APPEAL
Shabak Appeal
This is an appeal from Iraqi Shabak People who live in foreign countries outside Iraq emphasizing how the Iraqi Ethnic Group "The Shabak" are being terrorised and kurdified by Kurdish factions and terrorists in the Ninewah Plain.
Dr.Al-Qaddo talks with Mrs. Rand Rahim
Opinions
Dr. Al-Qaddo Member of the Iraqi House of Representatives and Chairman Of the Iraqi Minority Council met with Mrs. Rand Rahim Director of the Iraqi Institutions. They mainly focused their discussion on the abuses which have been made on Iraqi Minorities and how to battle this problem.
Shabak Media Office - Baghdad
Dr.Al-Qaddo Meeting with British Embassy Political Official in Baghdad
Ethnical Minorities
On 30/1/2008 Dr. Al-Qaddo met with Mr. Richard Oppenheim , the political official in the British embassy in Baghdad. Their talks centered mainly about the Iraqi Ethnical Minorities and how Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution would affect these minorities. They also discussed the security situation In Iraq and agreed on most of the issues that were discussed.
Shabak Media Office - Baghdad
Dr.Al-Qaddo Meets Unami Mathian
Discussion
On 27/1/2008, upon the request of Mr. Unami-Mathian from the constitutional oath council, met with Dr. Al-Qaddo to discuss the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution and the constitutional amendment. Dr. Al-Qaddo explained the suffering of the Shabak people and the attempts made to delete the historical and cultural rights of the Shabak people.Especially the Kurdish factions trying to Kurdify the Ninevah Plain through force.
Shabak Media Office - Baghdad
High Rankind Delegation Visit Mosul City
Assessment
The Iraqi Prime Minister and other high ranking officials including Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo visited Ninawa Governorate State and Mosul City to assess the security situation in Mosul after the recent bombings that killed around 70 people and injured 140. The delegation has expressed its full support for the Prime Minister regarding clearing the city of Mosul from the terrorists , also the delegation gave a brief statement on the actions taken by the Government to help families of martyrs,wounded and those who lost their homes in the recent bombings.
Minority with a major crisis
Your View
The situation in Mosul city, especially for minorities such as Shabak, Assyrians, Yazidis and so on, has reached a major crisis point, with hundreds of refugees and displaced persons fleeing their homes in the city centre in the last few months. The International community should take immediate action to prevent a new violent conflict and save those minorities from being wiped out.
Is it true that the strong, who have power over weak, have to exert that power, just because they can? Almighty Allah (God) created us to support each other rather than for confrontation, as He says in the Holy Qura`an "Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment." (Al-Ma'idah [5:2]). How can we build our country if one group is trying to destroy the other? The Mosaic culture of Iraq and metropolitan areas adds uniqueness to the country, and ethnic discrimination is against divine law as well as human law. Moreover, it is not humane to let other human fellows suffer, leave alone fighting each other for materialistic things. Therefore, we desperately need a huge change in our behaviours to achieve heaven's goals on earth which is "justice". Unfortunately, some parties with ulterior motives trying to acquire power at the expense of shedding innocents' blood. If only they have thought that those innocents have family just like they do, they would have never murdered anybody. It's astonishing when some governments are concerned with the extinction of some animal species, while others are paying less attention to ethnic cleansing such as Shabak!
Despite the fact that in today's computer oriented era and the immense knowledge that can be obtained on the Internet following the invention of Information Technology(IT), many intellectual Iraqi people don't know what is Shabak. These peaceful Muslims living in Nenawa plain have silently suffered a lot at the time of the previous regime and currently they are being brutally oppressed by many political parties. Shabak has been targeted because they have been considered an easy bait. Nay! The reign of oppression finished and there is contemporary of freedom of speech. Imam Hassan(as) said "Treat people the way you like to be treated", if you unlocked your sword against an oppressor, don't use it to oppress others. I want to remind those who are killing Shabak people of the tradition of the Prophet (pbuh): Fighting and killing Muslims is blasphemy.
For the past decade, Shabak population by their loyalty, sincerity and hard working have had a great impact on eradication of poverty in Mosul city, they have transformed the economy of this city during the years of embargo, they have stabilised financially. Yet, unlike others, they have always been advocator to people around them. Probably, the magnificent merit of Shabak people is their abiding to the law of the land. Sadly, their achievements and contributions to their society weren't appreciated. They suffered a lot after the regime's collapse as their lives, properties and all belongings have been threatened. Many of them have been kidnapped and brutally killed. We condemn all terrorists anywhere anytime, and call for equality and tranquility so as to live peacefully with mutual respect.
I, as a Shabaky, call all Shabak people to be free and safe, this will only be accomplished if they realise that their rights are within their own hands and voices. Encourage and support your representative who speaks Shabaky to have a place in the parliament to defend you when you need him and speak on your behalf in time of crisis. We definitely need a prosperous future for our children, community and whole society. I beseech Allah(swt) to protect those who work hard for Shabak ,and shower His blessing on their martyres. Finally, Almighty Allah(swt) says 29:69 "And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide them to our Paths: For verily Allah is with those who do right."
