Your isolationism is also duly noted.....
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:44 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> >> 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-christia >>>> ns/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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