Iraqi Christians abandoned by UK: France, Germany offer them Assylum

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/17/iraqi-christians-abandoned-by-cameron-over-immigration-fears-says-church-of-england_n_5685332.html?1408267017&utm_hp_ref=uk" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">CAMERON'S SILENCE</span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/17/iraqi-christians-abandoned-by-cameron-over-immigration-fears-says-church-of-england_n_5685332.html?1408267017&utm_hp_ref=uk" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Iraqi Christians Abandoned By UK Over Immigration Fears, Says Church Of England</span></a></div> </span></h1> <div class="splash_hdr_spacer" id="splash_hdr_spacer" style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <div class="relative" id="headline_image_container" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/17/iraqi-christians-abandoned-by-cameron-over-immigration-fears-says-church-of-england_n_5685332.html?1408267017&utm_hp_ref=uk" id="entry_id_5682201" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img class="quickread_link" height="346" id="headline_image" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1969594/thumbs/r-CHRISTIANS-IRAQ-huge.jpg" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="900" /></span></a></div> </div> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/17/iraqi-christians-abandoned-by-cameron-over-immigration-fears-says-church-of-england_n_5685332.html?1408267017&utm_hp_ref=uk" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">France, Germany Offer Asylum To Iraqi Christians.. But Not Britain.. </span></a></div> <span id="sub_headline_preview" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/17/iraqi-christians-abandoned-by-cameron-over-immigration-fears-says-church-of-england_n_5685332.html?1408267017&utm_hp_ref=uk" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Archbishop Of Canterbury Backs Letter Calling For Action..</a> </div> <span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/17/iraqi-christians-abandoned-by-cameron-over-immigration-fears-says-church-of-england_n_5685332.html?1408267017&utm_hp_ref=uk" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">'We Have No Coherent Approach To Islamist Extremism'</a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Church of England has slammed the Government for abandoning Christians in the Middle East, citing fears that any offers of asylum would cost the Tories points against Ukip and the anti-immigration movement.</span></div> </span></span><br /> <div class="content" id="mainentrycontent" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In a strongly-worded attack on David Cameron's handling of the crisis in Iraq - backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury - the Bishop of Leeds said "many" senior clergy were seriously concerned.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Rt Rev Nicholas Baines has written to the Prime Minister questioning whether there is any long-term strategy and criticising a "growing silence" over the fate of the plight of persecuted Christians. In particular he raised questions about ministers' failure to respond to calls - including through parliamentary questions - to set out what arrangements would be made to offer asylum in the UK.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="christians iraq" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1969594/thumbs/o-CHRISTIANS-IRAQ-570.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></div> <center style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Iraqi Christian children, who fled with their families the violence in Iraq's largest Christian town of Qaraqosh, pose in a room of Ainkawa's Saint Joseph church</strong></div> </center> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Despite appalling persecution, they seem to have fallen from consciousness, and I wonder why," he said. "Does your government have a coherent response to the plight of these huge numbers of Christians whose plight appears to be less regarded than that of others? Or are we simply reacting to the loudest media voice at any particular time?"</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Decrying the lack of response to repeated appeals for asylum provision to be made for Christians, and other minorities, he said that in contrast to France and Germany there had "so far been only silence from the UK Government".</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And he expressed fears over the future of the Government's "commitment to religious freedom". The cleric said he recognised "the complexity and interconnectedness of the challenges" but joined criticism of an apparent failure to respond effectively to the advance of Islamic State fighters.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It appears that, in common with the United States and other partners, the UK is responding to events in a reactive way, and it is difficult to discern the strategic intentions behind this approach," he wrote in the letter, which he issued to newspapers and published on his website.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Please can you tell me what is the overall strategy that holds together the UK Government's response to both the humanitarian situation and what IS is actually doing in Syria and Iraq?</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Behind this question is the serious concern that we do not seem to have a coherent or comprehensive approach to Islamist extremism as it is developing across the globe.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Islamic State, Boko Haram and other groups represent particular manifestations of a global phenomenon, and it is not clear what our broader global strategy is - particularly insofar as the military, political, economic and humanitarian demands interconnect."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Church internationally should be "a primary partner in addressing this complexity", he told him. The bishop welcomed the "notable and admirable" focus on the plight of the minority Yazidi community, who have been at the centre of an international aid operation as they flee IS massacres.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"However, there has been increasing silence about the plight of tens of thousands of Christians who have been displaced, driven from cities and homelands, and who face a bleak future," he went on.