Isis takes Iraq’s largest Christian town as residents told – ‘leave, convert or die’

Isis takes Iraq’s largest Christian town as residents told – ‘leave, convert or die’

‘Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night.
The town had previously been a safe haven for those fleeing Mosul and for those hoping Christianity had a future in the country. “Before we thought we could stay. But now, there is no way Christians can go back to Iraq,” says Abu Maykel, a 29-year-old clerk who fled the village last week.’
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