Before the headlines, a story I meant to post a couple of days ago: 3,000 Christians flee Iraq’s Mosul
| Hundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday.
Some 3,000 Christians have fled the city over the past week alone in a “major displacement,” said Duraid Mohammed Kashmoula, the governor of northern Iraq’s Ninevah province. He said most have left for churches, monasteries and the homes of relatives in nearby Christian villages and towns. “The Christians were subjected to abduction attempts and paid ransom, but now they are subjected to a killing campaign,” Kashmoula said, adding he believed “al-Qaida” elements were to blame and called for a renewed drive to root them out. Political and religious leaders interviewed said the change in tactics may reflect a desire on the part of extremists to forcibly evict all Christians from Iraq’s third largest city. |
Now the headlines:
- Religious Cleansing Continues In Orissa
- Evidence Concocted Against Christians In Murder Of Hindu Leader
- Cruel oppression increasing in Laos
- Father’s Brief Conversion Traps Daughters in Islam
- Sacrifice at the Shrine of Trade: Vietnam
- Iraqi Prime Minister Pledges to Protect Christians
Now go do the right thing.