Friday, December 27, 2013

Christians Face Danger From Jihadists in Syria

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The biggest threats facing many Christians in war-torn Syria are the militant jihadist groups linked to al-Qaida, which want to establish a caliphate across the Levant ruled by the laws of their extremist brand of Islam.

In their members' view, those who are not "true Muslims" deserve to be killed, and Christians most certainly qualify.

"I think my cousin was killed just because he had a Christian cross dangling from the rear-view mirror of his car," Abraham Tunc, a representative of the Assyrian community in the Netherlands, told Newsmax.

Christians in Syria make up about 10 percent of the population, with the largest concentration living in and around Aleppo, which is now the scene of an all-out assault by the Syrian army on the various rebel groups that control most of the city.

More @ Newsmax

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