ISIS Burns 19 Yazidi Women Alive in Metal Cages - CBN News

ISIS Burns 19 Yazidi Women Alive in Metal Cages

CBN News 06-08-2016

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JERUSALEM, Israel – Nineteen Yazidi women who refused to become sex slaves of their ISIS captors were caged and burned alive in Mosul, Iraq, late last week before hundreds of spectators that included their husbands.

"They were punished for refusing to have sex with ISIS militants, local media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News Agency.

The women, along with thousands of others, were kidnapped in August 2014 when ISIS took control of Sinjar in northwestern Iraq. Many of the women were sold as sex slaves.

The Kurdistan regional government says ISIS is holding at least 1,800 women captive in Iraq and Syria, while the U.N. estimates the Islamic State is holding some 3,500 Yazidi women captive.

Last year, ISIS caged and burned alive Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, a 26-year-old Jordanian pilot, posting the execution on line as it had done of beheadings. The Jordanian government made good on its pledge toexecute two imprisoned ISIS terrorists.

Jonathan Cahn Reveals the Shocking Biblical Roots of ISIS - JESSILYN JUSTICE CHARISMA NEWS

Jonathan Cahn Reveals the Shocking Biblical Roots of ISIS

12/9/2015 JESSILYN JUSTICE  charisma news

As the Islamic State threatens the world with unthinkable acts of violence, it troubles many to consider what the future may hold.  

But to understand their power and perhaps even their evil, one must first look into the depths of history.  

According to the BBC, the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi swore his allegiance to Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaida in Iraq in 2004. After his death in 2006, al-Qaida created the Islamic State, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became its driving force. 

However, Rabbi Jonathan Cahn says ISIS roots go back much further—to the Bible.  

"ISIS you almost could say ... is the remanifestation of the ancient Assyrians, I mean, down to the land," Cahn says. "Most likely, even more than al-Qaida, they literally most likely even more strongly have the blood of the Assyrians in them."  

Assyrians specialized in mutilation, Cahn says, and they would display the bodies to make people surrender.

"That's exactly what ISIS does." 

And there are more connections between the ancient Assyrians and today's terrorists. 

"These are literally, it's a stronger thing going on and it's more evil," Cahn says. "A year ago, they took over the city of Mosul," which was the biblical site of the city of Nineveh.  

Watch the video to see more.

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ISIS Converts Historic Church into Jihadist Mosque

By Abigail Robertson

CBN News Reporter

Thursday, June 11, 2015

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The Islamic State is converting one of the largest churches in Mosul into a mosque almost a year after the city fell to ISIS.

Christian Today reports that notices of the conversion have been posted on streets throughout Mosul, a city that was once the heart of Iraq's Christian population.

Most Christians fled the city since the jihadists forced them to either convert, flee, or be killed.

According to the Vatican's news service, the church being overtaken is the Syrian Orthodox Church of St Ephraim. ISIS fighters have already removed Christian symbols from the building, including the cross on the church's dome.

Iraqi media says the church has already been draped with the nortorious black and white flags of the Islamic State.

Nuri Kino, president and founder of A Demand For Action, told Newsweek the church conversion is proof of the Islamic State's intentions with Iraqi Christians.

"A year ago they said 'convert, pay or die.' Then it turned out to be a lie, that even if you pay you will not be able to stay," Kino said

"If they changed a church to a mosque it is further proof of their cleansing, something that many call a genocide," he added. "They destroy our artifacts, our churches. and try to erase us in any way they can."

Israeli Christians Call for Solidarity With Brothers in Iraq, Syria

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Israeli Christians groups are growing frustrated over the world’s disproportionate focus on the current Gaza war, while all but ignoring the brutal slaughter and forced conversion of fellow Christians in Iraq and Syria.

“We call on the local councils of all Christian communities to announce five days of mourning and to paint all doors with the (Arabic) letter ”nun“ in solidarity with our people in Mosul, Iraq, where Christians were expelled, slaughtered and churches were burned,” read a Facebook post by the Israeli Christian Lobby.

There are widespread reports that the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) has begun painting the letter “nun” on the doors of all Christians homes and businesses ahead of a deadline given to Christians in Iraq to either convert to Islam, or face the sword.

Nowhere has this unchecked persecution been worse than in Mosul, the ancient city of Nineveh, which is home to one of the world’s oldest Christian communities. In the face of the Islamist State’s threats, most chose to flee, but not before many paid for their faith with their lives.

“For the first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians,” Patriarch Louis Sako, Iraq’s most senior Christian leader, said earlier this week.

The Israeli Christian Lobby noted that while this was happening in Iraq and Syria, local Arab leaders who claim to represent both Muslims and Christians remained silent, but demonstrated their hypocrisy when they suddenly screamed with outrage over Israel responding to terrorist rocket fire from Gaza.

The Arab leadership, the lobby insisted, “has demonstrated that it does not truly represent the Israeli Christians or even the Druze, but rather the Islamic agenda of the Arab public. We call on all Christians to wake up!”

The Israeli Christian Lobby is organizing a rally to take place in Haifa next Sunday evening in solidarity with Christians under attack in Iraq, Syria and other parts of the Middle East.

