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Islamic State blows up church on the day after Christmas

Dec 27, 2014 7:11 pm By Robert Spencer

church of the virgin mary blown up“Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013

Yes, clearly that dialogue is working wonders.

“ISIS blows up Catholic church in Mosul,” Rudaw, December 26, 2014:

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Islamic State (ISIS) militants blew up a Catholic church in the al-Arabi district of Mosul on Friday, a Pastor told Rudaw.

“Members of the extremist organization (ISIS) cleared the Church of Virgin Mary of its contents in al-Arabi area, north of Mosul and blew it up after few hours,” said Pastor Behnam Raad.

Local sources said that the militants had sealed off the church and planted the bombs on Thursday.

The majority of Mosul’s Christian population fled the city when ISIS took over in June. The group has since demolished a number of Christian, Shiite and Yezidi shrines in and around Mosul among them the ancient shrine of Jonah (Nabi Yunus).

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  1. Peter Buckley says

    Dec 27, 2014 at 7:20 pm

    See the latest from Gatestone on how Sunnis are merely repeating what their predecessors have done throughout history:

    http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4973/destruction-middle-east-antiquities

    • No Fear says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 10:06 pm

      Good link thanks PB.

      • particolor says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 2:36 am

        Disgusting !! Its time they had a few of their Mosque’s Customised !!

        • Charli Main says

          Dec 28, 2014 at 3:27 am

          The Muslims want to remove all reminders that they are occupying Christian lands. Turn it into a Mosque or destroy all evidence that it was the property of the older prevailing religion of the land.
          Standard Islam 101 for the last 1400 years. Coming soon to Australia, Canada, USA, Europe and all the other lands ” belonging to the Muslims”.

        • particolor says

          Dec 28, 2014 at 3:38 am

          Coming ? Came !…. Politicians should be made to undergo a Severe Mental Examination before even being Considered for a position of Responsibility !!..
          ” That’s another Fine Mess You’ve got us into Stanley !!”

        • warpmine says

          Dec 28, 2014 at 8:17 am

          Yes, like all of them. Why do we continue allowing places of worship from a cult of Satan worshiping thugs I’ll never know.

        • particolor says

          Dec 28, 2014 at 7:42 pm

          I think they want one on Every Corner here now ! Like a Corner Store !

  2. Richie says

    Dec 27, 2014 at 7:54 pm

    The liberal media remains silent- yet remember the international liberal condemnation when a Christian preacher in the US threatened to burn a Koran?

    • particolor says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm

      I just got rid of My shares in the Local Mosque !!

    • Mo says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 8:28 pm

      @ Richie

      That’s because the MSM hate Christianity and Christians almost as much as the jihadists do. They just don’t have the guts to do something like this. (Yet.)

    • boakai ngombu says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 8:06 am

      the MSM is complicit, aids and abets the Islamic side; certainly the publishers are protecting their bottomline and forsaking principle

  3. Jay Boo says

    Dec 27, 2014 at 8:57 pm

    Their kill crazy Muslim relatives are probably already living right next door to you having been allowed into the country under (Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations) by feigning persecution.

    • particolor says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 9:14 pm

      So Your on to us are You ??

      • particolor says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 7:01 am

        It was speaking for them !! Don’t get Excited …

  4. No Fear says

    Dec 27, 2014 at 9:58 pm

    How dare those churches insult Islam by existing.

    • particolor says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 10:10 pm

      I think a New Inquisition is in Order ??

      • pumbar says

        Dec 27, 2014 at 10:22 pm

        No condemnation of this wanton destruction I see?

        • particolor says

          Dec 27, 2014 at 10:28 pm

          You Blowa upa Mine Church !
          I Stretcha You Body !!

        • Morty Mooze says

          Dec 28, 2014 at 11:18 pm

          The world is stagnate, silent, impotent, and paralysed because…

          there are NO JEWS TO CONDEM!

    • Richie says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 11:03 pm

      Muslims do regard not being a Muslim as a form of ‘Islamogobia’, Thats why they delight in murdering non believers

  5. Ayatrollah says

    Dec 27, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    It was later revealed they had replaced the roof a couple of years ago, violating the Dhimmi pact.

