“Convert To Islam In A Week Or Die!”

oge okonkwo

August 27, 2014 5:08 PM

The group also threatened to impose a "special tax" on Iraqi Christians

Islamic state militants (ISIS) are giving non-Muslims living in Iraq three options: leave, convert or die.

According to a World Watch Monitor (WWM) report, an Iraqi Christian Mikha Qasha, tells of his own experience with the ISIS group.

In August, WWM reported that Qasha who is paralysed, was moved from his home in Qaraqosh after ISIS members threatened him with weapons giving him one week to leave, convert to Islam or "face the sword."

The elderly Qasha found his grandson and fled to Ankawa Iraq, the predominantly Christian suburb in the province of Erbil where a refugee camp was constructed by the UN.

The group also threatened to impose a "special tax" on Iraqi Christians. Thousands of Christians left Mosul in July after the group gave the ultimatum saying that if they did comply there would be 'nothing for them but the sword."

Of the 3,500 Christians living in Mosul, WWM reports that about 25 of them decided to remain in Mosul. Since then, nine have converted to Islam and the others are paying an Islamic tax for non-Muslims called 'jizya'.

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