To acknowledge the levels of Christian persecution and Yazidis means to acknowledge a major problem within Islamic countries which are governed by the sharia; therefore, Christians have been left virtually ignored. That is, until Donald Trump decided to step in.
“U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is helping bring Christians and Yazidis in Iraq back from the brink of extinction fomented by a genocidal campaign at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), religious minority representatives declared this week at the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom convened by the Department of State.”
But two months ago, Fox News did a report that showed Christian persecution was close to “genocide levels” according to the international definition, but was being largely ignored because of “political correctness.” That’s because Muslims are persecuting Christians at an alarming rate, and to report about human rights abuses in the name of Islam is considered to be “Islamophobic.” Persecution Watchdog Open Doors USA shows that of the top 16 worst countries for Christian persecution, all were majority Muslim but two countries: North Korea and India.
BBC also featured a report ordered by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt that found Christians to be the most persecuted religious group.
“The U.S. has always been a symbol of freedom for persecuted people around the world. If minorities like Yazidis and Christians would have vanished from the Middle East, it would show the world the United States is not invested in promoting its values and a lot of people would lose hope.”
Instead of helping those most in need, globalists have been flooding Europe with Muslim migrants, with the same efforts seen in Canada. Less than a week ago, Jihad Watch reported about the Christian refugee family in Welland, Ontario who was facing deportation back to jihad-plagued Nigeria.
“Hope is Back’: Trump Helps Save Christians, Yazidis in Iraq from Extinction,” by Edwin Mora, Breitbart, July 18, 2019:
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is helping bring Christians and Yazidis in Iraq back from the brink of extinction fomented by a genocidal campaign at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), religious minority representatives declared this week at the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom convened by the Department of State.
The U.S. government has officially determined that ISIS committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities during its reign of terror in the Middle East that began in 2014, prompting the Trump administration to launch a multi-million-dollar program to help the victims. Several religious leaders and organizations warned that the two groups were facing extinction in the wake of the ISIS genocide.
Echoing Yazidis activists and a U.S.-based Syriac Catholic Iraqi priest who spoke to Breitbart News, a Chaldean Catholic priest from a parish in a Christian Iraqi town indicated that hope for the future along with security improvements have returned to religious minority communities devastated by ISIS, courtesy of the Trump administration efforts.
Their comments came during the three-day ministerial summit launched by the State Department on Tuesday.
While delivering a speech during the event on Wednesday, Fr. Thabet Habib Youssef, a Chaldean Catholic priest from the town of Karamles in Iraq’s Nineveh province, thanked the Trump administration for its assistance.
The priest, known as Fr. Thabet, said:
I wish to give thanks to the government of the United States for including us in this important conference and a special thanks to the administration of President Trump for his concern and commitment to the persecuted minority communities in Iraq.
I can say this conference gives us hope. Our greatest fear in the early years was that the world would forget us. This conference tells us we are not forgotten.
Nearly half of the Christian families who fled Karamles, liberated by U.S. and local forces in November 2016, have returned and Fr. Thabet expects many more to come back in the coming year.
Although ISIS burned down the homes and churches in the Christian town, “We are determined to return and rebuild,” he proclaimed.
“Today we have 45 percent of our families returned and we hope in this next year we will see many more,” he added.
He went on to say that the Iraqi government needs to do more to bring about “real change and support for the protection, safety, and equal rights for the minority communities of Iraq.”
The U.S.-funded nation-building efforts, coupled with assistance from the Catholic group Knights of Columbus and the government of Hungary, have rendered the town of Karamles a “story of success and we are optimistic it will survive,” Thabet also said.
Northern Iraq’s Nineveh province is the historical homeland of Iraqi Christians and home to the largest concentration of religious minorities in the country. Sinjar, the ancestral home of Yazidis, is also located in Nineveh province.
Yazidis bore the brunt of ISIS’s genocidal campaign. 350,000 of them remain displaced in Iraqi Kurdistan and 3,000 of their women, many sold into sexual slavery, remain missing, Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient who survived the jihadis group’s atrocities noted during the ministerial summit Tuesday.
Haider Elias – the president of Yazda, a U.S.-based global Yazidi non-governmental organization (NGO) – told Breitbart News that the situation for Yazidis is starting to change under the Trump administration, noting that the U.S. government is trying to bring them back to Sinjar.
“These things are going to potentially change the lives of Yazidis and their view that it’s going to be a good place for them to live,” he added.
Elias noted that security has improved in Sinjar, a town decimated by ISIS jihadists when they captured large swaths of Iraq and Syria in 2014…..
Angemon says
About damn time…
Spiro says
Amen
Ginny says
Finally!!! recognizing and addressing the plight of Christians, Ezidi, and other persecuted minorities in Islamic dominated lands is a huge step towards a stable Middle East. If you don’t deal with this elephant in the room there will be no peace and security anywhere. Thank you President Trump for having the courage to deal with reality!!
Christianblood says
Ginny
Don’t get carried away! US or the West have absolutely NO desire to help middle eastern Christians, not as long as they are directly and indirectly supporting islamic terror states and groups like Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda etc! In fact, the US and the West are directly arming funding and supporting Islamic jihadists in the region so that they would exterminate minorities like Christians, Yazidis, Alawites, Shiites and the Druze in the region as this what Saudi Arabia and other US-allied oil-rich Gulf Islamic theocracies want the West to do!
