AFDI/SION 2011 Warnings Unheeded, Up to 80% of Christian Communities Annihilated in Syria, Iraq

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Pamela Geller: AFDI/SION 2011 Warnings Unheeded, Christian Communities Annihilated in Syria, Iraq

At the end of 2011, my organization and our international partners in Europe called upon the United Nations and the international human rights community to act quickly and decisively to save the Christians of Syria, who are being increasingly threatened and victimized by Islamic supremacists. It’s not as if anyone could say that it was not known or that is was unknowable. We knew. Everybody knew. 

Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) issued a press release at that time, noting “with sorrow the one hundred dead in Syria in the recent and ongoing series of kidnappings and murders of Christians.” I said,  “We deplore the manifest lack of respect for human life and the dignity of the human person. We call upon the United Nations Security Council and UN Commission on Human Rights to schedule an immediate meeting to discuss how to protect the Christians of Syria.”

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I added: “We call upon Muslim groups in the U.S. and the Middle East to condemn these killings in word and deed, instituting programs in mosques and Islamic schools to teach Muslims that the lives of non-Muslims must be respected as equal in dignity and value to those of Muslims. We call upon the centers of Islamic authority and education to repudiate the specifications in Islamic law that set the value of a non-Muslim’s life as less than that of a Muslim, and call upon the international human rights community to focus on those inherently discriminatory laws as a human rights abuse.”

Of course, nothing was done. Muslim supremacist groups sat by quietly (perhaps gloating) as Muslim supremacist armies slaughter Christians and religious minorities en masse. The magnitude of the wholesale slaughter was unimaginable.

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We continued to call, protest, write to the Obama administration. We brought in leaders from the Yezidi, Chaldean, Coptic Christians communities. To no avail.

And here we are five years later. Christian communities have been decimated by 50-80% in Syria, Iraq since 2011.

The response by the left? They are working furiously to bring the perpetrators to our shores under the guise of “war refugees.” Let me assure you, the real war refugees are already dead.

“Report: Christian Communities Decimated by 50-80% in Syria, Iraq, Since 2011,” by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart, June 9, 2017:

According to a new report, more than half the Christians living in Syria and Iraq have been killed or fled the country since 2011, mostly because of targeted persecution from the Islamic State terror group.

Exactly three years ago, the Islamic State took control of the Iraqi City of Mosul, beginning a particularly harsh period of persecution of the beleaguered Christian community living in the area.

The report, titled “Understanding Recent Movements of Christians from Syria and Iraq,” said that since 2011 Christians living in much of the Middle East had experienced an “overall loss of hope for a safe and secure future,” which has driven the majority to flee their homeland in search of safety for themselves and their families.

The dossier, produced by three groups—Open Doors, Served, and Middle East Concerns—also points out that for the many Christians who have resettled elsewhere, there are “few incentives” to return to their countries of origin. Several respondents stated that “the Middle East is no longer a home for Christians.”

Although exact figures are unavailable, it is estimated that currently there are only 200,000-250,000 Christians remaining in Iraq, a decline of more than 100,000 in the last three years and a massive drop from the 1.4-2 million Christians in the 1990s. Many of the Christians remaining in Iraq are displaced internally.

In Syria, estimates suggest that prior to 2011, approximately 8-10 percent of the Syrian population was Christian, meaning some 1.7-2.2 million people. Currently, estimates of the Christian population in Syria range from 1.4 million all the way down to 800,000, meaning that somewhere between 300,000 and 1.4 million have left the country.

Reports from the province of Al-Hasakeh, home to a historic Christian population, state that over half the population has left (around 75,000 people), although some of these may have relocated within Syria itself. Many choose internal displacement over emigration due to the financial cost of leaving the country, which can be prohibitive.

The factors for leaving offered by interviewees included the violence of conflict, the near complete destruction of some historically Christian towns, the emigration of others and consequent loss of community, the rate of inflation and loss of employment opportunities, and the lack of educational opportunities.

While direct violence, such as the movements of ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, was the “tipping point” for displacement, the report states, the ultimate decision to leave the countries was depicted as an “accumulation of factors over time.”

Registration as refugees is reportedly not as common among Christians as among Muslims, due to fear of reprisals within camps, family and church networks in other countries, and a sense of pride that keeps them from registering.

While many nations have opened their doors to Christian refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East, few have offered support to enable Christians to remain in their homeland.

A notable exception to this tendency is Hungary, which last fall became the first country in the world to establish a government department dedicated specifically to addressing the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Europe.

“Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world,” Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Péter Szijjártó, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview earlier this year. “Four out of every five people killed for their faith are Christians, yet for some reason this fact has not been duly recognized or addressed,” he said.

To date, the Hungarian government has donated 5 million euros to aid persecuted Christians in the Middle East, Szijjártó said. “We don’t really understand why people don’t speak out about the fate of the Christian communities in the Middle East where they suffer intense persecution, discrimination, and threats to their lives,” he said….

