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“Dozens of Christians Slain as Nigeria Moves Off CPC List,” Morning Star News, November 25, 2021:
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Less than a week after the U.S. removal of Nigeria’s designation as engaging in or tolerating violations of religious freedom, Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Nov. 23) killed two more Christian farmers in Plateau state, and earlier 38 Christians were slain in Kaduna state, sources said.
“This is the sad reality Christians have been forced to live with – total carnage and genocide against us,” said Samuel Achie, president of the Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA) in Zangon Kataf County, Kaduna state.
The Nov. 4-12 attacks in Kaduna state have become the new normal for Christians in the areas, he said.
“These horrific experiences have virtually become a daily affair with hardly any intervention from the Nigeria government, as in all these attacks against Christians there’s been complete absence of security intervention,” Achie said.
In Plateau state’s Ancha village, Bassa County, Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday (Nov. 23) attacked the two Christians as they worked on their farm at about 2:30 p.m., area resident Moses Chohu said in a text message to Morning Star News. Daniel James, 32, and Zakwe Deba, 35, were members of the village Baptist Church, he said.
“They were shot to death by the herdsmen who were armed with AK-47 guns, family members who escaped the attacked disclosed,” Chohu said.
Herdsmen in late October sent a letter to Christian communities in Miango District, Bassa County, warning of impending attacks if residents did not evacuate their villages.
Christian residents forwarded the letter to military and police authorities in Plateau State. Tuesday’s (Nov. 23) attack on Ancha village was seen as fulfillment of the threat.
On Oct. 15 also in Bassa County, Fulani herdsmen killed three Christians and wounded two others in Nkiendonwro village, Miango District, Chohu said.
On Monday (Nov. 22) in Plateau state’s Tatu village, Barkin Ladi County, herdsmen attacked the property of Rwang Tengwong, a Christian rice farmer.
“My rice farm, measuring about two hectares, has completely been destroyed by herdsmen,” Tengwong said in a text message to Morning Star News. “Me and my family are now left with nothing to survive on in the next one year, as that’s all we have.”
In Riyom County on Oct. 23, herdsmen ambushed three Christians. Ibrahim Peter, wife Felicia Peter and Mary Ayuba were returning from their farms to their homes at about 7 p.m.
“The herdsmen were armed with deadly weapons like guns and cutlasses,” Ibrahim Peter said in a text message to Morning Star News. “They shot at us, and we all sustained gunshot wounds.”
The three Christians were treated at a clinic, fortunate to have sustained only minor injuries, Peter said.
“Crops we farm are usually destroyed by Fulani herdsmen on Sundays when we’re holding worship services in our churches,” he added.
On Oct. 6, herdsmen shot dead Philip Musa, a Christian resident of Yelwa Zangam village in Jos North County, area resident Thomas Azi said in a text message.
“Let’s pray for the protection of Christians in Plateau state,” Azi said.
Kaduna Killings
Fulani herdsmen killed at least 38 Christians in attacks on 11 communities Nov. 4-12 in southern Kaduna state’s Zangon Kataf County, sources said.
Achie of the ACDA said the attacks have become “high-level genocide.”
He said that Muslim Fulani militias killed one Christian in Yagbak village on Nov. 4; 10 Christians in Ahbuyap village on Nov. 4; three Christians in Asha Awuce village on Nov. 5; four Christians in Atakjeh village on Nov. 6; four Christians in Makomurum village on Nov. 7; one Christian in Zamawon village on Nov. 7; one Christian in Magata on Nov. 9; one Christian in Mayii village on Nov. 10; one Christian in Mashang village on Nov. 11; eight Christians in Kibori on Nov. 8; one Christian in Sako on Nov. 12; and three Christians in Shiliam on Nov. 10.
Area resident Williams Baba confirmed the killing of three Christian women by Fulani herdsmen in Shiliam village on Nov. 10.
“We have been living in such dangerous atmosphere of persecution from Muslim herdsmen for quite a long time now, and these attacks have resulted in loss and destruction of properties of unimaginable magnitude,” Baba said in a text message to Morning Star News. “We’ve have been left with nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep, as our crops and houses have completely been destroyed.”
Kibori resident Moses Bako confirmed the killing of eight Christians in his village.
“Kibori was attacked by Muslim Fulani militias on the evening of Monday, Nov. 8,” Bako said in a text message. “These herdsmen invaded us and started shooting randomly, resulting in the killing of the eight Christians, while many others were injured.”
The herdsmen also looted and burned homes, he said.
“And at Atagjeh village, a nearby Christian community, the Fulani militias on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at about midnight, killed three Christians and injured three others,” Bako said.
Abuyab resident Celina John said herdsmen attacked the village in the early morning of Nov. 5, killing 10 Christians.
“Life here is miserable for Christians, I must confess,” John said. “The herdsmen came and attacked us, and because we are helpless, were unable to defend ourselves. Our houses have been obliterated completely, and we have been forced to flee to other areas.”
Removed as CPC
Nigeria was the country with the most Christians killed for their faith last year (November 2019-October 2020), at 3,530, up from 1,350 in 2019, according to Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List report. In overall violence, Nigeria was second only to Pakistan, and it trailed only China in the number of churches attacked or closed, 270, according to the list.
In this year’s World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, Nigeria broke into the top 10 for the first time, jumping to No. 9 from No. 12 the previous year.
The U.S. State Department on Nov. 17 removed Nigeria from its list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC), those that engage in or tolerate violations of religious freedom. Christian Solidarity International President John Eibner, among other aid and advocacy group leaders, criticized the move.
