Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the international legal definition of the crime of genocide is found in article II of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. It says: Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. I believe that what is happening to the Christian community in Iraq is genocide. I also believe that it is a ``crime against humanity.'' Last Thursday, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, more commonly referred to as ISIS, gave the few remaining Christians in Mosul until Saturday to leave or be killed. From The New York Times, it reads: Some went on foot, their cars having been confiscated. Others rode bicycles or motor scooters. Few were able to take anything of value as militants seized their money and jewelry. Some--just a few because they were not healthy enough to flee--submitted to the demands that they convert to Islam to avoid being killed. ISIS is systematically targeting Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq for extinction.…”