This is an international concern, and yes, very much something that we should be looking at with a jaundiced eye. Like cockroaches in the kitchen, if you don't kill them, they will eventually take over your whole household....
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:01 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbjBrZHI2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MDc0MjgzMTk-> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! 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