Talk:Mor Mattai Monastery

ISIL Invasion
What is the status of this monastery and the refugees ( http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/6/17/iraqi-christiansfindrefugeinancientmonastery.html )who have sought safety there now that the region has been taken by the ISIL? ( http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/reports-rebels-seize-control-iraq-mosul-2014610812970659.html )  69.246.217.44 (talk) 21:46, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I have seen on various sites that it is occupied by IS, and the monks have been driven out. See http://www.aina.org/aol/syriac.htm which states that it was most recently looked after by the Syriac Catholic Church, not the Syriac Orthodox Church.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 20:15, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That site you provided states that the monastery is currently cared for by the Chaldean Church, not the Syriac Catholic Church. However  mentions that it became Syriac Catholic from 1839. Yet, not only do all the other Wikipedia articles regarding the monastery states that it is still Jacobite,  says it had possession of it when the maphrian was abolished in 1860. Mugsalot (talk) 20:53, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

The site says exactly "Cared for by: The Syriac Catholic Church (previously, The Syriac Orthodox Church)". But if as you say all other sites say Jacobite, then I'm glad I didn't change it. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 01:21, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The monastery you're looking at is the Dair Mar Bihnam not  Dair Mar Mattai. Mugsalot (talk) 18:55, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Reference for the history please
The article asserts without a source the early history of the monastery. Can anyone provide some sources for the story? Ender&#39;s Shadow Snr (talk) 15:08, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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Invasion of ISIS
This article mentions Kurds and how they attacked the monastery 800 years ago, but not recent history of how it was the peshmerga (the Kurdish army) that protected the monastery and ensured its safety from ISIS, so that it would not see the same fate as many other historical sites in Iraq. The article has clearly been written with discrimination against the Kurdish, as it only mentions ancient history and not recent history where the nation protected this monastery and to this day allows for Christian orthodox churches to exist within its country and are protected - unlike in Iraq! 87.55.134.148 (talk) 21:26, 1 January 2023 (UTC)