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‘They Asked Me to Convert to Islam, But I Told Them I Will Die a Christian’
http://nypost.com/2016/12/23/iraqs-christians-celebrate-christmas-amid-isis-hell/ ^ | December 23, 2016

Posted on 12/23/2016 9:22:00 PM PST by nickcarraway

The Nativity scene and Christmas tree are in place on the corner of the street. Some of the children proudly wear red Santa Claus hats or show off new toys, mostly plastic guns for small boys. Windows and balconies are festooned with colorful balloons.

It is unmistakably Christmas on Friday at the Ankawa camp, home to thousands of Iraqi Christians who have been displaced since the Islamic State group seized their towns and villages in the Nineveh plains of northern Iraq in 2014.

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1 posted on 12/23/2016 9:22:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Sobering.

We in the U.S. are so blessed.

Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 12/23/2016 9:34:39 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: pax_et_bonum

BTTT


3 posted on 12/23/2016 9:44:18 PM PST by ssfromla
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To: pax_et_bonum

But when the magistrate pressed him hard and said, “Swear the oath, and I will release you; revile the Christ,”

Polycarp said, “Eighty-six years have I been His servant, and He has done me no wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King who saved me?”

Martyrdom of St. Polycarp 155 A.D.


4 posted on 12/23/2016 9:45:02 PM PST by PanzerKardinal (Some things are so idiotic only an intellectual would believe it.)
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Islam is a war plan.


5 posted on 12/23/2016 10:00:28 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

Islam is Satan’s war plan.


6 posted on 12/24/2016 12:12:57 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Your comment makes me think of A Nefarious Plot, book by Steve Deace. Very good read.


7 posted on 12/24/2016 2:27:35 AM PST by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). THE LIBERAL BUBBLE HAS BURST!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

I hope all followers of Christ can take inspiration from these women. When our time comes to proclaim Jesus or deny him.


8 posted on 12/24/2016 5:25:46 AM PST by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: nickcarraway
‘They Asked Me to Convert to Islam, But I Told Them I Will Die a Christian’


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9 posted on 12/25/2016 4:18:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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