Persecutions in Africa

The Western media continues to report the wildly inflated casualty numbers in Gaza that the HAMAS Ministry of Health provides.? In addition, all casualties are reported as civilians as opposed to HAMAS terrorists.? And yet, virtually unreported are attacks on Christians that happen throughout Africa. Islamic militants affiliated to ISIS killed 639 Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo between January and June, 2024.? According to Christian Daily, a report which was produced by MEMRI’s Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM), indicated that Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed responsibility for either beheading or shooting 698 Christians in the five countries. In Mozambique and Nigeria, jihadists claimed to have killed 29 and 23 Christians respectively during the first-half of the year while 3 Christians lost their lives in Cameroon and 4 in Mali.?

An additional 50 Christians in DRC were kidnapped in the first 6 months of 2024 while 93 Christian homes were torched. In Mozambique, ISIS claimed to have burned hundreds of Christian homes, churches and schools.

In addition, Islamist extremists have massacred around 100 Christians and kidnapped many more in Burkina Faso in attacks since May.? The last atrocity took place on Sunday (25th?August) when insurgents captured 26 people – including Christians – in Sanaba, western Burkina Faso and took them to a church where they murdered them by cutting their throats.? This incident happened a day after the deadliest terrorist attack in the country’s history, which saw at least 150 people killed – up to 250, according to some sources – in Barsalogho, central Burkina Faso.

While the death of any innocent civilian by any militant or military is a tragedy, ignoring those deaths because they are the wrong religion, in this case Christians, makes it one thousand times worse. All are encouraged to follow MEMRI’s reporting.? https://www.memri.org/

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