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Women Working in Iraq Testify About Horrifying Genocide of Christians and Their Heritage By ISIS
Townhall ^ | May 13, 2015 | by Katie Pavlich

Posted on 05/13/2015 12:44:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

"This is cultural and human genocide," Sister Diana Momeka of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena, who used to live in Mosul, Iraq, told lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday morning. "Christians of Iraq are the first people of the land. You read about us in the Old Testament of the Bible. Christianity came to Iraq from the very earliest days through the preaching and witness of St Thomas and others of the Apostles and Church Elders. While our ancestors experienced all kinds of persecution, they stayed in their land, building a culture that has served humanity for the ages. We, as Christians, do not want, or deserve to leave or be forced out of our country any more than you would want to leave or be forced out of yours. But the current persecution that our community is facing is the most brutal in our history."

As ISIS continues to recruit fighters, the Islamic terror army is murdering Christians in Iraq and wiping the country clean of any historical evidence the religion has ever existed in the region. Christian women are being raped by ISIS fighters as a way to convert them to Islam, historical sites are being destroyed and hundreds-of-thousands of Christians and other minority religious groups have been forced to flee their ancient homes.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christiangenocide; genocide; isis; isisatrocities; islam; religion

1 posted on 05/13/2015 12:44:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This makes me sick but I don’t know what I can do about it. I can write about it in my parish newsletter, but that is that in the face of these enormities?


2 posted on 05/13/2015 12:49:04 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (He shall defend the needy, He shall save the children of the poor, and crush the oppressor.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Religion of peace.


3 posted on 05/13/2015 12:49:54 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that - Baltimore's Democrat Mayor)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Note to Christians everywhere but especially in the middle east.

No one is going to protect you
No one is going to stop genocide, rape and ethnic cleansing against you
Many will cheer your misfortune

So stop looking for help.

ARM YOURSELVES

LEARN HOW TO FIGHT

and

FIGHT


4 posted on 05/13/2015 12:51:18 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Much like the world watched Hitler murder the Jews, The world is now watching this and doing nothing!


5 posted on 05/13/2015 12:58:13 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The lesson to be learned here is simple:

As soon as some @sshole in Washington says that "Islam is a religion of peace" and claims that it's a good idea for the U.S. to piss away thousands if American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars in a military campaign to "promote democracy" in a Third World sh!thole, any principled Christian should pack up and move out of whatever country the U.S. is preparing to invade.

6 posted on 05/13/2015 1:01:41 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ( Invade."It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: maxwellsmart_agent
The world is now watching this and doing nothing!

Not that they're doing "nothing." Liberals are doing a lot of laughing and cheering. They, like their ISIS fellow travelers, despise Christians and would love nothing more than the eradication of everything pertaining to it.

7 posted on 05/13/2015 1:33:48 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The election of Obama was a hate crime.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
This makes me sick but I don’t know what I can do about it. I can write about it in my parish newsletter, but that is that in the face of these enormities?

So long as ISIS sympathizers are in charge in western countries, there is truly nothing that can or will be done.

8 posted on 05/13/2015 1:35:14 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The election of Obama was a hate crime.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...told lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee....

Look here Sister, don't expect much unless you can contribute a few hundred thousand to several reelection campaigns.

9 posted on 05/13/2015 2:07:37 PM PDT by bkopto (Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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10 posted on 05/13/2015 2:13:41 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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“Christians of Iraq.... You read about us in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.”
How can I read about “Christians in the Old Testament? Christianity did not exist, had not been formalized during Old Testament times.


11 posted on 05/13/2015 8:56:44 PM PDT by OldeGoat
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I tell you what you can do. Tell everyone you know about it. When you are at church, carry. One day it could very well save your life and a bunch of other people.


12 posted on 05/14/2015 12:12:57 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Pray about this. Heavy duty prayer is the best for a spiritual battle like this.


13 posted on 05/14/2015 6:21:46 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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