Re-Post: Judith Apter Klinghoffer Blog at HNN

NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS: OUR APPEASEMENT AND MSM SILENCE IS KILLING US

I know, I have written about this before. At that time a Nigerian left this comment on my site:
This REFUSAL of the press to mount a HUGE OUTCRY is GETTING US KILLED. . . . If they'd all come out in unison and HOWLED THEIR DISGUST, it might have quelled the riots and shamed the Muslims into ceasing this obscene behaviour. As it is, Muslims see nothing is going to happen to them for howling and they are going to up the ante. The REAL STORY IS THE PRESS REFUSAL TO COVER THIS. WHY?
Now, oh, my God, the machetes have come out. Remember Rwanda? Christians again are murdered in their churches.
You want really to cry? The poor Christians apparently knew what was coming and tried appeasement. On Feb. 3, the BBC reported:
Nigeria's Christians back Muslims
An umbrella Nigerian Christian body based in the majority Muslim north has condemned the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Now they realize that it was the wrong move. As their appeasement has been interpreted as weakness. Indeed, the cartoons are used to further the goal of turning Nigeria into an Islamic state. The Nigerian Anglicans statement includes the following statement.
From all indications, it is very clear now that the sacrifices of the Christians in this country for peaceful co-existence with people of other faiths has been sadly misunderstood to be weakness.
We have for a long time now watched helplessly the killing, maiming and destruction of Christians and their property by Muslim fanatics and fundamentalists at the slightest or no provocation at all. We are not unaware of the fact that these religious extremists have the full backup and support of some influential Muslims who are yet to appreciate the value of peaceful co-existence.
That an incident in far away Denmark which does not claim to be representing Christianity could elicit such an unfortunate reaction here in Nigeria, leading to the destruction of Christian Churches, is not only embarrassing, but also disturbing and unfortunate.
It is no longer a hidden fact that a long standing agenda to make this Nigeria an Islamic nation is being surreptitiously pursued. The willingness of Muslim Youth to descend with violence on the innocent Christians from time to time is from all intents and purposes a design to actualize their dream.
Remember never again? Do you believe that only the victims of disease, famine and Western "imperialism" deserve your attention?
Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 10:46 AM Comments (0) Return