More Church Destruction By ISIS In Iraq

ISLAMIC STATE BLOWS UP CHURCH ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

DECEMBER 29, 2014 · 12:00 AM

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Author(s):  Robert Spencer
Source:  Jihad Watch.     Article date: December 27th, 2014

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“These extreme, militantIslamists and the atrocitiesthat they have perpetratedglobally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013

Yes, clearly that dialogue is working wonders.

“ISIS blows up Catholic church in Mosul,” Rudaw, December 26, 2014:

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Islamic State (ISIS) militants blew up a Catholic church in the al-Arabi district of Mosul on Friday, a Pastor told Rudaw.

“Members of the extremist organization (ISIS) cleared the Church of Virgin Mary of its contents in al-Arabi area, north of Mosul and blew it up after few hours,” said Pastor Behnam Raad.

Local sources said that the militants had sealed off the church and planted the bombs on Thursday.

The majority of Mosul’s Christian population fled the city when ISIS took over in June. The group has since demolished a number of Christian, Shiite and Yezidi shrines in and around Mosul among them the ancient shrine of Jonah (Nabi Yunus).