In what the Christian Association of Nigeria is calling a “pure genocide,” 238 more Christians were killed and churches desecrated by Muslims last week in the west African nation. This brings the death toll of Christians to more than 6,000 since the start of 2018.
According to a joint statement by the Christian Association, an umbrella group of various Christian denominations, “There is no doubt that the sole purpose of these attacks is aimed at ethnic cleansing, land grabbing and forceful ejection of the Christian natives from their ancestral land and heritage.”
The statement condemned the recent attacks, “where over 200 persons were brutally killed and our churches destroyed without any intervention from security agencies in spite of several distress calls made to them.”
The statement adds that the majority of those 6,000 Christians massacred this year were “mostly children, women and the aged… What is happening in … Nigeria is pure genocide and must be stopped immediately.”
The details of the murder of these thousands, though seldom reported, are often grisly: many were either hacked to death or beheaded with machetes; others were burned alive (including inside locked churches or homes); and women are often sexually assaulted or even raped before being slaughtered.
For long, both the Nigerian government and the U.S. government have sought to present this protracted jihad as territorial clashes between the haves (apparently always Christians) and haves-not (apparently always Muslims).
For instance, in 2012, Bill Clinton said that “inequality” and “poverty” are “what’s fueling all this stuff” (the “stuff” being a reference to the ongoing Muslim slaughter of Christians in Nigeria). Following the 2012 Easter Day bombing of a Nigerian church that left 39 worshippers dead, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, said, “I want to take this opportunity to stress one key point and that is that religion is not driving extremist violence” in Nigeria. Similarly, the Obama administration reportedly agreed to spend $600 million in a USAID initiative launched to ascertain the “true causes” of unrest and violence in Nigeria—which naturally lay in the socio-economic, never the religious, realm.
However, in its recent statement, the Christian Association of Nigeria denied all these claims. After saying that those responsible for slaughtering Christians are always allowed to “go scot free” by the Nigerian government—which further portrays the attacks as “farmers/herdsmen clashes”—it inquired: “How can it be a clash when one group [Muslims] is persistently attacking, killing, maiming, [and] destroying, and the other group [Christians] is persistently being killed, maimed and their places of worship destroyed? How can it be a clash when the herdsmen are hunting farmers in their own villages/communities and farmers are running for their lives?”
On May 2, the National Christian Elders Forum—a wing of the Christian Association, the members of which average the age of 75 and come from Nigeria’s six geo-political zones—met the British High Commission in an effort to solicit support. (Days before that meeting, around 30 Muslim herdsmen stormed a church during early morning mass and massacred nearly 20 parishioners and two clergymen.)
Some of the more telling points in the group’s executive summary of issues follow:
It is clear to the Christian Elders that JIHAD has been launched in Nigeria by the Islamists of northern Nigeria led by the Fulani ethnic group [the “herdsmen”]. This Jihad is based on the Doctrine of Hate taught in Mosques and Islamic Madrasas in northern Nigeria as well as the supremacist ideology of the Fulani. Using both conventional (violent) Jihad, and stealth (civilization) Jihad, the Islamists of northern Nigeria seem determined to turn Nigeria into an Islamic Sultanate and replace Liberal Democracy with Sharia as the National Ideology. The object of course, is to supplant the Constitution with Sharia as the source of legislation. The current 1999 Constitution is plagued with dual conflicting ideology of Democracy and Sharia. There are certain values which are non-negotiable in a pluralistic society and it seems the advocates of the Caliphate do not respect this. A dual-ideology-driven Nigeria cannot be the Nigeria of our dream. We want a Nigeria, where citizens are treated equally before the law at all levels…. Bearing in mind that Christians constitute over 50% of the Nigerian population, the goal of the Islamists is bound to create serious conflicts which if not checked is capable of escalating into another civil war. Already, the Islamists are murdering Christians with impunity and destroying vulnerable Christian places of worship and communities at an alarming and inhuman rate.
That 6,000 Christians, “mostly children, women and the aged,” have been butchered in just the first six months of this year is a reminder of how violence only escalates when left unchecked, which is the story of the Muslim persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
For example, it took three times as long (a year-and-a-half, between December 2013 to July 2015), for the same Muslim herdsmen to slaughter only 1,484 Christians (532 men, 507 women, and 445 children), critically wound 2,388 Christians (1,069 men, 817 women, and 502 children), and burn or destroy 171 churches.
But the Nigerian government and the international community have from the start done little to address the situation—which is unsurprising since they cannot even acknowledge its roots, namely, the intolerant ideology of jihad. As a result, the death toll of Christians has only risen—and will likely continue to grow exponentially through the years, until such time that reality is not only acknowledged but properly addressed.
1. Arm and train the Christians. The right of self defence is a primal human right!
2. Acknowledge the obvious, the prime motivation is Islam, as demonstrated by the actions of its founder and his successors, its scriptures, as allegedly dictated by his ‘deity’, and more than 1400 years of its history of genocide and subjugation.
While it is reasonable to arm and train Christians to defend themselves, this will only lead to an escalation of violence, like pouring gasoline on the fire. The solution must come from international intervention through concerted and maximum pressure on the Nigerian government and military to stop turning a blind eye to these atrocities. These are wars against humanity and the Fulani perpetrators and chieftains must be held accountable.
Armed or international intervention, what does it matter, it must be recognized and stopped.
Islam will, as it has always done, push jihad and conquest until a more powerful force pushes back. Pushing back is the only thing that has ever worked.