    What a crime.

    • particolor says

      Dec 27, 2014 at 11:59 pm

      Google..Dhimmi…..go to… Dhimmitude and muslin exemption FactCheck.org..
      What an eye opener Who the F do those Clowns think they are ?? And Free lunches is their Specialty !! Do the Barsteds pay for anything ? or does the Qur’an cost and Tax Payer money cover them ??..
      Get the Scabs out of Your Countries !!

      • particolor says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 12:18 am

        ITS TRUE..
        Once You let those Barbarians into Your Country .It is Theirs ! By Qur’an Law ! And You are Dhimmi !!..
        Did the Bludgers who wrote that 5hit Thing miss anything out ??..

      • Particolor says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 7:24 am

        🙂

  6. Universal Soldier Of Freedom says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 12:12 am

    Islamic State blows up church on the day after Christmas!
    Thank You Jihad Watch for reporting the stories of Muslim Terrorists that our TV, Cable, Internet, Radio & Press or Print Media refuse to report because of their financial ties to International Corporations, International Retailers and Muslim Investors and stockholders! Religious Freedom is a Western Freedom we value and protect with our lives if necessary and I thank God that people still do! We allow any non-violent and non-treasonous Religion to operate and build centers. Just try to do so openly or even in secret in a Muslim country!. Stop all Muslim Terrorists by any means necessary including WAR!
    For all ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Boko Haram, P.L.O., Black September and all other Muslim Terrorists do, These bullets, bombs, missiles and lasers are for you! Courtesy of Israel, the U.S.A., E.C., Australia and Canada!
    Vote with your money and Boycott all Muslim Countries goods and services and International Corporation manufacturing there as they are the enemies of Western Democracies, Separation of Religion and Government, Western Freedoms, Equalities and Human Rights! They use their own and others children or civilians as Human Shields while fighting, They are killing innocent children, women and men all over the world for not being Muslims or their brand of Muslim, They are practicing Polygamy (up to 4 wives for men), They are practicing child marriages from age 9 to 18, They are practicing forced Female Genital Mutilation (no orgasms), They are treating women and non-Muslims as second-class citizens, They are practicing Honor Killings (for dating or marrying Non-Muslims), They are practicing killings for Apostasy (anyone leaving Islam or refusing to acknowledge they are Muslim by having a birth parent who is Muslim), They are practicing wife and child beatings, They are practicing flogging by whips or caning for unapproved clothing, selling/manufacturing or drinking alcohol, raising pigs/processing/selling or eating pork products, running or selling lotteries/ any gambling club or casino and all gamblers, listening to music/ DJing/ dancing/Acting, Performing music/plays/movies, Practicing executions for having sex without marriage or having homosexual sex, Practicing execution for heresy (holding a different interpretation of the Koran than the major Islamist sect in the area), Practicing executions for Proselytizing (missionary outreach by visits, talks, lectures, assemblies, books, pamphlets, DVDs, CDs, TV, Radio and Internet), Practicing vows to fight Israel, U.S., E.C., Asians, Latino Countries, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, and all other Religions and Philosophies until they conquer us all!
    Islam’s Koran and Sharia Laws teaches Muslims that they can Lie, Cheat, Steal, Rape and Murder non-Muslims or different sect Muslims to further Islam’s conquering the world!

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    • Jay Boo says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 1:33 am

      Thanks USOF
      I copied and pasted that info for later reference

    • TH says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 6:09 pm

      A good idea but this cannot be brought about by reading about jihad on Internet and making comments, but by agitating on the streets, in front of the offices of these companies, organizing a cadre of committed people willing to engage in such work and also civil disobedience to unjust laws, like the blasphemy laws in Britain. They have to be hit were it hurts, the pocketbook. Pauil Weston, then candidate for the European Parliament was arrested for reading in public a quote from Winston Churchill about Islam. What needs to be done is to get hundreds of people to do the same, to get themselves arrested and clog the coourts so that such ridiculous laws can be made ineffective. Tactics like those of Gandhi and Matin Luther King are needed, obviously all peaceful.

