Massive Christian Exodus From Northern Iraq Is Now Underway

Facing Fines, Conversion Or Death, Christian Families Flee Mosul -- CNN

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Just days after the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria said they killed hundreds of Syrians, dozens of Iraqi Christian families are now fleeing the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul, hoping to avoid a similar fate.

On Friday, the al Qaeda splinter group issued an ultimatum to Iraqi Christians living in Mosul -- by Saturday at noon (5 a.m. ET), they must convert to Islam, pay a fine or face "death by the sword."

A total of 52 Christian families left the city of Mosul early Saturday morning, with an armed group prohibiting some of them from taking anything but the clothes on their backs.

"They told us, 'You to leave all of your money, gold, jewelry and go out with only the clothes on you,'" Wadie Salim told CNN.

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More News On Christian Fleeing Northern Iraq

Iraqi Christians flee after Isis issue Mosul ultimatum -- BBC
Islamist Insurgents in Northern Iraq Threaten Christians -- Wall Street Journal
Under threat, Iraq's Christians flee city of Mosul -- FOX News/AP
Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq's Mosul -- AFP
Thousands of Iraqi Christians pour out of Mosul after ISIS jihadis give them deadline to convert, pay or face death -- Daily Mail
Convert, pay or die: Iraqi Christians flee Mosul after Islamic State ultimatum -- RT
Convert, Pay Tax, Or Die, Islamic State Warns Christians -- Reuters
Time runs out for Christian Iraq: Isis deadline passes with mass flight -- The Independent
Concern and Support for Iraqi Christians Forced by Militants to Flee Mosul -- New York Times
Christians flee from Islamic State threats -- Al Jazeera
Islamic ultimatum to Christians in Iraq northern city -- Deutsche Welle
In northern Iraq, gains by Islamic State threaten centuries-old Christian town -- Washington Post

My Comment: The Christian/Assyrian community has existed in Mosul for almost 6,000 years .... first as Assyrians, and later as Christians. That long history has now come to an end.