Continue to be persecuted and murdered.
Christian families in Iraq are fleeing the northern town of Mosul in droves after a string of unprovoked murders left at least 10 believers dead, a ministry working with persecuted churches have reported. In less than two weeks, five Christian individuals, including two students, and a family of five were gunned down. The intense violence has struck deep fear in the tiny Christian community causing some 40 to 50 families, each with an average of five members, to flee Mosul in the past week, according to Open Doors, which has workers in Iraq. “For years Christians have been targeted in Mosul and the surrounding area,” said Open Doors USA President/CEO Carl Moeller. “It is one of the most violent areas in Iraq. The massacre of an entire family and the other murders is horrible. It is getting more violent there every day.”
Such ghastly and inhuman cruelty. Muslim clerics in Iraq are obligated by morality itself to speak out against such actions. If they stand silently by while Muslims kill Christians, they are partners in these murders, complicit and guilty.
Ironic, but today we think how awful this is, and we should. But, they were martyred for Christ, just because they were Christians! I wonder if this was taking place in the West, how many would stay the course, and not diminish Christ, nor their faith? A question for us all!