{"id":3439,"date":"2019-01-27T19:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T19:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2019-01-27T19:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T19:07:59","slug":"christians-islamic-radicals-have-destroyed-1125-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/christians-islamic-radicals-have-destroyed-1125-churches","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIANS: ISLAMIC RADICALS HAVE DESTROYED 1,125 CHURCHES"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0Christian\u00a0denomination\u00a0in Nigeria is asking its government for help in rebuilding 1,125 church\u00a0buildings destroyed over the years by the Islamic jihadist group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n

The Church of the Brethren, according to\u00a0the\u00a0Nigeria Daily Mail, said the\u00a0destroyed buildings include\u00a0its headquarters office complex,\u00a0a church auditorium\u00a0and an adjacent pastor\u2019s residential quarters.<\/p>\n

Robert Spencer,\u00a0the editor of Jihad Watch,<\/a>\u00a0commented: \u201cImagine if Christians anywhere destroyed 1,125 mosques. The outcry would be immediate, sustained, impassioned \u2013 and justified. There would governmental studies and lavish media examination of Christian \u2018Islamophobia.\u2019 But no one will take any particular notice of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boko Haram\u00a0was\u00a0responsible for the\u00a0kidnapping of\u00a0276 school girls in 2014. Since its insurgency started in 2009, members have killed tens of thousands and displaced 2.3 million from their homes. In 2015, Boko Haram was ranked as the world\u2019s deadliest terror group by the Global Terrorism Index.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Nigeria Daily Mail\u00a0said the\u00a0president of the denomination, Rev. Joel Billi, recently submitted the request for reconstruction of destroyed churches during the 2019 Ministers\u2019 Annual Conference, which was held at the denomination\u2019s headquarters in Kwarhi.<\/p>\n

The report said he asked: \u201cFor how long are we going to wait in vain? We are tired of fictitious promises. Are worship places not included in the rebuilding of the Northeast? Is Adamawa State excluded from the rebuilding of the Northeast?\u201d<\/p>\n

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