This is an international concern --- only to the warmongering religious. your fear has been noted again.
On Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:55:40 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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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