Under Isis rule, Christians face a stark choice: convert or die

Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing yesterday after it was overrun by Isis fighters on Wednesday night.

I was given three days to decide whether to become Muslim, pay jizya – a special tax imposed on Christians under Islamic rule – or leave.

Khalil Touma, a 43-year-old driver from Mosul. Mr Touma chose to leave for Lebanon.

Before we thought we could stay. But now there is no way Christians can go back to Iraq Abu Maykel, a 29-year-old clerk who fled last week.

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