JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The world’s top Islamic body denounced on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) the persecution of Christians in Iraq’s second city Mosul as an “intolerable crime,” and offered to help those displaced by a jihadist offensive.

The United Nations Security Council has also denounced militant persecution of Christians and other minorities in Iraq, warning such actions can be considered crimes against humanity.

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