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Gunga
Gunga
6 years ago

There is increasing evidence that ISIS was enabled and it’s growth nurtured by the Obama administration and the Hillary Clinton state department. Obama and Hillary enabled much of the Christian genocide in the middle east with their support of ISIS. This crime against humanity should be investigated.

Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago
Reply to  Gunga

Islam is a plague against humanity and human race. Left/Liberal/Dems are Pro-Muslim and have enabled and supported this genocide /ethnic cleansing that continues in EU today.

And Now Muslim invaders posing as unaccompanied refugee children threaten to kill Swedes if not allowed to stay http://bit.ly/2pLFV6i

Its like sweden has lump of poison stuck in the throat , they cannot spit it out ………nor swallow it !

Donnajlezama
Donnajlezama
6 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

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Amandadturner
6 years ago
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Menseisvolstrond
Menseisvolstrond
6 years ago
Reply to  Gunga

It had all to do with oil!

Daizys Loyd
Daizys Loyd
6 years ago
Reply to  Gunga

According to a wealthy couple that lost millions of dollars in Libya, those 2 criminals hired 250K ISIS terrorists (not from Libya) to invade Libya and kill Gadafi. the Ambassador was going to talk about the arms that have been smuggled in through her. So he was isolated and murdered. She (hill Larry) is a big time gangster and war criminal. No doubt about that. For her to even team up with such maggots, earns her death squad.
Here’s the interview of that couple. VERY ENLIGHTENING. They have no reason to make anything up whatsoever. They were in Libya when it all happened. They have high up connections. So they were able to get the right leads on the entire thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUJSvynuxw

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

The un is an islamic proselytization organization that is dedicate to the dominance of islam over the planet. That will require the u.n to active eliminate all opposition to islam, which means the whole destruction of all other religions, especially Christianity. The only way to combat islam is through national groups taking up arms against islam everywhere and destroying it one piece at a time. The international community is owned by muslim money, it will not help.

absolut1
absolut1
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

if there is any upside,it would seem to be that the useful idiot liberals et al will be attacked and killed first,once they are no longer needed.imagine their surprise,the fox in the hen house sees all chickens the same way,as tasty treats.then the rest of us will have to fight muslims to the death;will be very bloody.thanks so much liberals for the destruction of the best,most free country ever on the face of the planet.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  absolut1

Freedom, like justice, occasionally has to come from a gun. Then there is the necessity of preserving freedom and justice, again, they have to be defended constantly as there is a great deal of looting that can be done if they are suppressed.

marlene
marlene
6 years ago
Reply to  absolut1

Exactly. They will regret getting what they wished for.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  absolut1

The “useful idiot liberals et al” will convert to islum long before that happens — because all religions are the same (cough, gag, choke).

absolut1
absolut1
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

y’know,never considered that they would convert/submit….would not be in my dna.but those invertabrates would,just to save their own hide from the muzzies.they would then be our enemies….oops,they already are.

ramrodd
ramrodd
6 years ago

Syria had no problems with christianity until islam invaded and attacked the dictatorship… too many of the CFR are pushing to topple Assad as they say they are fighting the jihadis they assisted in creating………..

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  ramrodd

Syria has been an islamic state since forever. Wafa Sultan was once Syrian. When she dared to criticise islamic antisemitism on-air in Syria she ended up w/an islamic death fatwah being pronounced on her — and “moderate” Assad did nothing about it. Syria invaded Israel on THREE separate occasions: ’48’, ’67’ and ’73’ w/genocidal intent. If you think you could publicly criticise muhamMUD or islum in Assad’s Syria you’re high.

ramrodd
ramrodd
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

now most understand that Assad is no friend but even Israel chooses him over the Caliphate, genius

Wafa eh

Assad is a dictator

now grow a spine and stop hiding

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  ramrodd

Um, Israel attacked a nuclear reactor construction site in Syria — which just goes to show you how much they trust Syrian muslums. Israel has been launching airstrikes against Syrian weapons depots.

ramrodd
ramrodd
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

come out of the dark…coward..

Why Are We Attacking the Syrians Who Are Fighting ISIS?

Just when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a military base it illegally occupies inside Syria. According to the Pentagon, the attacks on Syrian government-backed forces were “defensive” because the Syrian fighters were approaching a US self-declared “de-confliction” zone inside Syria. The Syrian forces were pursuing ISIS in the area, but the US attacked anyway.

The US is training yet another rebel group fighting from that base, located near the border of Iraq at al-Tanf, and it claims that Syrian government forces pose a threat to the US military presence there. But the Pentagon has forgotten one thing: it has no authority to be in Syria in the first place! Neither the US Congress nor the UN Security Council has authorized a US military presence inside Syria.
So what gives the Trump Administration the right to set up
military bases on foreign soil without the permission of that government? Why are we violating the sovereignty of Syria and attacking its military as they are fighting ISIS? Why does Washington claim that its primary mission in Syria is to defeat ISIS while taking military actions that benefit ISIS?

