The Christians rightly feel that Iraq is not a place for Christians now given what is happening to them. Let us not forget that the ancestors of these Christians were there way before Mohammed and his gang left the Saudi Peninsula and invaded the surrounding countries.
Isis takes Iraqs largest Christian town as residents told 'leave, convert or die'
Tens of thousands of terrified people have been displaced as Christians flee Qaraqosh
FERNANDE VAN TETS BEIRUT
Thursday 07 August 2014
Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night.
The town had previously been a safe haven for those fleeing Mosul and for those hoping Christianity had a future in the country. Before we thought we could stay. But now, there is no way Christians can go back to Iraq, says Abu Maykel, a 29-year-old clerk who fled the village last week.
He hoped he could maybe remain in his ancestral homeland, but had to reconsider when Isis started to close in on Qaraqosh, a Christian village of 50,000 people. The town had been cut off from water and electricity ever since Isis took Mosul. Food had been hard to come by and distant shelling constant, but he remained.
Continue reading at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-takes-iraqs-largest-chr
Isis takes Iraqs largest Christian town as residents told 'leave, convert or die'
Tens of thousands of terrified people have been displaced as Christians flee Qaraqosh
FERNANDE VAN TETS BEIRUT
Thursday 07 August 2014
Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night.
The town had previously been a safe haven for those fleeing Mosul and for those hoping Christianity had a future in the country. Before we thought we could stay. But now, there is no way Christians can go back to Iraq, says Abu Maykel, a 29-year-old clerk who fled the village last week.
He hoped he could maybe remain in his ancestral homeland, but had to reconsider when Isis started to close in on Qaraqosh, a Christian village of 50,000 people. The town had been cut off from water and electricity ever since Isis took Mosul. Food had been hard to come by and distant shelling constant, but he remained.
Continue reading at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-takes-iraqs-largest-chr
