ISLAM AS ITS CREATOR CREATED IT. Thousands of Iraqi Christians pour out of Mosul after ISIS jihadis give them deadline to convert, pay or face death Thousands of Iraqi Christians today poured out of Mosul after ISIS jihadis gave them an ultimatum - convert, pay or face death. The Islamic State terror group declared that Christians must either convert to Islam, pay a special tax or leave the city, around 250 miles north-west of Baghdad. If they did not do so by noon (9am GMT) today, there would be nothing for them but the sword, it said. As militants attempted to break government defences in strategic areas and edge closer to Baghdad, Christians fled to join hundreds of thousands of Shiite and other refugees in the neighbouring autonomous region of Kurdistan. Their escape to the safety coincided with the expected homecoming of Iraqs Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani, after 18 months of medical treatment in Germany. Chaldean patriarch Louis Sako, who heads Iraqs largest Christian community, said the terrifying ultimatum had been relayed by mosques in ISIS-controlled Mosul. He told AFP: Christian families are on their way to Dohuk and Arbil [in Kurdistan]. For the first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2698114/Thousands-Iraqi-Christians-pour-Mosul-ISIS-jihadis-deadline-convert-pay-face-death.html#ixzz37wiXj2lo Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:56:47 +0000
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