Ahmed Al-Shabaky
England
Iraqi Minority Council Agenda
Meeting
Dr. Al-Qaddo held an important meeting at the headquarters of the Iraqi Minorities Council in Baghdad and discussed the projects which have been obtained. Also he stated that it is especially important to monitor the four provinces - Baghdad, Basra, Mosul, and Kirkuk which violate human rights by the following categories:
1-Political Parties
2-Army
3-Police
4-Coalition forces
We will also monitor these abuses in the following areas:
1. Kidnapped and killed Iraqi minority referred to the Council of Iraqi minorities in addition to other minority-organization.
2. Minority detention without official permission, according to the inquiries.
3. Services to the minorities by the local government and control the amounts allocated to them.
4. Impose other languages to the children of the region, particularly in the Nineveh plain.
5. Prevent the entry of minorities into Iraq Kurdistan.
We will also implement various programmes and raise special reports such violations to the United Nations - the European Parliament - The Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights - the Commission on Human Rights in the House of Representatives - friendly humanitarian organizations - Human Rights Watch
Ashura In A Shabak Village
Memorial
Organised and managed by the Shabak Democratic Party in Mosul the annual Ashura Memorial Was held in Ali Rash Village near the Zeen Al-Abdeen Mosque.
Thousands of Shabak and other ethnical minorities attended Ashura ceremony remembering the Imam Hussein.
Many well known Shabak people turned up with members of the Shabak Democratic Party. Mr Qusay Abbass Al-Shabaki read a statement on behalf of Dr. Al-Qaddo head of the Shabak Democratic Party.
Many tv networks and radio stations turned up to broadcast the event.
Human Rights Findings On Iraqi Minorities
Study
The following photos show only a fraction of how the Shabak minority people have been displaced in Mosul city and how their homes have been destroyed.
Religious and national minorities in Iraq have suffered extremely to the wave of violence and displacement , according to the findings of the study carried out by a human rights organization said Minority Rights Group International, the suffering of minorities in Iraq absent in the midst of the almost daily news of massacres committed in Iraq and is included in this report. Some of these minorities have been almost completely eradicated from Iraq due to kidnappings, killings and displacement.
The study points out that some of these minorities live in Iraq before the year two thousand and are subjected to extreme torture because of their beliefs or ethnicity. The report states that one third of the Iraqis, who were seeking asylum are from minority ethnic groups ( approximately one million , 800 thousand) and the report adds that these minorities, including Turkomen and Christians and Shabak - passed through a continuous history of maltreatment.
In order to deepen the question of minority rights, a Shabak delegation headed by Dr. Al-Qaddo met the Iraqi House Of Representative in charge of Human Rights in Iraq Mr. Mohammed Al-haydery.
The delegation raised the situation of minorities in the Nineveh plain, their problems due to assasinations by terrorists and also the process of Kurdish factions trying to Kurdify the region. They also discussed the rights of the minorities in the Ninevah plain and especially the Shabak peoples right as a unique ethnic group who have been undermined for tens of years.
Dr. Al-Qaddos Activities
Media
Recently the Iraqi media have spotlighted and invited Dr. Al-qaddo in many tv and radio (Al-Diyar, Al-Hurra, Al-Iraqia) stations to take part in many direct discussion programms which concerned mostly the Iraqi Constitutional Bill 140, the security issue in Iraq, the situation in Ninevah Province and especially the Shabak minority group.
Dr. Al-Qaddo made it clear to the viewers and argued with other Iraqi representatives that the Shabak people have been dislocated and killed by terrorists on one side and also that the Kurdish parties are trying to erase the Shabak identity in Kurdifying the Ninevah Plain.
A very interesting interview that Dr. Al-Qaddo made was in London July 2007.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL INTERVIEW
$100,000 compensation for the shabak martyrs in the Ninevah Plain
Compensation
By the efforts from Shabak noblemen and the hard work from the Chairman of the Shabak Democratic Party Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo, an approval from Mr. Adel Abdel Mahdi, Vice President of Iraq to pay the amount of $ 100000 for distribution to the families of martyrs and the Displaced in the Nineveh plain. The displaced have also the opportunity that their housing rents will be paid for them.
This was gained after Dr. Al-Qaddo and many well known Shabak people had several meetings and visits with high ranked officials in the Iraqi government.
Wanted Shabak Presenter
TV/Radio
The Shabak Democratic Party is looking for a male/female Shabak presenter.
The presenter must be able to speak Shabaki fluently and is of Shabak origin. Any one interested please visit our party headquarters in Ninevah.
We are looking forward to seeing you soon and hope that many Shabak people will come forward to help us.
Iraqi Bill to compensate people who were affected by the former regime
Bill
The Iraqi House Of Representatives is examining the possibility of compensating the people who were affected by the former Baathist regime.