</span></div> <ul class="listicle" id="listicle" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; min-width: 570px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li class="slide_4088468 image slide" id="slide_4088468" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="no-number" style="border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 3px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; max-width: 900px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 560px;"></header><div class="title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; max-width: 900px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="listicle-content" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px 7px !important; min-height: 165px; padding: 0px 0px 5px !important; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img class="image-image" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/362970/slide_362970_4088468_free.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px -6px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><span class="credits" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; bottom: -23px; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Refugees, fleeing from Mosul, and Christians attend a concert at the yard of Saint-Joseph Church in Ankawa suburb of Arbil, Iraq</span></div> </li> <li class="slide_4088469 image slide" id="slide_4088469" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="no-number" style="border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); 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box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kurdistan Regional Government holds a concert with the participation of different music groups to give refugees, fleeing from Mosul and taking shelter at Saint-Joseph Church</span></div> </li> <li class="slide_4088470 image slide" id="slide_4088470" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="no-number" style="border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; 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padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Iraqi Christians, fled from Iraq due to the Islamic State, abbreviated as IS,-led armed groups' attack, receive aid showing their passports during an organization held by Chaldean Catholic Church in Beirut</span></div> </li> <li class="slide_4088471 image slide" id="slide_4088471" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="no-number" style="border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; 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right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Iraqi Christians, fled from Iraq due to the Islamic State, abbreviated as IS,-led armed groups' attack, receive aid showing their passports</span></div> </li> <li class="slide_4088472 image slide" id="slide_4088472" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="no-number" style="border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 3px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; max-width: 900px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 560px;"></header><div class="title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; max-width: 900px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="listicle-content" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px 7px !important; min-height: 165px; padding: 0px 0px 5px !important; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img class="image-image" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/362970/slide_362970_4088472_free.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px -6px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><span class="credits" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; bottom: -23px; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Iraqi Christians, fled from Iraq due to the Islamic State, abbreviated as IS,-led armed groups' attack, receive aid showing their passports</span></div> </li> <li class="slide_4088473 image slide" id="slide_4088473" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="no-number" style="border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 3px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; max-width: 900px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 560px;"></header><div class="title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; max-width: 900px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="listicle-content" style="border: none; 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display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px -6px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><span class="credits" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; bottom: -23px; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Iraqi Christians, fled from Iraq due to the Islamic State, abbreviated as IS,-led armed groups' attack, receive aid showing their passports during an organization held by Chaldean Catholic Church in Beirut, Lebanon</span></div> </li> <li class="slide_4088476 image slide last" id="slide_4088476" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; 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display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px -6px !important; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span><span class="credits" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; bottom: -23px; box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pacific Press via Getty Images</span></span></div> <div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Kurdish Christian family from Qaraqosh sleeps in the room that they have been allocated at Bazar International Shopping Mall in Erbil City center.</span></div> </li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">House of Lords questions on the subject tabled by the Bishop of Coventry remain unanswered, he said, "something that causes me and colleagues some concern".</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Underlying these concerns is the need for reassurance that a commitment to religious freedom will remain a priority for the Government, given the departure of ministers who championed this. Will the Foreign Secretary's Human Rights Advisory Panel continue under the new Foreign Secretary?</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Is this not the time to appoint an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom - which would demonstrate the Government's serious commitment to developing an overarching strategy (backed by expertise) against Islamist extremism and violence?"