• Why Jihad Watch?
  • About Robert Spencer and Staff Writers
  • FAQ
  • Books
  • Muhammad
  • Islam 101
  • Privacy

Jihad Watch

Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Muslim persecution of Christians intensifying across the Sahel

Jul 18, 2019 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“The poverty, lack of employment opportunities and corruption makes many susceptible to the message of radical Islam, which promises a new political order free from corruption,” Open Doors said.

The idea that poverty causes terrorism is just a call for Western nations to write more checks to governments of Muslim countries. It’s also demonstrably false. The New York Times reported that “not long after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001…Alan B. Krueger, the Princeton economist, tested the widespread assumption that poverty was a key factor in the making of a terrorist. Mr. Krueger’s analysis of economic figures, polls, and data on suicide bombers and hate groups found no link between economic distress and terrorism.”

CNS News noted in September 2013 that “according to a Rand Corporation report on counterterrorism, prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2009, ‘Terrorists are not particularly impoverished, uneducated, or afflicted by mental disease. Demographically, their most important characteristic is normalcy (within their environment). Terrorist leaders actually tend to come from relatively privileged backgrounds.’ One of the authors of the RAND report, Darcy Noricks, also found that according to a number of academic studies, ‘Terrorists turn out to be more rather than less educated than the general population.’”

“Persecution of Christians intensifying across the Sahel,” Christian Today, July 13, 2019:

Christians across the Sahel in northern Africa have been left “shocked” by the speed with which violent extremism has spread across the region.

Homes and livelihoods are being wiped out at the hands of Islamic extremists operating in the region, a “faultline” between the largely Muslim north of the continent and the more Christian south, says Open Doors.

The charity, which supports persecuted Christians, said that poverty, unemployment, corruption and a “lack of governance” are creating a “toxic mix” that is combining with rising Islamic extremism to cause havoc for Christians.

Close to 30 violent Islamist groups are active in the area, with some of the extremists having links to international terrorist networks like the so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

Salafi and Wahhabi Islam are also gaining in prominence with the help of missionaries and NGOs funded by countries like Saudi Arabia, the organisation reports.

Members of the Islamic State pushed out of the Middle East are finding a new home in the Sahel region and are infiltrating splinter groups with their ideology.

One such group is the Islamic State West Africa Province, an offshoot of terrorist organisation Boko Haram, which has enslaved Christian women and girls.

In addition to Christians, these extremist groups are targeting Muslims who adhere to moderate Islam.

“The poverty, lack of employment opportunities and corruption makes many susceptible to the message of radical Islam, which promises a new political order free from corruption,” Open Doors said….

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Follow me on Facebook

Filed Under: Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians Tagged With: Sahel


Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Comments

  1. CRUSADER says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    SAVE the PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS !

    + + +

    http://savethepersecutedchristians.org

  2. CRUSADER says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    If the Dark Continent can be seen as a Skull,
    then imagine a headband stretching over the cranium,
    a belt of challenged countries across some of Africa’s widest area…
    above the Equator, south of The Sahara Desert…

    The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south. Having a semi-arid climate, it stretches across the south-central latitudes of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea.

    The Sahel stretches from Senegal on the Atlantic coast, through parts of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Sudan to Eritrea on the Red Sea coast.

    It is the site of interaction between Arabic, Islamic and nomadic cultures from the north, and indigenous and traditional cultures from the south.

    In recent years, the Sahel has been in the global spotlight due to famines, religious terrorism, anti-state rebellions, and arms, drugs and human trafficking. These developments are the product of both local and global dynamics. They remain substantial challenges for the region.

    In Mali, Islamist extremism will remain a threat, despite national and international efforts to halt it. Islamist fighters may be dispersed, but not halted. The al Qaeda-affiliated al-Mourabitoun group, operating from Mali, have launched attacks in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.

    In Mauritania, a traditional route for drug and human trafficking between South America and Europe, the existence of sub-state militant activities in the greater Sahel region, and local governance challenges, make political violence a threat.

    In Nigeria, despite claims that Boko Haram has technically been defeated, it is very likely that the group’s remaining members are on the run. A relaunch of “the jihad” from elsewhere in the Lake Chad Basin area is therefore highly probable.

    There have been positive developments as well. These include an emerging consolidation of support for democratic transitions of power through popular protests, and elite-led regional diplomatic and military interventions against unconstitutional changes of government or attempted unlawful retention of power.

    The African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have opposed unlawful takeover of power in Mali and Burkina Faso. In the Gambia, ECOWAS had prevented Yahya Jammeh’s attempt to unlawfully retain power. Peaceful protests in Mauritania also promised some democratic gains.

    Regional governance and integration projects have continued, with ECOWAS and other bodies such as the Lake Chad Basin Commission and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) offering the promise of collective action to tackle major regional challenges, although so far with mixed success.

    https://theconversation.com/sahel-region-africa-72569

    The Sahel is the location set in the novel and subsequent movies,
    “The Four Feathers” :

  3. Battle says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 3:15 pm

    Robert Spencer hits nail on head. Good.

    • alex says

      Jul 19, 2019 at 5:18 am

      In a book called “Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man”, the authors noted that nearly all of the top terrorist leaders are (or have been) well-educated men who are generally literate and polyglottal, and who usually hold at least Bachelor’s degrees, and more often Master’s and Doctoral degrees in various disciplines. As well, some of them, such as the late Osama bin Laden, have been highly affluent. The church and hotel bombers in Sri Lanka, to cite another example, were/are prosperous and well-schooled. These are not ragtag cave-dwellers (though those exist too, amongst Islamists), but rich and educated individuals.

