The following excerpt from the Islamic State captures well the perverse logic that its many members and even more sympathizers operate on. It recently appeared in an Islamic State report explaining why the jihadis already did -- or soon will -- execute 21 Coptic Christian workers abducted in (post-"Arab Spring") Libya. The justification begins by positioning the 2010 Islamic … [Read more...]
Islamic State Arrests Book Store Owner for Selling Christian Books
Islamic State members arrested the owner of Arab Generation, one of the oldest book stores in Mosul. His crime? Selling Christian books. Islamic law bans the "promotion" of any religion other than Islam. An online search find that Dhakir al-Ali, a lawyer and author (pictured) is the owner of Arab Generation. … [Read more...]
Islamic State Blows Up Church of Immaculate Virgin
According to Rudaw, an Iraqi news agency, on February 2, security sources from the Ninevah police district said that the Islamic State blew up the Church of the Immaculate Virgin—one of the largest and oldest Chaldean churches in the ancient section of Mosul. The security source said: “The organization finished wiring the church with explosives this morning and detonated it, … [Read more...]
Controversial Report: Islamic State Executes Another Christian Priest
Through a public proclamation, on February 2, the Islamic State announced that it had executed yet another Christian priest in Mosul -- Paul Jacob, the parson of a church in eastern Iraqi city who was kidnapped eight months ago. His parish was also blown up. The execution reportedly took place in Ghazlani Camp in southern Mosul where a militia camp is located. Update … [Read more...]
“We Did Not Want to Become Muslim; We Just Wanted to Leave” — Elderly Christian Under IS
Ten elderly and disabled Christians -- eight men, two women -- who "managed to escape" from the Islamic State, after refusing to convert to Islam, recently gave a glimpse of life under IS. Previously, the group had been living in Mosul for nearly three months before IS militants forced them out of a nursing home in Qaraqosh on Oct. 24, and stole the Christians' money, … [Read more...]