October 12, 2008

3,000 Christians Flee Muslim Death Squads

(Mosul, Iraq) Apparently the moderate Muslim population is not demanding peace and tolerance toward Christians in Mosul. Instead, the Christians are being killed.

Some 3,000 Christians have fled the city over the past week alone in a "major displacement," said Duraid Mohammed Kashmoula, the governor of northern Iraq's Ninevah province. He said most have left for churches, monasteries and the homes of relatives in nearby Christian villages and towns.

"The Christians were subjected to abduction attempts and paid ransom, but now they are subjected to a killing campaign," Kashmoula said, adding he believed "al-Qaida" elements were to blame and called for a renewed drive to root them out.

Call me torn. The media and political leaders repeatedly contend that extremists are only a tiny fraction of the Muslim population yet the tiny fraction is somehow able to violently force a mass exodus of Christians from a major city.

One might conclude the deadly conditions provide proof that there likely exists no significant number of moderate followers of the religion of peace in Mosul. They must reside in other cities.

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