Petition: Stop ISIS’s Genocide of Christians

Petition: Stop ISIS’s Genocide of Christians Sept 18, 2015 10:43:16 GMT -5

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Post by Daniel on Sept 18, 2015 10:43:16 GMT -5

Effort Brings Attention to Genocide

By Palmer Williams 20 hrs. ago

From mass beheadings of Christians and the institutionalization of rape to the celebrated torture and increasingly disturbing murder of its captives, the reign of ISIS – the Islamic State – is marked by a systematic and calculated annihilation of any minorities that stand in its way.

As the evidence of the ISIS-perpetrated atrocities continues to mount, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on Congress to take direct action – to label the atrocities of ISIS for what they are: genocide.

Over 40 members of Congress have endorsed House Concurrent Resolution 75 which calls for Congress to acknowledge “that those who commit or support atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities, including Yezidis, Turkmen, Sabea-Mandeans, Kaka'e, and Kurds, and who target them specifically for ethnic or religious reasons, are committing, and are hereby declared to be committing, ‘war crimes’, ‘crimes against humanity’, and ‘genocide’.”

As I have written before, ISIS’ actions are clear and flagrant violations of international law.

It is undeniable that ISIS has perpetrated thousands of war crimes, including directing attacks against civilians, murdering and mistreating prisoners of war, and wantonly destroying entire villages and religious relics not warranted by military necessity.
They have also clearly perpetrated many crimes against humanity, as their widespread and systematic jihadist military campaigns are often directed at civilian populations.

Not to mention, their actions appear congruent with the very definition of genocide: “Genocide is the systematic elimination of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious, cultural or national group.” ISIS’s mindset and actions against the Christian and Yazidi religious minorities they have captured, raped, and murdered in Iraq seem to fit squarely within this definition.

Not only is ISIS murdering these groups and forcing them from their lands, but ISIS is also destroying all historical evidence of these cultures from the regions they conquer. If this isn’t the definition of genocide, I’m not sure what is.

Our Christian brothers and sisters, along with other religious minorities in the Middle East, face absolute destruction if ISIS’ actions go unchecked.

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