Mar Mattai monastery outside Mosul, continually inhabited by monks since the 4th century A.D. American Conservative/Chris De Bruyn/cc
Mosul Islamist Take-Over: Up To 1,000 Christian Families Have Reportedly Fled Iraq's Second Biggest City -- Christian Today
A mass exodus is underway from Iraq's second largest city Mosul after its seizure by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS, an Iraq and Syria-based Sunni Muslim extremist group.
The BBC reports about 150,000 people have fled the city - population about 1.8 million. World Watch Monitor can confirm that up to a thousand Christian families have fled, for safer areas.
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More News On The Cleansing Of Christians From Iraq
Thousands of Christians flee Islamic jihadists' rampage through Iraq city -- Ecumenical News
Iraq: “All the Christians have fled Mosul” -- Catholic World report
Mosul Being Cleansed of Christians as Thousands Flee -- CBN
Mosul's ancient Christian population may never return, laments archbishop of city seized by insurgents -- The Tablet
Iraqi Military, Christians Flee Islamist Onslaught -- CBN News
Christian-hating jihadists are poised to eliminate the Church in Iraq -- Catholic Herald
Christians in their thousands flee terror in Iraq -- UCA News
Iraq’s Vulnerable Christians Further Imperiled by Jihadist Advance -- CNS News
ISIS May Expel Iraq’s Christians for Good -- American Conservative
The Cleansing of Iraq's Christians Is Entering Its End Game -- Nina Shea, Christian Post
My Comment: From a historical perspective this is an incredible depressing event. Mosul has had a Christian community for almost 1,800 years .... and today .... they are now all gone.
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