They destroy crosses because according to the Qur’an, Jesus was not crucified (4:157). The cross is considered offensive, because Allah would not allow one of his prophets to suffer defeat.
“ISIS Destroys Assyrian Churches, Hostages Still Being Held,” AINA, March 16, 2015:
ISIS members destroying the St. George Catholic Monastery in Mosul, Iraq (photo: ISIS twitter).
(AINA) — ISIS has posted pictures, on its twitter accounts, of its members destroying the St. George Monastery in Mosul. The pictures show ISIS members using sledgehammers to smash crosses and icons, and removing the cross from the dome and replacing it with the black ISIS flag.
ISIS captured Mosul on June 10, 2014 and immediately destroyed or occupied all 45 Assyrian churches and other religious institutions in the city.
ISIS also destroyed Assyrian archaeological sites, including the walls of Nineveh and the cities of Nimrud and Khorsabad.
In Syria ISIS attacked 35 Assyrian villages in the Hasaka region, capturing at least 300 Assyrians and destroying at least 5 churches, including the church in Tel Hurmiz, one of the oldest churches in Syria, the Mar Bisho church in Tel Shamiran, the church in Qabr Shamiy and the church in Tel Baloua.
After two days of heavy clashes Assyrian and Kurdish forces regained the Assyrian villages of Tel Mighas and Tel Misas. The Church of Saint Sargis in Tel Tamar was been destroyed by ISIS, who burned the bibles and broke its cross. This church has been liberated and is now under the control of Assyrian and Kurdish fighters.
Hostages still being held
ISIS is still holding 52 Assyrian families, nearly 300 people, who were captured in the initial attacks on February 23. No progress has been made in the negotiations for their release in the last three days.
St. George Catholic Monastery, Mosul Iraq










St. Sargis Assyrian Church, Tel Tamar Syria




ISIS members destroying the St. George Catholic Monastery in Mosul, Iraq (photo: ISIS twitter).
mortimer says
With all the crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide, the criminals of ISIS should all get life sentences without parole.
Spot On says
7th Century Soldiers of Islam are engaged in total war against their enemies. They clearly identify Jews, Christians, and non-Muslims as their enemies. In ancient times, armies not only vanquished the enemy but they destroyed their enemies’ worship centers and all vestiges of their spiritual belief. In this way, they exerted total control over those whom they conquered. They forced the vanquished to bow down to their god.
I see nothing new here and with the destruction of museums’ artifacts. It has all happened with Islam and other ancient armies before. It is about time the West wakes up and understands this.
if the ME didn’t have a lot of money, this would not happen. We need to cut their money supply.
Fr. Basil` says
Of course mahometans would destroy crosses. If the very WORD “Cross” is foolishness to those who are perishing, as St. Paul says, how much more the visual representation of it would be offensive to them.
Spot On says
Fr. Basil’, Mohammetans also use Christian crosses on their gun range targets during shooting practice. This clearly illustrates what is on their mind.
AnneM says
Only doing what their god, whom Jesus said was from the begining, “a liar, a thief, and a murderer.” We know WHOM Jesus was speaking about.
David says
The spirit of Christ lives on as it has lived on for centuries in the hearts of people. The reality of Christ is His Spirit not a building or a cross and that they can never hope destroy.
Any number of countries unaided can destroy ISIS and my question is why they don’t?
Spot On says
David, The damage to this beautiful church is sickening much like the Assyrian Monastery. So many cherished memories now gone and good lives lost.The liberals in the West are allowing mass slaughter of Christians (and Jews) the same as the Communists and Nazis did in the last century. Stalin starved 20 million Christians. Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Over 100 million lives lost due to these criminals. I believe there is a 5th column of these same kind of people operating in the West with Obama at their lead. They are the same Communists or Marxists that we fought in the last century except that they have now infiltrated the Western world. These Marxists go by many names (liberals, Communists, Progressives, etc. They are Chameleons and always side with the Muslims.
Jay Boo says
Islam is always about what Islam is AGAINST because Islam cannot stand on its own merits.
Muslims attack to distract from all that they lack and to play the victim when others react.
If Muslims were to attempt to let Islam stand on its merits it would draw too much attention to its asinine buffoonery.
Spot On says
Jay Boo, Much like liberals, truth is not one of a Muslim’s strong points (to say the least). When they get caught they lie and play the victim. Their whole worthless existence is built on lies. The Koran tells them to lie to non-Muslims. Islam is one big lie and cannot stand on its own merits.
Jay Boo says
Who is Allah?
Imagine a tiny know-it-all /smart-aleck teenaged sugar ant.
Imagine further still that this arrogant ant can talk.
This ant walks by and calls you stupid in a barely audible voice and then giggles and laughs, he, he, he.
Annoying yes, but it is still very insignificant for it is just an ant.
