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(71,265 posts) Tue Aug 19, 2014, 02:05 PM Aug 2014

Christians, Yazidis need more than escape: Catholic Relief official in Iraq

Kimberly Winston

(RNS) Kris Ozar, 37, is in charge of programming for Catholic Relief Services in Egypt and is now in northern Iraq coordinating the charity’s emergency efforts with other groups, such as Caritas Iraq. He has been working with Christians and Yazidis forced to choose between conversion to Islam or death by the Islamic State.

Ozar spoke with Religion News Service’s Kimberly Winston from Irbil, Iraq, about the challenges refugees face. Some answers have been edited for length and clarity.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/19/qa-catholic-relief-services-official-dire-situation-facing-rescued-mount-sinjar/

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