{"id":42548,"date":"2020-08-03T06:26:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T04:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=42548"},"modified":"2020-08-03T07:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T05:06:15","slug":"the-massacre-of-christians-in-nigeria-continues-the-mainstream-media-hides-it-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2020\/08\/03\/the-massacre-of-christians-in-nigeria-continues-the-mainstream-media-hides-it-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"The massacre of Christians in Nigeria continues: the mainstream media hides it in the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we believe we are better informed than ever. We cannot imagine that a genocide will take place and that they will not inform us of it. Well it's happening.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/07\/05\/genocide-in-nigeria-over-6000-massacred-christians-and-media-silence-in-the-west\/\">Genocide in Nigeria: over 6,000 massacred Christians and media silence in the West<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2020\/01\/16\/christianophobia-in-2020-33-muslim-countries-among-the-50-that-most-persecute-christians\/\">Christianophobia in 2020: 33 Muslim countries among the 50 that most persecute Christians<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Two years ago I already spoke here about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2018\/07\/05\/genocide-in-nigeria-over-6000-massacred-christians-and-media-silence-in-the-west\/\">the genocide that Christians in Nigesia are experiencing at the hands of Islamic extremists<\/a>. So I explained that most of the western media either silence the facts or manipulate them to strip them of all religious connotations and present it as a purely tribal problem.<\/p>\n<p><big>Islamist terrorists murder Christians in Nigeria<\/big><\/p>\n<p>Let's look at an example: <a href=\"https:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/2020\/07\/islamic-extremist-militants-in-nigeria-execute-five-men-as-warning-to-christians-video-shows\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on July 23, Morning Star News published a story about the murder of five volunteers, three of them Christians<\/a>, by Islamic extremists in the state of Borno, in Nigeria. With that crime, carried out as an execution, <strong>the terrorists issued a warning to <em>\"all who use infidels to convert Muslims to Christianity.\"<\/em><\/strong> The video of the murder was published on July 22 on YouTube, and was quickly removed by that multimedia portal. Morning Star News released a still from the video, in which <strong>five terrorists and their five victims are seen blindfolded, moments before their murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50182133463_f5f312382f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:2px solid #252525;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><big>Associated Press removes all religious references in its chronicle of the crime<\/big><\/p>\n<p>On July 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/b29f047ca58f6ffdb5f6d722f4a8b93c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Associated Press (AP) agency released the news, removing almost all religious references<\/a>: <strong>Islamist terrorists were simply cited as \"extremist groups\" or \"militants,\"<\/strong> there was no mention of Christians and the threat against Christians launched by terrorists in their video.<strong> The AP's only religious reference was to speak of threatening pamphlets of a Boko Haram split against \"Muslim civilians.\"<\/strong> In Nigeria, there is a massacre of Christians at the hands of Islamist terrorists, but none of this is explained in the AP news. Large media such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-53511389\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/23\/world\/africa\/aid-workers-executed-nigeria.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/courts_law\/islamic-state-group-says-it-killed-5-aid-workers-in-nigeria\/2020\/07\/23\/27fc9e56-cd1e-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a> gave the version of the news broadcast by AP.<\/p>\n<p><big>Europa Press ignores terrorists' threat against Christians<\/big><\/p>\n<p>On July 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europapress.es\/internacional\/noticia-guterres-condena-ejecucion-cinco-trabajadores-humanitarios-manos-estado-islamico-nigeria-20200724230237.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Spanish agency Europa Press echoed the condemnation of the crime by the UN Secretary General<\/a>, the Portuguese socialist Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. Neither in his conviction nor in the news was any mention made of the Christian condition of several of those killed. Furthermore, <strong>Europa Press did not include the mention of Christianity made by the terrorists in their threat.<\/strong> Even so, none of the major Spanish media broke the news, pointing to the Islamic State as the author of the crime.<\/p>\n<p><big>The mainstream media silence a USCIRF crime conviction<\/big><\/p>\n<p>On July 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/news-room\/press-releases-statements\/uscirf-condemns-execution-aid-workers-iswap-militants\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a statement condemning that crime<\/a> and mentioning the threat launched by terrorists against Christians. That same day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/islamic-extremists-execute-christian-aid-workers-in-nigeria-13045\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catholic News Agency echoed the news<\/a> and the sentence issued by the aforementioned commission of the US Government. <strong>Some religious media in English echoed this. The mainstream media in that language did not publish it.<\/strong><br \/>\n<big>A silencing with ideological motivations?<\/big><\/p>\n<p>On July 30, the Catholic website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciprensa.com\/noticias\/extremistas-musulmanes-ejecutan-a-5-voluntarios-cristianos-20056\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ACI Prensa, edited from Peru, reported the crime<\/a>, noting that the murdered were Christians and mentioning the terrorists' threat against Christianity. <strong>The news added: <em>\"More than 600 Christians have been killed so far in 2020<\/strong> according to a report published on May 15 by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some digital media, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actuall.com\/persecucion\/extremistas-musulmanes-ejecutan-a-5-voluntarios-cristianos-en-nigeria\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Actuall<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infocatolica.com\/?t=noticia&cod=38290\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Infocat\u00f3lica<\/a>, echoed this. <strong>The big Spanish media have silenced the news.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2020\/08\/01\/un-repaso-a-los-puntos-de-vista-ideologicos-de-los-medios-de-comunicacion-espanoles\/\">Most of those big media have a progressive editorial line.<\/a> They often present a biased and hateful view of Christians, caricatured as retrograde people who want to impose their morals on others. <strong>Do these media purposely silence the news of persecution and atrocities against Christians, or is it just a coincidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/issafrica.org\/iss-today\/understanding-the-dangerous-journey-from-boko-haram-to-rehabilitation\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issafrica.org<\/a>. Boko Haram Islamist terrorists.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we believe we are better informed than ever. We cannot imagine that a genocide will take place and that they will not inform us of it. 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