Judging from the international attention given to “Islamophobia” as opposed to the attention given to internecine Islamic conflict, one might have assumed that this attack was carried out by “Islamophobes.” Once again, no dice.
“Nine killed in mosque attack in Burkina Faso,” AFP, January 12, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Nine people were killed when suspected jihadists attacked a mosque in northeastern Burkina Faso, local sources said Thursday.
The attack happened at around nightfall on Wednesday in the village of Goulgountou in Burkina’s Sahel region, when assailants arrived on motorbikes and herded worshippers inside the mosque, a witness said.
“They separated out the women, children and elderly and then made sermons to try to convince worshippers of abandoning” their form of faith, the source said.
“A discussion even started up with the imam, and because he refused he was executed,” the source said.
“They tried to cut his throat, but he fought back, saying he wanted to die standing up, so the terrorists shot him in the head,” a local resident said, adding that he had attended the victims’ funeral on Thursday.
“Eight other worshippers, mainly community leaders, were shot dead in the same way.”
Goulgountou is located close to the gold mining town of Falagountou, which lies near the border with Niger.
The area has suffered several incursions by suspected jihadists since the start of the week, the sources said.
Thousands of people have died and more than two million people have fled their homes since jihadists began launching attacks on Burkina Faso from neighbouring Mali in 2015.
More than a third of the country’s territory lies outside of government control….
wpm says
Moslems killing Moslem not a news story for western consumption ,does not fit the narrative for the “religion of Peace”.. Two rabid dogs fighting to the death of one of them the remaining dog gets “refugee status” and heads to western Europe to keep on being a danger to everyone who is not member of that dogs tribe.
OLD GUY says
One thing for certain Muslims/Islam loves KILLING in the name of Allah.