Bishop Melchizedec Sikuli Paluku: “In the past year alone, around 1,000 people were killed. This has been going on for ten years. It has increased especially since 2014. Massacre follows massacre”.
Paluku laments the apathy of the Congolese government and the media.
“The media in our country hardly speak about it. The people here have the impression that the state does not exist here. We feel abandoned by the state authorities.”
Instead of stopping the killings and neutralizing the attackers, the military operations spread attackers.
For years, the resource-rich border area between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda has been plagued by rebels from the ADF militia, who originally came from Uganda.
It is unusual for a parliament decide the total destruction of a sovereign nation – and set itself a certain deadline. The Iranian government must destroy Israel by 2041/42.
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Saudi companies want to invest in Israel with the help of intermediaries from Bahrain.
The low oil prices and the corona pandemic are exacerbating the financial crisis in Saudi Arabia. Due to the slowdown in the global economy, the relevant oil price fell from around $ 60 to less than $ 20 per barrel and has not recovered completely since then. The annual average price is around $ 40. For a balanced national budget, however, Saudi Arabia needed an oil price almost twice as high.
Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Clergy Community, declared on Saturday December 19 in Pakistan:
With one voice the Iraqi parliament decided Christmas will now also be a national holiday in Iraq.
While Jews in Dubai and the UAE can wear their kippah openly without fear, they dare to do it less and less in Europe.
In March, Francis wants to be the first Pope to visit Iraq. He knows Muslims must be won if religious minorities can have a future. He is of course aware of the afflictions and persecution that Christians under the Muslim world face, not at least in Iraq. At the same time, however, he wants to help strengthen that delicate plant of Islamic self-reflection that is currently sprouting.