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{{Infobox Religious group
|group = Chaldean Christians<br/>(<big>ܟܲܠܕܵܝܹܐ</big> ''Kaldāye'')
|image= [[File:I am Chaldean 2015-05-30 15-03.jpg|250px]]
|caption = Chaldeans from [[California]], 21st century
|poptime =
|region1 = {{flag|Iraq}}
|pop1 = 550,000
|region2 = {{flag|Syria}}
|pop2 = 40,000
|region3 = {{flag|Iran}}
|pop3 = 20,000
|region4 = {{flag|Turkey}}
|pop4 = 8,000
|langs = [[Chaldean language|Chaldean language]], [[Arabic]], [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic]]
|rels = [[Chaldean Christianity]] (in union with [[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]])
| scrips = The [[Bible]]
}}
'''Chaldophobia''' {{IPAc-en|k|ae|l|'|d|i:|@n}} ({{lang|Chaldean|ܟܠܕܝ̈ܐ}}), or [[Anti-Chaldean]],
Chaldophobia (also known as anti-Chaldaic or anti-Chaldeanism) is prejudice against, hatred of, or intolerance towards Chaldeans as an ethnic, religious, or racial group. A person who holds such position is an anti-Chaldaic. Anti-Chaldeanism is widely considered to be a form of racism.
Although Chaldaic refers to the speakers of the Chaldean language (Babylonian Aramaic) the term was popularized in Iraq around the twentieth and twenty-first century. The term was most highlighted during the reign of Saddam Hussein (Ba’ath regime) as he refused to categorize Chaldeans as their own ethnicity, rather labeled them as ‘Arab Christians’.
Anti-Chaldeanism may be expressed in a variety of ways including: denying the Chaldean ethnicity, people and culture. In addition to slander and misrepresentation, Chaldophobia may also be used to define the deliberate denouncing of the Chaldean nation and/or race.
Chaldeans are the Native and ethnic people of [[Mesopotamia]],
<ref>Chaldean Patriarch Sako. July 2015 "We are CHALDEANS" adherent of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]]</ref>, originally called ''The Church of the East'', which was that part of the original universal church (Catholicos) until the 4th century AD when Chaldeans followed Bishop Nestorius and split from the universal Christian church. Chaldeans were called [[Chaldean Nestorian]] until 1553 AD when Chaldeans Rejoined the universal church and entered communion with the [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]].<ref name='BBC'>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7271828.stm |title=Who are the Chaldean Christians? |author=BBC NEWS |date=March 13, 2008 |work= |publisher=BBC NEWS |accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref>
In addition to their ancient [[Chaldean homeland | Mesopotamia]] in [[Iraq]], northeast [[Syria]], northwest [[Iran]] and southeast [[Turkey]], (a region roughly corresponding with ancient [[Mesopotamia]]) [[Chaldean | Chaldean people]] communities are found in the [[United States]], [[Sweden]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[Canada]], [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]] and [[Australia]].<ref name='Iraq'>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq|authors=Edmund Ghareeb, Beth Dougherty|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-8108-4330-1|page=56|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uIyjeUAR5zYC}}</ref>
Chaldean Catholics of [[Mesopotamia]] started the [[Saint Thomas Christians]] of [[India]] (also called the [[Chaldean Syrian Church]]), who are also sometimes known as "Chaldean Christians".
==History==
[[File:Chaldeansoftheprovinceof Mardin.JPG|thumb|Chaldeans from [[Mardin]], 19th century]]
Chaldeans are native people of [[Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]]. The term ''Chaldean'' is also noted in the Holy Bible of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''Ur Kasdim'' (according to long held Jewish tradition, the birthplace of Abraham in ''Chaldea'') as meaning ''Ur of the Chaldees''.<ref>Biblical Archaeology Review May/June 2001: Where Was Abraham's Ur? by Allan R. Millard</ref>
The modern Chaldean Catholics are native [[Chaldean people|Chaldeans]] of [[Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]] <ref>Nisan, M. 2002. Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle for Self Expression .Jefferson: McFarland & Company. Jump up ^ http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14225.html</ref> and originated from ancient Chaldean communities living in and indigenous to Iraq/Mesopotamia which was known as Chaldea from the 53rd century BC till today as [[Chaldean people| Chaldean people]] continue to survive in [[Mesopotamia]].
==Chaldean towns in northern Iraq==
*[[Zakho]]
*[[Alqosh]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܐܠܩܘܫ}})
*[[Ankawa]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܥܢܟܒ݂ܐ}})
*[[Araden]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܐܪܕܢ}})
*[[Baqofah]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܒܝܬ ܩܘܦ̮ܐ}})
*[[Batnaya]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܒܛܢܝܐ}})
*[[Karamles]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܟܪܡܠܫ}})
*[[Shaqlawa]]({{lang|Chaldean|ܫܩܠܒ݂ܐ}})
*[[Tel Isqof]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦ̮ܐ}})
*[[Tel Keppe]] ({{lang|Chaldean|ܬܠ ܟܦܐ}})
==See also==
*[[Chaldean people]]
*[[List of Chaldeans]]
*[[Church of the East]]
*[[Chaldea]]
*[[Emmanuel III Delly]]
*[[List of Chaldean settlements]]
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Chaldean Catholic Church}}
*[http://www.cnewa.us/default.aspx?ID=59&pagetypeID=9&sitecode=US&pageno=1 The Chaldean Catholic Church]
*[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,USCIS,,IRQ,,3dee0b564,0.html Iraq: Chaldean Christians] [[UNHCR]]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03559a.htm Chaldean Christians] in the [[Catholic Encyclopedia]]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7271828.stm BBC: Who are the Chaldean Christians?]
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