Posted on 08/26/2014 7:06:42 PM PDT by markomalley
Islamic militant terrorists ISIS is giving non-muslims in Iraq three options: leave, convert or die.
A WorldWatch Monitor report tells the personal account of Iraqi Christian Mikha Qasha.
In August, WWM reported that Qasha, an elderly paralytic, was moved from his home in Qaraqosh after ISIS members threatened him with weapons giving him one week to leave, convert to Islam or "face the sword."
Qasha eventually found his grandson and was taken to Ankawa, Iraq, the predominantly Christian suburb in the province of Erbil.
ISIS has reportedly been giving the ultimatum since the group took over Mosul, the capital of the Nineveh providence in northern Iraq, in June.
The group also threatened to impose a "special tax" on Iraqi Christians. Thousands of Christians left Mosul in July after the group gave the ultimatum saying that if they did comply there would be 'nothing for them but the sword."
Of the 3,500 Christians living in Mosul, WWM reports that about 25 of them decided to remain in Mosul. Since then, nine have converted to Islam and the others are paying an Islamic tax for non-muslims called jizya.
Later on, ISIS demanded an immediate decision by the small group of Iraqi Christians, and they are now giving all non-muslims one week to decide.
The United Nations launched a major aid operation Aug. 20 providing tents and other goods to Erbil via land, air and sea.
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, told WWM that Christian persecution in Iraq is "off the scale."
Welby said that the members of the terrorist group are "particularly savage" and "the international community must document the human rights abuses in northern Iraq so that the perpetrators can later be prosecuted."
Some non-muslim refugees have found refuge in an Ankawa refugee camp.
WWM reports that a group of church workers are currently helping more than 360 families staying in Erbil. Of the families, 216 live in the church's courtyard. The group serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to more than a thousand people every day.
Instead of paying the tax, I would buy a firearm and shoot the sons of bitches who came to collect it.
Prayers up for these Christians. May The Lord comfort and guide them.
Are you willing to that in the USA?
one well placed device.....at MEDINA....another at Mecca....might be a real Game Changer..
Instead of paying the tax, I would buy a firearm and shoot the sons of bitches who came to collect it.
I would rather die fighting than to surrender and be killed. I would be fighting so that others wouldn’t have to go through such. In a way, it would be defending the faith.
Damned straight, skippy.
We have the privilege shutting the door in their face.
my o my they sound like the Democrats.
wow hard to type on the Wii. My laptop crashed and have no noney for a new one. So excuse for any typos.
You got balls, but who is “skippy?”
Not unexpected, and I have heard this previously.
And of course the general mistreatment of Christians and Jews since whenever.
Fanatics gotta be fanatics, tribalists gotta be tribalist.
Still, one has to wonder at the nature of the belief system here. The Koran, Hadiths, etc. et. al. plus all the jurisprudence even of the most conservative legal schools recognize the Dhimmi status and what is being demanded here isn’t legal according to all that. Since radical Sunni Islam is all about being perfectly aligned with all this legalism, this is not kosher (so to speak).
Granted, these guys are fanatics first and foremost.
If you like your religion, you can keep your religion.
The picture says it all. . . .how sad what our country has become. . .
prayers just offered for these Christians for their protection and strength to endure to the end of their race like Paul. The Lord will reward their faithfulness.
Is it true that Obama is going to attend a Christian service in Mosul this coming Sunday? It would really be a nice gesture to show the world what a JV team this ISIS crowd actually is!
Obama is frothing at the mouth and his wife is stuffing down lobster dinners! I HATE THIS WHITE HOUSE!!!
Who’s the terrorist in the picture? Looks familiar from something. ..
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