MidEast: Era of Eradicating Christianity
(Newsweek) THE WORLD'S MOST ANCIENT Christian communities are fleeing their birthplace. - He refused to leave Baghdad, even after the day last year when masked Sunni gunmen forced him and eight co-workers to line up against a wall and said, "Say your prayers." An Assyrian Christian, Rayid Albert closed his eyes and prayed to Jesus as the killers opened fire. He alone survived, shot seven times. But a month ago a note was left at his front door, warning, "You have three choices: change your religion, leave or pay the jeziya" - a tax on Christians levied by ancient Islamic rulers. It was signed "The Islamic Emirate of Iraq", a Qaeda pseudonym. That was the day Albert decided to get out immediately. He and the other 10 members of his household are now living as refugees in Kurdistan. MORE
REFLECTION Threatened Christians flee the Mideast. Pray for the Christianity in the different countries. See the Country Guide: Map
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