Posted on 10/06/2015 4:09:40 PM PDT by NRx
Islamic State militants have brutally murdered 12 Christians, including the 12-year-old son of a Syrian ministry team leader who had planted nine churches, for refusing to renounce Jesus Christ and embrace Islam instead, the Gospel Herald reported.
The horrific executions took place last Aug. 28 in an unnamed village outside Aleppo, Syria, according to Christian Aid Mission, a humanitarian group that assists indigenous Christian workers in their native countries.
"In front of the team leader and relatives in the crowd, the Islamic extremists cut off the fingertips of the boy and severely beat him, telling his father they would stop the torture only if he, the father, returned to Islam," Christian Aid Mission said, according to Gospel Herald.
"When the team leader refused, relatives said, the ISIS militants also tortured and beat him and the two other ministry workers. The three men and the boy then met their deaths in crucifixion.''
"They were killed for refusing to return to Islam after embracing Christianity, as were the other eight aid workers, including two women,'' Christian Aid Mission said in its statement.
The eight were reportedly brought to a separate site in the village and asked if they would also return to Islam. But after they refused the offer, the women, ages 29 and 33, "were raped before the crowd, summoned to watch, and then all eight were beheaded."
Citing relatives and villagers who saw the horrific crime, the ministry leader of Christian Aid Mission said that the women "prayed and knelt before the Islamic State militants.''
"Villagers said some were praying in the name of Jesus, others said some were praying the Lord's Prayer, and others said some of them lifted their heads to commend their spirits to Jesus," the ministry director told Christian Aid Mission. "One of the women looked up and seemed to be almost smiling as she said, 'Jesus!'"
The bodies of those killed were then hung on crosses for display, reflective of Christ's crucifixion, according to the Gospel Herald.
The twelve martyrs were among thousands of Christians killed by the ISIS, an extremist Muslim group determined to wipe Christianity off the Middle Eastern map. The group also reportedly shattered "countless time-honoured Christian monasteries, manuscripts, and holy sites in an attempt to eradicate the faith."
Since civil war erupted in 2011 in Syria, the Christian population there has plummeted by nearly two-thirds. In Iraq, the Christian population "is teetering on extinction, dwindling from around 1.5 million in 2003 to well below 200,000 now,'' said the Gospel Herald.
While we arm Islamic “rebels”....Russia goes all out to destroy them. Something is wrong here.
“While we arm Islamic “rebels”....Russia goes all out to destroy them. Something is wrong here.”
Russia is a country reclaiming its Christian heritage. We are a country rapidly abandoning ours.
Tell me again which side our tax dollars are supporting.
I think Putin is doing the right thing, but hopefully their ground troops will capture some of the enemy on the ground and have a little fun.
I would suggest low-temp deep-frying.
The LEFT is abandoning Christianity here, NOT us.
Subhuman reptilian savages.
Screw this pope
How do you say “Get Some” in Po Russki?
Another reason to oppose gun control. I ain’t gone to be kneeling in any ditch. If I go down I’m going down shooting and a bunch of those bearded, camel humping, little boy abusing ignorant towel heads are going down with me.
The Left never had Christianity, historically they’ve tend to be Athiest.
Putin is doing the right thing and now we have NATO, another evil organisation wanting him to stop bombing these monsters....talk about twisted morals.
If we are on the way to the Great Tribulation...
Revelation 20:4-6 The First Resurrection
4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
The woman who smiled and said “Jesus” reminds me of Joan of Arc who did the exact same thing at the point of death.
I use molodyetz to say good job to Russia. Go Putin.
In bacon grease, of course.
You can believe that. I guess.
More likely, Russia is controlling the flow of natural gas from the Persian Gulf to Europe, through Iraq and Syria.
It’s a pretty good trade: Assad gets to keep his head. Russia controls the gas to Europe.
I know I sound cynical, but this has so little to do with religion, and a helluva lot more to do with who controls the heat in Berlin.
What have these converts from islam found so appealing that they dont seek life over such barbaric deaths....a few dozen virgins just doesnt seem like enough.
I would be willing to lay money that Putin not only knows that Obama is a Muslim, but that he knows exactly what flavor(s) of Muslim Obama & co-president Jarrett are.
Of course, a good chess player like Putin would be very careful NOT to share information like that with the American peasantry.
After all, if Barack "Checkers" Obama is screwing things up deliberately, why stop him?
About as demonic as it gets!
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