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The Islamic State has warned Christians, possibly for the last time, saying "there is nothing to give them but the sword." Across Northern Iraq, Christians are huddled in refugee camps, trapped in the desert, or trapped in their homes, waiting for death.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Although Christians have lived in northern Iraq and Syria for nearly two-thousand years, and at least six hundred years before Islam, today they face extinction across the region.
"Our people are disappearing," Canon Andrew White, head of the Anglican Church in Iraq "It looks as though the end could be very near," he told the BBC.
A week ago, Christians were warned to either leave the city of Mosul and other areas under Islamic State control, or they would have to pay a tax or be put to death. Today, nobody has heard from those Christians and nobody knows what is happening to them.

Are they being quietly "put to the sword" as this militant strain of Islam asks they be?

The Human Rights Watch reported on July 14 that homes in Mosul were painted with red letters to indicate Christian homes. Other homes of Shiite Muslims were also adorned.

Christians who have escaped reported being deprived of all their belongings except their clothes. Jewelry, money, automobiles, even food and water were confiscated on the edge of town as Christians were forced to pass through Islamic State checkpoints.

However, we know a number of Christians remained, for many reasons. Some were too destitute to travel or had weak and infirm family who could not make the desert trek to safety.

Those that left were warned "don't even dream of returning."

For those that remain, they can almost certainly expect harsher treatment than that meted out to fellow Muslims at the hands of ISIS terrorists.

Estimates hold that 200,000 Christians live in the region, however only a fraction of these have been accounted for. Where are all the missing Christians? Are they already being put to the sword? It's very possible.

Islam is very clear on these issues, the deal is very simple. For those who live under the rule of a fundamentalist Islamic state, the options are laid bare. One can flee, convert, pay a fine, or be put to death. There will be no coexistence. And although Christians, Muslims and Jews have lived together in this region of the world for centuries, the strain of Islam that dominates them is now so extreme that Islam represents an existential threat to Christians and Jews.

Decades ago, the world watched as the Jews, and many others, including a large number of Catholics, were rounded up, persecuted by Nazis. Nobody outside of the European continent believed these people were being systematically killed on an industrial scale.

Yet they were. We've seen the haunting images and video. Smiling Nazi officers standing beside their victims in the moments before they shot or gassed them. Today, Islamic State terrorists are posing with their victims, making videos, and even tweeting crude jokes about their carnage.

They glorify and revel in their killing and believe with all sincerity that they are doing the work of Allah.

The world once solemnly promised to never allow another holocaust to happen again. Yet, we have witnessed episodes of ethnic cleansing and genocide repeatedly throughout history. Time and again, the world has stood silent as whole populations and tribes were exterminated, relocated, and forced into destitution.

The only exception seems to be when the United States intervened in the Balkans to rescue ethnic Muslims from extermination at the hands of Christian fighters in Bosnia.

Today, nobody is running toward the Christians to help them. These people are on their own and they have nothing. Over 400 families have checked into refugee camps in Kurdish controlled districts in northern Iraq. Hundreds more wander in the desert and the diaspora continues.

Billions of people will stand idly by, and do nothing in the face of evil, but Your Catholic Voice Foundation isn't going to accept this. Yes, we will pray for peace, and we will condemn this evil. However, we will also open our purses and wallets and make available emergency funds that these people will need.

If you act today, your gift will be sent to those in need in this region, used to provide basic supplies. Food, shelter, medicine. Perhaps a toy for a child who has lost every gift they were ever given by doting parents.

Today, you can help us make a difference, to soften the blow for those who have been struck by these terrorists and to encourage those who must flee, but cannot, to find a way or make away before ISIS terrorists carry out their threats of genocide.

In other words, this is your chance to stop genocide in its tracks. No matter what you accomplish today, nothing could be so important as standing against this evil. Please help now.


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How is candle related to wishes coming to past?

Superstar007: Wetin dem dey do with the other suspects?

Meanwhile,
An army general was asked:
"Can you forgive a terrorist?"

He replied: "God forgives, our task is
to arrange their meeting".

That was an Israeli Army General . .

dcosmosboy: Dis boy wil take us 2 Rusia 4 glory,Mikel generation is fake although dy mba won AFCON 4 us

Russiya may not be allowed to host the world cup due to the crisis with Ukraine.

kudoxs: you are here assuming and thinking the way USA wanted you to think, how come all the isrealites working @ the world trade centre didn't go to work on 9/11 day? Please tell me if they muslims. Even the american populace knows there was a conspiracy concerning the 9/11 bombings and you go ahead and put everything on islam.

The truth is MOSSAD warned Bush of the impending strike but Bush ignored claiming it was just a bluff. They have one of the best intelligent networks.

They must know something about Boko Haram, SSS should tap their lines and watch them.

WIZGUY69: Quote me again....
and you will d.ie.
ewu.... did i collected your phone to post on nairaland.

If not that you're suffering from mental sosoliso, how can you say restoration gutter cover in Ibadan is among these bridges and yet condemning Onitsha bridge. Anumanu anuofia, come and meet me at Festac Ibadan and let me beat hell out of you, you think I'm among the e-warriors ni abi ko fe da fun e ni?

WIZGUY69: This guy just want me to throw-up,
onitsha ko, aba ni.....
you dn't even post lokoja bridge, third mainland bridge lagos, restoration bridge ibadan.....

Restoration bridge or gutter? Are you alright at all?

