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| End 'very near' for Christianity after Isis takeover, says Bishop of Baghdad |
| 2014-07-27 |
| [INDEPENDENT.CO.UK] The vicar of the only Anglican church in Iraq has warned the end for Christians in the country appears "very near" as he appealed for help after a deadline set by Islamic Death Eaters to convert or be killed expired. Canon Andrew White, dubbed "the bishop of Baghdad" for his work at St George's church in the capital, spoke after the ultimatum handed to Christians in the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... by the Islamic State of Iraq Levant (Isis) to convert, pay a tax or be put to death passed last week. For those Christians who did not comply with the decree by 19 July, Isis warned that "there is nothing to give them but the sword." Many have since fled their homes and Rev. Andrew-White told BBC Radio 4 Today desperate Christians were trapped in the desert or on the streets with nowhere to go. "Things are so desperate, our people are disappearing," he said. "We have had people massacred, their heads chopped off. "Are we seeing the end of Christianity? We are committed come what may, we will keep going to the end, but it looks as though the end could be very near." |
| Posted by:Fred |