@naya06j @vdmempire It is not an issue of sympathy but rather a matter of logical reasoning and the potential consequences of a foreign invasion into a sovereign nation.
No right-minded person would sympathize with terrorists, bandits, or kidnappers
@MartinChri50116 @vdmempire It is so pathetic how the government handles issues related to kidnapping and terrorism in this country but the mayhem you guys are praying for, will never provide a lasting solution.
Genocide Nomenclature in Nigeria
By Aliyu U. Tilde
International perception of religious conflicts in Nigeria is influenced by a propaganda that is overwhelmingly based on biased naming of their victims and perpetrators. When you search the Internet for the killing of Muslims in Nigeria by Christians, the best result you can get would be very scanty. But when you ask about Christian genocide, killings, etc., the result would be very lengthy. Something is amiss.
It is not that Muslims are not being killed by Christians or fellow Muslims. For twenty years, before Boko Haram and bandits started killing mostly Muslims, wholesale massacres of Muslims have been taking place in Northcentral Nigeria especially. And the mass killings have continued even after 2009 when Boko Haram appeared. However, the Internet turns blind when you search for them. Therefore, international observers hardly remember them and researchers hardly notice them. The reason is in the name.
Same Crime, Different Names
When the victim is a Christian, media reporters, who are predominantly Christians in the country, call them Christians, even in a conflict that may have nothing to do with religion. The headlines will quickly read: Fulani kill Christians, Christian communities attacked, genocide of Christians, etc. The Internet sees only what is posted.
On the flip side, when the victims are Muslim, they are given neutral names: villagers, worshippers, civilians, locals, people, Nigerians, etc. The 25 abducted Kebbi school girls are called “school children”, not “Muslim school children”. Their religious identity is cancelled, deleted or hidden deliberately. So when any scholar or reader searches the Internet on Muslim killings or genocide, he hardly gets much.
Again, if the attackers are Muslim, they are eagerly reported as Islamists, jihadists, Fulani (Muslim) militants, terrorists, etc. The Internet easily apprehends them and hands them over to the researcher who receives them with delight and uses them as the statistics of his own narrative, thus multiplying the spread of the bias.
However, if the perpetrators are Christian-affiliated, they are reported as youths, tribal militias, unknown gunmen, attackers, mob, etc. The Christian identity is deleted, hidden and allowed to escape the policing of the Internet.
Thus, the Internet-dependent world of today, as was the mainstream Christian southern press, is afflicted with the illusion that Christians are always the target, and Muslims always the perpetrators, which is false by history, statistics and morality.
Forgotten Massacres of Muslims
The Internet hardly reflects the following carefully planned and executed war crimes against Muslims by their Christian neighbours:
— Kasuwan Magani (1981) – The first major religious crisis began with the nocturnal attack of innocent Muslims by Christians.
— Kafanchan crises (1987, 1999) – Multiple waves of massacres of Muslims.
— Zangon Kataf (1992) – So horrendous that Christian leaders were convicted and a retired General was sentenced to death.
— Tafawa Balewa recurring pogroms (1991, 1995, 2000, 2001) – Ending in the cleansing of the town of its Muslim founders and majority.
— Plateau crises (2001, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012) – More than 40 Muslim settlements were wiped out.
— Yelwa massacre (May 2004) – Exceptionally barbaric; the Christian President suspended the Governor and declared a state of emergency.
— Southern Kaduna (2011) – In Matsirga, Zonkwa, Kachia, and many other southern Kaduna towns where over 1,200 Muslims were killed by Christian militias.
— Wukari crises (2013–2014) – Jukun Christian militias carried out mass slaughter of Muslims.
— Taraba/Jalingo/Ardo Kola (2012–2017) – Entire Muslim communities wiped out.
— Mambilla Plateau massacre (June 2017) – 727 Muslim Fulani herders massacred under the supervision and protection of Christian officials of Sardauna LGA and Taraba State Government.
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Advocacy in Cross River State!
The NCAOOSCE team visited various LGAs in the Northern Senatorial Zone of Cross River State to raise awareness on the importance of enrolling Almajiri and out-of-school children.
Community leaders and parents were engaged to support the establishment of learning centres and ensure every child gets access to education.
#NCAOOSCE2025 #CrossRiverState #EducationForAll #LeaveNoChildBehind