Jihad is the Nazism of the XXI century

Published date08 June 2021
AuthorGiulio Meotti
Date08 June 2021
Publication titleIsrael National News (Israel)
June 5th. 160 dead in an attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, Solhan, where even the houses were burned. It is the bloodiest terrorist attack in the history of that country. And we are in a country, writes the New York Times, which until recently was considered "a success story" in Africa and whose president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, is a devout Catholic. A massacre at a baptism, Reuters reports, killed 15 Christians a few days ago.

230 dead within three days and we are not hearing anything more about them. Because in our deepest selves, we are terrified and anguished by Jihad, the Nazism of our time. In their drive to Islamize entire territories they are killing everyone, Christians and Muslims. The Wall Street Journal in April reported how Islamic terrorism is advancing in these traditionally Christian countries.

To Agenzia Fides Mauro Armanino, a missionary in Niger, has just told what happened a few days ago in this other country: "In Fangio, where the first Catholic communities in the country were born, armed men attacked the village, killing 5 people . They burned the statue of Mary, the ornaments of the altar and various liturgical books. "

This photo should have gone around the world. Their ears cut off, their wounds cauterized and covered with bandages, their children in their arms. They are the Christian women of Kalagari...

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