This personal report details a phenomenon likely to be repeated as the Islamic State Caliphate grows in strength. As the IS moves into new areas and cities/villages, Muslims — whether motivated by fear or by agreement with the Quranic purity of the Islamic State and its application of sharia and the Pact of Omar against conquered Christians — will themselves take up arms against and persecute their Christian neighbors. They will side with the 'strong horse' and with the commands of their 'god' and their 'prophet'.
'We knew our Muslim neighbours all our lives...We had excellent relations. It never occurred to us that Muslim neighbours would betray us.'
Christian Refugee from Mosul: 'Our Neighbors Drove Us Out'
Video and translation from MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute).
August 11, 2014
We
left Mosul because ISIS came to the city. The [Sunni] people of Mosul
embraced ISIS and drove the Christians out of the city. When ISIS
entered Mosul, the people hailed them and drove out the Christians.
Why did they expel just the Christians from Mosul? There are many sects in Mosul. Why just the Christians? This is nothing new. Even before, the Christians could not go anywhere. The Christians have faced threats of murder, kidnapping, jizya. This is nothing new.
[...]
I was told to leave Mosul. They said that this was a Muslim country, not a Christian one. I am being very honest. They said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there.
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Why did they expel just the Christians from Mosul? There are many sects in Mosul. Why just the Christians? This is nothing new. Even before, the Christians could not go anywhere. The Christians have faced threats of murder, kidnapping, jizya. This is nothing new.
[...]
I was told to leave Mosul. They said that this was a Muslim country, not a Christian one. I am being very honest. They said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2014/08/christian-refugee-iraq-muslim-neighbors-drove-us.html/#sthash.bpBW2Ix7.dpuf
We
left Mosul because ISIS came to the city. The [Sunni] people of Mosul
embraced ISIS and drove the Christians out of the city. When ISIS
entered Mosul, the people hailed them and drove out the Christians.
Why did they expel just the Christians from Mosul? There are many sects in Mosul. Why just the Christians? This is nothing new. Even before, the Christians could not go anywhere. The Christians have faced threats of murder, kidnapping, jizya. This is nothing new.
[...]
I was told to leave Mosul. They said that this was a Muslim country, not a Christian one. I am being very honest. They said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2014/08/christian-refugee-iraq-muslim-neighbors-drove-us.html/#sthash.bpBW2Ix7.dpuf
Christian Refugee from Mosul: Our Neighbors Drove Us OutMEMRI Video TranscriptWhy did they expel just the Christians from Mosul? There are many sects in Mosul. Why just the Christians? This is nothing new. Even before, the Christians could not go anywhere. The Christians have faced threats of murder, kidnapping, jizya. This is nothing new.
[...]
I was told to leave Mosul. They said that this was a Muslim country, not a Christian one. I am being very honest. They said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2014/08/christian-refugee-iraq-muslim-neighbors-drove-us.html/#sthash.bpBW2Ix7.dpuf
In an interview to the Lebanese LBC/LDC TV channel, a Christian refugee from Iraq recounted how his Sunni neighbors drove the Christians out of Mosul. "[Our neighbors] said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there," he said.
Following are excerpts from the interview, which aired on July 30, 2014:
Unnamed Christian refugee: We left Mosul because ISIS came to the city. The [Sunni] people of Mosul embraced ISIS and drove the Christians out of the city. When ISIS entered Mosul, the people hailed them and drove out the Christians.
Why did they expel just the Christians from Mosul? There are many sects in Mosul. Why just the Christians? This is nothing new. Even before, the Christians could not go anywhere. The Christians have faced threats of murder, kidnapping, jizya. This is nothing new.
[...]
I was told to leave Mosul. They said that this was a Muslim country, not a Christian one. I am being very honest. They said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there.
Interviewer: Who told you that?
Christian refugee: The people who embraced ISIS, the people who lived there with us...
Interviewer: Your neighbors?
Christian refugee: Yes, my neighbors. Our neighbors and other people threatened us. They said: "Leave before ISIS get you." What does that mean? Where would we go?
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Christians have no support in Iraq. Whoever claims to be protecting the Christians is a liar. A liar!