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Elderly Iraqi Christians defy Islamic State terrorists
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/08/20/elderly-iraqi-christians-defy-islamic-state-terrorists/ ^

Posted on 09/08/2014 12:00:57 PM PDT by MNDude

A group of 11 sick, disabled and elderly Iraqi Christians — including an 80-year-old woman with breast cancer — defied terrorists who ordered them to convert to Islam or be beheaded, saying they preferred death to giving up their faith.

The united resistance prompted the Islamic State extremists (formerly ISIS) to drop their demands and order the Christians to immediately leave their village of Karamless after first robbing them of their possessions, according to one of the survivors.

Sahar Mansour, a refugee from Mosul, told Catholic News Service in an email that the group turned up at Ankawa refugee camp, where she is living, after they were released by the Islamist fighters. They had remained behind in Karamless because they were too weak to flee when the town was overrun by Islamic State militants the night of August 6 to 7.

Mansour said she met the 80-year-old woman with cancer, who gave her name as Ghazala, in Ankawa on August 18 and heard her account of their escape.

“When the people of Karamless fled from the village they (the elderly) were alone,” Mansour said. “She (Ghazala) told me when they woke up in (the) morning they were surprised when they saw nobody in the village.”

“Ghazala told me that all the people told the terrorists that ‘we prefer to be killed rather than convert,”‘ Mansour said. She said Ghazala added that members of the group scolded the terrorists for ignoring Islamic sacred texts that forbade forced conversions of non-Muslims.

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqichristians; news

1 posted on 09/08/2014 12:00:57 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: MNDude

Most of these ISIS guys are nothing more than THUGS, think our gang members-yet with a radical indoctrination.

The rest are hardened para-military who are “true believers” and should be executed when caught.


2 posted on 09/08/2014 12:08:17 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: MNDude

I pray for these people every day. They have more courage then Obama and his henchmen in the IRA and Justice departments.

Praise be to the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Spirit. What joy there must be in heaven to witness such faith.


3 posted on 09/08/2014 12:11:57 PM PDT by Gumdrop (~)
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To: MNDude

I hope I’m wrong on this but I see it coming. First let me be clear — we have no business over there doing anything. Reporters assume the risk of capture being over there. Im sorry they were killed but my dog was not in that fight.
What I’m afraid we will see in obama’s war is the capture of THOUSANDS of Christian and other minorities and their daily scheduled slaughter in reprisal for our meddling. Close the borders here and relocate all Sunnis to controlled areas. These guys can only attack us if we dont protect ourselve INTERNALLY.


4 posted on 09/08/2014 12:21:38 PM PDT by iowacornman
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To: JSDude1

The WHOLE Lot sgould be S. O. S.


5 posted on 09/08/2014 12:24:12 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: iowacornman

The sad reality is that, we have or may have, ISIS over HERE NOW.


6 posted on 09/08/2014 12:26:13 PM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl

Yes, we may have these scum here now. My question is —What are we doing about it? The Justice department is busy trying to make a case against the Fergeson police department!! You can’t make that up!!


7 posted on 09/08/2014 12:29:58 PM PDT by iowacornman
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To: MNDude

This is an appeal to Christians and those sympathetic to Christianity.

This message isn’t intended to offend anybody, just felt what I’m about to

say needed saying.

If you love your Lord first I hope you will appreciate this message. If

you don’t, sorry if I judged you wrongly.

When we get 100,000,000 (one hundred million) willing Christians to BOND

together, to voice their concerns and to vote, we can take America back —

with God’s help. Become one of the One hundred million...

Then let’s get 200 million, by sending this email to all as many people as

you can. Do the math. It only takes a willing heart and a fed up soul.

God Bless America and Shine Your light on Her..

Remember, In 1952, when President Truman established one day a year as a

“National Day of Prayer?”


Remember, in 1988, when President Reagan Designated the First Thursday in

May, each year, as The National Day of Prayer?


Remember, in June 2007, when (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama

declared the USA “Was no longer a Christian nation?”


Remember, this year, when President Obama canceled the 21st annual National

Day Of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse Of “not wanting to

offend anyone?”


Remember September 25, 2009, From 4 AM until 7 PM, the National Day of

Prayer FOR MUSLIMS being held on Capitol Hill? Beside the White House?

There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C.

It obviously didn’t matter whether “Christians” were offended by the Muslim

only prayer day event - We obviously Don’t count as “anyone” anymore, as

demonstrated by continuing efforts to discredit almost anything ‘Christian.’

The direction this country is taking should strike fear in the heart of

every Christian, especially knowing that many Muslims believe non-Muslims

unwilling to convert to Islam, should be annihilated - as in Nigeria , Sudan

and other countries, as I write.

Send this to ten people And the person who Sent it to you!...To let them

know that it was sent to many more.


8 posted on 09/08/2014 12:54:29 PM PDT by PLD
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To: JSDude1

At this point, I am beginning to doubt the “true believer” status of these clowns.

It is simply a place to be an animal. They go there to rape, torture, kill, and steal to their hearts content without any consequences. No police, no authority saying “you can’t do that”. The only limit to their debauchery, and cruelty is the emptiness of their souls. There are no other controlling authorities besides the mullahs of the very same cult of death, that they proclaim fealty to.

Think of it for a minute, what it would be like in total anarchy.


9 posted on 09/08/2014 12:58:55 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: MNDude

Revelation 20:4
I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.


10 posted on 09/08/2014 1:30:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: iowacornman

Domestically? Internationally? It’s all the same war.

Now we see the middle east without us.

But our real problem is we that have an enemy islamist as CIC.


11 posted on 09/08/2014 3:13:28 PM PDT by onedoug
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