Haunting Photos Of Iraqi Minorities On The Run From The Islamic State
Michael Maisel
As Islamic State fighters extended their offensive into northern Iraq on Thursday, members of Iraq's minority communities fled in search of refuge. The militant group has warned that it would execute anyone who does not convert to Islam, pay a non-Muslim tax or leave, according to Human Rights Watch.
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A Yazidi family who fled violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar sit at at a school where they are taking shelter in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on August 5, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians who fled the violence in the village of Qaraqush rest upon their arrival at the Saint-Joseph church in Arbil on August 7, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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