News in Focus: Crisis in Iraq as Iraqi Christians are targeted for severe persecution and death by the Islamic State Part 2

This week we spoke to Iraqi Christians who are now U.S. citizens, both of whom have family back in Northern Iraq. Take time to listen to this week's broadcast of these compelling reports. Our guests were Rudy Jabouri and Nathan Kalasho, President of International Network for Vocational Educational Skills Training, Inc.

This is the arabic letter for "N'".  ISIS marked Christian homes in Mosul and villiages where the christian comunity lived with this symbol "N" for Nazarene, making  them a target for persecution. The califate imposed - Christians were faced with paying  heavy fines, convert to Islam or face execution.  Thousands fled. Reports are surfacing of the atrocities against those who were killed by ISIS.  

The Iraqi Crisis of Christians Being Targeted by The Islamic State. Part 1
Fri, Aug 8th, 2014 12:04:01 pm

News in Focus: Crisis in Iraq as Iraqi Christians are targeted for severe persecution and death by the Islamic State. In this broadcast, Senator Portman, who is leading an effort in a resolution to bring attention to the issue, discusses the crisis. Also, Zena Aziz, and Iraqi Christian now living in the U.S., discusses what family members are enduring back in Iraq. Reports have surfaced that men are being killed, women are being raped in mass, and children are being beheaded. Join us in praying for our Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq. Call your congressmen and urge them to appeal to the President for assistance.