</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Rev David Walker, said the Government had a "moral obligation that it is repeatedly failing to rise to". He told BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme that he believed the failure to offer asylum could be down to political sensitivities over immigration.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There is always a concern around anything that could play into the debate around immigration," he said. "But the numbers that would come here are so small that effectively they are not going to disrupt British society in any noticeable or meaningful way. In fact they would be good assets to our society."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If the Government failed to act then Parliament should be recalled to debate the issue, he suggested. "But the issues are fairly clear. The Government needs to act."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A social media campaign to draw attention to the plight of Christians in Iraqi has seen many high-profile religious leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, change their Twitter profile pictures to a snap of the Arabic 'N', which symbolises 'Christian', and using the hashtag #WeAreN. It has been daubed on houses by militants to identify where Christians lived in captured cities, but <a href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wearen.thousands.unite.to.support.persecuted.christians.in.iraq/39026.htm" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Christians worldwide have expressed a desire to "reclaim" the symbol.</a></span></div> </div> <div> <footer style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><section class="also-on" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> </h3> </section></footer></div> <span style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div class="content" id="mainentrycontent" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <ul class="listicle" id="listicle" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; min-width: 570px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li class="slide_4088476 image slide last" id="slide_4088476" style="border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: none inside none !important; margin: 68px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="caption" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Kurdish Christian family from Qaraqosh sleeps in the room that they have been allocated at Bazar International Shopping Mall in Erbil City center.</span></div> </li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">House of Lords questions on the subject tabled by the Bishop of Coventry remain unanswered, he said, "something that causes me and colleagues some concern".</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Underlying these concerns is the need for reassurance that a commitment to religious freedom will remain a priority for the Government, given the departure of ministers who championed this. Will the Foreign Secretary's Human Rights Advisory Panel continue under the new Foreign Secretary?</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Is this not the time to appoint an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom - which would demonstrate the Government's serious commitment to developing an overarching strategy (backed by expertise) against Islamist extremism and violence?"</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Rev David Walker, said the Government had a "moral obligation that it is repeatedly failing to rise to". 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In fact they would be good assets to our society."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If the Government failed to act then Parliament should be recalled to debate the issue, he suggested. "But the issues are fairly clear. The Government needs to act."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A social media campaign to draw attention to the plight of Christians in Iraqi has seen many high-profile religious leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, change their Twitter profile pictures to a snap of the Arabic 'N', which symbolises 'Christian', and using the hashtag #WeAreN. It has been daubed on houses by militants to identify where Christians lived in captured cities, but <a href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wearen.thousands.unite.to.support.persecuted.christians.in.iraq/39026.htm" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Christians worldwide have expressed a desire to "reclaim" the symbol.</a></span></div> </div> <div> <footer style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><section class="also-on" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="video_box_title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: large;">With ISIS on the border, Saudi Arabia is nervous about the terrorist incursion, but remains the source of its greatest support</span></b></span><br /> <div> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="article-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ISIS is continuing its blitz-like offensive in Iraq, conquering more and more territory. With its sights set on Baghdad and the Shiite shrine cities, the prospect of the capital falling to the terrorist group is causing international panic. And Iraq’s neighbors, particularly Saudi Arabia, could be the next trophy in ISIS’ expanding cabinet.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The extremist Sunni group wants to reestablish the Islamic caliphate, and has made it abundantly clear that its territorial ambitions are not limited to Syria and Iraq. Maps circulating online over the weekend, allegedly from ISIS but whose provenance could not be established, show large swathes of Africa and Asia, as well as the entire Middle East, draped in black, denoting the group’s alleged geographical ambitions.</span></div> <div class="post-item-type post-item-type-image" id="post-item-91736" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"> <div class="post-item-type-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a alt="Show sharing options" class="open-share-mobile" href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/iraq-world/saudi-arabia-next-isis-conquest/?utm_campaign=International&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=outbrain#" style="background-image: url(http://www1.vocativ.com/content/themes/vocativ/images/grid-icon-2x.