I heard the alarming news that Christians were fleeing Mosul
after a declaration from ISIS militants that unless they converted to Islam or
paid a tax, they could only expect the sword. Before the 9.00 am (BST) deadline
today, thousands left Mosul for nearby Kurdistan which claims autonomy from
Iraq and the newly declared ISIS Islamic State.
According the United Nations, other minority groups are
being persecuted by these ISIS jihadist militants, namely Chaldeans, Assyrians,
Mandeans, Yazidis, Shabaks and Shiite Turkmen.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-styled leader of ISIS, has no
qualms about his militia killing, kidnapping and threatening ethnic minorities.
His ambition is to expand territory recently gained by a sweeping invasion
across northern Iraq and into northern Syria. He has declared the area under
his control a 'caliphate', i.e., an Islamic state. Furthermore, he has urged all
followers of Islam to swear allegiance to him as their leader. His ambition is
to gain control of large swathes of land in the Middle East, North Africa, and
western Asia - even into Europe, the Balkans, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and
Spain.
In an effort to establish credence with followers of Islam,
Abu Bakr al-Bahdadi has renamed himself Caliph Ibrahim, the name of Prophet
Muhammad’s son. He probably sees himself as the Prophet’s modern day successor administering strict Sharia law.
Links
ISIS Forces Last Iraqi Christians to Flee Mosul
Thousands of Iraqi Christians pour out of Mosul after ISIS
jihadis gave them deadline to convert, pay or face death
Islamist takeover may mean ‘death knell’ for Iraq’s
Christians
Islamic extremists kill 270 in attack on gas field in
central Syria, report says
The ISIS map of the world:
Militants outline chilling five-year plan for global domination
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674736/ISIS-militants-declare-formation-caliphate-Syria-Iraq-demand-Muslims-world-swear-allegiance.html#ixzz37vCNjvnF
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674736/ISIS-militants-declare-formation-caliphate-Syria-Iraq-demand-Muslims-world-swear-allegiance.html#ixzz37vCNjvnF
Iraq
crisis: UN condemns 'war crimes' as another town falls to Isis
Sharia
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