Islamic Extremists [getting USAID] Persecuting Christians

These countries receive billions in US aid .. 70 Christians beheaded in African country by ISIS-aligned militants, groups say; world mostly silent.
Published February 22, 2025 9:56am EST

JOHANNESBURG – Seventy Christians have been beheaded with machetes or large knives, according to multiple groups that monitor terrorism and persecution, by Islamist militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – and yet the world remains mostly silent. The 70 Christians were first rounded up by Islamist rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, a group affiliated with the terror group Islamic State, or ISIS, according to Open Doors U.S., which monitors Christian persecution around the world. The Christians, reportedly all from the Lubero district, were forced out of their homes allegedly early in the morning of Feb. 13, with the rebels shouting, "Get out, get out."

They were taken hostage, and moved to a small Christian church in the village of Kasanga. There, inside the building that had until then been considered a sanctuary, they were first tied up, and then all 70 were beheaded, the groups say.
Vianney Vitswamba, coordinator of a local community protection committee, is quoted by the Global Fight Against Terrorism Funding organization, (GFATF) as saying, "70 bodies were discovered in the church. They were (found) tied up."

THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS ‘DELIBERATELY TARGETED’ AND KILLED IN NIGERIA, NEW REPORT SAYS

Recent clashes in the same Lubero district where the massacre of Christians took place show members of the Congolese Red Cross carrying body bags containing human remains during a mass burial for victims of the clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Musigiko cemetery in Bukavu on Feb. 20, 2025. It is not clear from the picture whether the two events are related. The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 20, 2025, urged on local airwaves the soldiers fleeing in the eastern province of North Kivu to rejoin their units and continue the fight to counter the advance of the M23 rebels. In Lubero, a town toward which the M23 is advancing, 250 km north of the provincial capital Goma, taken on January 28, terrified residents reported to AFP Congolese soldiers in disarray shooting in the town and engaging in looting.
Recent clashes in the same Lubero district where the massacre of Christians took place show members of the Congolese Red Cross carrying body bags containing human remains during a mass burial for victims of the clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Musigiko cemetery in Bukavu on Feb. 20, 2025. It is not clear from the picture whether the two events are related. The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 20, 2025, urged on local airwaves the soldiers fleeing in the eastern province of North Kivu to rejoin their units and continue the fight to counter the advance of the M23 rebels. In Lubero, a town toward which the M23 is advancing, 250 km north of the provincial capital Goma, taken on January 28, terrified residents reported to AFP Congolese soldiers in disarray shooting in the town and engaging in looting.

Sources report that local Islamist militants wouldn’t let Christian leaders bury the dead for some five days.

Open Doors U.S. reports that 95% of people living in the DRC are Christian. Yet the Islamist ADF, analysts say, are bent on turning this community in the troubled North East of the country into an Islamic Caliphate, forcing this majority-Christian community to follow extreme Muslim practices.

"The violence takes place in a context of impunity, where almost no one is held accountable," John Samuel, Open Doors legal expert for sub-Saharan Africa, stated. "This massacre is a clear indicator of widespread human rights violations against civilians and vulnerable communities, often targeting Christians, perpetrated by ADF – a(n) Islamic State affiliate."

Tristan Azbej, Hungary's State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians posted on X, "Horrified to learn about the 70 Christian martyrs beheaded by terrorists in a church . . . . Hungary stands in solidarity with the persecuted Christians . . . the world needs to recognize and act against Christian persecution."

@Rajk999

you live by the sword, you die by the sword. not hard to understand, is it?

If there really is an afterlife, then what does it matter?

@Kevin-Eleven said
If there really is an afterlife, then what does it matter?

@Earl-of-Trumps said
@Rajk999

you live by the sword, you die by the sword. not hard to understand, is it?

@Rajk999 said
Are you saying those Christians in the Congo were killing people?

@Kevin-Eleven said
If there really is an afterlife, then what does it matter?

@Cliff-Mashburn said
Yeah his comment left me scratching my head too, it's not what I'd expect from Joe. Maybe he misunderstood something?

@Rajk999 said
Are you saying those Christians in the Congo were killing people?

@Earl-of-Trumps said
I am not, nor am I not saying they are guilty of anything.

what I am saying is, Christians all over the Western world have been very heavy contributors to the masacre of innocent Muslim Palestinians in Palestine who were only deemed disposal because they were not Christian or Jewish.

what goes around, comes around.

@Earl-of-Trumps said
I am not, nor am I not saying they are guilty of anything.

what I am saying is, Christians all over the Western world have been very heavy contributors to the masacre of innocent Muslim Palestinians in Palestine who were only deemed disposal because they were not Christian or Jewish.

what goes around, comes around.

@Suzianne said
This question is closer to true enlightenment than you know.

@Arkturos said
I doubt that you are qualified to make such an assertion.

@Rajk999 said
These countries receive billions in US aid .. 70 Christians beheaded in African country by ISIS-aligned militants, groups say; world mostly silent.
Published February 22, 2025 9:56am EST

JOHANNESBURG – Seventy Christians have been beheaded with machetes or large knives, according to multiple groups that monitor terrorism and persecution, by Islamist militants in ...[text shortened]... the persecuted Christians . . . the world needs to recognize and act against Christian persecution."

@Rajk999 said
These countries receive billions in US aid .. 70 Christians beheaded in African country by ISIS-aligned militants, groups say; world mostly silent.
Published February 22, 2025 9:56am EST

JOHANNESBURG – Seventy Christians have been beheaded with machetes or large knives, according to multiple groups that monitor terrorism and persecution, by Islamist militants in ...[text shortened]... the persecuted Christians . . . the world needs to recognize and act against Christian persecution."