In Islamic theology, the People of the Book — those who have received prior revelations from Allah which they subsequently altered, to their disgrace and shame — must be warred against until they either convert to Islam or submit to Islamic hegemony and pay the jizya, a poll tax, to the Islamic state. The People of the Book include primarily Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians. (This is all based upon Qur’an 9:29). Groups that are not People of the Book, however, do not have the choice to submit. For them, it is convert or die.
“Crucified by the Caliphate monsters: Iraq descends into apocalypse as Islamic State fanatics seize towns and tell terrified Yazidi ‘Become Muslims by noon today… or we kill all of you,'” by Ian Birrell, Daily Mail, August 9, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
They arrived bristling with heavy weapons and waving black flags from about a dozen Humvees, seized from the Iraqi army and supplied originally by the United States.
When the terrified residents looked out of their windows, they saw that Kosho, their traditional walled village in the mountains of northern Iraq, had been surrounded by jihadists. More than 200 bearded militants had besieged the village.
Then their leader – a local man from Mosul rather than the foreigners who make up more than a third of the ranks of the group now known as Islamic State – offered them a chance to save their lives.
‘He told us that either we become Muslims or they would kill us all,’ said Falah, mayor of the village made up mainly of members of the ancient Yazidi sect. ‘We offered money but they would not accept it.’
The deadline the people of Kosho have to meet is midday today. Since the residents refuse to betray their faith, it is feared an entire village of about 2,500 innocent people might be slaughtered in cold blood.
‘If we did not have families, we would try to escape,’ the stoical Falah told me yesterday. ‘But we have lots of women here and many children, along with all the old men and women of the village. How could we leave them?’…
Daniel Triplett says
If those are the rules they want to play by, let’s use them on them:
To the Islamic State: We demand your Apostasy and surrender of senior leaders by noon, or you will receive the business end of a 24 ship B-52 strike.
Jay Boo says
POWERFUL WORDS
“We are being butchered under the banner there is no God but Allah”
Michelle Obama
Time to get on Twitter
Jovial Joe says
As we know, once you renounce your faith and recite shahada they decapitate you anyway. The poor souls. I would rather die fighting though, not begging on my knees.
somehistory says
Agreed.
The hardest thing would be seeing those we love killed or even just threatened and to know that these savages realize this. Their whole life is given to satan the devil.
I firmly believe we are seeing the fulfillment of Revelation 13. Thankfully, it does have an ending the *beast* won’t like or survive.
Richie says
THIS is Islam.
and the west does nothing but look on- to openly denounce this barbaric mass murder would get people labeld islamaphobic
Has Ibrahim Hooper of CAIR spoken out against these mass killings? I doubt it, he only wants to silence any criticism of his cult
No Fear says
Muslims killing women and children who refuse to convert to Islam?
Where are the protests by CAIR?
The street marches by the leftists supporters of Islam?
The howls of complaint by George Galloway?
Oh, the humanity!
Michael Copeland says
Where are the “one million hijabs” for the Yazidis?
John Spielman says
Where are the comments from Ms Rezali, and defender of Islam? I guess there is no defense against the truth about EVIL Islam
John Spielman says
Where are the comments from Ms Rezali, and defender of Islam? I guess there is no defense against the truth about EVIL Islam
tpellow says
“Yezidi and the Islamic State”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/384785/yezidi-and-islamic-state-tom-rogan
Wtf? says
I’ve watched these Islamic heroes for sometime now. They are the most courageous of fighters when facing women,children and old men. It will be most interesting when they are confronted by armed powerful resistance as displayed by the US air strikes . Arguably anyone remaining in IS controlled cities who have remained are legitimate targets.
John C. Barile says
“Our President” won’t use American power to full effect and he has plainly said so. Hardly better than nothing, all BHO offers is token resistance to evil and fleeting, failing hope to the victims of evil.
Nicky says
A barbaric religion and a big bully so what are the moderate muslims and the Islamic apologist going to say about this or are they going to say that all people who tell the truth are islamaphobic ?