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Islamic State blows up Assyrian church as Christians celebrate Easter

Apr 6, 2015 10:14 am By Robert Spencer

Virgin Mary Church Tal NasriShhh! Do not speak of this! “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

“IS brings down Syria’s Historical Virgin Mary Church,” Xinhua, April 6, 2015:

The Islamic State (IS) militant group blew up an 80-year-old church in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasaka, as the Christian minority in Syria is observing the Easter holiday, state-run news agency SANA reported.

The IS booby-trapped and blew up the Virgin Mary Church in the town of Tal Nasra in the western countryside of Hasaka province, the report said, adding that the attack is part of the “brutal crimes” the terrorist group is committing in Syria.

The Christian minority in Syria makes up about 10 percent of Syria’s largely Muslim Sunni population.

The Easter celebrations this year are limited to prayers and masses due to the tough circumstances in the conflict-torn country.

Virgin Mary is one of three major churches in the town of Tal Nasra. It was originally built in 1934 and then renovated and opened in 2005.

In February, the IS militants burned down the historic church of Tal Hurmoz, one of the oldest churches in Syria, and destroyed three other churches in the town of Tal Tamer in Hasaka.

Numerous historic buildings and archaeological locations, including all six UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Syria, have been damaged.

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Muslim persecution of Christians Tagged With: Hasaka, Tal Nasra, Virgin Mary Church


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  1. TH says

    Apr 6, 2015 at 10:21 am

    In Christian theology the church building symbolically represents the Church itself, body of Christ, so that destroying it involves an attempt to destroy the Christian communiity.
    Of course, Obama will bomb out those ISIS guys whom he helped to organize in the first place.

  2. Spot On says

    Apr 6, 2015 at 10:28 am

    B.O. is anti-Christian and anti-Semitic. His actions speak louder than his words. This news is disgusting. Fine art, churches, and the lives of good people are destroyed by these Islamic barbarian savages while B.O. sits with his thumb up his butt.

    • Boakai Ngombu says

      Apr 6, 2015 at 4:45 pm

      The POTUS calls himself a Christian. Yet the deceit and lies, the indifference to TURE righteousness and mercy, which he has shown, demonstrates that he is an impenitent and in danger of losing the Life in Christ that may have been his.

      He does show an appreciation for the “righteousness” espoused by the brothers down at the mosque. The Allah god of Islam must be gay and delight for his work thus far in that regard.

  3. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 6, 2015 at 10:38 am

    CIRCLE OF THIRST
    A “duty” to pray “five a day” inspires delusions of self-righteousness.
    This leads to resentment of others who shirk “DUTY” to pray and to rationalizing violence in Allah’s name. This in turn feeds a deep and vast emptiness in every Muslim’s spirit.
    The cycle repeats five times a day. DUTY, RESENTMENT, VIOLENCE, EMPTINESS followed by a futile desperate prayer fix yet again. Vanity hates to admit its mistake; it is easier for Muslims to kill while they crawl in hopes of a caliphate in honor of Islam’s snake..
    SEEKING PARIDISE through Islam is like trying to quench one’s thirst in the Dead Sea; the more one drinks of its tainted verse the worse is their thirst.
    Islam’s fountainhead fills its river of lies and wends its way to a blood red sea of pride as the Serpent of Satan smiles.
    Don’t Drink The Water.

    • deja vu says

      Apr 6, 2015 at 5:17 pm

      A very eloquent post. I hadn’t thought of it like that but you make a good point.

      This would explain why so many Muslims are finding the Living Water and rejecting the polluted source. And most of this is happening through the intense suffering of our brothers and sisters in the persecuted church, and through visions and dreams.

      We must always remember the Lord is in control and Satan, through all his hideous manifestations, is being allowed his last hurrah for God’s ultimate purposes.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 6, 2015 at 9:35 pm

      The head-banging injures the brain creating rage and delusions.

  4. Fritz Kohlhaas says

    Apr 6, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    Islam delenda est!

  5. mortimer says

    Apr 6, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    The rampaging Mohammedan killers continue their spree of murder and destruction. The world goes slow. The Shi’ites prepare for genocide. The guilt of Obama and the Saudis for creating ISIS is still unexposed!

  6. gravenimage says

    Apr 7, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    Islamic State blows up Assyrian church as Christians celebrate Easter
    …………………………….

    How many times have savage Mohammedans targeted Christian churches, and done so on Christianity’s most joyous holiday?

    Here are just a handful of recent stories of Muslim targeting Christians during the Easter holiday:

    “Kenya: Laughing Muslims taunted Christians as they massacred them “this will be a good Easter holiday for us”

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/04/kenya-laughing-muslims-taunted-christians-as-they-massacred-them-this-will-be-a-good-easter-holiday-for-us

    “Pakistan: police on high alert guarding churches against Easter jihad attacks”

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/04/pakistan-police-on-high-alert-guarding-churches-against-easter-jihad-attacks

    “Iraq: Christians celebrate Easter behind high blast walls and tight security cordons”

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/03/iraq-christians-celebrate-easter-behind-high-blast-walls-and-tight-security-cordons

    More:

    In February, the IS militants burned down the historic church of Tal Hurmoz, one of the oldest churches in Syria, and destroyed three other churches in the town of Tal Tamer in Hasaka.
    …………………………….

    Pious Muslims seem intent on making the Islamic State “Christian-rein”.

    More:

    Numerous historic buildings and archaeological locations, including all six UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Syria, have been damaged.
    …………………………….

    And it is not just Christian churches, but all “Jahillya”.

    God, I hate Islam.

    • MO says

      Apr 9, 2015 at 8:38 am

      what i want to know is why aren’t muslims doing anything about it, why leave it up to the western world to fight them. i’m sure peaceful muslims could organize themselves and protect themselves from thugs like these

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