As you probably know, an Islamist terror group that goes by the acronym ISIS has been gobbling up huge swathes of territory, executing Christians and other religious minorities, and even destroying priceless artifacts. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee with little more than the shirts on their backs. My friend, Canon Andrew White, vicar of the only Anglican church in Iraq, says, “The Islamic State simply said ‘we can do anything now that the world is just looking at Gaza’ . . . in reality that is true. Iraq seems like old news, yet things just get worse and worse here.”
Tragically, until last Thursday’s announcement of humanitarian aid, the President’s silence on this issue has been deafening, too…
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Eric Metaxas: A Deafening Silence as Iraqi Christians Vanish
As you probably know, an Islamist terror group that goes by the acronym ISIS has been gobbling up huge swathes of territory, executing Christians and other religious minorities, and even destroying priceless artifacts. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee with little more than the shirts on their backs. My friend, Canon Andrew White, vicar of the only Anglican church in Iraq, says, “The Islamic State simply said ‘we can do anything now that the world is just looking at Gaza’ . . . in reality that is true. Iraq seems like old news, yet things just get worse and worse here.”
Tragically, until last Thursday’s announcement of humanitarian aid, the President’s silence on this issue has been deafening, too…
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