Of course it is. “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Nigeria bishop: Pre-Christmas massacre part of ‘a deliberate plan to unleash evil’ against Christians,” by Douglas Burton, CNA, December 22, 2022:
A Nigerian bishop has denounced “a deliberate plan to unleash evil” on Christian villagers following reports that dozens of people were killed in a violent attack Dec. 18 in Kaduna State.
“The motivation for these attacks as far as we know is that it’s a deliberate plan to unleash evil and to terrify our people because we do not profess the same religion or because we oppose their violent activities on our land,” Bishop Yakubu Kundi wrote in a text to CNA.
Kundi is the spiritual leader of the embattled Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in southern Kaduna. The nighttime attack last week took place in and around the town of Mallagum.
Witnesses say a group of approximately 100 armed men dressed in army fatigues or black tunics arrived in Mallagum on motorcycles and trucks.
“At first we thought the military driving up and down the main street had come into town to provide security, since an attack had been rumored for days,” Emmanuel Allau Dominic, an eyewitness, told CNA in a text message.
Believing help had arrived, many residents surged toward the men, who opened fire, he said.
“Those running helter-skelter for help saw them and ran towards them, and that was the end of their journey on earth,” Dominic said. Media reports say as many as 46 people were killed in four villages over three days.
Thousands of other residents have been displaced from their homes because of the violence. While these people have received emergency supplies from the government, such as soup cubes and rice, those rations cannot last for very long, said Father Justin Dyikuk, a Catholic journalist from Jos who reported on the attack.
Bernard Biniyat, a medical technician in Mallagum, told CNA that the raid was foreshadowed by the killing of four farmers on Dec. 13 by herders of the Islamic Fulani tribe.
Biniyat said a local farmer, Cletus Dunia, confronted the men to object to their open grazing on his ripe bean crop. Dunia was hacked to death along with three other farmers in nearby fields, according to a press release of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union….
wpm says
What does the communist leader one world Pope have to say about this ?Attacks on Catholics in Africa for the only reason that they are Christian ,by Islamic Jihadist! Jihadist are active in Europe, Africa ,Asia ,North and South America their targets are Christians, Jews , Atheist, Hindus and anyone not Moslem or from a different sect of Islam then the ones in power. The “green” Pope should worry less about” climate change” and unkind words about the religion of Peace “Islam” and worry about the general safety of innocent men ,women and children all made in the image of God .I will be glad when God calls this current Pope home hopeful the Catholic church will get one that has his head screw on right!
James Lincoln says
wpm,
I believe that the totally despicable Pope Francis DOES NOT CARE about the Christians in Nigeria.
Am I wrong?
wpm says
Pope Francis is too busy pointing out how bad the capitalist west is ,and the dangers of climate change to worry about faithful Catholics being killed in Africa because they are Catholic.
Yes he is both despicable and cowardly
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Unless I missed other news from Nigeria, this is the first time a Nigerian Christian leader is speaking up, so congratulations! Only thing: be bold and call out jihadists for these attacks, even if you don’t wanna call out muslims or islam
wpm says
At least he calls it evil ,a truly brave man I am sure the Jihadist would love to take him out .Pope Francis in his armed palace in Italy is very silent about this ,could the Pope at least make as much noise about this as climate change and as he waxes on about the evils of capitalism .
Scotsman48 says
When the wee Popey fella in Rome heard about this ”action” in Nigeria he instantly jumped and started shouting, ” Bring me more Wine,little boy” and then they fell asleep in harmony, to awaken, as in to be woke, the next day to denounce the evils of the Western World, while hiding behind the massive Walls built to keep out his friendly islamic invaders…
How wonderful to be a member of the Catholic Church when you have such an understanding and compassionate leader that cares for his flock of sheep…
Bring me more Wine.