Posted on 07/23/2014 7:58:45 AM PDT by SJackson
ISIS, which recently rebranded as the Islamic State, has solidified its control over Iraq's second-largest city by imposing Sharia law and expelling Christians who won't convert to Islam. The end of last month marked the first time a mass wasn't held in the city in more than 1600 years.
Then, matters got worse. From the Daily Beast:
Friday at noon was the deadline for Christian families to meet ISIS’s demands: Convert to Islam, pay an anachronistic Islamic tax for non-Muslims known as jizya, leave Mosul, or be killed. But the day before the final exodus, Christians were informed jizya was no longer an option. The order came to convert, leave, or die.
On the way out of town last week, the final 1500 families of Mosul's Christian population were reportedly robbed at ISIS checkpoints. And following Friday's deadline, ISIS reportedly set fire to a 1800-year-old church.
Last month, ISIS shocked much of the world by swiftly capturing Mosul in an offensive that allowed the group to take control of major parts of northern and western Iraq. As Reuters reported, the group has managed to shore up its control over communities with a combination of force and fear. After meeting armed resistance in the town of al-Alam for nearly two weeks, here's what the group did:
They kidnapped 30 local families and rang up the town's most influential citizens with a simple message about the hostages: "You know their destiny if you don't let us take over the town."
Weeks later, according to the report, only a few gunman patrol the town at night "so comfortable is the Islamic State in its control through fear." Since then, with Baghdad as the prize in mind, the group has grown in size from 3,000 by earlier estimates to 20,000 as last month's offensive bolstered their standing.
Whatever you say, why not call it genetic and advocate spraying em' all with something that will make them sterile like a good eugenics kinda soul and be done with? History is no guide so go the racial purity route.
Just don't show up to give them false hope and do anything less than what history proves it takes to turn things around.
have a nice day
:( I didn’t read the whole thing....but wanted to make sure you saw this. I may not be Catholic, but seeing the title still made me furious. At some point, it’s going to be Christian (ALL denominations) vs Muslim.
Satan meets resistance, Satan harvests the ones already in his hand rather than risk having them see the light and abandon the religion of Satan. Whether we see it yet or not Satan, an ardent student of history and an expert in human nature, sees resistance or easy victory on the horizon. So, harvest time.
And, as I've said in another thread, when Reagan looked like a turning point conquering the West with an Islamic horde seemed like the best thing to do. Now, Satan is having he West fall in his lap with no effort other than feeding lust with bits and dope.
I think you are getting far too emotional about this. Neither of us will be deciding the fate of the Middle East, so you needn’t go into hysterics.
Sounds like a target for a neutron bomb.
Oh, disagreement and exaggeration for the sake of illustration is, "hysterics".
Gotcha. I'll remember that the next time someone condemns large swaths of the world's population due to their having been brought up since birth under Iz Lame or some other Lame.
It's a good thing Ronald Reagan didn't think that way.
Good point. Do it while they’re concentrated. One instant cheering one another on, next instant Virgins all around.
Prayers for the people of Iraq.
I am angry that this isn't front page news in every newspaper in America.
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