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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Christians flee Mosul after ISIS ultimatum Saturday July 19,2014

 The ISIS running Mosul demanded that those Christians in the city convert,pay a special tax or leave

Messages telling Christians to leave the city by Saturday were blared through loudspeakers from the city’s mosques 

An earlier statement by Mosul's new rulers had said there would be "nothing for them but the sword" if Christians did not abide by those conditions before noon (0900 GMT) on Saturday. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/iraqonthebrink/isis-ultimatum-sparks-christian-exodus-from-iraq-s-mosul/article1-1242210.aspx#sthash.bOfZ78IB.dpuf
The Islamic State (IS) group running Mosul had already demanded that those Christians still in the city convert, pay a special tax or leave but messages blaring on mosques' loudspeakers appeared to spark an exodus. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/iraqonthebrink/isis-ultimatum-sparks-christian-exodus-from-iraq-s-mosul/article1-1242210.aspx#sthash.bOfZ78IB.dpuf
The Islamic State (IS) group running Mosul had already demanded that those Christians still in the city convert, pay a special tax or leave but messages blaring on mosques' loudspeakers appeared to spark an exodus.
An earlier statement by Mosul's new rulers had said there would be "nothing for them but the sword" if Christians did not abide by those conditions before noon (0900 GMT) on Saturday
- See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/iraqonthebrink/isis-ultimatum-sparks-christian-exodus-from-iraq-s-mosul/article1-1242210.aspx#sthash.bOfZ78IB.dpuf
The Islamic State (IS) group running Mosul had already demanded that those Christians still in the city convert, pay a special tax or leave but messages blaring on mosques' loudspeakers appeared to spark an exodus.
An earlier statement by Mosul's new rulers had said there would be "nothing for them but the sword" if Christians did not abide by those conditions before noon (0900 GMT) on Saturday
- See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/iraqonthebrink/isis-ultimatum-sparks-christian-exodus-from-iraq-s-mosul/article1-1242210.aspx#sthash.bOfZ78IB.dpuf
Christians were fleeing Iraq’s jihadist-held city of Mosul en masse Friday July 18,2014 after mosques relayed an ultimatum giving them a few hours to leave, the country’s Chaldean patriarch and witnesses said.

“Christian families are on their way to Dohuk and Arbil,” in the neighboring autonomous region of Kurdistan

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