In this case Dr. Al-Qaddo has also prompted that the Shabak people should also be included in the compensation law as they were dislocated from their homes and villages in 1988 by the former regime
Dr. Al-Qaddo and a Parliamentary Delegation meet Iraqi Prime Minister
Safe Return Wishes
Dr. Al-Qaddo and memebers of the Iraqi Parliament met on 12/01/2008 with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, to check on his health and congratulate him on his safe return to Iraq after medical treatment in Britain.
At the meeting, the members of the Iraqi Parliament pledged their full support for the Prime Minister on the subject of keeping the national security and preserving the unity of Iraq. In this interview Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo gave a brief explanation on the security situation in the province of Nineveh.
Update To Recent Shabak Killings
Shabak Martyrs
-On the 2nd January 2008 Nateq Adel was killed and shot to death by terrorists in Mosul.
-On the 5th January 2008 a Shabak Police Officer Muhanad Abed Allah was killed on duty in the industrial area Kerama in Mosul city.
Our condolences and sorrow goes out to their families and to all Shabak martyrs.
Ninevah Plain Volleyball Championships
Sport News
Sponsored by the Shabak Democratic Party and under supervision from the Sport & Youth Committee the finals of the Ninevah Plain Volleyball Championships was held in Qaraqosh Sports Hall.
The finals was played between team Kaberly and Tobzawa, which enden in Kaberly winning the championship. The Volleyball tournament started on 14/10/2007 and ended on 28/12/2007.
Shabak Delegation In Saudia Arabia Visit Iraqi Pilgrimage Headquarters
Pilgrimage
A Shabak Delegation headed by Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo visited in Saudia Arabia the Iraqi pilgrimage headquarters. The Shabak delegation spoke with Iraqi religous scholars pointing out the problems which Shiites face in Nenawa Province and especially the Shabak people who are being displaced from their homes and villages due to terrorists and Kurd factions groups trying to Kurdify the Shabak people.
The Shabak delegation also on mounting Mount Arafat were flying the Iraqi and Shabaki flag and Dr. Al-Qaddo placed the Shaaki flag symbolizing the Shabak people at the peak of Mount Arafat.
Distribution Of Financial Aid From Mr. Maliki To The Shabak Martyr Families
Support
On Friday 14/12/2007 financial aid from Iraqi Prime Minister Mr. Maliki was distributed to Shabak Martyr Families supervised by the Shabak Democratic Party.
Around 600 Shabak families received 25,000 Iraqi Dinars in aid and a verse of the Quran was read on the Shabak Martyrs who lost their lives. Also Mr. Qusai Abbas president of the governing council made a statement on behalf of MP Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo Iraqi representative for the Shabak, in which he stated that the Iraqi government is showing a case of importance to the Shabak people and its rights.
Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo Football Championship
Sport
Sponsored by the Shabak Democratic Party and under supervision from Mr. Saddam Ahmed muhsen, in charge of the league in Khazna Tapa village and with the participation of Shabak , Turkmen youths , the "Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo Football Championship" was officially opened on Saturday 8/12/2007.
The following football teams are participating in the champioship:- Khazna Tapa,Ali Rash, Manara Shabak, Tobzawa, Bazwaya, Bartella,Shakoli ,Tess.
Khazna Tapa football team won the champioship and the winning team was presented with the championship cup.
Humanitarian Aid Distributed to Shabak Villages
Helping The Displaced
Under direct supervision from the Shabak Democratic Party and in the presence of a number of village council members from , Ba'shiqah, Bartalah in charge with the distribution of aid. Humanitarian aid was distributed to 500 families among 4500 who were forced to leave their homes in Mosul due to sectarian violence.
The aid for these families included blankets and food.
"clwyd & Al-Qaddo" For The Unity OF Iraq And Mosul
Lunch Meeting with British Prime Minister Human Rights Envoy Ann Clwyd
No one doubts that Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo since the first election his slogan was and still is to ensure the unity of Iraq and particuraly Mosul. Dr. Hunain Al-Qaddo fights for the Iraqi issue and especially for the city of Mosul to keep it geographically and socially united with
its exceptional situation and essentially the issue of the Shabak and other minorities in the Nineveh plain area who are being abused by some influential parties in the region, and trying to pressure them and displace them Geographically to other regions. The Kurdish parties trying to Kurdify the Ninevah plain and eradicate the history , heritage in terms of language, culture, customs and traditions of the ethnic minorities which will divide the region . At a time when the people in Ninevah Plain (Shabak and other minority groups) do not wish this oppression to be imposed on them, hoping to live together with the rest of the sons of Iraq, in peace and freedom.
The Shabak plight in Ninevah plain and also other ethnic minorities was discussed during a lunch meeting with Dr. Al-Qaddo and British Prime Minister HumanRights envoy Mrs. Ann Clwyd recently at the headquarters of the British embassy in Baghdad. The meeting also dealt with some aspects of the political situation of the Iraqi parliament, as well as the security crisis in Iraq. A few well known political figures also attended the lunch meeting including Dr. Iyad Samurai , Dr. Haidar Abadi, Mr. Abdul-Hadi Al Hassani and Mr Methal Alalose.