While ISIS’ assaults in Syria and Iraq have been garnering most of the media coverage on Islamists, let’s not forget about their barbarian brothers in Africa. They’re still waging jihad with a vengeance – especially in Nigeria: Muslim Extremists Kill 31 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria ~
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim extremists stormed two churches in Taraba state on Sunday (Oct. 19) and killed 31 people as they worshipped, a church leader said.
Murdered in the attack were two pastors and a pastor’s son, along with 28 other Christians.
… Rev. Caleb Ahema, president of the Christian Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria. Ahema said the onslaught was the seventh attack on Christian communities in Wukari Local Government Area since February.
The usual suspects in this part of Africa, notorious Boko Haram terrorists, are responsible for the carnage.
While Boko Haram (translated as “Western education is a sin”) is the moniker residents of Maiduguri, Borno state gave the insurgents, the group calls itself the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, translated as “The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad.” The United States designated it as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in November 2013.
Those who aren’t killed outright are often kidnapped by these butchers. Open Doors published this update yesterday ~
Between October 23-25, suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked various villages east of the Borno State capital of Maiduguri. The group abducted approximately 30 young people from the village of Mafa about 35 miles east of Maiduguri. The chief of the village, Alhaji Shettima Maina, told media, “The insurgents took all boys 13 and over… and all girls 11 and over. According to our information, 30 young people were abducted in the last two days.” Maina said at least 17 people have been killed in attacks on several towns in the area.
The previous week, suspected Boko Haram members attacked the villages of Wagga and Gwarta, and abducted as many as 60 people. Residents of the town of Wagga said 40 females were kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen who went door-to-door, specifically looking for young women and girls.
Witnesses in the nearby town of Gwarta reported a kidnapping during the weekend involving another 20 female victims, but details were not immediately clear. The attackers took three of John Kwaghe’s daughters and two of Dorathy Tishe’s daughters. The parents told Reuters that the kidnappers came late in the night and forced all the women to go with them, but later released the older ones.
Open Doors’ researcher in Nigeria, Isaac, reported: “These are Christian villages and the people abducted are Christians. Sources told us the people were trying to escape their villages as Boko Haram invaded and captured them. A lot of abduction is taking place on a daily basis.”
He added that, “many believers are trapped on mountains without food and water. Many of them are sick.” Boko Haram controls the area with no signs of help from the Nigerian military.
[That’s nearly 100 more abductions. Where’s FLOTUS with another futile Twitter #hastag campaign?]
To get some sort of sense of the horror these people are dealing with, watch the following video; an unbelievable account from the survivor of a Boko Haram attack, speaking with Greta Van Susteran two weeks ago ~
Uncut: Victim recounts how Boko Haram extremists attacked him in front of his wife and children just because he is a Christian and left him for dead, plus the plight of hundreds of kidnapped girls.
Understandably, Van Susteran is stunned by the level of callous brutality, and shocked at the lack of response from our “leadership.” Sadly Greta, when the president of the United States wines and dines African dictators (including the ironically named Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan) at the White House, I don’t think barbaric attacks on Christians are high on his give-a-damn meter.
Back in Nigeria however, Rev. Ahema is at a loss to comprehend this evil ~
“Muslims seem determined to wipe out Christians in this country,” he said. “What is happening? How come Christians have been attacked seven times now, and it seems as if the country has no good security intelligence gathering network, or that security reports are not being used?”
Islamic extremist insurgents with Boko Haram and others killed 1,631 Christians in Nigeria for their faith in the first six months of 2014 – a figure that is 91 percent of the total Christians killed in the country in all of last year, according to advocacy group Jubilee Campaign. Last year 1,783 Nigerian Christians were killed for their faith, according to Jubilee Campaign.
The increase in Christian deaths this year accompanies an increase in the total number of people killed during the period, mainly by Boko Haram – 4,099, which is 975 more than the total deaths from attacks by religious extremists for all of last year, 3,124, according to Jubilee.
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Nigeria ~ When Islam comes calling ~ Bobo Haram is just the latest incarnation of radical Islam, the violent persecution has been going on in that country for years now.