We were told that if the Syrian government was allowed to liberate Aleppo from al-Qaeda, Assad would kill thousands who were trapped there. But the opposite has happened: life is returning to normal in Aleppo. The Christian minority there celebrated Easter for the first time in several years. They are rebuilding. Can’t we finally just leave the Syrians alone?
When you get to the point where your actions are actually helping ISIS, whether intended or not, perhaps it’s time to stop. It’s past time for the US to abandon its dangerous and counterproductive Syria policy and just bring the troops home.

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2017/june/12/why-are-we-attacking-the-syrians-who-are-fighting-isis/

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  ramrodd

Why are you trying to cover up the fact that Syrians are the same f’ed up muslums as they are everywhere else? Is your name Ahmed, Abdullah, Bashir or Abu?

ramrodd
ramrodd
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

whatever my name is – at least i do not hide like some infowars sniveling coward!

christians lived under dictators because they are the only ones who have controlled the savages..

at least i am not assisting in building the caliphate..

now come out of the dark or GFY

Angel
Angel
6 years ago

All I can conclude from this is that the elite globalists need to kill Christianity and Judaism to complete their plans.

Simba
Simba
6 years ago
Reply to  Angel

And all other Non-Islamic religions.Leftists,especially,are atheists except when it comes to Islam.

People in Europe and the States are so dumb that they feel only Muslims were running away from Assad and ISIS.Many European and American people think that at least some Syrian refugees will give the Steve Jobs,forgetting that he never practiced Islam and converted( at least in faith) to Buddhism.They are also mentioning Einstein and other Jews.What a farce!

marlene
marlene
6 years ago
Reply to  Angel

And then God will complete His plans against them!

Angel
Angel
6 years ago
Reply to  marlene

No doubt, but not necessarily in this world. We need to control our own destinies whule we are still here.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
6 years ago

And most Christians in the West barely pay heed to this ongoing genocide… 🙁

Menseisvolstrond
Menseisvolstrond
6 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

REAL Christians do, but the MSM ignore them. Look up Voice of the Martyrs, Barnabus Fund, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Open Doors, ACLJ, International Christian Concern, World Watch Monitor etc.. You can do your bit and donate to these ministries who pay heed and help persecuted Christians.
Most Christians in the West have rejected God and His moral law, hence the mess we are in today.

AlgorithmicAnalystD
AlgorithmicAnalyst
6 years ago

The left considers Christians as enemies, that is one reason the left sides with muslims against Christians.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

I would propose that in ALL muslum states, all 57 of them, the percentage of kafir al najjis is in continuous decline. Iran, which was once the great Zoroastrian state called Persia, no longer has the majority of Zoroastrians worldwide. Most Zoroastrians now live in India.

Simba
Simba
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

However,they have a confused perspective about their allegiance.They call Muslims their cousins and cite fire worship as a common practice shared with Hindus.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  Simba

I’ve read a Parsi publication that made it pretty clear that muslums have been persecuting Zoroastrians in the Iranian “Republic” of Iran. There was no evidence of any love lost between Parsi and muslums that I noticed.

Simba
Simba
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

Thanks,Izlamis Tyranny, wonder if the phenomenon I mentioned applies only to those Parsees in India. and the U.K.

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soundclick.com/Globalfirm
6 years ago

Israel is a great country which brings peace in the middle-east & working with the state of Israel we can bring peace to the middle-east. Those that incite against Israel are part of the evil Muhammad-cult & of the Muhammad-cult’s mass-murder now in Syria, Iraq & also when Amin Al-Husseini was General in Smyrna, now Izmir & later became the Nazi overseer of mass-murder. Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain & their minions in CIA, FBI, US-Army armed & aided Islamistisis & must get legally punished. People like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Antifa & US-Army head James Mattis want to weaken Israel instead. We must strengthen our network with the state of Israel to protect human rights from the Muhammad-cult in the area.
#Ban Islam, save lives worldwide & free the African slaves from Saudi Arabia to Mauritania, the Biafra-leader, the Leavenworth 10, Israeli soldier Azaria, Salim Masih & so on.

marlene
marlene
6 years ago

True. God said Israel would be a blessing to the world.

Timothy
Timothy
6 years ago

Didn’t Yeshua tell everyone about 2,000 years ago what was coming in the future concerning Christians if they followed what he taught? Yep he sure did. It was also foretold 2,000 years ago that a “Great Evil” would come upon the peoples of the world in particular against the Christians. Islam plays a major part in that “Great Evil”. The rest of that “Evil” is the governments of the world along with their attempt at a One World Order and a One World Religion, or a system of religious belief institutioned by someone very powerful and influential in the religious world “Pope” maybe??? Obama hates America and he’s “The Great Deciever” he talks a good game but, he’s lying thru his teeth. Hillary Clinton is just plain “Stupid” and “Ignorant” Everyone and everything is now being openly exposed for who and what they are for the world to see. You’d have to be blind not to see and understand that. This is a War between Good and Evil, Lies vs Truth. Pick a side cause someone’s going to lose this War

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