Posted on 08/09/2015 5:22:48 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A Canadian Jewish businessman has spearheaded efforts to rescue Iraqi Yazidi and Christian girls from slavery after the girls were captured by ISIS troops, using money donated privately by business contacts. The businessman has cited Oskar Schindler, who rescued Jewish children from the holocaust, as his inspiration.
Last summer the world looked on in horror as ISIS swept through north Iraq, home to Assyrian and Chaldean Christians, and Yazidis. Hundreds of thousands fled before them, but thousands more starved to death in the desert, or were captured by Islamic forces. Girls in particular were bartered for in the markets, standing naked while men bought them as sex slaves.
But while most of the west turned off their TV sets, Canadian entrepreneur Steve Maman decided to take positive action. Making contacts in Iraq who could negotiate the release of the girls, Mr Maman raised thousands of Canadian dollars to finance a rescue operation, The Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq (CYCI).
Initially he turned to business contacts, mainly fellow Jews who he thanked as being “remarkably generous”, who donated tens of thousands of Canadian dollars to fund the efforts. Last month, he turned to GoFundMe in a bid to raise half a million. So far 120 girls have been freed, but around 2,700 are still being held.
“I said to myself: ‘I cannot, and will not stand idle. I will not look at the daily reports and stay passive’,” Mr Maman wrote in a statement on the website.
“The price of a child’s life to remove them from the hands of ISIS is between $1000-$3000. We, as avid consumers, spend that money on gadgets and tools. Why not spend that money to save a life?”
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God bless him!
Bless him indeed. Why I love Israel and the Jewish people of the diaspora!
God Bless him also!
May he be blessed and may his name be forever inscribed in the Book of Life.
I have wondered why obama simply did not buy all the child slaves
Sounds like a good cause to support
That's a quote by Pope Francis. Perhaps he could raise enough money to ransom some of those Christian girls out of the brothels that ISIS has forced them into by selling a portion of the literally tons of gold, or a few of the virtually priceless painting and works of art the Vatican is alleged to own. Of course I don't know whether or not those alleged riches are acrually real, only God knows for sure.
However, whether not the Vatican is willing to rescue at least some of those women and young girls with it's alleged wealth that the Church has supposedly accumulated over the many centuries, the civilized nations of the world should certainly intervene NOW with whatever degree of armed force is necessary to end this unspeakably horrible outrage.
If I could wave a magic wand and free those girls and then wave again and send every ISIS savage to the hottest corner of hell I wouldn't hesitate for a one tick of the clock. That's not the proper Christian way of thinking, but I can't help how I feel about this situation.
There is a special place in heaven for those who rescue the innocent. When I grow up, I want to be just like this man.
He could have saved a whole lot of money by just having the Wookie take a selfie while holding a sign that says, “Bring back our girls”. /s
Bless this man for his compassion and his actions. I would prefer, however, if he could use the money to send in men to kill off the captors and then free the girls.
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*BUMP* Was going to ping you! Just finished with a LONG list of chores for today. Now, I can play at FR a little. ;)
These stories always inspire me. There ARE good people in this world - we always hear about the awful ones.
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