Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Can Iraqi Christianity survive Exile at hands of ISIL?

Can Iraqi Christianity survive Exile at hands of ISIL?

contributors 11/08/2014

Tweet
Share
Reddit
Email

Euronews:

“The yard of Mar Eliya Church in the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan has been converted into a camp for Christians, more than 200 families who escaped the extremist Islamic State movement (ISIL).

Christians in ever-greater number have been fleeing the northern city of Mosul, the second-largest in Iraq. Some say the country’s history has no precedent for it.

The French charity Fraternity in Iraq says that, since August, 120,000 Christians — but also Muslim Yazidis, Kakaïs and Shabaks — have … [fled]…

Euronews: “Christians flee ISIL menace to Kurdistan, perhaps permanent exiles”

YouTube video

See also VOA’s report on Iraqi Christians in neighboring Jordan:

VOAnews: “Iraqi Christians Find Refuge in Jordan (On Assignment 11.7.14)”

YouTube video

Filed Under: al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula, Christianity, Iraq, religion, Turkey

Primary Sidebar

Support Independent Journalism

Click here to donate via PayPal.

Personal checks should be made out to Juan Cole and sent to me at:

Juan Cole
P. O. Box 4218,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548
USA
(Remember, make the checks out to “Juan Cole” or they can’t be cashed)

STAY INFORMED

Join our newsletter to have sharp analysis delivered to your inbox every day.
Warning! Social media will not reliably deliver Informed Comment to you. They are shadowbanning news sites, especially if "controversial."
To see new IC posts, please sign up for our email Newsletter.

Social Media

Bluesky | Instagram

Popular

  • When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense
  • Why China is Defying Trump's Tariffs on Iran Trade
  • Minneapolis is Healing the Wounds of Hatred by Leading with Love
  • Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres
  • Just as Dangerous: Vance and the 2028 Election

Gaza Yet Stands


Juan Cole's New Ebook at Amazon. Click Here to Buy
__________________________

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires



Click here to Buy Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


Click here to Buy The Rubaiyat.
Donate to Informed Comment
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved