Christian Exodus from Islamic World--- not an American concern. the religious are a violent lot to avoid.
On Thursday, August 7, 2014 11:46:27 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > Good start for the world to begin quarantining the “Islamic world”. > > > > B > > > > > > > http://www.raymondibrahim.com/muslim-persecution-of-christians/world-ignores-christian-exodus-from-islamic-world/ > > > World Ignores Christian Exodus from Islamic World > > By *Raymond Ibrahim* > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/author/raymond-ibrahim/> on August 7, 2014 > > > > While the world fixates on the conflict between Israel and Hamas—and while > most mainstream media demonize Israel for trying to survive amid a sea of > Arab-Islamic hostility—similar or worse tragedies continue to go virtually > ignored. > > [image: > http://www.raymondibrahim.com/_admin/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/620-1.jpg] > <http://www.raymondibrahim.com/_admin/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/620-1.jpg> > > Christian refugees, who fled or were expelled from Mosul, crowd around a > truck distributing food aid. > > One of the most ancient Christian communities in the world, that of > Iraq—which already had been decimated over the last decade, by Islamic > forces unleashed after the ousting of Saddam Hussein—has now been wiped out > entirely by the new “caliphate,” the so-called Islamic State, formerly > known by the acronym “ISIS.” > > As Reuters > <http://news.yahoo.com/convert-pay-tax-die-islamic-state-warns-christians-181415698--business.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons> > reported: > > *Islamist insurgents have issued an ultimatum to northern Iraq’s dwindling > Christian population to either convert to Islam, pay a religious levy or > face death, according to a statement distributed in the militant-controlled > city of Mosul….* > > *It said Christians who wanted to remain in the “caliphate” that the > Islamic State declared this month in parts of Iraq and Syria must agree to > abide by terms of a “dhimma” contract—a historic practice under which > non-Muslims were protected in Muslim lands in return for a special levy > known as “jizya.”* > > *“We offer them three choices: Islam; the dhimma contract—involving > payment of jizya; if they refuse this they will have nothing but the > sword,” the announcement said.* > > The amount of *jizya*-money demanded was $450 a month, an exorbitant sum > for Iraq. > > Hours after the demand for jizya was made, Islamists began painting the > letter “n” on Christian homes in Mosul > <http://www.qenshrin.com/details.php?id=35341#.U9AKDfmSxqW>—in Arabic, > Christians are known as “Nasara,” or “Nazarenes”—signaling them out for the > slaughter to come. > > Most Christians have since fled. A one-minute video in Arabic of their > exodus appears here > <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=868502626513196&set=vb.100000604016240&type=2&theater>—women > > and children weeping as they flee their homes—a video that will not be > shown by any Western mainstream media outlet, busy as they are depicting > instead nonstop images of Palestinian women and children. > > The Syrian Orthodox bishop of Mosul said that what is happening to the > Christians of Mosul is nothing less than “genocide > <http://arabic.rt.com/prg/telecast/700106-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8/>… > > not to mention the slaughters and rapes not being reported… Forcing more > than a thousand Christian families out of Mosul, and turning Christian > churches into Muslim mosques, is equivalent to genocide.” Of course, the > word genocide means to kill or make extinct a people. > > Others were not as lucky to flee. According to Iraqi human rights activist > Hena Edward, a great many older and disabled Iraqis, unable to pay the > jizya or join the exodus, have opted to convert to Islam > <http://www.linga.org/international-news/NjY2MA>. > > Meanwhile, the jihadis continue destroying churches and other ancient > Christian holy sites in the name of their religion, and murdering any > Christians they can find. Among other acts, they torched an 1800 year old > church in Mosul > <http://news.yahoo.com/isis-torches-1800-old-mosul-church-expelling-christians-194750912.html>, > > stormed a fourth century monastery—formerly one of Iraq’s best known > Christian landmarks—and expelling its resident monks > <http://news.yahoo.com/jihadists-seize-iraq-monastery-005850871.html>. > > Most recently, in Syrian regions under the Islamic State’s control, eight > Christians were reportedly crucified > <http://www.vieinter.com/themiddleeast/isis-crucifies-8-christians-in-syria-for-apostasy-from-islam/> > . > > The Islamic State’s call for Christians to pay *jizya* is not simply > about money. It is about subjugation. Most Western media reporting on this > recent call for *jizya* have failed to explain the accompanying *dhimma* > contract > Christians must also abide by. According to the Islamic State, “We offer > them [Christians] three choices: Islam; *the dhimma contract*—involving > payment of jizya; if they refuse this they will have nothing but the sword.” > > The “dhimma contract” is a reference to the Conditions of Omar, an Islamic > text attributed to the caliph of the same name that forces Christians to > live according to third class citizen status. > > In fact, several months back, when the Islamic State was still called > “ISIS,” it applied the Conditions of Omar on the Christian minorities of > Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic group had issued a directive > <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26366197> > > *citing the Islamic concept of “dhimma”, [which] requires Christians in > the city to pay tax of around half an ounce (14g) of pure gold in exchange > for their safety. It says Christians must not make renovations to churches, > display crosses or other religious symbols outside churches, ring church > bells or pray in public. Christians must not carry arms, and must follow > other rules imposed by ISIS… “If they reject, they are subject to being > legitimate targets, and nothing will remain between them and ISIS other > than the sword,” the statement said [emphasis added].