Posted on 10/03/2014 6:06:18 PM PDT by markomalley
They arrived at the church with only what they could carry: clothes, pictures and a few family heirlooms. It's all that is left of a life before the Islamic State terror group swept into northern Iraq, giving the Christians of Qaraqosh and Mosul an ultimatum: Convert, leave or die.
Most, like Ammar Zaki and his family, fled first to the relative safety of Iraq's Kurdish capital of Irbil and then made their way to Amman, Jordan, where they found sanctuary in a church.
Roughly 100 Iraqi Christians are being sheltered at St. Mary's Church in the Marka neighborhood of Amman. Their sanctuary offers little more than floor mats and a roof, but it's a welcome haven after fleeing ISIS persecution.
"Jesus Christ told people, 'leave everything and follow me,' " Zaki said, cradling his 9-month-old daughter, Athena. "So we did."
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Jordan is a relatively safe place for Christians.
Jordan is Israel’s best neighbor in the region.
AMERICA! Send these Christians some help! food! Clothing! what ever we can. Why are we standing by while this ancient Christian sect in being dislocated and messed up? Have we gotten to the point where Christians are the new Tea party and must be turned into racist bigots? Have we no decency?
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