Killed in Iraq Because He was a Christian.

They hate you because of me - The sister of Munir Toma, a Canadian man killed in Iraq, is claiming he was brutally murdered because of his faith in Christ.

John Ward's article is found on Yahoo!® News and reports the sister is also upset with the Canadian government because they have not offered to help get his body back to his adopted country of Canada so that he can be buried there.

Ward writes:

She said relatives in Baghdad told her a grisly tale of how Toma and Shmakov died.

"They're killing a lot of Christians," she said.

The two men were leaving a construction company they had established to take advantage of Iraqi reconstruction opportunities when they were attacked by gunmen, Shary Toma recounted.

"He got in his car and after they got in, before he put the car into drive, they jumped on the top of the car and they shot," she said.

"He managed to put the car into drive after he's been shot from the roof and four cars followed him. The four cars, they tried to ambush him and after they ambushed him, they got out of their car and they just shot them."

Foreign Affairs, while confirming the two deaths, has released few details. The department had no immediate comment on Shary Toma's complaints.

The sister also notes that there is a great deal of concern for Toma's widow and child who are in hiding in Iraq right now.