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 35px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50%; border-bottom-right-radius: 50%; border-top-left-radius: 50%; border-top-right-radius: 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 13px; position: absolute; right: 10px; text-decoration: none; top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 35px; z-index: 100;"></a><div class="image-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(25, 25, 25); box-sizing: border-box; height: 356.32px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"> <table class="image-wrapper" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 362px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 524px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Saudi ISIS Casualty2" class="vocativ-image-version-top-left-dark vocativ-image-version-top-right-dark vocativ-image-version-bottom-left-dark vocativ-image-version-bottom-right-dark" height="420" src="http://media.vocativ.com/photos/2014/06/Saudi-ISIS-Casualty21081396899.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-height: 354.32px; max-width: 524px; width: auto;" width="620" /></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="image-caption-container" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"> <div class="post-item-type-caption" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This map was shared widely on social media over the weekend, with other variations showing a push further into Europe. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With the Iraqi military fleeing their positions and giving way with relative ease to ISIS forces, the terrorist insurgency has poured south into Iraq and <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-takes-control-rutba-iraqs-western-border-jordan-1608548" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">reached </a>as far west as Rutba, a town just 70 miles from Iraq’s borders with Jordan and Saudi Arabia. ISIS now controls most of Iraq’s western territory. Since the capture of Rutba, nerves have started to show in Saudi Arabia. Both worried Saudis and ISIS supporters tweeted a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9?src=hash" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">hashtag</a> translating to #ISISOnSaudiBorder tens of thousands of times within a span of a few hours on Sunday.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since the capture of Rutba, ISIS supporters online have begun circulating maps showing the group’s proximity to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, <a href="https://twitter.com/AbuBakrAl_Janab/status/480971205688954881/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">hinting at its next likely advance into Saudi territory</a>.</span></div> <div class="post-item-type post-item-type-html" id="post-item-91750" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 55px; max-width: 570px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"> <div class="post-item-type-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a alt="Show sharing options" class="open-share-mobile" href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/iraq-world/saudi-arabia-next-isis-conquest/?utm_campaign=International&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=outbrain#" style="background-image: url(http://www1.vocativ.com/content/themes/vocativ/images/grid-icon-2x.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 35px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50%; border-bottom-right-radius: 50%; border-top-left-radius: 50%; border-top-right-radius: 50%; border: 0px; bottom: -45px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 13px; position: absolute; right: 10px; text-decoration: none; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 35px; z-index: 100;"></a><div class="post-item-html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=206503076099972915830.0004fb81021906110e889&t=m&source=embed&ll=34.452218,42.758789&spn=16.277443,26.323242&z=5&iwloc=0004fc7550de1516189b1&output=embed" style="border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="600"></iframe></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If ISIS were to penetrate the border, the group’s first stop would probably be the Saudi town of Arar, where the Saudi military is stationed. Saudi authorities <a href="http://www.aawsat.net/2010/07/article55249916" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">closed </a>this border crossing during Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.</span></div> <div class="post-item-type post-item-type-tweets" id="post-item-91717" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 1.2em; max-width: 570px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 528px;"> <div class="post-item-type-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a alt="Show sharing options" class="open-share-mobile" href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/iraq-world/saudi-arabia-next-isis-conquest/?utm_campaign=International&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=outbrain#" style="background-image: url(http://www1.vocativ.com/content/themes/vocativ/images/grid-icon-2x.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 35px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50%; border-bottom-right-radius: 50%; border-top-left-radius: 50%; border-top-right-radius: 50%; border: 0px; bottom: -45px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 13px; position: absolute; right: 10px; text-decoration: none; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 35px; z-index: 100;"></a><h2 class="post-item-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It is only five and a half hours between Rutba and Arar."