– THE NIGERIAN SCENARIO
(By Nathaniel I. Ndiokwere)
ANCIENT AND MODERN — THE ALARMING FEAR OF ISLAMIC CONQUEST
The Islamic Jihad, the bid to conquer, eliminate Christians and occupy their lands is not a new phenomenon in world Politico/Religious/History.
The Islamist aggressors have for long, worldwide, been on rampage, have fought wars, killed, and conquered those they refer to as infidels, non-believers in their religion (founded by Mohammed). Names like Boko Haram, Isis, Mujahedeen, Taliban, Hamas, Sunni, and Shia (two main sects within Islam), Miyetti Allah, terrorist armed cattle herdsmen and other Islamic groups install fear in most non-Muslims throughout the world. Trouble looms wherever they appear. Truly today as in the past ISLAM has continued to instill fear in minds of everyone - white, black, or brown. They have for example vowed to take over the United Kingdom. Their numbers in USA and Canada, and other European countries have continued to rise. And SHARIA will eventually dictate the way of life in these places. Their gigantic Mosques are there in the large cities. They maim, kill without mercy. They slash throats of their enemies with knives. They bomb churches and slaughter worshippers. They kidnap people for various reasons, rape women and often slash victims’ throats and mess up the bodies of the dead. Why? Why? What type of dessert god do they worship and promote that grants the reverence of such outstanding, merciless, and wicked worshippers? Those who argue or claim that Islam is a peace-loving religion usually keep mute when confronted with narratives of atrocities the Islamists used to perpetrate all over the world, past and present.
NEED FOR CHRISTIANS TO REACT IN NIGERIA – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Like in the case of a young quiet fellow, who had received enough harassment and humiliation from an aggressor and at a moment had to react; Christians in the past had organized a series of religious wars (Crusades), initiated, supported, and directed by the Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were to liberate Jerusalem and its surrounding areas from Islamic rule. Christians saw the spreading danger and had to react. They were saying ‘enough is enough’. They could no longer be intimidated and forced to accept the Islamic rule and government. Christians in the SHARIA states of Nigeria are forced to live under the Islamic rules.
CHRISTIAN TRAITORS AND CONVERTS TO ISLAM
The Islamization and Fulanization of Nigeria in the face of large Christian populations and Christian clerics is heart breaking. And the betrayal of Christians by fellow acclaimed Christian leaders is the most shameful and agonizing. Instead of stopping the Jihadists, it is unbelievable that some highly placed Christian elites and political leaders are either joining and welcoming the Jihadists and their foot soldiers and as well offering them shelter (RUGA) where they finally settle and then begin to unleash mayhem on the infidels, killing and beheading many who resist their call to conversion to Islam. All must embrace Islam.
CHRISTIAN CRUSADE IN THE MODERN TIMES
Where are you „CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA?“. if all these tales are even half true, is it not time for the Southern Christians to weep as our Christian brothers, politicians and traditional leaders are turning our peaceful states and region into a laughingstock? Shall Christians not take actions to drive out the Jihadists and reclaim the land of the indigenous people? If the enemies by force or intrigue have infiltrated and settled to conquer and occupy, is it late to say enough of this treachery? Do the modern Christian Crusaders need A-K 47 to fight? Not necessarily so! Do they need to pray? Yes, but we remember that prayer without works is dead, meaningless.(James 2:14) What then? Christians have parts to play. It is not Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB, or ESN war. Most important; it must be boldly and clearly stated that it is foolish, unreasonable to engage is civil wars, to settle the Nigerian politico-religious crises.
WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD DO.
(1) THERE IS ACTUALLY NO NEED FOR WAR. But the world should know what is going on in Nigeria. In the Local Church – Bishops, the clergy of all denominations, Pastors. Knights of the Church (St Mulumba, St Sylvester, St John, St Columbus etc.), name them must react now. Are they to join the Biafra army, assemble guns and bombs and fight the enemy in the battlefield? Not necessary. They only need to let their voices be heard. DO NOT keep mute or criticize or keep on finding faults with those helping to see that Christians are not wiped out by the Jihadists moving southwards in great numbers from the Islamic Republic of Northern Nigeria. Hope you know the implications of their SHARIA system of governance. SHARIA IS A CALL FOR SEPARATION. SHARIA HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH DEMOCRACY.
(2) There is need for Nigerian Bishops (Catholic and Protestants to send strong delegations to the Holy Father, Pope Francis and Heads of other Protestant Churches and let them know officially and in details what is going on in Nigeria – The Islamization project of the Jihadists is on and hence the final Dipping of the Koran into the South-South-Sea.
(3) At the end of the Biafran way, after Biafra had surrendered, there was fear that the bloody events of ASABA massacre and genocide, well documented by European and American journalists could happen again in the Igbo heartland. The White Missionaries led a delegation those days to Pope Paul VI who, without any waste of time, issued a warning to GOWON and his invading army, as well as to CBCN (Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria) about the consequences of their inaction, the possible genocide and massacre of the remaining IGBO population.
(4) The Action of the MISSIONARIES and the intervention of Pope Paul VI, which received the world attention via the Vatican Radio, Vatican Press, BBC, and VOA cannot be forgotten in History. Pope Paul VI intervention saved the lives of millions in Biafrans at the end of the war ( July 6, 1967 – January 15, 1970). History must repeat itself. Christians, including Bishops and priests should let the world know about the intentions of the current Islamic rampage.
(5) “One Nigeria” is a dead issue to discuss. Christians must wake up now and stand for the truth, for only the truth can set the people free.(John 8.32)
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