Posted on 07/31/2014 10:36:19 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
For over 2,000 years, Christians and Muslims lived in peace in Mosul, Iraq, the country's second largest city. That all changed on June 10, 2014 when the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, invaded the city and evicted its Christian population. With the Christians gone, ISIS has begun to destroy or occupy every Christian landmark in the city.
The Assyrian International News Agency released a full list of the 45 institutions the Islamic State destroyed or occupied. Here are a few examples:
Syrian Catholic Diocese
Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation
Archbishops Palace Chapel
Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese
Church of the Immaculate
Diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Diocese
Church of the Holy Spirit
Armenian Church
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Latin Church and Monastery of the Dominican Fathers and Convent of Katrina Siena Nuns
Christian Cemetery in the Ekab Valley
On July 19, the Islamic State gave Christians 12 hours to convert to Islam, pay a protection tax, or die. The majority chose to flee the city. The terrorists marked Christian homes and businesses with the letter N for Nazarene and imposed a radical version of Sharia law.
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Yes, they expelled us from our real land, one woman said. From our real land! They told us, Go away! This is not your land. Go to your Christian people and to your pastors. Let them feed you, shelter you, and give you homes.'
The takeover started with kidnappings of security guards and soldiers. Then the group destroyed statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary and raised a black ISIS flag in Marys place...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
GW Bush calls it "The Religion of Peace"
Our current President's name is Islamic.
Not a good trajectory for America to say the least.
Excellent point! I totally missed that, as obvious as it is.
“Faith and force ... are corollaries: every period of history dominated by mysticism was a period of statism, of dictatorship, of tyranny.” ... Ayn Rand
Actually, I was refering to ISIS and wishing them quick despatch but after rereading my post, one could apply it in a kindly way toward the disposessed and peersecuted Christians.
. . . as the MSM yawn.
“For over 2,000 years, Christians and Muslims lived in peace in Mosul....”
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Islam is something from the 6th century — there was no Islam before that time.
HollyWierd Marxists and ISIS have the same enemies.
Pray America wakes up
" ... religion is an early form of philosophy, that the first attempts to explain the universe, to give a coherent frame of reference to mans life and a code of moral values, were made by religion, before men graduated or developed enough to have philosophy. And, as philosophies, some religions have very valuable moral points. They may have a good influence or proper principles to inculcate, but ... "
If you're interested, look it up
Amen
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