  4. Angemon says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    “The poverty, lack of employment opportunities and corruption makes many susceptible to the message of radical Islam, which promises a new political order free from corruption

    Hmmmm – and here I was thinking only “islamophobes” claimed islam had a political component to it…

  5. Terry Gain says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    I grew up dirt poor in a family of 10 children. None of us are violent and none of us has ever been convicted of a crime. People who claim poverty causes crime suffer from poor intelligence. Crime is caused by a lack of values.

    • CRUSADER says

      Jul 18, 2019 at 7:46 pm

      AMEN, Terry Gain

  6. dlbrand says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    “Remember … them which suffer adversity,” as though it were you yourself the one suffering in that body, “as being yourself also in the body.” (Hebrews 13:3.)

  7. Battle says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    dlbrand Good.

    Here’s one for them. Prayer borrowed from Catholic traditional version.

    Hail Mary, full of grace.
    The Lord is with thee.
    Blessed art thou among women.
    Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

    Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

  8. Mr. Cohen says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    Obama’s Silence

    (How President Obama Ignored Muslim persecution of Christians

    a complete transcript of a video by Mr. Patrick Condell):

    https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2016/09/guest-post-obamas-silence.html

    http://www.jns.org/opinion/the-ongoing-persecution-of-christians-in-the-pa-must-stop/

  9. PRCS says

    Jul 18, 2019 at 11:01 pm

    “violent extremism”
    Basque separatists?
    The three remaining Tamil Tigers?
    Sendaro Luminoso?

    Oh, uh–violent jihadists?

  10. Marigold says

    Jul 19, 2019 at 3:22 am

    Thankyou Robert for that report because it is doubtful if we will hear of it on the MSM even if IS is re -establishing itself there

    That poverty is the cause of terrorism is absolute rubbish.The cause of terrorism is a fanatical belief in a false ideaology inspired by Satan who ”can disguise himself to appear as an angel of light” [Cor 2 ch11 v14]

  11. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Jul 19, 2019 at 6:14 am

    Many people believe that crime is a product of poverty and lack of “advantages.” However, the District of Columbia, which enjoys the highest average annual salaries and is second only to Alaska in personal income per capita, leads the nation in just about every category of crime including murder, robbery, aggravated assault, and vehicle theft. D.C. also has the country’s strictest gun control, highest police costs per capita, highest ration of police and correctional officers per citizen, and highest rate of incarceration.

    West Virginia, which has the nation’s lowest crime rate, suffers from chronic poverty and has the highest unemployment in the U.S. It also has the fewest police per capita.

  12. gravenimage says

    Jul 21, 2019 at 2:24 am

    Muslim persecution of Christians intensifying across the Sahel
    ……………………

    Yes–this is getting worse all over the world.

FacebookYoutubeTwitterLog in

Subscribe to the Jihad Watch Daily Digest

You will receive a daily mailing containing links to the stories posted at Jihad Watch in the last 24 hours.
Enter your email address to subscribe.

Please wait...

Thank you for signing up!
If you are forwarding to a friend, please remove the unsubscribe buttons first, as they my accidentally click it.

Subscribe to all Jihad Watch posts

You will receive immediate notification.
Enter your email address to subscribe.
Note: This may be up to 15 emails a day.

Donate to JihadWatch
FrontPage Mag

Search Site

Translate

The Team

Robert Spencer in FrontPageMag
Robert Spencer in PJ Media

Articles at Jihad Watch by
Robert Spencer
Hugh Fitzgerald
Christine Douglass-Williams
Andrew Harrod
Jamie Glazov
Daniel Greenfield

Contact Us

Terror Attacks Since 9/11

Archives

  • 2020
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2019
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2018
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2017
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2016
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2015
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2014
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2013
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2012
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2011
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2010
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2009
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2008
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2007
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2006
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2005
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2004
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2003
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • March

All Categories

You Might Like

Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Recent Comments

  • gravenimage on Uighur leader: ‘We’re actually quite worried’ about what Biden might let China get away with
  • OLD GUY on Iranian top dogs approve bill to end UN nuclear inspections, increase enrichment
  • gravenimage on Uighur leader: ‘We’re actually quite worried’ about what Biden might let China get away with
  • OLD GUY on UK: Woman converts to Islam, distributes Islamic State jihad terror videos
  • OLD GUY on Al-Qaeda Calls on Jihadis to Kill Non-Muslims With Poisoned Coronavirus Masks

Popular Categories

dhimmitude Sharia Jihad in the U.S ISIS / Islamic State / ISIL Iran Free Speech

Robert Spencer FaceBook Page

Robert Spencer Twitter

Robert Spencer twitter

Robert Spencer YouTube Channel

Books by Robert Spencer

Jihad Watch® is a registered trademark of Robert Spencer in the United States and/or other countries - Site Developed and Managed by Free Speech Defense

Content copyright Jihad Watch, Jihad Watch claims no credit for any images posted on this site unless otherwise noted. Images on this blog are copyright to their respective owners. If there is an image appearing on this blog that belongs to you and you do not wish for it appear on this site, please E-mail with a link to said image and it will be promptly removed.

Our mailing address is: David Horowitz Freedom Center, P.O. Box 55089, Sherman Oaks, CA 91499-1964

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.