“With the success of Allah, the soldiers of the Caliphate attacked the disbelieving Christians on the Iringti-Awisha road in the Beni region. The Mujahideen attacked them with machine guns, killing at least three of them and burning a motorcycle; And All praise is due to Allah“. It is a message that the jihadists published on their social networks to report the murder of five people in Nigeria at Christmas simply because they profess the Christian religion. The other attack affected the village of Mai Mouia, also in Beni.
The setting is Nigeria, a country in which almost half of the inhabitants are Christians, 98 million people out of a population of 211 a real genocide as part of a program of forced Islamization that prevailed mainly in the north of the country and gradually spread to the south.
Attacks by militant Islamist groups have gradually increased since 2015; But the Muslim-led government talks a lot about curbing terrorism, but the results are limited. The genocide continues. The attacks are carried out by Boko Haram, ISWAP and Fulani fighters who, in addition to killing, are intent on taking land away from Christians.
All of these criminals are preventing Christian farmers from gaining access to farmland. And above all, they pose a brutal threat to women, who can be subjected to sexual harassment and forced marriage.
The government of Muslim Bola Tinubu officially denies that Christians are being persecuted, although such events occur daily and it is aware of them.
Christian girls are kidnapped, forced into marriage and converted to Islam. Even before marriage, they are sexually abused to force pregnancy. This vile practice is used as a means to destroy Christian communities, as specialist publications point out. The label “marriage” is used to obscure what is really happening, which is slavery. When parents try to save their daughters, they often face resistance from the community, the police and the judiciary, who argue that the marriage is legitimate under Islamic law and that the girl has embraced Islam. Girls abducted by militants were not only “married” but also used as suicide bombers or fighters.
In rural areas in northern Nigeria and increasingly in the south, the above-mentioned groups are attacking Christian communities to eliminate the current generation of Christian men and boys and wipe out future generations of believers Reducing the birth rate. Men who survive the attacks are forced to become soldiers of the militant groups. Christian men and boys are strategically excluded from educational and employment opportunities. Increasingly, people are unable to access schools or universities because of their faith. The combination of violence and marginalization is having a devastating impact on Christian communities, Open Doors reports.