Note how The New Humanitarian follows the universal practice of Western “journalists” in placing the blame for the advent of the jihadist Allied Democratic Forces upon the “repression of Ugandan Muslims.”
You see? If only the non-Muslims in Uganda had been kinder (and no doubt more generous) with the Muslims, none of this would be happening. Can’t we just stop all the “Islamophobia”?
The idea that jihadis might be waging jihad because of imperatives that are in the Qur’an and Sunnah, in order to please Allah and win a place in Paradise, is inconceivable to Western Leftist analysts and their allies and enablers. That would mean the jihadis were responsible for their own actions, which could then no longer be used for the guilt-manipulation of Westerners.
“Islamist rebel attacks trigger rising mental health concerns in DR Congo,” by Claude Muhindo Sengenya, The New Humanitarian, February 21, 2023:
The M23 insurgency has absorbed the attention of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government and led to a flurry of regional peace efforts over the past year. Yet the conflict is just one of many driving humanitarian needs in the country.
Of the more than 100 armed groups active in DRC’s eastern provinces, one of the oldest and most violent is the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militant movement of Ugandan origins that has pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS).
With the spotlight on the M23 – which is backed by Rwanda and has seized large chunks of territory in the east – The New Humanitarian spent time speaking with survivors of ADF atrocities and health workers addressing the conflict’s fallout.
“I have been supporting displaced people of different wars for 20 years… [but] the ADF massacres have become serious and we have never experienced such killings,” said Marie-Jeanne Masika, who works for a local NGO helping conflict victims.
Interviewees said recent measures taken to combat the ADF – from a joint Uganda-DRC military intervention to the introduction of martial law – have failed to improve security for civilians.
Instead, the militants have expanded geographically, carrying out massacres, abductions, and bombings in urban areas that have struck targets including a government building, a cinema, and a church in recent months.
Those affected by the long-running violence – which centres on North Kivu and Ituri provinces – raised warnings of a rising mental health toll. Yet local health workers said there is an absence of support for those needing psychosocial services.
“Today, we must no longer reduce humanitarian assistance to the sole distribution of provisions… to victims,” said Masika. “A big problem also remains psychosocial care to avoid having mental illnesses in the future.”
‘We are in so much pain’
The ADF formed in 1995 after members fled to DRC amid military pressure in Uganda. It has its roots in the repression of Ugandan Muslims, though its complex history and modus operandi is obscured by narratives that focus solely on its Islamist orientation….
Walter Sieruk says
That’s an outlandishly evil statement and also a false claim that a jihadist killing a person who isn’t a Muslims it’s always “the non-Muslims fault.”
This is really an extreme example of what is called “blaming the victim ” and “attempting to shift the blame”
The reality is that those murderous jihadists are the guilty ones and need be punished.
The Bible in Proverbs 17:15. informs its reader that “Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent – the Lord detests them both.” [N.I.V.]
somehistory says
Psychopaths never accept responsibility for the wrongs they commit. Once upon a time, they might have been held accountable.
Now, It seems in this “time of the end,” we are witnessing the enablers of psychopaths blaming the rest of us for what the psychopaths are doing.
Walter Sieruk says
The Qu ‘ran instructs “When you meet those who disbelieve, smit [their] necks , till when you have killed and wounded many of them…” 47:4
The brutal, callous cruel, malice-filled and murderous jihadist Qu ‘ran killing of humans who aren’t Muslims in the violent and deadly jihad is one of the many malicious and vicious deadly fruits of Islam.
Jesus taught, “By their fruits you will recognize them.” Matthew 7:20. [N.I.V.]
OLD GUY says
Islam and its followers are just plain EVIL.