‘We Have to Kill Those Who Preach Christianity’: The Persecution of Christians, December 2023

Jan 21, 2024 by Jill

by Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute:

The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of December 2023.

Christmas Slaughters

Nigeria: Beginning on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day, Muslim terrorists massacred nearly 200 Christians. Well-armed Muslim Fulani tribesmen hacked, stabbed, riddled with bullets and burned alive Christians, many of whom were in the process of celebrating Christmas. According to one report:

“At least 25 communities across three Local Government Areas [in Plateau State] were targeted. Survivors recounted militia men attacking in large numbers, indiscriminately killing and destroying homes, vehicles, farmlands and other properties. About 37 individuals, primarily women, children and the disabled, were burned to death in their homes. Eight churches and parsonages were also destroyed…”

More than 300 Christians were left seriously wounded; 29,350 people displaced, and countless homes and churches—in just one village, 221 homes—torched during the jihadist raids. “My house was burnt,” said Naomi, a local whose four family members were murdered, “and I mourned on Christmas day.”

Several Christian leaders were also killed, including one pastor, his wife, and five children, said Dawzino Mallau, another local: “These terrorists who attacked these Christian communities were in the hundreds,” he added, “and they carried out the attacks as the hapless Christians were preparing for Christmas programs lined up by their pastors.” Another report stated:

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