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Remarkable Pictures of Extinct Jewish Communities, Part 3 - Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

Remarkable Pictures of Extinct Jewish Communities, Part 3 The pictures from the University of California - Riverside Archives Posted: 13 Jan 2014 Original caption: "Jew Tailor in his Booth on a Street in Old Cairo" (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography at UCR  ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)  We present Part 3 of a series of vintage pictures on the Jews of the Middle East.  Like the communities in previous features -- Baghdad, Mosul, and Constantinople (Istanbul) -- the Jews of Cairo, Alexandria, and Damascus are on the verge of extinction.  Some of the pictures presented here show both the poverty and the wealth of the various Jewish communities. Egypt Cairo:  In 1948, the Cairo Jewish community numbered an estimated 55,000. Pogroms and imprisonment caused almost all of the Jews of Egypt to emigrate. Zaoud-el Mara (Jewish Quarters) Alexandria,  Egypt.  A Library of Congress photo dates this picture from 1898. Alexandria:  According to a Jerusalem Post article from 2008, Alexandria "is said to have boasted a community of tens of thousands of Jews of both Ashkenazi and Mizrahi descent, but some were expelled as French or British citizens during the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. Others were expelled and/or imprisoned for up to three years during the Six Day War. Some, too, left on their own accord, feeling that there was a brighter future for them as Jews in countries like Israel, America and Australia." There are believed to be around 40 Jews living in Egypt today. Syria - Damascus  "Beautiful shaded court of a Jewish Home in Damascus, Syria." Look at the details of the picture. (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography at UCR  ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)  The Damascus Jewish community numbered an estimated 15,000-17,000 in 1918.  Riots, government discrimination, and imprisonment caused almost all of Syrian Jewry to flee. Today, perhaps a few dozen Jews live in Syria, but the savage civil war has also engulfed old Jewish neighborhoods and ancient synagogues. At the start of the 20th century, several wealthy Jewish families lived in Damascus, and photographs of their homes are presented here. Enlarging the photos disclosed  several interesting details.  The matron of the home?  Children of the home?   Grand Mosque and Damascus from the Jewish  Quarters, Syria. Three women on a balcony  overlooking city.  Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum  of Photography at UCR ARTSblock, University  of California, Riverside)    Court of a Wealthy Jew’s Home in Old  Damascus, Syria. See also here. Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography  at UCR ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)  Click on pictures to enlarge.  Click on the caption to view the original photo. Subscribe to www.israeldailypicture.com to receive features by email.   Enter your address in the box in the right sidebar.

Remarkable Pictures of Jewish Communities in the Middle East

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Remarkable Pictures of Jewish Communities in the Middle East More Treasures from the University of California-Riverside Collection Posted: 27 Dec 2013 01:13 AM PST Jewish scribes at the “Tomb of Ezekiel” near Babylon, Kefil,  Mesopotamia (Iraq)  (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of  Photography at UCR ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside) The Jews of Iraq The vast Keystone-Mast Collection at the California Museum of Photography contains many photographs of Jewish communities -- now extinct -- from across the Muslim world.   We believe most of the undated pictures in the University of California - Riverside Archives were taken between 1898 and 1930   "Jewish Cobblers Repairing Shoes for  Arabs, near Mosul, Mesopotamia" Using pictures we found in the Library of Congress archives two years ago, Israel Daily Picture has already explored many of the Jewish communities in Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Turkey.  Click on the country to view earlier postings.   Today, we present the UCR's vintage pictures of  the Jews of Iraq.  Suffering from pogroms, persecution, and confiscation of property, most of the Jews of Iraq left the country by 1951.  The "Jews of Iraq" is Part 1 of a series that will include vintage pictures of Jews of Egypt, Syria and Turkey.  Click on the pictures to enlarge.  Click on the captions to view the original pictures.  Jews of Mosul (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection,  California Museum of Photography at UCR) Inside Ezekiel's Tomb (circa 1931, Library of Congress). Also view Israel Daily Picture feature on Ezekiel's Tomb  Persian ceiling of ancient synagogue at Ezekiel's Tomb (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection,  California Museum of Photography at UCR) "Principal Street, Baghdad, Where the Jews and  Moslems Throng, Mesopotamia." Prior to World War II, 80,000 Jews lived in Baghdad. (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum  of Photography at UCR)  "Tomb of Ezra, Mesopotamia. Near Koma, on the  Shatt-el-Arab, (lower Euphrates. and Tigris). East over  lower Tigris to Shrine dear to Jews." (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum  of Photography at UCR) "Picturesque homes of wealthy Jews along the Tigris River in North Baghdad, Mesopotamia."  Note the woman in the window and the boat, a  "kufas" row boat on the Tigris. (Credit: Keystone-Mast  Collection, California Museum of Photography at UCR) "Jewish families of the well-to-do at the wharf,  Baghdad, Mesopotamia." (Credit: Keystone-Mast  Collection, California Museum of Photography at UCR)  Building a "kufas" boat.  Click here to see how many people fit in a kufas. (Credit: Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum  of Photography at UCR) For more information on the Jews of Iraq and the Tomb of Ezra visit Point of No Return, Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries. In 2003, a U.S. Defense Department analyst, Harold Rhode, uncovered a vast cache of ancient Jewish documents in the flooded basement of the Iraqi Intelligence Headquarters. He led an effort to save the historical documents and bring them to the United States for restoration. The restoration has been completed, but Iraqi Jews around the world are protesting the U.S. Government's plan to return the documents to the Iraq government.