Modern Muslim conquerors are repeating their traditional
treatment of Christians and other non-Muslims in the lands they conquer. The Iraq
city of Mosel was recently taken by the Sunni militants known as ISIS. Mosel
had a community of 35,000 or so Christians who had lived there for generations surviving
Sadam Husein and the US invasion.
ISIS took control of the city and told the Christians or
Nassarah as they call them they had nothing to fear but within days they
changed and instructed the Christians to convert to Islam, pay a special tax or
be killed. Muslims have charged a tax on non-Muslims in their territories for
centuries. The tax is called jizya and is paid for protection from Muslim
brutality.
Christian homes were identified with a large letter N on the
door and declared property of the Islamic state. The Christians gathered what they
could carry and tried to leave the city but they were robbed of all their
possessions at the ISIS checkpoints and sent from the city on foot with only the
clothes on their backs. When people asked to keep small keepsakes like a crucifix
or even a baby bottle they were told Nassarah can have nothing.
The expelled people are being cared for by Kurdish
Christians in a nearby city which ISIS has not taken. The Kurd fighters are strong
enough to deter the Sunni terrorists. Update - August 8, 2014 - The Kurds are unable to defend against ISIS and ISIS is on the move killing anyone who they catch that isn't a Sunni.
Source of the above– Toronto Star July 24, 2014 written by
Tracey Shelton
It is important to realize there are sects fighting in Syria
and other Muslim countries that would impose Islam on people around the world.
We may want to live in harmony with all people and religions but there are
sects in one religion dedicated to ending our freedom and traditional way of
life.
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