“Removing this largely symbolic sign of concern is a brazen denial of reality and indicates that the U.S. intends to pursue its interests in western Africa through an alliance with Nigeria’s security elite, at the expense of Christians and other victims of widespread sectarian violence, especially in the country’s predominantly Christian Middle Belt region,” Eibner said in a statement.
Besides violence against Christians in Nigeria documented by Morning Star News, CSI noted that in northern states that have adopted sharia (Islamic law), multiple Muslims are imprisoned for blaspheming against Islam.
“If the U.S. CPC list means anything at all – an open question at this point – Nigeria belongs on it,” CSI stated.
In the past few years Fulani jihadist militias have killed thousands of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region and displaced millions, according to CSI.
“The goal of these attacks,” Eibner said, “is to weaken and eliminate indigenous non-Muslim populations from the region and entrench Muslim supremacy in this historically contested space, for the political benefit of Nigeria’s current rulers.”…
somehistory says
Jesus Christ warned that the persecution of His disciples would be to the death…in one city after another because, as He said, “the world hates you on account of my Name.”
The Book of Revelation, given to the Apostle John by an angel, sent by Jesus Christ…”to tell His slaves what was to shortly take place”…warns that the devil, having been cast out of heaven to the earth, would “wage war” against the “remaining ones,” of those who choose to worship the God of the Bible and put faith in His Holy Son.
Just as satan the devil used humans in the time of Job to kill, he is using humans today…”his seed,” his “children,” who have chosen to serve and worship him, to kill Christians.
Book of Job:
13 One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!””
This same thing is happening today and will continue until Christ returns with His angels and puts an end to it.
Those engaged in the murders, those who approve of the murders, those who look the other way and those such as blinken and biden, “o” and whoever else is involved in the decisions made, will all reap as they have sown and will face retribution because they choose to be the children of satan.
Politicallyincorrectistruth says
That’s hilarious.
“until Christ returns with His angels and puts an end to it”. So where is he then???
On holidays? Gone to Mars?
The rapture…..
Being ok with the genocide of billions of your fellow human beings (non-christians) so long as you get to paradise, makes you an immoral sociopath…just like your imaginary sky daddy, mass murdering, sociopath god.
gravenimage says
You consider putting an end to these murders hilarious? Even if you do not have any respect for Christian views, this is quite disturbing.
john smith says
+1
Rafael says
Christians are not murdering non-Christians just because they are not Christians. It’s the Jihadist Muslims who murder people for not converting to Islam. You shamelessly blame the victim instead of opposing the perpetrators. Somehistory and gravenimage are right.
somehistory says
I wrote nothing about a “rapture.”
And, it isn’t “genocide” when God decides that people are carrying out the will of satan the devil.
Guess you would rather things continue…with real “genocides” that have been going on for thousands of years…people raping and torturing and murdering other people…for stupid *reasons* or for no *reason* at all…Just on and on, babies being murdered inside and outside, old people left to starve while their young sons and daughters are slaughtered on battlefields. Women and children being kidnapped and raped and murdered by serial killers; women and children made to be slaves…in horrible work conditions and/or as sex slaves; murders in the millions by people like pol pot, stalin, mao de dung, hitler; people being burned alive, buried alive, blinded by acid, having noses, arms, hands, feet cut off, bombed to smithereens, stabbed and throats sliced….
You prefer that these things continue, even though many innocent people suffer and die at the hands of the most evil people, as opposed to God putting an end to the slaughter by getting rid of those devoted to evil acts and lusting to keep on murdering.
If I’m an “immoral sociopath” for wanting God to put an end to the slaughter of people by other people, what does it make you that you want the daily slaughter to continue, where innocent people die at the hands of evil ones who delight in their evil deeds?
I’m not the one who will decide who is **evil** and willfully defies God. I’have never written anything about being “ok” with “billions” dying.
But you can mock all you want to…for now. Time is limited and rapidly diminishing for that, so get it all in while you can.
john smith says
Perfectly stated Somehistory.
Fitna says
Pretty pathetic that Christians leaders in western nations are allowing this genocide to take place. If you’re not going to engage militarily at least give them weapons and other aid so they can defend themselves.
But whether one is Christian or not, what matters is that if Muslims manage to wipe out non-Muslims in Africa and other places, that will become a problem for us in the future.
If there was a button one could press that could instantly turn Muslims into Christians, the world would be much better off. There’s nothing more evil and deadly on Earth than Islam, so any other religion is an improvement.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Muslims murder dozens of Christians as US removes country from list of religious persecutors
……………
Just grotesque. And this is apropos of *nothing*–things have not even gotten marginally better in Nigeria.
Alfredo says
The Brandon administration obviously wants to destroy Christianity, because it knows that it is the last bastion of resistance against the imposition of the globalist utopia, that if not arrested, will turn into a nightmarish dystopia of a witches’ brew made by mixing Brave New World and 1984.
Fitna says
Christians are in the best position to rise up and defeat the Red-Green Alliance because they have the numbers and the understanding of the threat. The Left has not just let us down but they’ve sold us out.
Plus Christians will have plenty of allies, from Atheists, Hindus, Jews and others who are also threatened by Islam. We need to get the Republicans back in power, but we need stronger leaders in the GOP, many are weak and won’t stand up against this new evil.
Proud Islamophobe says
That’s what happens when you remove terrorists from the list, they attack the U.S. consulate, and you fall asleep – again.
OLD GUY says
Oh yes the U.S. will suck up to muslim money and oil at all cost. Hunter and the Biden family are probably working out a sweet deal for themselves right now. Follow that with a few billion from Geo. Soros too but more liberal judges and prosecutors in office around the country and the Muslim/islamic migration invasion will take over America. Keep your powder dry.
Proud Islamophobe says
I think this… the third time that OBiden has done this?