Makurdi - The Catholic Church stressess a gloomy picture of the situation in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria: the social and religious crisis that crosses the region, more than 70 churches have been destroyed, and thousands of people, especially in remote villages, are left without a place of worship. This was reported in a note sent to Fides Agency by Felix Apine, Coordinator of the Commission "Justice, Development and Peace" of the Diocese of Makurdi, Benue state capital. The note informs that 30 churches that were in the western Gwer area have been burned or completely destroyed, and the faithful have fled to other villages. Another 40 have been razed to the ground in the area of Guma. The destruction also touches some primary and secondary schools belonging to the diocese, while volunteers and catechists are patrolling different areas in order to assess the damage.The Christian Protestant Archbishop Yiman Orkwar, President of the "Christian Association of Nigeria," confirming the destruction of churches and schools, said that the budget of the destroyed buildings could still rise. In the state of Benue, breeders belonging to the Fulani ethnic group, mostly Muslims, have attacked villages inhabited by ethnic Tiv farmers, mostly Christians.On the recent escalation of attacks by Fulani farmers to Tiv, causing over 30 deaths, the Archbishop noted "with dismay the destruction of lives and property, by Fulani herdsmen and unknown men, with sophisticated weaponry." What is happening to Christians "are not mere accidents, but is the result of the work of Boko Haram jihadists and Fulani jihadists," he said, calling the institutions to defend the population. "We are not dealing with clashes - he said - but attacks suffered by Christian farmers."

On their way to Friday prayers at their mosque in Lahore, two young Muslims stopped a 14-year-old boy and asked him what religion he belonged to. When he said he was Christian, they beat him up, threw kerosene on him, and set him ablaze.

The boy, known only as Nuaman, suffered burns covering 55% of his body and is now being treated at Meo Hospital in Lahore in Punjab province.

“I told them that I am Christian. They started beating me, when I tried running, both boys started following me through the street and then they threw Kerosene on me and burnt me,” Nuaman said.

“I kept on running when a heap of sand came my way, I lied down on the sand. … [A] few people from the community … [extinguished] fire by putting sand on me. I became unconscious, and they called 1122 Emergency medical helpline and called [for] an ambulance.”

The boy, who lives with his paternal uncle, was coming from a tailor shop when he was assaulted. He stated that he does not know the names of his assailants but can identify their faces.

Friday’s incident followed on the heels of another burning three weeks ago, when seventeen-year-old Sunny Masih, a Christian and resident of Sheikhupura District, was seized by a Muslim mob, beaten and thrown into a flaming kiln. The young man somehow survived the March 20 attack, though he suffered severe burns.

Reports suggest that Friday’s attack could be a result of heightened inter-religious tensions in Pakistan, after Christians lynched two suspected terrorists following the bombing of two churches in the same city.

A Pakistani branch of the Taliban planted and detonated bombs outside two Christian churches in Lahore on March 15 during Sunday morning services. The blasts killed 17 people and wounded another 80.

After the attacks, thousands of Christians erupted in revolt on the streets of Lahore, demanding more protection from the government, which by many accounts had been minimal.

Afterward, police took two suspected terrorists into custody, but they were intercepted by a mob of protesters, who seized the prisoners, beat them to death, and burned them.

After the lynching incident, Muslim hostilities against the Christian minority have increased, reports say. Christians make up roughly 2 percent of Pakistan’s more than 182 million people and have been the targets of increasingly intense violence

polite_gandalf wrote on Jul 31^st, 2015 at 12:45pm:

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Thats why no one will take the bet, or even acknowledge it. because the stones on them be crazy small .
There are as many people murdered each year in america as killed by extremists in the whole world. does anyone bring up the implacable death cult of america? or would that be too rational?





Cmon people, the world is full of these murderous death cultists~ at least thats what you state. Prove you believe what you say, and are not just crying wolf for attention. otherwise ill think that not only do you disseminate lies, you also know they are lies.



hhhheeelllloooo fruit up or shut up haters

Soren wrote on Jul 30^th, 2015 at 8:47pm:


The 'Orwellian sense' is a level of consciousness that is only on the material/temporal level: humans who behave like robots purely out of fear of other humans. There is a whole other level of consciousness that you seem to not even be aware of - or rather if you are, you stubbornly refuse to accept that muslims can enter it: the spiritual level. A level where man is not slave to the whims and desires of man. You are only capable of understanding Islam on the superficial/temporal level - because you yourself are stuck at this level. Its evident in the way you berate women for choosing clothing that doesn't conform to your ideal. And the knuckeheads who proclaim the highest level of religious piety by hacking heads off people who don't conform to their ideal - are just as shallow. And these are the only people you look to when you think of "Islamic submission" - people who are slaves to human whims and desires - just like you. But there is a whole other level that all religions strive for, not just Islam - and it is complete freedom from having your life ruled by other humans (whether by force or desire). The ultimate freedom.

polite_gandalf wrote on Jul 31^st, 2015 at 11:50am:



This is Islamic fatalism.

Submission is not devotion.

delivery, submission, surrender, transmission, acceptance, acknowledgement

خنوع
subservience, servility, submission, meekness

خضوع
submission, subordination, subjection, yielding, surrender, vassalage