Update on the Crisis in Iraq

This is the Arabic letter "N," meaning "Nazarene" or 

"Christian." You might have seen it on social media. 

It was painted by IS supporters to mark homes for attack,

but it's since been adopted by Christians around the 

world to show support.

It's been arguable that Gaza has been more talked about than what's happening in Iraq, but now the crisis for Christians in Iraq has reached the Huffington Post.

Lebanon-based Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younnan, who heads the Syrian Catholic Church, called the crisis “religious cleansing” in an interview. “I want to tell American Christians to stand up, wake up and no longer be a silent majority. American-elected representatives need to stand up for their principles on which the U.S. has been founded: the defense of religious freedom … and respect for human rights.”

You can read the rest here.