ISIL fighters chain little girl to an iron fence and slaughter her Christian parents in front of her…what they did next is so unspeakable – I can ‘t even report it! Needless to say she did not survive the brutality of what these animals did to her!
On July 24, 2014 Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for a couple of minutes to express outrage over the systematic slaughter of Christians by the Islamic State of Iraq:
“Mr. Speaker, “Imagine if a fundamentalist Christian sect captured the French city of Lyon and began a systematic purge of Muslims. Their mosques were destroyed, their crescents defaced, the Koran burned, and then all Muslims forced to flee or face execution. Such an event would be unthinkable today, and if it did occur, Pope Francis and all other Christian leaders would denounce it and support efforts by governments to stop it.
Yet that is essentially what is happening in reverse now in Mosul, as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham drives all signs of Christianity from the ancient city. Christians have lived in Mosul for nearly 2,000 years, and today they are reliving the Muslim religious wars of the Middle Ages.”
These are not my words. These are the words of the first two paragraphs of an editorial from The Wall Street Journal earlier this week.
Now, I want to read parts of an email I received yesterday from someone on the ground in Iraq:
All Mosul churches and monasteries are being seized by ISIS. There are around 30. The cross is being removed from all of them. Many of them are burned or destroyed and looted. Many of them are used as ISIS centers.
The religious Sunni, Shiite, and Christian tombs are being destroyed in Mosul. This destruction is endangering the very ancient sites, including Jonah’s tomb.
It has been widely reported that the ISIS soldiers have painted “N” on the doors of Christians to signify that they are “Nasara,” the word for Christians.
Shiite homes were painted with the letter “R” for “Rawafidh,” meaning rejectors or protestants.
Christianity, as we now know it, is being wiped out. With the exception of Israel, the Bible contains more references to the cities and regions and nations of ancient Iraq than any other country.
I believe what is happening to the Christian community in Iraq is genocide. I also believe it is a crime against humanity.
Where is the West?
Where is the Obama administration?
Where is this Congress?
The silence is deafening. The West, particularly the church, needs to speak out.
The Obama administration needs to make protecting this ancient community a priority. President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry need to have the same courage that President Bush and former Secretary of State Colin Powell had when they said genocide was taking place in Darfur.
The United Nations has a role. It should immediately initiate proceedings in the International Criminal Court against ISIS for crimes against humanity.
The Congress needs to hold the administration accountable for the failure to act.
I will close today by reading the final two paragraphs of The Wall Street Journal editorial. It said:
Today’s religious extremism is almost entirely Islamic. While ISIS’ purge may be the most brutal, Islamists in Egypt have driven thousands of Coptic Christians from homes they have occupied for centuries. The same is true across Muslim parts of Africa. This does not mean that all Muslims are extremists, but it does mean that all Muslims have an obligation to denounce and resist the extremists who murder or subjugate in the name of Allah. Too few imams living in the tolerant West will speak up.
The Wall Street Journal went on to say: “As for the post-Christian West, most elites may now be nonbelievers. But a culture that fails to protect believers may eventually find that it lacks the self-belief to protect itself.”
William Wilberforce, the British parliamentarian and abolitionist who abolished slavery, famously told his colleagues, as I tell this House and this administration: “Having heard all of this, you may choose to look the other way, but you can never again say you did not know.”
Congressman Wolf, the most senior of the 11 members of the House of Representatives from Virginia, is serving in his 17th term in Congress. He represents the 10th District, which stretches from McLean to Winchester”, said Wolf.
Source: Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov/
Oh by the way the United States is responsible for helping create, train and fund ISIL rebels! Rep. Wolf left that bit of information out in his speech.
Apparently he doesn’t know or realize who is really responsible for what is going on here?
See special report: Has the Obama administration ever armed ISIS with lethal weapons? Inquiring minds would like to know! https://groundreport.com/has-the-obama-administration-ever-armed-isis-with-lethal-weapons-inquiring-minds-would-like-to-know/
See video: US was responsible for training ISIS in Jordan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuo7-U7mOo
Its unclear is Congressman Wolf is even aware of this aspect of US foreign policy?
Congressman Wolf sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where he is the chairman of the Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee. He also serves on the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and State and Foreign Operations subcommittees. In addition, he is the co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan organization which works to raise awareness about international human rights issues.