ISIS

An Iraqi Christian woman who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2014, raped and sold as a sex slave, has been reunited with her father.

Iraqi Christians have endured so much at the hands of Islamic extremists. Since the militants took control over much of the Middle East in 2014 Iraqi Christians have faced discrimination, been forced to pay fines, been driven from their homes, and in some cases have even faced death.

Christian persecution charity Open Doors USA is helping to restore the homes of nearly 700 Iraqi Christians after their homes were destroyed by ISIS.

The Islamic State has announced a declaration of war on the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Terror struck Christians in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province today as four terrorists allegedly linked with the Islamic State (IS) attacked a church, killing at least nine worshippers and injuring more than 50 others.

At least nine people were killed and more than 50 others injured after ISIS extremists attacked a church in southwestern Pakistan during a Sunday service.

The Iraqi military says it has “fully liberated” the territories that had been under the control of “ISIS terrorist gangs.”

Extremists view the Sufi Islamic practices as a threat.

The Islamic State has threatened to attack the Vatican on Christmas, in what they are calling a “Christmas blood” attack.

In 2009, when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi walked away from a United States detention camp in Iraq, he warned his former captors: “I’ll see you guys in New York.”<p><p>Just five years later, in 2014, this same man became the leader of ISIS.<p><p>After Tuesday’s terror attack in New York City, the deadliest since 9/11, al-Baghdadi’s words seem more ominous – and relevant.<p><p>This week, CNN noted the resilience of New Yorkers. Yet, we deceive ourselves if we go on with our lives and dismiss Tuesday’s attack as another senseless atrocity carried out by a “lone wolf.” (After all, the alleged attacker wanted to display the ISIS flag in the hospital while he recovered, and the militant group claimed him as a “soldier of the caliphate.”)<p><p>What motivates ISIS to commit such carnage? Radical jihadists such as al-Baghdadi are more than psychopaths perverting Islam. ISIS wants to usher in the apocalypse.<p><p>Here are four things you need to know about ISIS from the research of Jim Denison, author of Radical Islam: What You Need to Know:<p><p>Photo courtesy: ©Thinkstockphotos.com