Report: ISIL orders no food aid for Christians in Mosul

July 16, 2014

The Sunni jihadist group that controls much of Iraq and Syria has ordered that no food aid be distributed to Christians in Mosul, according to a Fides news agency report.

The ban also extends to Shiite Muslims.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which took over Iraq’s 2nd-largest city in June, has threatened to punish those who violate the order, according to the report.

 

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Further information:

• In Mosul, the Islamic Caliphate orders: no aid to Christians and Shiites, while their homes are being expropriated (Fides)