70 Christians Beheaded In Congo Church
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Seventy Christians were found dead in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week — reportedly beheaded at the hands of radical Islamic terrorists.
Christian group Open Doors , which supports persecuted Christians around the world, said that terrorists from the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to the Islamic State, surrounded a village in Mayba in the territory of Lubero last Thursday, taking 20 men and women captive. The Islamic terrorists later returned and kidnapped 50 more Christians in the village and took them to a Protestant church in Kasanga, where they were brutally killed.
Open Doors said that, according to “field sources,” families were still waiting to bury their dead loved ones as of Tuesday while many Christians fled the area for safety.
“We don’t know what to do or how to pray; we’ve had enough of massacres,” said an elder of the CECA20 church in DRC. “May God’s will alone be done.”
As of Thursday afternoon, the massacre of Christians in DRC has received no coverage in the legacy media. Tristan Azbej, the Hungarian State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians, acknowledged the mass killing of Christians in DRC and urged world leaders to “recognize and act against Christian persecution.”
“Horrified to learn about the 70 Christian martyrs beheaded by terrorists in a church in Kasanga, DRC,” Azbej wrote on X. “Hungary stands in solidarity with the persecuted Christians BUT we need more … the world needs to recognize and act against Christian persecution.”
Jeff King, the president of persecution watchdog International Christian Concern, told The Christian Post , “This recent massacre, where 70 Christians lost their lives, is not an isolated incident but part of a grim tapestry of violence that has claimed over 6 million lives in the DRC over two decades of on-and-off war.”
“The vast majority of the DRC’s residents are Christian, so this is a religious genocide carried out by radical Islamic terrorists (the ADF),” King added.
DRC has long faced instability and war as factions and rebel groups wrestle for control of multiple regions. Another rebel group, M23, has recently captured key cities in DRC as the Congolese government struggles to push back. Over 100,000 people have been displaced in the recent fighting, according to the United Nations .
According to Open Doors, 355 Christians in DRC were killed in 2024 for their faith, an increase from 261 in 2023.
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Not the type of victims that get attention
You are a big advocate of might makes right. The Africans must be mightier than the Christians there, thus they are in the right?
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Can’t comment about the realism school of international relations apparently, so here’s a link
So might makes right if you are a recognized global power, but not if you are a shit hole country. Got it.
The perpetrators in this atrocity in the Congo should rot in hell forever, but the Russians are not innocent because they acted in their self interest. They started a vicious war against a weaker nation. Putin thought they would conquer Ukraine in 3 days.
Realism is not a defense of Russia, nor does Russia have anything to do with this massacre.
And not one condemnation of this attack from posters, proving my point.
damn Africans .
Umm,,,, okay
How many Ukrainan children has Putin killed? Don't recall you seeding to protest that.
Show me a similar incident in Ukraine and I’ll condemn it. I’m not aware of a massacre in Ukraine where Russian soldiers butchered 75 civilians. I know when Hamas brutally murders children, most democrats want to give them billions of dollars and their own state to nazify.
Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine: Russia has once again deliberately targeted residential areas and healthcare infrastructures
Google still works. There are many examples of Russians intentionally targeting Ukrainian civilians.
Really...what news service do you watch??
Just google Bucha and you will get your answer...
Your condemnation will be most welcome..🇭🇲🇺🇦
can you not telll the diference between casualties from a missile attack and cutting off the heads of 75 civilians in a church? America killed thousands of civilians in wwii bombing raids, is that the same as the holocaust to you?
Thank you for providing a relevant comparison. Yes, of course that’s horrible and I totally condemn it.
America did not attack japan first or declare war on Germany first. We didnt start wwii.
That’s the only difference to you?
Both were intentionally targeting civilians. Why is it ok to bomb civilians on purpose?
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