Mosul Christian: Our Muslim neighbors drove us out I listed some examples here of this kind of thing happening elsewhere. For these neighbors of the Christians, their loyalty to Islam overrode everything else — and so when the jihadis came, they sided with them, not with their longtime friends and neighbors. “Christian Refugee from Mosul: Our Neighbors Drove Us Out,” MEMRI, July 30, 2014: In an interview to the Lebanese LBC/LDC TV channel, a Christian refugee from Iraq recounted how his Sunni neighbors drove the Christians out of Mosul. “[Our neighbors] said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there,” he said. Following are excerpts from the interview, which aired on July 30, 2014: Unnamed Christian refugee: We left Mosul because ISIS came to the city. The [Sunni] people of Mosul embraced ISIS and drove the Christians out of the city. When ISIS entered Mosul, the people hailed them and drove out the Christians. Why did they expel just the Christians from Mosul? There are many sects in Mosul. Why just the Christians? This is nothing new. Even before, the Christians could not go anywhere. The Christians have faced threats of murder, kidnapping, jizya. This is nothing new. Jizya is the tax that the Qur’an says must be collected from the subjugated Jews and Christians (“People of the Book”): “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” (9:29) I was told to leave Mosul. They said that this was a Muslim country, not a Christian one. I am being very honest. They said that this land belongs to Islam and that Christians should not live there. Interviewer: Who told you that? Christian refugee: The people who embraced ISIS, the people who lived there with us… Interviewer: Your neighbors? Christian refugee: Yes, my neighbors. Our neighbors and other people threatened us. They said: “Leave before ISIS get you.” What does that mean? Where would we go? [...] Christians have no support in Iraq. Whoever claims to be protecting the Christians is a liar. A liar! jihadwatch.org/2014/08/mosul-christian-our-muslim-neighbors-drove-us-out
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