If you relish a feeling of joy in stepping on this insignificant ant then you lower yourself to the ant’s level.
Therefore when Muslims describe Allah are they not in reality actually referring to a supposed god whose greatness is that of no more than the level of an ant?
Spot On says
Stepping on ants….I have done it a lot of times. The trouble is you can’t get all of them that way. You must get the poison into their nest. Same with cockroaches. Or call a pest exterminator.
Someday, we will face either annihilation by these Muslim cockroaches or we will have to eliminate them. The choice will be ours.
One time I was faced with a very bad decision. I and my family were confronted suddenly with a lady and her two petrified small children begging for refuge from their crazed drunk husband and father on drugs who had a gun and was trying to shoot them. It was him or me (and my family and his family). Did I lower myself to his level to defend all of us. You bet I did. I told him I would blow his head off if he came in the house (and I most surely would have). We had plenty of firepower. He got scared and ran away.
(BTW, this perp again did this same thing six months later to his family in another city and the neighbor killed him.)
This is called self defense and protection of the innocent. To engage in war, we must kill if necessary. The only self defense someday for us with Muslims may be to eliminate them except for the ones that want to convert. Even then the converts would need to be watched for years. That is not lowering ourselves to their level.
duh_swami says
cockroaches….If you carefully seal up any water sources at night, and are careful to not leave one speck of food anywhere, and do that for 2 weeks every night, the roaches will move out…probably next door…Then you need to do it again when any eggs from the previous roaches hatch…Then you will be roach free without using poison…
Spot On says
Duh-swami
“…the roaches will mover out…probably next door”
I tried that once. No snacks while watching TV, etc. Wipe the sink dry and plug the drain. Wet wash towel in plastic bag. All that. I did lose some weight but I felt a pang of guilt toward my neighbors. I went off my diet and the roaches came right back (to my neighbors’ delight).
The real answer to cockroaches is a product called ‘Combat” (no pun here). I have used it now for 15 years. The cockroaches take it back to their nest to share with THEIR cockroach neighbors. Kills them dead including neighboring cockroaches. Works like magic. Makes the neighbors happy too. Problem solved.
Spot On says
Jay Boo, I enjoyed your ant/Allah analogy. It reminded me of a joke I heard long ago.
…There was this person who decided that his goal in life would be to train a tiny flea. He kept his trained flea in a small match box and the flea became his pet. Spending several years with daily training sessions he finally trained the flea to do acrobatics. One day he decided he would demonstrate all his effort to someone. He stopped by a bar and pulled out the small matchbox. He opened the box and out jumps his flea onto the bar while doing hand stands and flips. He asked the bartender to look at his flea. With that the bartender immediately slammed and wiped the flea off the bar with his bar towel while saying “Sorry, we’ve had a lot of them around here lately, what can I get you”.
Walter Sieruk says
To destroy is the only thing that the ISIS thugs know how to do. They destroy people, buildings, infrastructure. The ISIS villains also destroy ancient art and contemporary art. That’s all the callous characters of ISIS can do is destroy. For they can’t create of make anything good or anything whatsoever of any value at all. The ISIS thugs are only destructive and never constructive. For they are in essence worthless and of no value at all. Likewise, they are useless for anything that is good. They must be products of their religion.
RG says
@Walter Sieruk.
I could not have said that better! Even their humongous, ornate mosques have, for the most part, been built by non-muslim contractors! You said it! Muslims are one god-forsaken useless bunch of freaking destroyers! IT’S JUST WHAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO BEST!!!!
Joe Shmo says
As Robert pointed out in his latest talk (which was excellent btw) these people love to destroy, but we, in the Free World–based on Judeo-Christianity and Enlightment thinking–love to create.
This is the line that separates us and is, ultimately, the reason we will win.
deja vu says
…these people love to destroy…
One of Satan’s names is Apollyon, the Greek name meaning Destroyer.
“And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.” Revelation 9:11
Another is Enemy
“The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.” Matthew 13:39
Muslims say they love death as their enemies love life – death is part of Satan’s dominion. And these brainwashed tools are doing his dirty work with increasing fervour. Perhaps at last the world will wake up to the fact that this is, in reality, a spiritual battle working out before our eyes. Satan may seem to win a skirmish here or there, but the ultimate victory will be the Lord’s.
gravenimage says
Here’s Winston Churchill on the subject:
“To build may be the slow and laborious task of years, to destroy the thoughtless act of a single day.”
Of course, Muslims are much worse than this—their destruction is not thoughtless, but is a central tenet of their foul creed.
duh_swami says
You must pay for your transgressions…I will trade you 3 destroyed mosques for one destroyed ancient building or artifact, none of your ‘holy sites’ are exempt….How does that grab you Abu?
gravenimage says
As horrified as I am by the destruction of these venerable churches, I am even more concerned for the Christians still being held hostage by these thugs.