* > > The persecution and exodus of Christians is hardly limited to Iraq. In > 2011, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom > <http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/christians-could-disappear-from-iraq-and-afghanistan/6919.htm> > noted: > “The flight of Christians out of the region is unprecedented and it’s > increasing year by year.” In our lifetime alone “Christians might disappear > altogether from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt,” all Muslim majority nations. > > Under Saddam Hussein, and before the 2003 U.S. “liberation” of Iraq, more > than a million Christians lived in Iraq; Mosul had some 60,000 Christians. > Today there are reportedly none thanks to the new Muslim “caliphate.” > > In Egypt, some 100,000 Christian Copts > <http://www.christiannewstoday.com/Christian_News_Report_900171.html> fled > their homeland soon after the “Arab Spring.” But even before that, the > Coptic Orthodox Church lamented the “repeated incidents of displacement > of Copts from their homes > <http://www.investigativeproject.org/3761/guest-column-egypt-christians-distraught>, > > whether by force or threat. Displacements began in Ameriya [62 Christian > families evicted], then they stretched to Dahshur [120 Christian families > evicted], and today terror and threats have reached the hearts and souls of > our Coptic children in Sinai.” > > In late 2012, it was reported that the last Christian in the city of Homs > <http://www.fides.org/en/news/32561?idnews=32561&lan=eng#.UYbwY7WTioN>, > Syria—which had a Christian population of some 80,000 before jihadis > <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-plight-of-syrias-christians-we-left-homs-because-they-were-trying-to-kill-us-8274710.html> > came—was > murdered. An escaped teenage Syrian girl said: “We left because they were > trying to kill us… because we were Christians…. Those who were our > neighbors turned against us. At the end, when we ran away, we went through > balconies. We did not even dare go out on the street in front of our house.” > > In the African nation of Mali, after a 2012 Islamic coup, as many as 200,000 > Christians fled > <http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=15403&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories+%28Catholic+World+News+%28on+CatholicCulture.org%29%29>. > > According to reports, “the church in Mali faces being eradicated > <http://www.christiantoday.com/article/appeal.for.christians.in.mali/29908.htm>,” > > especially in the north “where rebels want to establish an independent > Islamist state and drive Christians out… there have been house to house > searches for Christians who might be in hiding, church and Christian > property has been looted or destroyed, and people tortured into revealing > any Christian relatives.” At least one pastor was beheaded. > > One can go on and on: > > · In Ethiopia, after a Christian was accused of desecrating a > Koran, thousands of Christians were forced to flee their homes > <http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/24/thousands-christians-displaced-ethiopia-muslim-extremists-torch-churches-homes-2057387870/#ixzz2SSF8T1xb> > when > “Muslim extremists set fire to roughly 50 churches and dozens of Christian > homes.” > > · In the Ivory Coast—where Christians have been crucified—Islamic > rebels “massacred hundreds and displaced tens of thousands > <http://www.assistnews.net/STORIES/2012/s12080114.htm>” of Christians. > > · In Libya, Islamic rebels forced several Christian nun orders > <http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Islamists-chase-nuns-from-Libya,-people-pray-for-their-return-27021.html> > serving > the sick and needy since 1921 to flee and killed several Coptic Christians, > causing that community also to flee. > > · In Muslim-majority northern Nigeria, where hardly a Sunday > passes without a church bombing, Christians are fleeing by the thousands; > one region has been emptied of 95% of its Christian population > <http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Islamist-violence-drives-nearly-95-per-cent-of-Christians-from-Nigerian-state.html> > . > > · In Pakistan, after a Christian child was falsely accused of > desecrating a Koran and Muslims went on an anti-Christian rampage, an > entire Christian village—men, women, and children—was forced to flee into > the nearby woods, > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/30/fearful-pakistani-christians-make-home-in-forest/> > where > they built a church, to permanently reside there. > > Despite all these atrocities, exoduses, and even genocides, the mainstream > media seems to spend every available moment airing images of displaced > Palestinians and demonizing Israel for trying to defend itself. Yet Israel > does not kill Palestinians because of their religion or any other personal > aspects. It does so in the context of being rocketed and trying to defend > itself from terrorism. > > On the other hand, all the crimes being committed by Muslims against > Christians are simply motivated by religious hate, because the Christians > are Christian. > > It is to the mainstream media’s great shame that those who slaughter, > behead, crucify, and displace people for no other reason than because they > are Christian, rarely if ever get media coverage, while a nation such as > Israel, which kills only in the context of self-defense, and not out of > religious bigotry, is constantly demonized. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbjBrZHI2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDc0MjgzMTk-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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