29 Christians Slaughtered by Muslim Jihadists – Why is the World Silent?
Several churches were burned to the ground and 29 Christians slaughtered by Muslim jihadists in Nigeria. Suspected Fulani Islamist militants went on a three-day massacre in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, targeting Christian women and children in the villages of Kopnanle, Mandung, Bokkos Town and the Mbar district of Bokkos, Nigeria.
Father Andrew Dewan, director of communications for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the Catholic charity for persecuted Christians, gave exclusive details about the attack. “The attacks started on Friday and carried on right through Saturday and into Sunday,” Father Andrew said.
“Unusually, on Sunday the attacks took place in the morning and afternoon. This is a deviation from the attackers’ usual methods of striking only at night. It’s now taking place in broad daylight.”
More than 62,000 Christians have been killed since the year 2000, but the world has largely remained silent. The Nigerian government and international community have misrepresented these genocidal attacks by blaming them on ‘tribal disputes,’ but that illegitimate argument has been irrational for years. Father Andrew asks, “How can this be explained, except in terms of a religious conflict? These attacks build on the Christmas and Easter attacks.”
On Easter Monday, Nigerian Muslims launched an attack, killing 10 Christians, including a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. And on Christmas, Muslims carried out a four-day killing spree attacking 26 villages and claiming the lives of more than 300 Christians. This was four days of slaughter where the Nigerian government did nothing to stop it and there was zero outcry from the western world or the international Christian body.
Father Andrew denounced the Nigerian Government’s lack of response to the attacks saying “There is inaction from the government to this conflict at all levels. The primary purpose of government is to protect lives and property, and they have not done well in this regard. Most of the things said in the immediate aftermath of the Christmas Eve attacks are yet to be implemented. The promises the government has made amount to nothing but hot air.”
Since the Christmas attacks, Easter attacks, and most recent slaughter, there is still no indication that any of the attackers have been brought to justice.”
Christian nations have intervened in the past to protect Muslims from attacks, but the question now is, after tens of thousands of Christians have been killed, will there ever be an international response for those dying in Nigeria?