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"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.
About the Author
Mindy Belz is the author of They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run From ISIS With Persecuted Christians in the Middle East, a Gospel Coalition 2016 Award Winner and rated "five stars" by Christianity Today. She serves as senior editor at WORLD News Group. Writing for its magazine since 1986, she has covered war in the Balkans, Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan--and has reported also from Nigeria, Syria, and elsewhere. Her reporting has been published overseas, as well as in The Wall Street Journal and other publications. She has appeared on Fox News, ABC News and numerous radio talk shows. Mindy worked on Capitol Hill and attended George Washington University. She lives in Asheville, N.C. She is married and the mother of four children.
