Isis militants 'seize Iraq monastery and expel monks'

[Sally]

Yes, they are really showing us what tolernce they have for other religious beliefs.


21 July 2014 Last updated at 11:25


Isis militants 'seize Iraq monastery and expel monks'

The Mar Behnam monastery is a place of Christian pilgrimage

Islamist militants in Iraq are reported to have seized an ancient monastery near Mosul and expelled the monks.

Local residents said monks at the Mar Behnam monastery were allowed to take only the clothes they were wearing.

The monastery, which dates from the 4th Century, is a major Christian landmark and a place of pilgrimage.

Christians have fled Mosul after the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) told them to convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death.

Isis has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq and said last month it was creating an Islamic caliphate.

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BBC News - Isis militants 'seize Iraq monastery and expel monks'

 

[aris2chat]

Yes, they are really showing us what tolernce they have for other religious beliefs.


21 July 2014 Last updated at 11:25


Isis militants 'seize Iraq monastery and expel monks'

The Mar Behnam monastery is a place of Christian pilgrimage

Islamist militants in Iraq are reported to have seized an ancient monastery near Mosul and expelled the monks.

Local residents said monks at the Mar Behnam monastery were allowed to take only the clothes they were wearing.

The monastery, which dates from the 4th Century, is a major Christian landmark and a place of pilgrimage.

Christians have fled Mosul after the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) told them to convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death.

Isis has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq and said last month it was creating an Islamic caliphate.

Continue reading at:

BBC News - Isis militants 'seize Iraq monastery and expel monks'

>>Monastery of Mar Behnam is also called Deir Al-Jubb (The Cistern Monastery), situated in the Nineveh Plain near Nimrud about 32 km southwest of Mosul, was built in the 4th century<<

 

[irosie91]

the article did not mention the real reason for the mujahad confiscation of the
monastery------they wanted the wine cellars. They probably kept a few of the
best wine making brothers------for the security having an in-house wine making
priest under their control. He is called "the volunteer"