The goal is to terrorize the populace, destabilize and ultimately destroy the existing government, and establish Sharia as the law of the land. Not that this has anything to do with Islam.
“Many dead in suspected ADF militia attack in east DRC,” AFP, March 16, 2021:
At least 15 civilians have been massacred overnight in eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group in the region said, adding the notorious ADF militia were suspected.
“At least 15 civilians were killed last night in Bulongo (Beni territory, North Kivu). The ADF are suspects,” the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) group posted on Twitter on Monday.
The Allied Democratic Forces is historically a Ugandan Islamist group that has holed up in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since 1995.
It has the reputation of being the bloodiest of the 122 militias which plague the eastern DRC, many of them a legacy of the Congo Wars of the 1990s….
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Consider that D.R.C.’s fertility rate is 6 children per woman. Clearly, they cannot nurture all these children. It must surely be having a devastating impact on their environment and society at large. Women must have access to family planning. Until this overarching issue is addressed, nothing will improve, regardless of the presence or absence of fascist Islam.
gravenimage says
With all respect, a high birth rate, while problematic in many ways, does not in and of itself cause Jihad terror. That would be Islam.
gravenimage says
Congo: Muslims murder at least 15 civilians
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Just horrifying–we see stories like this out of the Congo every few days. Yet many in the outside world know nothing about the Jinad there.
spiro says
Is that a picture of a U N peace keeping vehicle
They sure do a good job
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
gravenImage- With all due respect, you need to read my post more carefully.
gravenimage says
I have read it–as I noted. I still think that things are improved *everywhere* by the absence of Jihad, even if the society has other problems, no matter how severe.
truthout says
Its much worse than you imagine .North Kivu has a Ebola outbreak so do another couple places in Uganda.They get their hands on anyone infected guess what.Quick flight to mexico then across the border.By the time its caught its everywhere.Spread by refugees you get the picture now don’t you