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Islamic State tells Iraqi minorities, convert or die

2014-08-21 1 Dailymotion

Religious minorities in northern Iraq are seeking a safe haven wherever they can find it.<br/> <br />Pursued by Islamic State miltants bent on their extermination, refugees like these Christians from Sinjar are now being taken in by churches in Dohuk, a city the militants have not yet captured.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (ARABIC) UNIDENTIFIED CHRISTIAN MAN SAYING:<br/> <br />"Our life is abnormal and tragic, we don't have the even simplest tools to live here because they ( IS militants) robbed us of all our property and everything we had in our city."<br/> <br />For another persecuted minority, the Yazidis, Islamic State has made the options very clear.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNNAMED ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We advise and plead with the Yazidis to come down from the mountains and to convert to Islam."<br/> <br />They can either convert to Islam...or die.<br/> <br />In this video, recently released by the militants, these Yazidis choose Islam...rather than share the fate of countless thousands caught in

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