ISIS Torches 1,800-Year-Old Church in Mosul; Priest Says City Is 'Now Empty of Christians'

Quote:Members of the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) reportedly torched a 1,800 year-old Catholic Church in Mosul, Iraq and have effectively left that city "empty of Christians" as believers fled the area in fear of their lives, according to Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako.

Sources told Shoebat that the ISIS group in Mosul called "Daash" completely burned the Syriac Catholic Diocese and its contents in Mosul. A Chaldean, Syriac and Assyrian Website released photos of the church in flames Saturday.

The torching of the church comes on the heels of the destruction of a number of other Christian monuments in Iraq in recent months including the tomb of biblical prophet Jonah, which was dug up by ISIL militants in the east of Mosul.

Many Christians still in Mosul also hurried to leave the city before Saturday when an ISIS ultimatum that Christians convert to Islam, pay a tax or leave came into effect.

"We left Mosul as we saw that [we] were close to being butchered, and under the threat of armed militants. It was serious and firm," a Christian named Mukhalis Yeshua told Shoebat.

"…But the issue that sparked the pain and sorrow was the checkpoints exiting Mosul as the armed men searched the families, and robbed all their money as search parties from the IS (Islamic Caliphate) searched all the women and robbed their jewelry and money, telling them that such money is Islamic property," added the Christian.

Patriarch Sako told AFP Friday that: "Christian families are on their way to Dohuk and Arbil," in the neighboring autonomous region of Kurdistan. "For the first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians," he said.

Once home to an estimated 1 million Christians before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted former President Saddam Hussein, church officials now place the Christian community in Iraq at about 450,000.

The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Isis doesn't deserve to exist.

(07-22-2014 12:40 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Isis doesn't deserve to exist.

American progressives are just as destructive.

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Actually the word islam means submission… muslims find peace through capitulation.

As far as the Dome of the Rock is concerned, I say Israel should places bulldozers encompassing it,
then proclaim one more rocket and this place gets the Jericho treatment.

(07-22-2014 06:40 AM)AngryAphid Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Actually the word islam means submission… muslims find peace through capitulation.

As far as the Dome of the Rock is concerned, I say Israel should places bulldozers encompassing it,
then proclaim one more rocket and this place gets the Jericho treatment.

They would want Israel to bulldoze it. They want Meca bulldozed. They prefer death and destruction.

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

These guys are also torching islamic sites.

Remember friends, to the Left what is really important is capitalist micro-aggressions and diversity quotas in response to straight white males, not clitoredectomy, child marriage, honor killing, sharia-inspired rape laws, stoning, or acid attacks perpetrated by Muslims.

We live in a world gone mad. Fvcking mad.

Read that the the Christians were fleeing to Kurdish controlled areas.

Probably their best bet for survival. The Kurds are well armed and have spent most of their lives fighting to independence. ISIS won't be able to simply roll into Kurdish areas and take over without a fight.

(07-22-2014 08:32 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

These guys are also torching islamic sites.

The cannabilistic Religion Of Peace.


Posted from the shallow recesses of my feeble mind.

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

Not our problem...

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

The problem is we tend to view the events that take place in our lives as the bench mark of what things are. It wasnt that long ago, in the grand scheme of time, where the muslim world was the cultural and scientific center of the world, and the christian world was the cesspool of the world. Now it is reversed, essential were the SEC, but like college football time will bring fluctuation, and so it will be reversed again, then both will be on top, then both will be on bottom, and so on and son.

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

So where's the outcry from the non-radical extremist Muslims and better still, the Muslim clergy. Crickets....

(07-23-2014 12:35 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

So where's the outcry from the non-radical extremist Muslims and better still, the Muslim clergy. Crickets....

This continues to be the dumbest reasoning out there. Why in the hell should others apologize for what terrorist do? It makes no sense. Hell, even if they did, folks would not believe them and claim some conspiracy. It makes no sense. You apologized for slavery yet?

(07-22-2014 11:32 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Not our problem...

(07-23-2014 07:39 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 12:35 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

So where's the outcry from the non-radical extremist Muslims and better still, the Muslim clergy. Crickets....

This continues to be the dumbest reasoning out there. Why in the hell should others apologize for what terrorist do? It makes no sense. Hell, even if they did, folks would not believe them and claim some conspiracy. It makes no sense. You apologized for slavery yet?

It's their religion, you know, the one of death and hate. The muslim clergy is pushing a caliphate line of thinking and has been inspiring the youth toward Jihad for years. You need a reality check.

(07-23-2014 07:39 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 12:35 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

So where's the outcry from the non-radical extremist Muslims and better still, the Muslim clergy. Crickets....

This continues to be the dumbest reasoning out there. Why in the hell should others apologize for what terrorist do? It makes no sense. Hell, even if they did, folks would not believe them and claim some conspiracy. It makes no sense. You apologized for slavery yet?

Maybe for the same reason that I, as a white man, am expected to apologize for every action in the past that some aggrieved party has experienced? And yes, whites have apologized, over and over.

Also, we weren't seeking to eradicate a people or religion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/world/....html?_r=1

http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/07/the...ddle-east/

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/...ot-Control

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/2...hristians/

(07-23-2014 07:50 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 07:39 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 12:35 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

So where's the outcry from the non-radical extremist Muslims and better still, the Muslim clergy. Crickets....

This continues to be the dumbest reasoning out there. Why in the hell should others apologize for what terrorist do? It makes no sense. Hell, even if they did, folks would not believe them and claim some conspiracy. It makes no sense. You apologized for slavery yet?

It's their religion, you know, the one of death and hate. The muslim clergy is pushing a caliphate line of thinking and has been inspiring the youth toward Jihad for years. You need a reality check.

Something tells me would welcome these people into his home with open arms.

(07-23-2014 07:39 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 12:35 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-22-2014 11:31 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-21-2014 11:21 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  The Religion of Peace. My ass...

Wait, read what you just said, then read the post before, think about for a minute.

Here, I'll spell it out for you. There are and have been Christians living in Iraq for 1,200 years. And, in that same time Muslims have been living there. So, Christians and Muslims living in the same city for 1,200 years. One has not killing the other off or driven them out in all these years, till now when a radical extremist group starts doing, and BTW their are killing Muslims too.

Your problem is you are convicting an entire religion and group of people for the actions of a few (yes, I know there are many thousands extremists/terrorists) how have twisted their religion in to something that is is not.

So where's the outcry from the non-radical extremist Muslims and better still, the Muslim clergy. Crickets....

This continues to be the dumbest reasoning out there. Why in the hell should others apologize for what terrorist do? It makes no sense. Hell, even if they did, folks would not believe them and claim some conspiracy. It makes no sense. You apologized for slavery yet?

Denouncing is not the same as apologizing.

Pro-lifers and Christians were compelled to denounce the actions of Eric Rudolph
in order to preempt a full-scale attack from media stereotyping… they didn’t apologize.