There are no Christians left in Iraq's second - largest city after a weekend ultimatum left Mosul residents with three choices: convert to Islam, pay jizya (a poll tax levied on non-Muslims), or die at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). (christianitytoday.com)
«We offer them three choices,» ISIS announced: «Islam; the dhimma contract — involving payment of jizya; if they refuse this they will have nothing but the sword.» (firstthings.com)
The sheikh of the Al - Noor mosque was often seen touring Al - Doura and instructing Christian families to pay 250,000 Iraqi dinars ($ 190) as jizya — Islamic tax — because they were not Muslim. (premierchristianity.com)