</span></span></h2> <div class="post-item-tweet" style="border: 3px solid rgb(253, 38, 38); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 55px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; 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margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">06/22/14 01:08 UTC</span></span></a><a class="tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=999419606" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">@31_E1<span class="fa fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-left: 5px;"></span></span></a></h4> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">واقترب الوعد الحق مسيرة خمس ساعات ونصف من #الرطبة ل #عرعر #الدولة_الإسلامية_على_حدود_السعودية</span></div> <div class="tweet-actions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin: -9px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a class="tweet-reply" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=480517589706502144" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-reply" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"></span></a> | <a class="tweet-retweet" href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=480517589706502144" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-retweet" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"></span></a> | <a class="tweet-favorite" href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=480517589706502144" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-star" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"></span></a></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If Saudi Arabia does become the next ISIS target, it may be even easier than the group’s push into Iraq. A groundswell of ideological support combined with wide-reaching corruption could pave the way for ISIS’ penetration into the country. Saudi Arabia, unlike Iraq, is almost 90 percent Sunni. Iraq’s growing resistance to ISIS comes largely via the swelling ranks of a Shiite militia, the Mahdi army, with Shiite fighters returning from Syria to defend their country against the radical Sunni insurgency that is sweeping the nation.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Saudi is also a major source of support for ISIS. Since the latest offensive in Iraq, hashtags translating to #TheAgeOfTheISISConquest and #ABillionMuslimsForTheVictoryOfTheIsis have overwhelming been originating from Saudi Arabia. Almost 95 percent of all mentions of the latter hashtag emanated from Saudi Arabia over the last week, by far eclipsing those from Iraq and Syria, where the ISIS is actually operating at present. The geographic distribution of those mentions covers the entire Saudi Arabian territory.</span></div> <div class="post-item-type post-item-type-image" id="post-item-91728" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"> <h2 class="post-item-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Distribution of geo-tagged pro-ISIS tweets in Saudi Arabia</span></span></h2> <div class="post-item-type-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a alt="Show sharing options" class="open-share-mobile" href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/iraq-world/saudi-arabia-next-isis-conquest/?utm_campaign=International&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=outbrain#" style="background-image: url(http://www1.vocativ.com/content/themes/vocativ/images/grid-icon-2x.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 35px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50%; border-bottom-right-radius: 50%; border-top-left-radius: 50%; border-top-right-radius: 50%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 13px; position: absolute; right: 10px; text-decoration: none; top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 35px; z-index: 100;"></a><div class="image-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(25, 25, 25); box-sizing: border-box; height: 356.32px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"> <table class="image-wrapper" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 362px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 524px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="ISIS Tweet distribution Saudi2" class="vocativ-image-version-top-left-light vocativ-image-version-top-right-light vocativ-image-version-bottom-left-light vocativ-image-version-bottom-right-light" height="420" src="http://media.vocativ.com/photos/2014/06/ISIS-Tweet-distribution-Saudi22867363443.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-height: 354.32px; max-width: 524px; width: auto;" width="620" /></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Saudi support for the ISIS traces back to the conflict in Syria. Approximately 1,000 and 2,000 Saudi nationals have been <a href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/syria-world/saudis-fight-syria/?preview_id=54852&post_item=54858#post-item-54858" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">involved in fighting</a> inside Syria, with several hundreds believed to have already returned home. The Saudi government in February issued a <a href="http://www.alriyadh.com/en/article/907177/royal-order-participants-in-hostilities-outside-the-kingdom-receive-3-20-years-in-prison" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">royal decree</a> banning Saudis from fighting in foreign conflicts. Both the Syrian and Iranian governments have drawn attention to purported financial links between ISIS and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks. Syrian state media directly accused Saudi Arabia of funding ISIS in an<a href="http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/saudi-behind-isis-onslaught-iraq-syrian-state-media" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">editorial on June 12</a>, while the Iranian leader President Hassan Rouhani made a thinly veiled reference to “Muslim countries that support the terrorists with their petrodollars” in remarks on the website of the Iranian state broadcaster in recent days.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to some, ISIS already maintains a presence in the country and even has sympathizers in the Saudi military.</span></div> <div class="post-item-type post-item-type-tweets" id="post-item-91721" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 1.2em; max-width: 570px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 528px;"> <div class="post-item-type-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a alt="Show sharing options" class="open-share-mobile" href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/iraq-world/saudi-arabia-next-isis-conquest/?utm_campaign=International&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=outbrain#" style="background-image: url(http://www1.vocativ.com/content/themes/vocativ/images/grid-icon-2x.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: 35px; border-bottom-left-radius: 50%; border-bottom-right-radius: 50%; border-top-left-radius: 50%; border-top-right-radius: 50%; border: 0px; bottom: -45px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 13px; position: absolute; right: 10px; text-decoration: none; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 35px; z-index: 100;"></a><h2 class="post-item-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We are not on the border. We are here in Saudi and this is our land."