Pressure mounts on Iraq Christians

Christians in Iraq are being forced to convert or quit, according to a Christian Parliamentarian in Iraq's Kurdistan region. ‘Thousands of Christian families are being told to leave the country or convert to Islam or pay the jizzya’ (a tax traditionally imposed on non-Muslim men in Islamic states) Parliamentarian, Romeo Hakkari told Adnkronos International (AKI). An ethnic Assyrian of the Chaldean Church - a Roman Catholic oriental rite denomination - Hakkari heads the House of the Two Rivers Democratic Party, which promotes the rights of Assyrian-Chaldeans.