Again, the world will yawn and do nothing. “Human rights organizations” would only care if the roles were reversed, which would never happen; nor should it. Only one kind of victim matters in the court of world opinion.
“Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians, Wound Three in Central Nigeria,” Morning Star News, January 10, 2020:
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 13 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria on Wednesday (Jan. 8), the same day four students were kidnapped from a Catholic seminary in Kaduna state.
About 20 herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian village of Kulben, in Plateau state’s Mangu County, at about 8 p.m., area residents told Morning Star News. The 13 dead were all members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), as were three people wounded in the assault, they said.
“They were shooting with guns in all directions, forcing the villagers to scamper into surrounding bushes,” area resident Michael Mutding, 40, told Morning Star News in a text message. “Corpses of those killed have been evacuated by soldiers and police to the mortuary of Mangu Cottage Hospital; and all the victims are members of COCIN.”
Bala Fwengje, a legislator representing the area in the Plateau State House of Assembly, said in a statement that the attacks came in spite of efforts by security agencies.
“This attack on my people by these herdsmen comes as a rude shock to us, as efforts have been made by security agencies to curtail such incessant attacks on our people,” Fwengje said. “It is a sad thing that these attacks are still being carried out by the herdsmen on our people without provocation.”
Audu Tetmut, a 60-year-old area leader of the Christian community, said there had never been any problem between his people and herdsmen living in the area.
“Our community had lived peacefully with the herdsmen without any issues of dispute with them,” Tetmut told Morning Star News. “So we are surprised that they attacked us.”…
Outside Kaduna city, capital of Kaduna state, four students were kidnapped from The Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary on Wednesday night (Jan. 8), an official said.
“Armed bandits” abducted the seminarians after the assailants shot sporadically at students, professors and staff members between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to the Rev. Joel Usman, registrar of the institution.
The seminary, which trains students for Roman Catholic priesthood, is located in Kakau village along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
“The Good Shepherd Major Seminary was attacked by armed bandits yesterday, Jan. 8, between 10:30-11 p.m.,” Usman said. “After a head count of students with security agents, four seminarians have been declared missing.”…
Nigeria ranked 12th on Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution.
Philis O'Shaughnessy says
Evil is escalating in the world. All things are escalating. What a shame to kill and destroy other humans; it is satanic. All these killers follow a killer and not the True Living Jesus Christ.
CogitoErgoSum says
I wonder why people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are not enraged by these herdsmen who want to use the land to raise more cattle that are killing the Earth with their methane emissions. But no, she and Greta Thunberg remain silent without uttering even a scowling “How dare you?” Shouldn’t these guys be encouraged to become soybean farmers?
Battle says
Nigeria Never Forget
Anih Paul says
Biafra is the solution to our problems in this Country where there is no truth
Battle says
Mali Never Forget
Battle says
Burkina Faso Never Forget
Rufolino says
And the Pope raises his voice in defence of persecuted Christians to say….what ?
I must have missed it.
Del says
You missed nothing. Same with the silence from Ardern, the dhimmi in New Zealand
John Connor says
The answer to this problem is very simple. During our war in Vietnam many of the villages loyal to the South were being attacked like this by the VC. Our Army sent in instructors and truck loads of pump action 12 gage shotguns.
As the slogan reads, ” Peace through superior firepower”.
CogitoErgoSum says
But didn’t we lose that war … or at least not win it?
Thomas Richard says
The cease fire was signed 27 Jan 1973….but the Commies didn’t take over until 1975 because…one major reason…..Congress cut funding to the South…..We didn’t lose…..we walked away….because we lost the war at home!
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, without the will to win there is no way when it comes to war.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Muslims attack Christian village, murder 13 Christians, kidnap four from Catholic seminary
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These *poor people*. These stories are getting very little coverage in the West.
seabird says
US $419.1 million in financial aid to Nigeria in 2018 to fight poverty and “radical terrorism”.
You would think that would buy you a little influence with the Fulani tribesman President of that country.
gravenimage says
Ha ha
CogitoErgoSum says
You see that money as foreign aid but maybe that Fulani tribesman President sees it as Jizya.
fred says
So, did ya notice? Robert begins this report topic with the sentence, “Again, the world will yawn and do nothing.” Let that sink in. It’s true and unforgivably tragic that most of the media, Human Rights organizations, and governments of the world simply are indifferent, uncaring, and couldn’t be bothered by the kidnapping, torture, murder, rape, and outright genocide of these devout, prayerful Christians in this area of the world. Now, i greatly admire and respect Robert Spencer for his knowledge, eloquence, and courage for exposing Islam and Jihadism for the evil that is truly is, and i read this publication every day and wish the entire world did, and took it very seriously.
