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Watch the Syriac Catholic leader of the region, Patriarch Ignatius Youssef III Younan, discuss the plight of his flock during a visit to Washington. <em>Interview by Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly intern Natalie Yezbick.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extremist rebels have expelled virtually the entire Christian community in Mosul, Iraq\u2019s second largest city. \u201cIt\u2019s mass cleansing based on religion,\u201d says the Syriac Catholic leader of the region, Patriarch Ignatius Youssef III Younan. <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/07\/25\/july-25-2014-expulsion-iraqi-christians\/23670\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":23694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1857,3977,1390],"class_list":["post-23670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-iraq","tag-mosul","tag-refugees","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-international","topics-war-and-peace","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>July 25, 2014 ~ Expulsion of Iraqi Christians | July 25, 2014 | Religion &amp; 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