Christian Father Commits Suicide After Muslim Group Rape His Wife and Daughter Right in Front of Him

I cannot begin to imagine what a Christian father who watched his wife and daughter got brutally raped by members of the militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was made to experience because he couldn't pay them a poll tax in Mosul, Iraq. Then he killed himself under the weight of the trauma this past weekend...

"In one instance, ISIS members entered the

home of an Assyrian family in Mosul and

demanded the poll tax (jizya). When the

Assyrian family said they did not have the

money, three ISIS members raped the mother

and daughter in front of the husband and

father. The husband and father was so

traumatized that he committed suicide," said

the report.

A report from the Assyrian International News Agency said ISIS began enforcing Islamic laws in the northern Iraq city which they overran on June 10.

Dr. Sallama Al-Khafaji of the Iraq High Commission for Human Rights said the incident happened on Saturday after ISIS began asking Christians in Mosul for a poll tax.

"The Christians have told me that they cannot pay this tax," Dr. Al-Khafaji told AINA, "and they say 'what am I to do, shall I kill myself?'"

I also heard that about four Christian women were also reportedly shot dead by ISIS members because they were not wearing veils.