{"id":52766,"date":"2014-08-25T18:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T22:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=52766"},"modified":"2014-10-25T22:08:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T02:08:14","slug":"isis-genocide-an-assault-on-basic-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/isis-genocide-an-assault-on-basic-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS genocide an assault on basic human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The world is watching in horror as men, women and children are being \u00a0massacred in a bloody genocide that is rapidly unfolding across the Middle East. Members of the Islamic State,\u00a0 formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), are pillaging their way through countries, leaving behind a trail of bloodshed, tears and shattered lives.<\/p>\n<p>The militant group&#8217;s tactful and brilliant rise to power is sweeping through the region, catching governments unprepared. In Syria, Islamic State jihadists violently murdered countless citizens and forced others to flee the onslaught of violence. Syrians, lacking food, water and shelter, are sleeping and begging in the streets of the cities they flee to.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now, the same story is unraveling in Iraq as the violence continues to escalate in a heavily sectarian country pending fragmented governments. Crucifixions, stonings and beheadings are rampant as militants take the region by storm. Extremists show no mercy as they murder the Iraqi\u00a0people, burying women and children alive, and raping and kidnapping others.<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi cities, such as Mosul, quickly became void of their centuries-old Christian heritage\u00a0as Christians fled in the face of certain death or a crippling tax. Even churches, including one that stood for almost 2,000 years, are now empty as Islamic State extremists boast of the group&#8217;s eradication of Christianity from the region. Some escape the bloodshed only to find themselves fighting the terrors of starvation, dehydration and the unrelenting Middle East heat.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Yazidis, a religious minority in Iraq,\u00a0fled\u00a0to Mount Sinjar\u00a0to escape the extremist-led violence,\u00a0only to be surrounded by ISIS fighters. Heartbreaking footage shows numerous Yazidi\u00a0men, women and children scrambling to board a plane, itself in danger from oncoming militant fire, to escape. Only 20 were flown out.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of threats against American embassies, the United States responded with targeted airstrikes.\u00a0Now, news is surfacing that extremists are eyeing <a href=\"http:\/\/m.jordantimes.com\/article\/jordan-strengthens-security-along-iraqi-border-as-isil-makes-gains\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.mobile.reuters.com\/article\/idUKKBN0F216Y20140627?irpc=932\" target=\"_blank\">Lebanon<\/a>, but the group clearly does not plan to stop there: ISIS has a defined motive to establish the Islamic caliphate (the restoration of Islamic sharia government), globally.<\/p>\n<p>What is troubling is the blatant tactic used by\u00a0Islamic State radicals in\u00a0publicizing\u00a0the group&#8217;s\u00a0intentions. ISIS members posted disturbing\u00a0messages on social media platforms noting the group&#8217;s presence within the United States. Photos of bloody, dead American soldiers emerged, threats against the United States mushroomed, and\u00a0companion\u00a0messages\u00a0vowed to &#8220;raise the flag of Allah in the White House.&#8221; A troubling image of a ISIS member holding an Islamic State flag in front of the White House even announced that the jihadist group is among the American people. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2726260\/We-streets-Secret-Service-investigates-ISIS-Twitter-taunt-included-terror-groups-flag-photo-held-WHITE-HOUSE.html\" target=\"_blank\">message<\/a>\u00a0reads:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><em>We are in your state,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We are in your cities<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We are in your streets<\/em><br \/>\n<em><em><em><em><em><em> You are our goals anywhere<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We\u00a0can no longer fail to recognize the urgency of the current genocide in the Middle East, the threats against our world, and the vicious genocides occurring across the globe&#8211;including the silent killing of pre-born children through abortion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>As seen through the tragedies\u00a0of the Holocaust, the mass murders committed by Joseph Stalin in Communist Russia, and the silent genocide of millions of pre-born children murdered in the womb through abortion, innocent lives are the casualties of silence.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span class=\"ecxst\">While we\u00a0may realize it or not, the <span class=\"ecxst\">peace of all men must be intentionally fought for, defended, and maintained, daily&#8211; or it will be lost all too quickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Although many in Nazi Germany opposed the heinous crimes perpetrated against the Jewish people, most were silent&#8211;and the peaceful majority were irrelevant. \u00a0Thus, genocides advance.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>As\u00a0millions are tragically affected by violence across the Middle East\u00a0and the cries of the pre-born, though silent, are\u00a0ended\u00a0by abortion, may we\u00a0not be guilty of inaction and silence.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>As Edmund Burke wisely spoke:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"ecxst\">&#8220;The only thing necessary for the triumph of\u00a0evil\u00a0is for good men to do nothing.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ecxst\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is watching in horror as men, women and children are being \u00a0massacred in a bloody genocide that is rapidly unfolding across the Middle East. 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