The Jihadist Genocide of Christians in Nigeria Intensifies | thebereancall.org

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What several international observers have for years characterized as a “pure genocide” of Christians in Nigeria has reached new levels.


Since the Islamic insurgency earnestly began in July 2009—first at the hands of Boko Haram, a professional Islamic terrorist organization, and later by the Fulani, Muslim herdsmen also radicalized and motivated by jihadist ideology—over 60,000 Christians have either been butchered or abducted during raids, never to return and believed to be dead by their loved ones.  About 20,000 churches and Christian schools have also been torched and destroyed during the same timeframe.

These are among some of the findings published in an Aug. 4, 2021 report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, also known as “Intersociety,” a human rights nonprofit based in Nigeria. Although the entire report is worth reading, some notable excerpts follow: “The total number of ‘direct’ Christian deaths … from July 2009 to July 2021 … is independently put at no fewer than 43,000….The killings had emanated from the propagation of radical Islamism in Nigeria…[T]he Islamic Jihadists and their ‘esprit de jihad’ in the Nigerian security forces have been responsible for at least [an additional] 18,500 Christian deaths arising from enforced disappearances, or those abducted and most unlikely to return alive… While most of the Muslims abducted by Jihadists in Nigeria are later released unconditionally to their families, most of their Christian counterparts are killed in captivity or forcefully converted to Islam….

"The atrocities of the Jihadists primarily directed at Christians … include: massacres, killings, mutilations, slitting of throats and wombs, beheadings, torture, maiming, abductions, hostage-taking, rape, girl-child defilements, forced marriages, disappearances, extortions, forceful conversions and destruction or burning of homes and sacred worship and learning centers as well as forceful occupation of farmlands, destruction and forceful harvesting of farm crops and other internationally prohibited acts…

"In the past twelve years … at least 17,500 churches and 2,000 Christian schools and other learning centers have been attacked by the Jihadists and destroyed in part or in whole, or burned or razed down. In the past seven months of 2021, for instance, the number of churches threatened or attacked and destroyed or burned down has risen to over 300…."

In the same past twelve years, it was also independently found that no fewer than 30 million Christians especially in Northern Nigeria [which is Muslim-majority] and their ethno-religion were threatened and ten million of them have been uprooted, six million forced to flee their homes or geopolitical locations to avoid being hacked to death and over four million displaced and became IDPs [Internally Displaced Persons]….”

Although the last month to be included in Intersociety’s reporting period was July 2021, the massacres and atrocities have relentlessly continued since.  A few examples from just August, 2021, follow:

In one area of Plateau State, Fulani terrorists “killed 70 Christians, displaced 30,000 others and burned 500 homes [and 1,000 farms]” in just the first three weeks of August, according to an Aug. 25 report.

“Unceasing tears have continued to roll in our eyes as a nation and people,” lamented Davidson Malison, a local Christian leader from one of the affected areas: “The terror being unleashed by Fulani herdsmen on Irigwe Christians has continued unabated and without any sign of remorse or regret.”

The Rev. Ronku Aka, another regional leader, noted that “While the Fulani herdsmen were attacking my communities, the soldiers and other security agents were around.  As the Fulani invaders were carrying out the attacks, we expected them to confront the invaders and stop the destruction going on, but that did not happen.”  When he confronted the soldiers about their failure to act, they responded that they “had not received orders to repel the attackers.”

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