Let us be in prayer: The Islamic State (IS, formally ISIS) terror militia which has taken control of vast swaths of Syria and Iraq and is threatening to march on Jerusalem, issued an edict over the weekend ordering Christians living in these areas to either convert to Islam, pay a special tax, leave the area or face execution. Reports indicate that the vast majority of Christians living in northern Iraq have fled to Kurdish controlled areas in and around the city of Kirkuk, while pictures of centuries-old churches in Ninevah Province of northern Iraq engulfed in flames have already begun circulating on jihadist websites and social media. The al-Malaki regime in Baghdad led a chorus of international condemnation of IS’s actions, but the terror militias continuing battlefield success offers little hope of relief for Iraq’s besieged Christians. Read More