Aside from the very obvious prohibition against staying out of the internal affairs of other countries, another reason it may not be possible to stop individual instances of Islamic aggression or genocide by organized international intervention is that it now seems to occurring everywhere at once, and the resources simply do not exist to respond everywhere at once.
Prohibition of not, America has a history of interfering in the affairs of other nations and leaving them worse off.
Nigeria … like so many nations with a large Muslim population … has been in Jihad for a long time. Those of us actually tracking international news have heard of the Muslims slaughtering Christians in Nigeria for as long as we can remember.
Sometimes it’s blamed on economics, natural disasters, lack of gun control, lack of government totalitarianism (Leftism), tribal politics, or simply – the Christians had it coming. .
I can remember as a child hearing of the Biafra conflict in the 60s – now portrayed as nothing more than the Igbo secessionist movement – never mind that the modern, socialist movement arose out of the suppression of the Biafran attempts to defend themselves from Muslims. Biafra was one of the first genocides the MSM refused to cover accurately – and when an atrocity did leak out, the MSM covered up the facts. Albeit we need an investigation – it is likely the Biafran conflict was NOT a result of decolonization, but the result of Soviet support for the Muslim Jihadists who had to be supported by someone.
The real fundamental problems in Nigeria are Islam and Leftism. Without these two ideologies, Nigeria would be a far more productive, prosperous and safe place.
Meanwhile – I suspect the atrocities have stepped up due to someone pumping money into Nigeria to support the violence of Muslims. Although the money may be coming from the middle east, I wonder if it is not part of the global network of the Left-Islam alliance?
For those of us who have grown up in Africa and know the nature of the beast, believe that arming Nigerian Christians to fight is not at all a realistic proposition. It will give the corrupt Islamic government a reason to complete their genocide.
The Islamic Nigerian government is one of the most corrupt in Africa and have all the power behind them.
The real problem lies in the fact that the international community doesn’t care two hoots about Christians anywhere, and the systematic persecution of African Christians has and always will be a reality.
If one considers the more recent persecutions in the Middle East where the West actually contributed to their destabilisation because of oil without a care for the Christians, why would they care about Nigerian or any other Christians!
The West, who mostly has the capability of helping persecuted Christians, cannot be relied upon to do so, because they have chosen to reject God and His moral laws in favour of cultural marxism and supping with the devil called Islam. Hence forfeiting the power of the Holy Spirit who enables us to have compassion and love for our neighbour.
Their persecution of Christians has already reached Canada and America. But we have the capability of putting pressure on our politicians, not so for people of poorer nations. We can also give financial aid to the Christian organisations who help the suffering church with life-giving necessities.
Our strongest weapon and hope lies in God, so pray, because that is what the persecuted ask of us.
I’m beginning to question if President Trump really gives a flying hoot about Christians being BEATEN, RAPED, TORTURED, SEX TRAFFICKED, ENSLAVED, DISPLACED AND MURDERED – WORLDWIDE? Maybe my President isn’t truly the Christian he claims he is??? Our Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus MUST be defended against the pure wickedness and evil of islam and anti Christ globalists!!! The extermination must be stopped now!
Where are you, President Trump?
Because we have failed to protect POTUS from the current communist inspired onslaught he’s been a little busy protecting himself. Give him time and as soon as he has destroyed this nations and his domestic enemies he’ll have time to protect the innocents of the world from the human filth that currently torments them.
learning the hard way the value of guns………….remember to kill those who would take away your right to defend yourselves
and keep track of those who are bringing in your enemies….
Just like any murderous scum if you give them an inch they’ll take a mile. We’ve been cutting these POS a lot of slack for the last decade or so. They’re just getting started. If we don’t crack down on them they will kill every nonmuslim in the country.
You mean, the JEWISH Mass Media does not CARE because they are CHRISTians.
What the Jewish Rabbis think of JESUS “As for Christianity, there is a dispute among Halachic authorities, but the vast majority consider it idolatry as well. Islam, on the other hand, is not considered idolatry.”
Read that last bit again very VERY SLOWLY so the “christianzionists” can follow: “ISLAM, on the other hand, is NOT considered idolatry.” ……….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbc906fUA4
“My opinion of Christian Zionists? They’re scum. But don’t tell them that. We need all the useful idiots we can get right now.” — Benyamin Netanyahu, at the time a former. prime minister”
THEY are also ignoring the massacre of white farmers in South Africka. In case you didn’t know it there seems to be an agenda to KILL THE WHITE MAN.
Via illegal immigration, outright murder, abortion, mixed race propaganda and invasion of the “darkies” by lieberals and the very sick LEFT.
I thought Jesus was supposed to protect them?
We see through a glass darkly. Jesus said that his followers will have trouble in this world, but their reward will be in heaven. The Bible explains it all.
the nigerian govt is obviously enabling christian massacre to happen in their country; this is gradually being spread to all other countries.
Being a Christian doesn’t mean being a coward. If it’s lawful for Christians to be in the security in war against insurgency and crimes, it should be lawful for Christians to fight tirelessly against all forms of terror and lawlessness. If a Christian can war against devils, a Christian can also war against human agents of the devil where need arises.
Christians should arise and fight for their rights, regardless of who recognizes the genocide against Christians or not recognize it. I believe gospel is for the repentant and not blood thirsty demons in form of man. Witches are not meant to be preached to but done away with; so are terrorists as those who commit genocide against anyone.
I’m a Christian and would not hesitate to oppose with every possible virtue and vigor, anyone who comes to harm me or anyone I know to be good or lawful.