ndi ISIS.

"Kukondwerera Khrisimasi pano ndi uthenga, kuti ngakhale tikukumana ndi ziwopsezo, chizunzo, kuphedwa ndi zomwe tidakumana nazo ku Iraq, tili ndi chiyembekezo kuti dziko lino lisintha," adatero Mbusa Martin Banni, wansembe wa Chikatolika wa Karamlesh. Kupangitsa mfundoyo kukhala yomveka, ndi Tchalitchi cha Akasidi chomwe chikugawa mitengo ya Khrisimasi.

"Misa ya Khrisimasi yomaliza kuno inali mu 2013. Tsopano, mtanda wakwezedwanso pa Tchalitchi cha St. Paul," Banni adauza The Media Line.

Asilamu adziko komanso omasuka nawonso akupeza chitonthozo pakubwerera kwa Khrisimasi - ati malingaliro a tafkiri a ISIS adawopseza moyo wawo monga momwe adachitira akhristu amderali.

"Zinali zolimbikitsa komanso zokhetsa misozi kulowa m'kalasi yanga yam'mawa ndikuwona mtengo wa Khrisimasi wowala pambuyo pa zaka zitatu zaulamuliro wa ISIS," atero Ali Al-Baroodi, wazaka 29, mphunzitsi wa Chingerezi ku dipatimenti yomasulira ku Faculty of Arts ku Mosul University.

Akhristu ochuluka abwerera kumadera amakono a kum'mawa kwa Mosul kusiyana ndi madera odziwika bwino monga Hosh Al-Bai'ah kumadzulo kumene nyumba za Ottoman, Asuri ndi mipingo ya Chikasidi ya Chikhristu chisanachitike chiwonongeko cha ISIS.

"Dzulo, gulu la achinyamata a Mosul layeretsa tchalitchi pano kuti Akhristu azikondwerera, kupita ku misa ndikuimba mabelu," adatero Saad Ahmed, 32 Muslim wokhala ku East Mosul. "Malesitilanti ndi mashopu amakongoletsedwa ndi mitengo ya Khrisimasi ndi zithunzi za Santa Claus."

Koma matchalitchi ena akuwonongekabe kapena kulandidwa ndi boma - mwachitsanzo tchalitchi cha Al-Muhandisin District tsopano chikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati ndende, "Ahmed adauza The Media Line.

Zikondwerero ku Iraq zimabwera pambuyo pa nthawi yophukira pomwe akhristu ambiri adakakamizika kuthawa kwawo ku Nineve Plain, dzikolo linali ndi akhristu pafupifupi 1.5 miliyoni kumayambiriro kwa kuwukira kwa 2003 ku US.

Magulu othandizira achikhristu ndi olimbikitsa amakhulupirira kuti chiwerengerochi chikhoza kukhala chotsika mpaka 300,000.

"Kusamuka kwa anthu a m'madera ochepa kukupitirizabe chifukwa mwayi wowona kukhazikika udakali kutali," anatero Mervyn Thomas Chief Executive pa Christian Solidarity Worldwide ku London.

Atsogoleri ammudzi ati kubwerera kwathunthu kwa akhristu kumadera awo ku Mosul ndi madera ozungulira sikungachitike mtsogolo.

"Mpingo wa Chaldean uli ndi ndale, kulandira omwe akubwerera ndikunyoza omwe achoka," adatero Samer Elias, mlembi wachikhristu wochokera ku Mosul yemwe adafuna chitetezo ku Iraqi Kurdistan pambuyo pa chiwonongeko cha ISIS.

“Ndikabwerako, ndimamva kuti ndine wosweka mtima chifukwa anansi anga anaima pafupi n’kumaonerera katundu wathu akulandidwa pamaso pawo. Ambiri agula malingaliro akuti ndife osakhulupirira kapena Dhimmis, "Elais adauza The Media Line.

Evon Edward, katswiri wa zamaganizo ku Alqosh- an Asuri Christian Christian enclave ku Nineve Plain- akuti zokongoletsera za tchuthi ndi miyambo yodziwika bwino sizingathetse nkhawa yake ya chaka chomwe chikubwera.

“Inde kuli mitengo yoyatsa ndipo anthu akukamba za kukonzekera kwawo kwa phwandolo,” adatero Edward. "Anthu akukhudzidwabe kwambiri ndi nkhondoyi, anthu akukondwerera mwachizoloŵezi ndi malingaliro osokonezeka komanso ozizira."

SOURCE: Media Line

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Pambuyo pa zaka zitatu za ulamuliro wa ISIS, womwe unaphatikizapo kupha, kulanda, ndi kuthamangitsidwa kwa akhristu ku Mosul ndi madera ozungulira, kubwerera kwa Khrisimasi ndi mphindi ya chiyembekezo kuti anthu ambiri atha kubwerera limodzi ndi tchuthi.
More Christians have returned to the more modern areas of east Mosul than to the historic neighborhoods such as Hosh Al-Bai'ah in the west where Ottoman villas, Assyrian and Chaldean Christian churches before the devastation wracked by ISIS.
Secular and liberal Muslims are also taking comfort in the return of Christmas – they say the tafkiri ideology of ISIS threatened their way of life just as it did for the region's Christians.