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Raymond Ibrahim: Kidnapped Nuns No Longer Bear the Cross

Feb 19, 2014 1:16 pm By Raymond Ibrahim

A new video of the twelve Christian nuns kidnapped in Syria recently appeared.  In it, the nuns are taped sitting in a room and being questioned by an unseen man, presumably a member of the kidnappers.  He asks them how they are, if they’ve been mistreated, etc.

They respond that they are being treated fine, that they very much look forward to being returned to their convent, that they heartily thank the world for its concern, and that they continually pray that God grant peace to all nations.

Their words say one thing, their expressions and demeanor another.  Put differently, as female captives of Islamic jihadis, what else could they say but what they were told to say?  Even if one of them dared to say the “wrong thing,” it naturally would have been edited out.  Who knows how many takes it took to get the video—which includes a bizarre clip of the nuns having a snowball fight with their abductors—just right?

One thing, however, although minor, speaks volumes concerning the nature of their captivity.  Although these same nuns, in pictures before they were kidnapped, often appear wearing the large pectoral crosses that nuns often wear, these are all gone in the recent video.

This is to be expected, considering the “pious” nature of their captors…. Keep reading

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  1. Veracious_one says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    Muslim thugs with AK47s must have been nearby

  2. Spurgeon says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    The most revealing part of this video is at 1:47 where the lady in glasses had to be “forced” to face the camera.

    What is being said by the man in the loud voice at the end?

  3. mortimer says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    Slaves of terrorists. Why are they detained at all? Hostages? The scenes are stilted and unconvincing. They are clearly terrorized.

  4. Salah says

    Feb 19, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    @mortimer
    “Why are they detained at all?”
    Probably for a prisoner exchange deal, that’s how an Islamic fighter demonstrates his “bravery”!

  5. Fr. Basil says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 3:49 am

    Pectoral crosses are not normally worn by Orthodox monastics of either sex.

  6. Rezali Mehil says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 9:16 am

    All,

    The nuns look quite contented and safe to me. The one on the left is smiling and does not feel threatened in any way – so you people need to understand this… no need for alarmist comments.

    I am not happy about them being there any more than you, but I guess they are safer than they were in the monastery, given the gunfire around them.

    I am sure they will be home soon, but as sure as Muhammed SAW and Jesus PBUH are pals in Jannat so the nuns will be treated with the respect that they deserve.

    More Later…..

    Rezali

  7. Carmen Sporidis says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 10:56 am

    I am curious, why are the nuns hostage at all, why not in her convent. I never hear about: to be in happy captivity. Why the jihadist take them hostage in the first place?????????? to give them happy holidays??

  8. gravenimage says

    Feb 20, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    The repulsive Rezali Mehil wrote:

    The nuns look quite contented and safe to me. The one on the left is smiling and does not feel threatened in any way – so you people need to understand this… no need for alarmist comments.
    …………………………………….

    Kidnapped Infidel women—*including* nuns—are frequently abused and raped by their Mohammedan captors.

    Rezali Mehil would have us believe that these poor women *wanted* to be kidnapped by violent Jihadists.

    More:

    I am not happy about them being there any more than you, but I guess they are safer than they were in the monastery, given the gunfire around them.
    …………………………………….

    Now she would have us believe that the Jihadists kidnapped the nuns *in order to keep them safe*. Just ludicrous…

    Here’s more from the erudite Raymond Ibrahim on the historical plight of kidnapped nuns:

    “Islamic Jihad on Christian Nuns: A History”

    http://www.raymondibrahim.com/islam/the-islamic-jihad-on-christian-nuns-a-history/

    More:

    I am sure they will be home soon, but as sure as Muhammed SAW and Jesus PBUH are pals in Jannat so the nuns will be treated with the respect that they deserve.
    …………………………………….

    What crap. The Christian Jesus is *nothing* like the vicious Muslim figure of “Isa”. The main purpose of “Isa” is to *kill Christians* in the last days.

    And given this, what would a Muslimah who reveres such a figure believe that these poor nuns “deserve”? I shudder to think…

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