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Friday, March 19, 2010

Where is the outrage?


"The evil, despicable massacre in Nigeria of some 500 Christian men, women and children has excited remarkably little international comment. This despite the fact that three villages were attacked near Jos by Muslim gangs who trapped women, children and the elderly — those who couldn’t run fast enough to escape — then cut them to pieces.

Archbishop Ben Kwashi described the scenes: “I could see kids from age zero to teenagers, all butchered from the back, macheted in their necks, their heads. Deep cuts in the mouths of babies. The stench. People wailing and crying.” Times (‘500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields’, Tuesday March 9, 2010) entire families were killed to the chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’. Muslim inhabitants of the villages were evacuated before the attackers came in an area which is under a military curfew. Archbishop Kwashi believed a powerful, well-connected grouping must have been responsible. Where are the statements from the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Pope in condemning this violence that has been meted out to Christian communities in Nigeria time and time again? Similarly mealy-mouthed has been the media describing such events as ‘inter- community is equally responsible for the aggression. Yet there is no equivalence, the vast number of lives claimed over the years have been Christian. Churches have been attacked repeatedly and the triumphant killing slogan ‘God is Greatest’ (‘Allahu Akbar’) has brought shame upon Islam repeatedly."

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2 comments:

  1. Indeed, where is the outrage? The slaughter of Christians by Moslems in Africa and other places is nothing new. Look at Southern Sudan. I just can't hear the outrage. I'm surprised that I don't hear it in the comments of this section either. I waited, but silence. I thank you Robin for posting this. Our prayers must be with and for those persecuted Christians living so near the enemies of Christ.

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  2. Robin,

    I guess is Christians are not outraged against the massacre of their brethern, then why should anyone else be outraged. I'm sorry.

    Joe

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