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Nigeria: Over 50 Boko Haram jihad attacks on Christians in six months go unreported

Jul 31, 2020 11:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

In an era where the worst is concealed so as to protect those who are evil:

Boko Haram Islamic terrorists carried out over “fifty different attacks on different communities between the end of 2019 to June 2020,” the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) has revealed, most of which were “unreported or underreported” by the media.”

Christians continue to suffer at the hands of jihadis worldwide, amid indifference from the global political and media elites:

“The Reverend Joel Billi, president of the EYN, said last week that the church has been the hardest hit by jihadists of any Christian denomination in the country and along with the deaths more than half of EYN’s 586 church buildings were either burned or damaged by Boko Haram. The extent of the attacks, amounting to what many consider an authentic Christian genocide in the country, is exacerbated by the seemingly willful silence of the global media.”

Even in Germany, as violent Islamic antisemitism soars, the cover-up continues. Authorities instructed that incidents of Islamic antisemitism be registered as “right wing.”

“Nigeria: Over Fifty Boko Haram Attacks on Christians in Six Months Go Unreported,” by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart, July 6, 2020:

Boko Haram Islamic terrorists carried out over “fifty different attacks on different communities between the end of 2019 to June 2020,” the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) has revealed, most of which were “unreported or underreported” by the media.

As Breitbart News reported, EYN — the largest indigenous Christian denomination in the Northeast of Nigeria — has reported the slaughter of more than 8,370 of its members, including 8 pastors, by militants of the Boko Haram Islamic terror group.

The Reverend Joel Billi, president of the EYN, said last week that the church has been the hardest hit by jihadists of any Christian denomination in the country and along with the deaths more than half of EYN’s 586 church buildings were either burned or damaged by Boko Haram.

The extent of the attacks, amounting to what many consider an authentic Christian genocide in the country, is exacerbated by the seemingly willful silence of the global media.

“The Boko Haram factions continue to be responsible for the most appalling violence in northeast Nigeria on an almost daily basis,” said Mervyn Thomas, chief executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). “However, aside from particularly appalling incidents that garner international attention, the majority of these attacks go unreported and unnoticed.”

“Both local and international media outlets must do more to report on the violence which is unfolding across Nigeria,” Thomas added. “We are deeply saddened by the suffering endured by the EYN and its members, and echo its calls on the Nigerian government to take immediate action to mitigate and address attacks by all non-state actors.”

CSW has provided a helpful partial list of some of the many unreported terror attacks carried out against Christians by Boko Haram over the last six months.

On December 25, 2019 Boko Haram militants attacked the Bagajau community in Askira/Uba LGA, Borno State, killing nine Christians, CSW notes. Among them were Damjuda Dalihis, his two children and their friends, who were burnt alive in their room.

Four days later, eighteen Christians were abducted following an attack on the Mandaragirau community in Biu LGA, Borno State, in which raiders destroyed the church building, primary school, and foodstuffs.

On February 2, 2020 all three EYN Churches were burnt down during an attack on the Leho community of Askira/Uba LGA, Borno State.

On February 20, 2020 Boko Haram raided the Tabang community in Askira/Uba LGA, Borno State, abducting a 9-year-old boy, injuring a female EYN member, and burning down the homes of 17 EYN members.

The following day, jihadists attacked the Garkida community and torched the first EYN Church, along with an Anglican and a Living Faith church building. The assailants went on to loot and burn the EYN Brethren College of Health Technology, the EYN Rural Health Department and its vehicles, and prominent Christian homes and shops, and abducted Mr. Emmanuel Bitrus Tarfa….

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  1. J Morgan says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 11:15 am

    It’s unbearable, the outright genocide of Christians by Muslims. Absolutely chilling of what it says about our own future if we don’t care enough about what these Muslims are doing and their deadly intentions.

  2. Antiislamicman says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 11:58 am

    The media working with Nazi Islam. The war is coming eventually there is no other rational option. You can’t reason with 7th century stupidity

  3. Dude says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 12:13 pm

    How could a fancy outfit like CNN miss so much?

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 31, 2020 at 3:18 pm

      Actually, CNN was one of the few networks to comprehensively cover the Chibok girls kidnapping. Overall, they are far from the worst covering these stories.

      Here’s a recent story:

      “Dozens killed in fresh wave of violence in Nigeria”

      https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/africa/nigeria-kaduna-violence-intl/index.html

      Except for the brief mention of Boko Haram and the Fulani, there is no real clue for most people that the perpetrators are Muslim, though.

      Then, stories like this one are even more bowdlerized:

      “Muslim cleric who hid Christians during attacks honored in the US”

      https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/africa/nigeria-cleric-honored-intl/index.html

      Yes, Abubakar Abdullahi is a brave and decent man–but this glosses over the fact that these Christians were threatened by Muslims in the first place.

  4. Rarely says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    Intolerable…totally.

  5. gravenimage says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    Nigeria: Over 50 Boko Haram jihad attacks on Christians in six months go unreported
    ………………..

    Horrifying–but this does not surprise. The Buhari government wants this buried as much as possible.

  6. Wellington says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 4:30 pm

    Demonstrating again, a la Orwell, that all religions are treated equally except one religion is treated far more equally than all the others.

  7. Nicholas Tesdorf says

    Jul 31, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    The Nigerian Jihad-o-meter is ticking over at a furious rate these days.

  8. OLD GUY says

    Aug 1, 2020 at 11:44 am

    Liberals don’t want these reports in the news. BLM is too important to the liberals in the west to show how they are truly not about black lives or they would be protesting the islamic groups who are committing genocide against black people all around the world.

    • James Lincoln says

      Aug 1, 2020 at 12:21 pm

      Very true, OLD GUY…

  9. Francis Weber says

    Aug 1, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    Q. What is the United Nations doing.
    A. SFA!

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