</span></span></h2> <div class="post-item-tweet" style="border: 3px solid rgb(253, 38, 38); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 55px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 10px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 528px; z-index: 5;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=1666568528" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><img class="tweet-avatar" height="48" src="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/472056889388199936/GaoSzjTz_normal.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="48" /></span></a><div class="tweet-contents" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 65px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h4 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <a class="tweet-date" href="https://twitter.com/AmtAhd/status/480599898014752768" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">06/22/14 06:35 UTC</span></span></a><a class="tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=1666568528" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">@AMTAHD<span class="fa fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-left: 5px;"></span></span></a></h4> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#الدولة_الإسلامية_على_حدود_السعودية نحن لسنا على الحدود بل نحن هنا في بلاد الحرمين وهذه ارضنا .. <a href="http://t.co/lrKG8VkPGq" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://t.co/lrKG8VkPGq</a></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqtvD44CcAEpjEr.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span><div class="tweet-actions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin: -9px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a class="tweet-reply" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=480599898014752768" style="border: 0px; 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display: inline-block;"></span></a></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Saudi armed forces issued a tacit admission in May that ISIS were already operating and recruiting within the kingdom when it called on the public to report any instances of publication or distribution of ISIS pamphlets.</span></div> <div class="post-item-type post-item-type-tweets" id="post-item-91722" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 1.2em; max-width: 570px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 528px;"> <div class="no-tweets-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-item-type-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; 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width: 528px; z-index: 5;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=2244912001" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><img class="tweet-avatar" height="48" src="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/411699475812339712/7Zgi0ZR5_normal.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="48" /></span></a><div class="tweet-contents" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 65px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h4 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <a class="tweet-date" href="https://twitter.com/SAUDI_ARMY_NEWS/status/467856173471789056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">05/18/14 02:36 UTC</span></span></a><a class="tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=2244912001" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">@SAUDI_ARMY_NEWS<span class="fa fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-left: 5px;"></span></span></a></h4> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">في حالة الأشتباه او وجود من ينشر مثل هذه المنشورات,الرجاء التبليغ على هذا الرقم 990 #داعش_توزع_منشورات_بالسعودية -<a href="http://t.co/O6zs4j16RJ" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://t.co/O6zs4j16RJ</a></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bn4otRzIQAE9HJD.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span><div class="tweet-actions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin: -9px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a class="tweet-reply" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=467856173471789056" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-reply" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"></span></a> | <a class="tweet-retweet" href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=467856173471789056" style="border: 0px; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 65px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h4 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <a class="tweet-date" href="https://twitter.com/1400MSAF/status/445311484986679296" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">03/16/14 21:31 UTC</span></span></a><a class="tweet-username" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?user_id=630668717" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">@1400MSAF<span class="fa fa-twitter" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-left: 5px;"></span></span></a></h4> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“@AsawirtiMedia: #الدولة_الإسلامية_تخترق_الجيش_السعودي<a href="http://t.co/bTuzA3budF%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://t.co/bTuzA3budF”</a> #الدولة_الإسلامية_في_العراق_والشام #السعودية #ال_سعود</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bi3qujLCMAEdjtA.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></span><div class="tweet-actions" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin: -9px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a class="tweet-reply" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=445311484986679296" style="border: 0px; 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display: inline-block;"></span></a></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ISIS supporters have published calls on the organization to continue its advance into the kingdom. The appeal of Saudi Arabia for the terrorist group is clear. As the birthplace of Islam and home to some of the religion’s most holiest sites, the country could become the crown jewel for ISIS.</span></div> </div> </div>

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