![]() ![]() ![]() Churches faced a systematic wave of bombings in 2005. ![]() After the US invasion the following year, she returned to find Iraq’s churches reviving and its Christians optimistic. They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run from ISIS with Persecuted Christians in the Middle East (Tyndale) contains reporting from her many trips to the region, during which she faced threats of being stoned, kidnapped, or murdered.īelz first traveled to Iraq in 2002, when there were few Western visitors. Too often, officials deal in cautious, equivocating language amid the sprawling horror of leaders assassinated, churches destroyed, businesses bombed for “un-Islamic” tendencies, women and girls raped, hostages taken, and citizens forced to flee.įor clearer insight into this purge of communities from their ancient homelands, we have journalist Mindy Belz to thank. As Christians in Iraq and Syria face what many (including the US State Department) call genocide, world leaders often struggle to summon the right words for the persecution. ![]()
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