Posted on 05/14/2004 2:03:29 PM PDT by Mark Felton
Many hundreds of innocent Christians have died in Kano since a Muslim protest turned into carnage in retaliation for Muslim deaths hundreds of miles away in Yelwe.
Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) say some 600 Christians have been killed so far this week in Kano, Nigerias second-largest city. Andrew Ubah, the general secretary of the association in Kano, told Reuters on Thursday 13 May that he was keeping a tally based on reports from church leaders throughout the city. Almost 600 people have been killed and 12 churches burned, he said.
David Emmanuel, a factory worker told Reuters he saw two truckloads of corpses on Wednesday night, and he counted at least 30 bodies in the street. Elsewhere, correspondents have seen 35 mostly burned and mutilated bodies.
The official police tally of 30 that remains more or less static from Wednesday night is belied by the overflowing morgue and the constant stream of eye-witness reports from all quarters of the city. Bodies were being discovered on Thursday and because the main hospital mortuary was full were taken to undisclosed locations, according to the Red Cross. Not all cases are reported, especially cases in which relatives have already buried their dead, said Aminu Inua, a Red Cross official in Kano.
Hundreds of people were killed, said Christian leader Mark Amani. Some corpses were burned in wells. Even little children were killed. The bodies of pregnant women were ripped open and their bodies burned, he said.
Sources report the killing of several hundred people when defiant mobs of Muslim youths armed with clubs and machetes and cutlasses rampaged at about 1 a.m. on Thursday despite a police imposed curfew. Mobs went from house to house looking for Christian victims and in some cases trapped the occupants inside and torched the houses. Police have been issued orders to shoot armed rioters on sight. While Muslims have complained that the police have killed innocent civilians as a result, they do not mean the scores of hacked bodies that lie in the streets and in charred buildings and vehicles according to residents.
There are fears that the number of deaths may continue to grow since an order was circulated by Umar Ibrahim Kabo, the most senior Mulim cleric in Kano, for all Christians to leave the area by today, Friday 14 May. More than 30,000 residents, mostly Christians, have been driven from their homes in Kano officials said on Thursday, a figure confirmed by Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon in a telephone conversation with Barnabas Fund.
Barnabas Fund wishes to announce an urgent appeal to support the survivors, those displaced from their homes and the families of Christian victims in Kano. You can make a donation to help the pastors, their families and their churches through a Barnabas Fund office or via our website donation page http://www.barnabasfund.org/donations.htm. Remember to specify Project 39-500.
PRAY
I don't know, but I do remember truckloads of huge bouillon cubes being brought in.....muahahaha
Oh yes, I had forgotten. Bouillon cubes are one of the main ingredients of "People Stew" and "Heads Soup." Now, we'll taste much better. I am sooooo relieved. LOL!
The Christians in Nigeria need some guns and ammo ASAP.
The spiritual battle is so clear to those with eyes to see. Have you ever in your life witnessed such gross lack of wisdom in seeing evil in this world? Yet the rest of the world remains quiet while saturating themselves in sex abuse scandals.
Makes you wonder what it will actually take for people to notice the demons. Its difficult to imagine getting any lower.
Your attempt at humor on this thread is inappropriate to the posted article and severity of the event.
I think people have to believe in God before they will understand that only demons could do such evil things. Every single time that I have thought these savages couldn't do anything worse, they manage to shock me with their latest atrocities.
That is your opinion which, of course, you are entitled to. My opinion is that you either have NO sense of humor, or you did NOT read the entire thread. You have NO right to try to impose your opinions on us, so you should keep them to yourself.
The religion of peace in action.
They are peaceful demons. :-)
They were brandishing machetes, the christians should have been brandishing 45's.
Violence, the only thing that they understand.
And of course on 5/11. The like those 11's.
Of course if christians fight back and kill even ONE islamic puke head bastard... the news WILL finally report that Christians have initiated an attack against a islamic spiritual leader in the region, and done so inside the primary mosque of the "holy city" of crapola or something.... "The Christian militias have started a civil war targetting muslims in the region of such and such"
and then they would sequey to blame the killing of Christians by the hundreds on reactions by Islamics on the terrible repression by Ethnic Christian groups in the region....
lambs to the slaughter.
wanna beat this thing?
we would have to TAKE over the NEWS media on an international scale...
The major news centers networks are massive, what cities and nations would we have to dominate by force?
Paris, London, New York, Japan, Beijing, Moscow.
and the liberals/communists are in control at every one of them, New York is the worst.
Apparently many Christians are idiots.
They think they can cry out to God to "save us", expecting HIM to defend them with a pillar of fire... and get results.
perhaps, but not usually.
It's okay to pray for God's protection...
and THEN ARM YOURSELF TO THT TEETH.
and THEN STEEL YOURSELF TO KILL THE ENEMY WITHOUT MERCY.
and THEN DO IT.
and THEN THANK GOD FOR HIS DELIVERANCE...
and REARM FOR KILLING THE NEXT ENEMY WITHOUT MERCY...
These people who died were Christians. I am a Christian and I consider them to be my brothers and sisters in the Lord. I do have a sense of humor its just that this story was/is incredibly painful to read and learn about. I think it deserved a respectful response.
These people who died were Christians. I am a Christian and I consider them to be my brothers and sisters in the Lord. I do have a sense of humor its just that this story was/is incredibly painful to read and learn about. I think it deserved a respectful response.
NO, you didn't ASK anything. This is what you said: "Your attempt at humor on this thread is inappropriate to the posted article and severity of the event." That was rude and an insult. This is incredibily painful to ALL of us.
I said you either didn't have a sense of humor OR YOU HADN'T READ THE THREAD. Did you go back AFTER I said that and read the thread???? NO, it's obvious that you didn't. Had you done so, in post #29 you would have read that he was talking about "HIS DREAM", AND THE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE "US", AND THEY ARE IN "OUR COUNTRY!" Had you read the thread you would have seen ALL the posts that both of us had made PRIOR to his post in #29. Starting @ post #18.
I'm a Christian, and I'm guessing Lijahsbubbe is one also. I'm insulted that you think we're the kind of people who would have no feelings about this tragic event. Especially after reading our other posts. Those people are our brothers and sisters too. Lose your "holier than thou" attitude and if you can't say something nice, don't say it.
In a mushroom cloud...
Where's the UN peacekeepers.
Oh my. How would I research this? Do you know of any good books or search words for google?
The Hitler/Muslim connection is being ignored and I think it is vital to understanding this conflict.
Thanks!!
We did have a respectful response. The humor was in response to my dream. With all of the tension in the world these days, alot of people have what some might consider inappropriate humor. It's a coping device.
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