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Christmas Day carnage in Nigeria highlights persecution of Christians
The appalling church blast in Abuja was aimed at terrorising peaceful worshippers everywhere. It’s time the West took a stand
As the first reports started to come through of the bomb blast in a Catholic church near Nigeria’s capital Abuja it was immediately clear that something dreadful had happened.
Before anyone was making estimates of the number of casualties, it was already being ominously reported that the emergency services had run out of ambulances.
Who could do such a thing at a packed service to mark one of Christianity’s holiest days?
BBC World Service was practically performing summersaults to avoid using the ‘I’ word. But on their website even they had to acknowledge, though still somewhat obliquely, that the perpetrators were almost certainly going to be Islamists:
“Security has been high after violence between Islamist gunmen and soldiers in northern Nigeria,” as Britain’s impeccably politically correct state broadcaster put it.
Tragically, the persecution of Christians in countries with substantial Muslim populations is becoming more and more commonplace.
We saw it earlier this year with the slaughter of Copts in Egypt. Across much of the Muslim world it is an increasing problem.
What worries us is the paucity of the response from Western governments, and even churches. If Christians were blowing up Mosques at Ramadan, there would (rightly) be a global outcry.
Every atrocity perpetrated against Christians in the name of Islam, by contrast, seems all too quickly to be brushed under the carpet.
We believe this has to stop. It is time that all decent men and women of whatever faith or denomination stood up for the rights of Christians wherever they may be.
On Christmas Day we are surely entitled to ask: if not now, when?
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Yes, I particularly enjoyed the "it is not known what the cause of the blast was" on BBC radio this morning. What could possibly have caused it? No one will ever know who blew up this catholic church...it will remain a mystery, dear reader..
I notice that 'The Groan' hasn't got anything 'up' on CiF yet. Now imagine if some deluded youngsters had daubed paint on a mosque in Jaffa.
Yes. It would be deplorable and I feel that Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian's 'Jerusalem' correspondent would leap into action with extreme vigor. Even if there was no fire.
It is time that all decent men and women of whatever faith or denomination stood up for the rights of Christians wherever they may be.
Would that that would happen, but it won't, such is the grip of Islam on its adherents. It is hard enough for decent people to stand up against thugs, but when said thugs quote your own holy texts in favour of what they are doing, it is doubly hard. Then there is the fear that the authorities may also sympathise with the thugs, and even be feeding them information.
No such excuse pertains for our media, leaders and clergy. They should listen to a man who did indeed stand up for decency, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends."
The BBC has massively invested in the narrative that Islam is different, but as good as other religions. They have done so out of sentiment, they don't like being nasty to people, especially people who they have been taught are exotic, and who are experts at deception. And none are more easily duped than those who believe that all people (except anyone on "the Right", of course) are essentially decent.
But they are wrong. Ann Coulter puts it pithily: "If the 9/11 terrorists had been Christians, the shoelace strangler a Christian, the gun-toting Swedish Muslim a Christian, the Los Angeles airport killer a Christian and scores of suicide bombers Christians, I assure you we would not be pussyfooting around whether maybe there was something wrong with Christianity." But Ann Coulter has not had her common sense drilled out of her by a liberal education in the Humanities.
Worth noting that 24 hours later, the matter has all but dropped off the news agenda. Go figure...
Actually, I just had a look at the comment pages of the Mail, the Telegraph and the Guardian. There is literally nothing about this issue. If Christians had slaughtered Muslims it would have been on the front pages, with editorials and comment pieces galore. This is a perfect illustration of what we're up against.
I suspect the BBC is worried what might happen if the British public knew that Christians are being systematically slaughtered by Muslims in Africa and the Middle East.
They might start to worry about the same thing happening in Europe, or even say some bad things about Islam - and as we know, criticising Islam is the worst crime anyone could commit.
BBC World has advertising - as has CNN - to support its income and pay its staff. I would estimate that 70%,if not more comes from Islamic related entities. Bite the hand that feeds you just for the silly concept of journalistic integrity?
If Christians want the BBC or Guardian to report more on this kind of atrocity, then they'll need to work out a way of blaming it on Israel or 'Zionists' (wink wink). Then it'll be a lead item for days.
I would (if I was a religious man) thank god that I will in all likelihood be dead by 2060 ... because thanks to the liberal/progressive left and their inability to call murderous xeno-phobic extremists - muslims - as well as their suicidal need to kowtow to islam at every opportunity ... 2060 is the year I guess that britain falls under sharia law, democracy here is suspended forever and the persecution of christians begins in the uk.
Attacks on Christians at Christmas (see also the underwear bomber, the Christmas-tree lighting ceremony terrorist plot, the Christmas Day terrorist attempt to bomb Paris, etc etc) derive from Islamic teachings, given Islam sees Christmas as a time of the utmost blasphemy. 5.72 They do blaspheme who say: "Allah is Christ the son of Mary"... 5.73 They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity...verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them. [Islam's "grievous penalty" for blasphemy is execution]
The sin of "shirk" - associating "partners" with Allah, is considered the worst (and unforgivable) sin in Islam - punishable with terrorism: Koran 3.151 We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve because they ascribe unto Allah partners, for which no warrant hath been revealed. Their habitation is the Fire, and hapless the abode of the wrong-doers.
For current Islamic teachings, search Youtube with 'Saying Merry Christmas is worse than killing' (see top return), or (using quotes) "Merry Christmas allowed in Islam?" - again, top return.
A shocking reminder of what we are up against, in every respect -- from the appeasers of the BBC to the Islamists themselves.