US President Barack Obama issued a statement ahead of the Christmas holiday in which he said that he and his wife Michelle are praying for the wellbeing of the Christians that are being persecuted throughout the world, especially those under the regime of the “Islamic State” (ISIS) terrorist organization.
“In a number of locations in the Middle East, church bells will not ring this year as they have done for hundreds of years on Christmas. This silence is the tragic proof of the horrors that ISIS commits against the Christian communities.”