Hassaké - The militants of the Islamic State have spread on the sites under their control, a video documenting the alleged "conversion" to Islam of one of the Assyrian Christian hostages they captured during the offensive carried out by IS in Assyrian villages in the valley of the river Khabour last February. In the video, a man presented as an Assyrian Christian of the village of Tel Temit and identified with the name of Sargon David pronounces the formula of "Shadada" to certify his conversion to Islam.
In the video, which was removed from Youtube, the man says he converted "voluntarily", and calls Christians of Syria to do the same. While one of the jihadists states that "many of them have converted to Islam without any pressure from us".
"These forms of propaganda are repugnant, offend the conscience of every man and should provoke rebellion also on behalf of Muslims who have true religious piety" refers to Fides Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, head of the Syrian Catholic archeparchy in Hassaké -Nisibi. "It is obvious - added the Archbishop - that the moral and physical violence on persons held hostage is another manifestation of barbarism in which we have fallen. We pray that the Lord helps and consoles those who suffer in his name".
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In the video, which was removed from Youtube, the man says he converted "voluntarily", and calls Christians of Syria to do the same. While one of the jihadists states that "many of them have converted to Islam without any pressure from us".
"These forms of propaganda are repugnant, offend the conscience of every man and should provoke rebellion also on behalf of Muslims who have true religious piety" refers to Fides Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, head of the Syrian Catholic archeparchy in Hassaké -Nisibi. "It is obvious - added the Archbishop - that the moral and physical violence on persons held hostage is another manifestation of barbarism in which we have fallen. We pray that the Lord helps and consoles those who suffer in his name".
Read Full Story from Fides News English http://www.fides.org/en/news/37507-ASIA_SYRIA_The_Islamic_State_shows_a_video_of_an_Assyrian_Christian_who_converted_to_Islam
This article by originally appeared on fides.org on March 24, 2015 at 02:00AM
