Posted on 08/19/2016 6:16:53 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pope Francis and the UN have called for action after at least 36 Christians are hacked to death
The persecution of Christians has escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prompting fears that a jihadist group is gaining strength in the region.
At least 36 people were killed in the North Kivu region on Saturday. It is the deadliest attack there since November 2014, with some saying that casualties might be nearer to 50. The victims were reportedly tied up and hacked to death.
The Islamist Allied Democratic Forces-National Association for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU) have targeted Christians in the north-east of the DRC for several years after their attempt to overthrow the Ugandan government failed.
The United Nations has urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the massacre. A statement from the UN’s high commissioner on human rights said the death toll from the group since 2014 had risen to 645.
On Monday the Pope condemned the “shameful silence” over the violence in the region.
At his Angelus for the feast of the Assumption, he said: “My thoughts go to the people of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who have been recently hit with fresh massacres, which have for some time been perpetrated in shameful silence, without attracting even as much as our attention. Unfortunately, they are part of the too many innocent people who have no weight on world opinion.”
The charity World Watch Monitor said the weekend’s killings were part of ongoing weekly attacks including rape, looting and kidnapping.
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We have to get islam out of civilized socities and nations now.
ROFL. The DRC was NEVER civilized, even before Islam entered the scene. It has always been Africa’s perennial s—thole.
1. Are you wearing a pee bag or a diaper?
2. Would you like a pillow for your stool?
OMG. Sorry. Wrong thread.
Africa is a delightful continent,isn’t it?
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I was not reffering to this place as civilized. I was just warning the white civilized places of their insanity.
I'm sure they'll get right on it.
Too bad all those guys at UN are too busy to check it out themselves.
Well, hasn’t the Democrat candidate for President voiced her support for permitting thousands more of these Islamic savages to invade the USA? And meanwhile the PC crowd that supports her will continue to ignore such atrocities so long as people in their own towns and neighborhoods are not attacked and hacked to death.
Joseph Conrad please call in. Time to update “Heart of Darkness”.
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