If they did not, there would be 'nothing for them but the sword', it declared
Deadline of noon (9am GMT) today was relayed by mosques in the region
Chaldean patriarch: 'For first time in history, Mosul is empty of Christians'
Thousands of Iraqi Christians today poured out of Mosul after ISIS jihadis gave them an ultimatum - convert, pay or face death.
The Islamic State terror group declared that Christians must either convert to Islam, pay a special tax or leave the city, around 250 miles north-west of Baghdad.
If they did not do so by noon (9am GMT) today, there would be 'nothing for them but the sword', it said.
Most Christians in the northwestern Nineveh province fled in terror after jihadist-led militants enforcing an extreme version of sharia - or Islamic law - launched an offensive on June 9.
But many of the poorest families returned when the fighting stopped and ISIS started administering the city.
Mr Sako said the number of Christians who were still in Mosul on Thursday was around 25,000.
Today, Human Rights Watch said the Islamic State 'seems intent on wiping out all traces of minority groups from areas it now controls in Iraq.'
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