No Future For Christians In Iraq

This chilling image shows an ISIS thug destroying a cross on a church and replacing it with the ISIS banner. Daily Mail

Christian Science Monitor: Christians ready to leave an Iraqi homeland that 'doesn't love us'

At camps for displaced persons in northern Iraq, Christians who fled the Islamic State more than a year ago are preparing to leave their homeland permanently.

ERBIL, IRAQ — When Islamic State militants began attacking the Assyrian Christian village of Qaraqosh in August of last year, many residents thought it was another false alarm. They had fled an expected invasion just a month before, only to return several days later when the threat never materialized.

But this time was different. As mortars began landing on their northern Iraqi town, Fade Yousif received a call from a Muslim friend in nearby Mosul, which had already fallen to the militants. The friend warned that the Islamic State (IS) was on its way to Qaraqosh, and begged him to flee immediately.

Mr. Yousif and his wife, Naghm Yousif Abdel Meseeh, gathered their two daughters, some clothes, and their passports. Then they fled for their lives.

Update: Franklin Graham says report about Christianity going extinct in Iraq is 'sobering' (Christian Today)

WNU Editor: Even the archbishop of Erbil is acknowledging that this is a losing battle .... Archbishop of Erbil: Iraqi Christian refugees are losing hope of returning home (Christian Today).