A Muslim Man Risks His Life to Save Ancient Christian Texts from ISIS

Kayla Koslosky : Oct 16, 2018
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"[T]he Muslim man wanted to give me a message: 'not all Muslims are with IS.' Many [Muslims] consider Christians like brothers and are ready to put their lives at risk to save a Christian text. What great courage!" -Father Paulos Thabit Mekko

(Iraq)— [Christianheadlines.com] A Muslim family risked their lives to save two ancient Christian texts from destruction by the Islamic State in Iraq. (Photo: Father Thabet Habib evaluates the inside of a burned out church right in Karamles, Iraq right after the town's liberation from the Islamic State in October 2016/Credit: Archdiocese of Erbil/via Christian Post)

According to the Christian Post, the official press agency of the Roman Catholic Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions shared the story of how two ancient Syriac Orthodox manuscripts evaded destruction for three years while ISIS controlled the city of Mosul, Iraq.

Reportedly, ISIS has destroyed numerous cultural and religious relics in the area and has... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.

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