Bigsteveg: Gr8 Ladokites....how far
I be ex-ladokite and lautech blood still dey in me

Ex-ladokite too, 04/2009 set. Are you Steve Oloyede?

slimthugchimee: My view is HOW DID THAT CHANGE THE PRICE OF GARRI FOR MARKET

Keep devouring garri when your mates are eating friend rice and turkey, at your age you're still worrying yourself about the price of garri. I pity your girlfriend for dating a "clownister" like you. I miss the good old days when we have intelligent nairalanders

abdulahi001: And I ask, is it neccessary it flies fro d US or did'nt they (US) has base all over d world
For me, I don't believe it's a toy, some1 dat invent d bigger can invent the smaller, it only require building a building of 1 acre or more to give runway and tag it as a private premises and monitor d little drone from dere.

Last Bullet: Only a fool will believe that the US government does'nt have spies in an oil-riched nation like nigeria.

And why would they employ the use of drone to spy us when there are Nigerian-born CIA agents that can easily provide them with any information they need? Drones are employed to the countries and areas where the job of CIAs are made difficult like Iran, North Korea, Russia etc

Ninilowo: Arrest that man that "fabricated" the stuff joor. He wan use am to dey spy ashawo jointz for Ibadan ni. Agbaaya

Why not go to sexuality section since na ashawo dey your mind?

iluvweed:

One love brother!

Weeders team, they love one another

Boll2010: Until there is light rail system around nigeria before we free from exorbitant fees,if other states are well develop as lagos,lagos won't be as this congested where people pay as large as this to live comfy,imagine just common 3 bedroom na war! So if you start work,come marry,dem pay you 150k per month,which day you wan build your own house for this same lagos,just because is closer to your working environment! I tire for this country ooo,unemployment n underdevelopment just full everywhere,if there is a fast train,which is goin to save cost and cover distance in short periods,why won't I build my house at ogun,oyo state or far ekiti, and get to my place of office at lagos and still managing the family with my unbalanced income of 150k, God I know say one day,one day,I say that very day,you go look at us,pity us,and find every means to give us credible leaders who will stop suffering and smiling in our country,and ladies expect marriage? God!!!! Tribulations of a ghetto kid!!!!! Do this government expect me marry to a one room apartment shack?? God dey sha!!!!!!.......God you see my mind,you know my plans,na everyday I dey tell you,and I no go stop to dey remind you,check my file case wey dey with you,next 5yrs if I'm going to be on nairaland to do anything,I will be addressed as an achiever in the world! So be it! In jesus name......I dey work,more harder and I know say you dey see your guy!

You get 3-bedroom flat for rent is the question and not this epistle.

Fraternize: Anyone with knowledge of a "sweet and comfy" self contained in ibadan should please let me know. I'll give you a call immediately. My budget is 70k.....thanks

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pius4luv: you can try bibire food canteen at sango ibadan

Bibire is worse than the worst joint, they should be stopped from selling amala, their ewedu is shit and they don't sell gbegiri

akin33: Iya Ope at Mokola. From Oremiji, turn right to Oke Itunu rd. turn left at opp St Louis grammar sch. Drive down and go straight, 30secs after Mokola barracks u are there. Gbogbo aye.

Na packaging mama ope get jare, her food no tap at all, her staffs are thieves, they stole my niece's new phone at the private section we were when she stood up to go to toilet. I'll recommend amala skye bank bodija for anybody

publisher: SADE ELEJA @Mokola is the way forward!

Bros Sade eleja no dey sell food, na only beer and the place is dry now unlike before. Na my area be that

chaircover: My city yayyyyyyyyyy

I guess some of these have already been mentioned

1. Fanowole at iwo road
2. mama ope
3. mama soji - jericho
4. there is also one Alhaja at bashorun/General gas junction
5. we also found this place at yemetu called mama turaya or something like that.
6. there is also one woman behind ance building in the aleshinloye market. i think she too is called ola mummy
7. there are also some places in UCH

if you want good nicely cooked food in nice surroundings then head to marthas kitchen along jericho road. Food is approx N1500 per plate depending on what you choose, but its worth every naira.

Where is ify? ify is an amala joint expert

Chaircover ur head dey there walahi. I dey Mama Thuraya now dey type dey chop, amala skye bank is also the best. Iya Ila's restaurant is dirty and old school but her food is the most expensive and tastier sha.

[quote author=shine-eye]These assaults on military bases call to question the competence of our armed forces. Perhaps it is time to own up to their inadequacies and appeal for foreign reinforcement. It is an aberation that barracks should become targets for insurgents.[/quote]Just like terrorist group attacking US barracks always and their Army chief is still in office. Funny things happen in this funny country.

moscobabs: buy it and leta u discover u have spent another #500,000 after 2 month

Use your brain kid, you might wanna sell something here in the future too.

[quote author=Mr•Olodo]***space booked incase I have important things to say***[/quote]When will you ever make sense? No wonder sexkillz was always banning you.

[quote author=lord_falcao]who is yuxedo?[/quote]The richest nairalander and Banana Island. We're lucky to have him here in nairaland, his secretary handles his nairaland account. The only unbannable member.

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caprini: where is Yuzedo?

He's been hospitalized since losing Anambra election.

Mattex001: No body on nairaland Can afford dis... Period!

You're wrong, Chief Yuzedo is equal to the task. He's super rich.