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Christianity

New Wave of Christian Refugees as “Islamic State” Takes Iraq’s Largest Christian Town

contributors 08/09/2014

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By Middle East Eye

“Christians have fled from the largest Christian city in Iraq as the militants of the Islamic State took control. They were given a choice of death, fleeing, conversion or taxation, after IS over powered the much vaunted Kurdish peshmerga.”

Middle East Eye: “Christians flee Qaraqoush in Iraq as Islamic State takes over”

Filed Under: Christianity, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

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