  7. Champ says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 1:07 am

    All in an evil days work for the mohammedan SOA …

    • Jay Boo says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 1:26 am

      Meanwhile
      Why can’t atheists be consistent?
      Yet another celebrity goes out of his way to mock Christianity
      http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/neil-degrasse-tyson-responds-to-critics-of-his-controversial-christmas-statements/ar-BBhgQVy

      Neil claims not to believe in any god but he kisses up to Islam to praise Islam’s ‘Golden Age’ during Islamic conquest 800-1100 in a video clip.
      Is he seeking grant money from Muslims?

      • particolor says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 1:36 am

        Why didn’t He pick the Age when the Spanish were Kicking their Ar$$es and telling them not to come back ??

      • duh_swami says

        Dec 28, 2014 at 7:53 am

        Why can’t atheists be consistent?

        haha…I think that they are consistent, but since they are not clones of each other, they are inconsistent in their consistencies.
        The most obnoxious atheists are activists who think it’s their job to bombard religion by throwing grenades into the enemies camp.
        Most atheists just go about their business and don’t assault anyone with their atheism. Then, atheists are atheists for different reasons, the end result may be the same but the means of getting there may be different…

    • particolor says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 1:31 am

      I cant find the clip where all the Clowns are standing around the Suicide Bombers car ,Seeing the Goat off and the Bomb Exploded Prematurely ??… Anyone ??

  8. Salah says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 1:16 am

    “Islamic State blows up church on the day AFTER Christmas”

    Thank God they didn’t blow it up on Christmas day. They must be moderate Muslims!!!

    • particolor says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 1:24 am

      Not really ! None of them were literate and they got their days mixed up !! “ER ! DUH !!”..

  9. mortimer says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 2:07 am

    Muslims hate Christmas because the Prince of Peace makes Mohammed the Dark Prince of Jihad-Genocide look bad!

    What in the heck is wrong with jihad-genocide?

  10. BC says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 4:23 am

    If Obama comments about this which is unlikely, he will no doubt repeat the nonsensical statement ” it had nothing to do with Islam”

  11. Arjuna Krishna-Das says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 4:44 am

    The quotation from Bishop McAnus really looks like satire. Yes, that’s right. Government and church leaders really are speaking the same kind of drivel that satire writers might put in their mouths.

    • TH says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 6:24 pm

      Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, said something very similar when Pope Benedict gave his speech at Ratisbon University and quoted a Byzantine emperor to the effect that Mahommed had brough nothing new or useful to the world, and that religion cannot be in cahoots with violence. He stated that years of dialogue with muslims under Pope John Paul II had been lost due to what Pope Benedict had said. Both are clueless about Islam and the impossibility of real dialogue with them.

  12. stipe says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 6:00 am

    The Bishop’s remarks can viewed as the blind leading the blind to the abyss.

  13. Ilana Freedman says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    The comments of Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts only underscores the depths to which the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts’ PC campaign has led.

    There is a direct correlation, conveniently overlooked by Massachusetts (and other) liberals, between the politically correct approach which they apply as they carry out their outreach to Muslims and the empowerment of radical Muslims in their anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, anti-West terrorists. The radical Muslims see only weakness (not charity) in these efforts, and recognise that the purveyors of PC outreach pose no barriers to their terrorist aspirations against those whom they perceive to be their enemies (i.e. all Christians, all Jews, all non-Muslim nations).

    Massachusetts will, I fear, no doubt again witness – and feel – the pain inflicted by Muslim fanatics in whatever jihadi acts they devise against the population. The PC mentality that continues to prevent cogent policies against terrorism will inspire new attacks. They will not protect Massachusetts residents and all Americans against the scourge of terrorists who laugh at our idiocy and plot to destroy us.

    • particolor says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      Scientists working on cure for M.E Mental Illness…..

  14. Uncle Vladdi says

    Dec 28, 2014 at 6:29 pm

    Has “Pope” Francine apologized to ISIS yet for having put the church there in the first place?

    • particolor says

      Dec 28, 2014 at 7:26 pm

      Yes but He got off on the Offense ! He told them that the builders were suffering from MENTAL ILLNESS at the time …….

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