article_snippet.sent: That means anyone who doesn't subscribe to such extremist views are enemies and in danger -- Christians included.
article_snippet.sent: Of course, Christians aren't the only ones who have suffered at the hands of such organizations.
article_snippet.sent: For example, most victims of ISIS are fellow Muslims who refuse to go along with the ISIS worldview and ruthless tactics.
article_snippet.sent: Still, there's ample evidence that Christians have been targeted.
article_snippet.sent: I do think there's a larger narrative about Christian persecution (by) militant groups around the world.
article_snippet.sent: Some acts are not centrally organized but are no less horrific, such as reports that Muslim migrants threw 12 Christians off a boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
article_snippet.sent: But Christians in Iraq never cooperated.
article_snippet.sent: But death was reserved for Christians.
article_snippet.sent: According to AFP, the terrorists separated students by religion -- allowing Muslims to leave and killing Christians.
article_snippet.sent: Choir members and children attending Sunday school were among the dead.
article_snippet.sent: In a subsequent statement, the Rev. Humphrey S. Peter, the bishop of Peshawar, called the attack a "total failure" of official efforts to protect minorities such as Christians, who make up less than 3% of Pakistan's population.
article_snippet.sent: Even those not in captivity face dire threats, given ISIS's well-established reputation of offering little to no mercy to Christians.
article_snippet.sent: The number of Christians in Iraq has plummeted -- from 1.5 million some 20 years ago to some 300,000 today, according to estimates from CAPNI, the largest Christian relief organization in northern Iraq.
article_snippet.sent: the militant group's advance there prompted Christian families to flee rather than adhere to the ultimatum of converting to Islam, paying a fine or facing "death by sword.