“Everywhere
militants were blowing up Christians, their churches, their shops. They
threatened them with kidnapping. They promised to take their children.
The message to these ‘infidels’: You have no place in Iraq. Pay a
penalty to stay, leave, or be killed.”
Sweeping from Syria into
Iraq, Islamic State fighters (ISIS) have been brutalizing and
annihilating Christians. How? Why? Where did the terrorists come from,
and what can be done to stop them? For more than a decade, journalist
Mindy Belz has reported on the ground from the Middle East, giving her
unparalleled access to the story no one wants to believe. In They Say We Are Infidels,
she brings the stark reality of this escalating genocide to light,
tracking the stories of real-life Christians who refuse to abandon their
faith―even in the face of losing everything, including their lives.
As Reading Lolita in Tehran did for Iran and We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families did for Rwanda, They Say We Are Infidels
shines light into the Middle East through the stories of everyday
heroes and heroines who will not be silenced. A must-read for anyone
seeking a firmer grasp on the complex dynamics at play in war-torn Iraq
and Syria, They Say We Are Infidels
is the eye-opening and revelatory testimony of a journalist who heads
into a war zone―and is forever changed by the people she encounters
there.