Let’s get back to that first sentence… “Again, the world will yawn and do nothing.” Most importantly, who else has been ‘yawning’, in fact sleeping through all these horrific atrocities without a caring look or lifting a hand toward these poor, persecuted Christians? Bingo… the Christian God, His Son, and His army of protective angels. I think the evidence is overwhelmingly clear – and almost unthinkable for most indoctrinated Christians – that their cherished Sky-Daddy and His Superman Son maybe be imaginary, a pure delusion, and all the tearful and energetic prayers crying out for Divine interventions are useless, just mere thoughts and words. Oh, for some unexplained reason their God will benevolently intercede in human life when lost car keys or puppies need to be found, or a perfect parking space is needed in a crowded city, yet everyday for decades innocent Christian bodies are barbarically hacked to death, raped, kidnapped for trafficking, and forcibly converted to another retrograde, competing religion. Without desperate apologetic excuses… just ponder that.
Now, Robert and many of his readers are committed Christians which unfortunately adds a biased motivation and slant to his work, or at least this is what his detractors will proclaim. I believe Robert attempts to generally publish objective information regarding Islam and its transgressions, but how much better would it be if it came from a ‘freethinker’ completely unattached to a rival faith?
gravenimage says
Humans have free will, to do good or ill.
Your sneering at the victims of Islam is just appalling.
And the idea that no one pays attention to this blog because its founder dares to practice Christianity is grotesque. Can you point to anything here that is incorrect?
And there are indeed Anti-Jihad blogs run by Atheists and Agnostics. Moreover, there are contributors to Jihad Watch itself who are Atheist, such as the erudite Hugh Fitzgerald.
Also, Muslim murder of non-Christians, including Atheists and Agnostics, is reported here.
The implication that a Christian can only have a problem with Muslims slaughtering Christians is because Islam is a rival faith is grotesque calumny.
fred says
I understand you have your panties in a twist because i have the audacity the question the existence of your favorite imaginary deity and how alarmingly ineffectual and/or indifferent HE is to benevolently intercede in the lives of His most innocent and deserving worshipers. I also recognize you are compelled to intentionally mis-characterize my comments and make ad-hominem attacks toward me because your religious sensibilities have been triggered. If you carefully read my comment in a non-emotional, charitable way you would clearly see your response was completely flawed. Humans having ‘free-will’ (which is not set in stone anyway and hotly debated topic in philosophy to this day) is besides the point i bring up. Your all-powerful personal sky-daddy-God supposedly has Super-Ultimate Will and it has been endlessly preached by all the Abrahamic religions that HE (of course it MUST be male gender…LOL) will intervene in human lives and bestow His protection, grace, and blessings… if of course the proper prayers and propitiations are adhered to. “Ask and you will receive”… “All things are possible through prayer”, etc. Also, the only ‘sneering’ going on is that by you towards me! Where exactly have i sneered at ‘victims of Islam’? I point out over and over again the barbaric and egregious violations by Islamists on Christians, Muslims, gays, women, and non-believers. I also praised Robert Spencer in his attempt to be objective and NEVER stated ‘no one pays attention to this blog because its founder practices Christianity’… just merely observed it gives his detractors an unnecessary hook to criticize him and dismiss his arguments. Like i said, “how much better would it be if it came from a ‘freethinker’ completely unattached to a rival faith?” To me that still is worthy to consider. You completely fabricated the last line of your response above. I never stated or implied that… Christians or anyone would ONLY have a problem with Muslims slaughtering any sentient being based on their fervently held rival faith-based cultish dogmas. Lastly, you must admit when looking over the entire terrain of religious conflict for 5000 years so much of it comes down to the oh so silly and infantile “Our imaginary Sky-Daddy can beat up your imaginary Sky-Daddy”, “Our religion is the only true one… yours is false, you must convert to ours”, “Our faith has been commanded by our God to rule the nations of world.” Just such an immature game of ‘one-upsmanship’… like the religious folk are still stuck in a 3rd grade mentality. I grant you that Islam in our current times is much more attached to this retrograde behavior and mentality, but upholding ‘religious faith’ as sacrosanct across the board only gives them acceptance, cover, and credibility. Faith itself, and all the dogmas it attaches to, regardless of which religion or cult, needs to be ruthlessly and deeply examined under the light of reason and critical thought.
gravenimage says
fred wrote:
I understand you have your panties in a twist because i have the audacity the question the existence of your favorite imaginary deity and how alarmingly ineffectual and/or indifferent HE is to benevolently intercede in the lives of His most innocent and deserving worshipers.
