Post by Rev Hopkins on Mar 13, 2016 8:01:19 GMT -5
House Votes Monday To Decide If ISIS Is Genociding Christians
The House is set to vote Monday on whether the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis in Syria and Iraq.
GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
resolution, which argues ISIS most certainly is genociding Christians and Yazidis, will hit the floor of the House Monday, after originally being introduced in September 2015. The resolution passed through the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by unanimous consent March 2.
“When ISIS systematically targets Christians, Yezidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities for extermination, this is not only a grave injustice—it is a threat to civilization itself,” Fortenberry said in a statement. “We must call the violence by its proper name: genocide.” Read more
Will You Pray For Persecuted Christians
The House is set to vote Monday on whether the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis in Syria and Iraq.
GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
resolution, which argues ISIS most certainly is genociding Christians and Yazidis, will hit the floor of the House Monday, after originally being introduced in September 2015. The resolution passed through the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by unanimous consent March 2.
“When ISIS systematically targets Christians, Yezidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities for extermination, this is not only a grave injustice—it is a threat to civilization itself,” Fortenberry said in a statement. “We must call the violence by its proper name: genocide.” Read more
Will You Pray For Persecuted Christians