Angemon says
“US or the West have absolutely NO desire to help middle eastern Christians”
Another instance of CB stating that an article says the opposite of what it says…
“not as long as they are directly and indirectly supporting islamic terror states and groups like Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda ”
Says the guy who praises Iran and denies their persecution of Christians and funding of terror groups such as al-qaeda…
“ In fact, ”
How many times you said “in fact” and actually followed it up with a fact? Hint: it’s less than one…
“the US and the West are directly arming funding and supporting Islamic jihadists in the region so that they would exterminate minorities”
Citation needed.
gravenimage says
christianbllood was enraged when we defeated the Islamic State.
Liz says
Thank God!!! Now if we can just get more people to see what is going on, and to step up and speak out.
Btw: There are some wonderful new videos up on YouTube from Secure Freedom and Save the Persecuted Christians- https://youtu.be/VTIxO1HySJc
CRUSADER says
President Trump in on a fast track
regarding safeguarding his legacy
and also redeeming his soul….
Carol the 1st says
The kind of president a democracy deserves.
CRUSADER says
Voice of the Christian Martyrs
+++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.persecution.com
Christianblood says
If Trump wants to save Christians and Yazidis he should withdraw the US forces that are illegally on Syrian soil, stop supporting the Islamic jihadists that are still fighting in Idlib Syria to which he authorized millions of dollars a few months ago!
The fact is Just as Reagan courted extremists based in Pakistan to destroy secular Afghanistan in the 1980s, Obama used al-Qaeda to destroy Libya and Syria, and now Trump continues to back al-Qaeda in Syria’s Idlib!
Angemon says
Oh, look, the guy who’s throwing Christians to the wolves by supporting their persecutors and denying their persecution has a “plan” to save Christians. Seems legit?…
“secular Afghanistan”
You mean mass-murdering commies?
“Obama used al-Qaeda ”
The same al-qaeda funded by iran?
“Trump continues to back al-Qaeda2
Citation needed.
Jayell says
Now,I wonder why Obama should have done all that?
Eric Jones says
Trump should get out of the way and let Russia and Assad finish off ISIS.
Eric
Angemon says
As if any of them has anything to win from that…
Christianblood says
Eric Jones
(..Trump should get out of the way and let Russia and Assad finish off ISIS..)
Well-said! His “deep state” neocohen masters won’t allow him to!
nicu says
Great ! while German media always bash Trump – they support terrorists !
Eric Jones says
I can easily imagine persecution of Christians in North Korea. I had no idea about India. I will check out Open doors USA.
Eric
Liz says
Open Doors USA, Voice of the Martyrs, Nazarene Fund and Save the Persecuted Christians are all fantastic resources.
Check out The People of the Cross exhibit too: http://saveperschurch.wpengine.com/the-people-of-the-cross/
Pam says
I never could understand why Democrats have so much empathy for muslims and not even give a second thought to what is happening to all non muslims in the middle east. This is so long overdue and I hope and pray that it spreads like a wildfire to every Islamic country, and the countries on the verge of becoming a Islamic country. I can say I’m very proud of our country and who we choose to lead us back to what we stand for. God Bless the Trump administration and our President.
Robert_k says
Oh there that racist Trump goes saving Yazidis and Christians at the expense of ISIS.
What about abolishing ICE, amnesty for undocumented migrants, the BDS movement and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood?
Antiislamicman says
Great news. People can bash Trump all they like but I don’t see them helping Christians. Just to let you know I am no fan of any politician, I hate them all equally.
While the British keep bringing more Muslims into the UK to cause problems, Trump is saving Christians.
AnnChristine says
Islam is almost in every Country……..Domination is their goal…….All of our Politicians do not give a Toss… Hundreds are now crossing the English Channel daily…..And allowed to stay regardless of who they are…..I am concerned for the all the people in the future….My offspring included !!!
UNCLE VLADDI says
If Canada had a real government, it would take in all the Yezidis and Christians from the Middle East, then use their Arabic-speaking abilities in its spy agencies to keep tabs on all the muslim criminals!
Ginny says
Get Amy Beam’s book “The last Yezidi Genocide” if you want to get the full story. The latest edition is now available on Amazon. A must read.
Jayell says
“The BBC also featured a report ordered by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt that found Christians to be the most persecuted religious group….”
What’s this? The Great Biased Brainwashing Consortium (which is about to peddle a load of islamic propaganda (as usual) on its infamous soap opera about what life ISN’T like in London’s East End) is actually telling something truthful about the sufferings of Christians? I haven’t looked at their report (and I never contaminate my television set with their twisted trash anyway) but does it by any chance mention the fact that these Christians are almost invariably suffering at the hands of those Disciples of the oh-so-perfect Prophet of Parkhurst Prison? No? Well I would be surprised if that little nugget of politically incorrect information got past their Head of Religious Broadcasting, whose office-desk (I suspect) has been carefully arranged to point towards Mecca.
gravenimage says
Trump steps in to save Christians and Yazidis from extinction by jihadists
……………………
Hear, hear!