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Actually, fred has no idea what my personal beliefs are. And I would take issue with sneering at any victims of Jihad, whether they are religious in any way or not.
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I also recognize you are compelled to intentionally mis-characterize my comments and make ad-hominem attacks toward me because your religious sensibilities have been triggered. If you carefully read my comment in a non-emotional, charitable way you would clearly see your response was completely flawed.
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What utter claptrap. As I noted, I think that castigating the victims of Islam is low. Note that fred does not say in what way I was mischaracterizing his comments. No surprise there.
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Humans having ‘free-will’ (which is not set in stone anyway and hotly debated topic in philosophy to this day) is besides the point i bring up.
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I am well aware of this twaddle, But if fred *really* believed that humans lack free will, then why would he bother to post here? Why would he concern himself with Jihad one way or another, if he believed that Muslims have no choice in waging Jihad, and Infidels have no choice in falling victim to it?
And who is he writing for, if he believes that no one here is capable of being swayed by his arguments?
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Your all-powerful personal sky-daddy-God supposedly has Super-Ultimate Will and it has been endlessly preached by all the Abrahamic religions that HE (of course it MUST be male gender…LOL) will intervene in human lives and bestow His protection, grace, and blessings… if of course the proper prayers and propitiations are adhered to. “Ask and you will receive”… “All things are possible through prayer”, etc. Also, the only ‘sneering’ going on is that by you towards me! Where exactly have i sneered at ‘victims of Islam’? I point out over and over again the barbaric and egregious violations by Islamists on Christians, Muslims, gays, women, and non-believers. I also praised Robert Spencer in his attempt to be objective and NEVER stated ‘no one pays attention to this blog because its founder practices Christianity’… just merely observed it gives his detractors an unnecessary hook to criticize him and dismiss his arguments.
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Again, fred does not say why anyone would dismiss what Robert Spencer has to say because of his private beliefs.
Jihad Watch covers Jihad violence against Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans, Neo-Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists, and others. Why would this be the case if as a Christian Spencer were only concerned with Christian victims?
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Like i said, “how much better would it be if it came from a ‘freethinker’ completely unattached to a rival faith?” To me that still is worthy to consider.
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The implication that no one would have a problem with Anti-Jihadists if only they do not belong to “rival faiths” is obviously untrue.
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You completely fabricated the last line of your response above. I never stated or implied that… Christians or anyone would ONLY have a problem with Muslims slaughtering any sentient being based on their fervently held rival faith-based cultish dogmas.
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Given his further sneering here, what I said seems quite apt.
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Lastly, you must admit when looking over the entire terrain of religious conflict for 5000 years so much of it comes down to the oh so silly and infantile “Our imaginary Sky-Daddy can beat up your imaginary Sky-Daddy”, “Our religion is the only true one… yours is false, you must convert to ours”, “Our faith has been commanded by our God to rule the nations of world.” Just such an immature game of ‘one-upsmanship’… like the religious folk are still stuck in a 3rd grade mentality.
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The idea that all human conflict can be chalked up to religions is not accurate–has fred missed the horrors of the Gulag and the Killing Fields–or does he just hope that we have?
I oppose *any* totalitarian creed, whether Fascist, Communist, Islamic, or any other.
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I grant you that Islam in our current times is much more attached to this retrograde behavior and mentality, but upholding ‘religious faith’ as sacrosanct across the board only gives them acceptance, cover, and credibility.
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Who holds religious faith as sacrosanct across the board? Certainly not myself.
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Faith itself, and all the dogmas it attaches to, regardless of which religion or cult, needs to be ruthlessly and deeply examined under the light of reason and critical thought.
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Yes, it does, This is quite possible in many faiths; not so in Islam.