Destroyed

"More than 100 churches and monasteries have been razed to the ground . ." around Mosul, Iraq, and surrounding villages. This is what Islamic State (IS) does when it takes control. 

St. Elijah's Monastery was built around 600 A.D., the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq. Now satellite images confirm that it was destroyed in 2014. 

Islamists have have a long history of trying to drive out and/or kill Christians for over a thousand years in the Middle East.  "In 1743, [St. Elijah's] monks were given an ultimatum by Persian forces to convert to Islam. They refused and as many as 150 were massacred."