Just like Jews Before Them, Iraq’s Christians May Face Extinction after Jihadist Inva

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You can see why the Pope and other Christian leaders are very worried.

Just like Jews Before Them, Iraq’s Christians May Face Extinction after Jihadist Invasion

By Staff Writer June 27, 2014

By Sean Savage/JNS.org

For most Westerners, Iraq is a foreboding and dangerous place that is filled with extremists and daily violence. Yet as little as 75 years ago Iraq was a vibrant country that was home to many different ethnic and religious minorities, including large Jewish and Christian populations.

But the latest round of violence spearheaded by the jihadist terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), which is driving through the heart of Iraq to the capital of Baghdad and inflicting medieval-style Islamic justice on anyone in its path, might be the last gasp of Iraq’s ancient Christian community, which faces extinction like Iraq’s Jewish community before it.

“Iraq used to be a beautiful mosaic made of many different faiths, including Judaism,” Juliana Taimoorazy, founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, told JNS.org.

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Iraq?s Christians May Face Extinction after Jihadist Invasion - Israel News

 

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You can see why the Pope and other Christian leaders are very worried.

Just like Jews Before Them, Iraq’s Christians May Face Extinction after Jihadist Invasion

By Staff Writer June 27, 2014

By Sean Savage/JNS.org

For most Westerners, Iraq is a foreboding and dangerous place that is filled with extremists and daily violence. Yet as little as 75 years ago Iraq was a vibrant country that was home to many different ethnic and religious minorities, including large Jewish and Christian populations.

But the latest round of violence spearheaded by the jihadist terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), which is driving through the heart of Iraq to the capital of Baghdad and inflicting medieval-style Islamic justice on anyone in its path, might be the last gasp of Iraq’s ancient Christian community, which faces extinction like Iraq’s Jewish community before it.

“Iraq used to be a beautiful mosaic made of many different faiths, including Judaism,” Juliana Taimoorazy, founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, told JNS.org.

Read more at

Iraq?s Christians May Face Extinction after Jihadist Invasion - Israel News

The ongoing genocide in Iraq is not really NEW----it is the inevitable course in lands conquered
by the followers of the rapist of Arabia -----the only lands in which that course did not
reach their logical conclusion were lands in which the conquorers were ultimately repelled----
like SPAIN, and Southern France, and even more recently ----in Israel Regarding
"VIBRANT CULTURALLY DIVERSE....." yup----so was Arabia before the rapist
'happened' In fact----so was Iran, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Yemen, Egypt, Lebanon---
etc etc..........there are many ways to RAPE A PEOPLE---A LAND---CIVILIZATION---
DECENCY