7 Iraqi Christian Girls Miraculously Rescued From ISIS in Kirkuk

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7 Iraqi Christian Girls Miraculously Rescued From ISIS in Kirkuk
By Brandon Showalter
Christian Post
Posted 2016-11-08 22:59 GMT

Seven Christian girls in Kirkuk, Iraq, were rescued unharmed from Islamic State militants who invaded their home for several hours as they hid under their beds covered by blankets.

The mere fact that the girls were able to hide in complete silence unnoticed by the jihadists is being hailed as "nothing short of a miracle and God answering prayers," said Emily Fuentes, director of communications at Open Doors USA, in an interview with The Christian Post on Monday.

Because Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been protecting the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk for two years, Iraqi church leaders thought it would be a more secure area to send students to study at Kirkuk University.

But Islamic State soldiers attacked Kirkuk two weeks ago to divert attention away from Mosul, where the Iraqi military has been actively fighting IS to retake the city.

When the attack in Kirkuk occurred, according to World Watch Monitor, "suddenly their street was filled with IS jihadists, shouting 'Allahu akbar' [Allah is the greatest]. Most students were able to leave their houses in time, but seven girls couldn't," said Father Ammar Simon, a Syriac Catholic priest who runs a nongovernmental organization called Holy Family Center that serves Christians-in-exile.

"They texted me in the evening; they were terrified: 'We are in danger. Please come for us.' At least four IS soldiers had entered their house. The girls had gone to their bedroom, and were hiding under their beds, covered in blankets," Simon said.

The seven girls laid motionless under their beds for seven hours.

Incredibly, they were never discovered. At one point, the IS jihadists were even in the same room as the girls while they tended to an injured militant but didn't see them hiding because the room was dark as the electricity had been cut off.

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