NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Another six Christian families in Iraq were forced to flee their homes in Baghdad in mid-April after Sunni Muslim extremists threatened to kill them if they did not convert to Islam within 24 hours. A congregation in another part of the city took in the refugee families.
An armed gang told the families a fatwa had been issued against Christians in the Dora district by an amir, an independent Muslim ruler, according to the Compass Direct news service. "They called the Christians 'infidels' and told them, 'If you don't convert to Islam or leave your homes in 24 hours, we will kill you,'" a source told Compass Direct....