About that ultimatum: as CNN reports, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, has distributed letters to Christian leaders in the Iraqi city of Mosul giving them the option to “accept Islam, pay extra taxes to Islamic Sharia courts or face ‘death by the sword.'”
The message added that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has agreed to allow them (Christians who do not agree to convert or pay extra taxes) to leave the embattled city by noon Saturday (5 a.m. ET). After that, the message said, “the only option is the sword.”
Anyone who doubts the sincerity of ISIS should note the markings painted on the homes of Christians and other non-Muslims.
IŞİD, Musul'daki hristiyanların evlerine ن (Nun: Nasrani = Hristiyan) yazarak işaretliyor.
Tanıdık bir zihniyet. pic.twitter.com/j8hD3U3Koz— ilkay (@zhnyist) July 18, 2014
ISID Musul'da Hıristiyanların evlerini "N" ("Nasrani" = Hiristiyan) harfi ile işaretlendiriyor. pic.twitter.com/uVdY9fmnVU
— Kurd24 (@Kurd24M) July 18, 2014
RT @rmshava More pics of ISIS marking #Mosul Assyrian homes with the "n" for #Christian pejorative, "Nasrani." Eerie. http://t.co/onmqOw4p79
— Hayder al-Khoei (@Hayder_alKhoei) July 18, 2014
@Hayder_alKhoei @aniljothomas @rmshava what does this mean?
— Shayne (@santi_banti) July 18, 2014
@Shayne_afc @Hayder_alKhoei: ISIS marking houses that belong to Arab Christians, to be taken "care" of later. That's what I understood.
— Anil Jo Thomas (@aniljothomas) July 18, 2014
@aniljothomas @Hayder_alKhoei oh gosh, that's insanely pathetic.. ???
— Shayne (@santi_banti) July 18, 2014
@Shayne_afc @Hayder_alKhoei: reminds me of the Biblical story, where god asked moses to mark the houses of Jews with lambs blood.
— Anil Jo Thomas (@aniljothomas) July 18, 2014
@Shayne_afc @Hayder_alKhoei: the only difference b/n the Biblical story and now, is that God protected the Jews, as their homes were marked.
— Anil Jo Thomas (@aniljothomas) July 18, 2014
