'You, Infidel, Will Meet Allah': Persecution of Christians, April 2025 - by Raymond Ibrahim for the Gatestone Institute - 15.06.25
- Michael Julien
- Jun 15
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In the opening days of April, Muslim Fulani terrorists slaughtered more than 60 Christians in Plateau State, in what Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang termed an ongoing "genocide." According to a local source, "More than 1,000 Christians were displaced during the attacks, and 383 three houses were destroyed by these bandits." — Morning Star News, April 8, 2025, Nigeria.
"Eyewitnesses said the attack lasted more than an hour, leaving 103 households destroyed and the entire village displaced. Frustration mounted as residents reported a delayed military response and accused security forces of bias, disarming local Christian youth but not Fulani attackers." — Morning Star News, April 14, 2025, Nigeria.
On Good Friday, Apr. 18, a Muslim judge sentenced a Christian to death for "blasphemy".... Among these critics was the Rev. Ghazala Shafique, a Karachi-based rights activist: "The court has convicted a Christian for allegedly carrying out the alleged blasphemous act, but what about those people who burned our churches and homes and are now roaming freely on bail? Why didn't the police and prosecution investigate those cases with the same zeal that they have shown in Masih's case?" — Morning Star News, April 22, 2025, Pakistan.
On Apr. 30, a Muslim judge sentenced Sabry Kamel, a 79-year-old Christian man to life in prison on the charge that he molested a five-year-old Muslim child at the school where the accused volunteered. He did so, critics allege, on very little evidence and merely to placate an angry Muslim mob that was growing outside the court house and calling for the instant execution of the elderly Christian.... Essam Mehanna, the complainant's lawyer... stated: 'The case was flimsy and would have collapsed were it not for the mob shouting outside the courthouse.' Several legal experts and independent attorneys—both Copts and Muslims—who reviewed the case files expressed shock at what they described as a wholly unjustified ruling." — Coptic Solidarity, April 30, 2025, Egypt.
According to an April 6 report, Zimnako Salah, a 45-year-old Muslim man, "planted fake bombs across four churches in Arizona, California, and Colorado and worked separately to construct a real one:" Michele Beckwith, US Attorney for the Eastern District of California, said, "Planting a hoax bomb at the Roseville church was not an isolated incident or a prank for this defendant... His actions were designed to threaten and intimidate the congregation because he disagreed with their religious beliefs."
The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of April 2025. The Muslim Slaughter of Christians.
Nigeria: In the opening days of April, Muslim Fulani terrorists slaughtered more than 60 Christians in Plateau State, in what Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang termed an ongoing "genocide." According to a local source:
"More than 1,000 Christians were displaced during the attacks, and 383 three houses were destroyed by these bandits. These attacks began on Wednesday, April 2, at about 3 p.m., when these armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded our communities in large numbers; they came on motorcycles and attacked us."
On Apr. 7, Muslim Fulani slaughtered another three Christians in Central Nigeria, where 19 had been slaughtered the previous month. According to Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, a youth leader from the area,
"This incident is part of a disturbing trend of attacks that have claimed the lives of Christians in the last four weeks," including one man who on Apr. 2 "was stabbed to death by Fulani militias...The atrocities committed by Fulani militias against Christians here extends beyond ambushes and attacks, as their cattle have been grazing on our farms with impunity, rendering countless families jobless and hungry as their only source of livelihood is destroyed. The continued killings and destruction of our Christians' means of livelihood are deliberate attempts to turn our Christian communities into a lawless one."
Between Apr. 8 and Apr. 11, the Fulani herdsmen killed another five Christians.
Then, hours after Easter Sunday, in the early dawn of Apr. 14, the Muslims slaughtered 54 Christians in the village of Zikke in Jos, Plateau state (different from the 60 murdered in the same state between Apr. 2-3). According to one report:
"Eyewitnesses said the attack lasted more than an hour, leaving 103 households destroyed and the entire village displaced. Frustration mounted as residents reported a delayed military response and accused security forces of bias, disarming local Christian youth but not Fulani attackers."
"What exactly do the Fulanis want?" asked local resident David Yakubu:
"They are everywhere launching attacks on our Christian communities. We had barely finished weeping for Christians killed in Bokkos Local Government Area, now it's Christians in Bassa Local Council Area who have also been attacked and many killed."
Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, a community leader, said:
"We are deeply concerned about the silence of state actors, the lack of condemnation, and the absence of intervention or visitation to our people. We are particularly worried about the lack of action taken to arrest the perpetrators of these heinous crimes as they continue to kill our people on daily basis."
On Apr. 21, a Muslim man rammed his truck into an Easter procession, killing six Christians and hospitalizing more than 30. Although Muslim officials tried to spin the terror attack as an accident, according to eyewitnesses:
"As soon as the Muslim driver saw the crowd of Christians ahead of him, he increased his speed and ran into the group from behind them without ever honking his horn. He mowed several Christians... Some of these Christians are permanently maimed, and their lives will not remain the same."
On Apr. 28, Boko Haram terrorists attacked another Christian community in Borno state, "killing seven Christians and setting homes and church buildings ablaze."
Uganda: On Apr. 3, Muslims stabbed a Christian evangelist to death for leading Muslims to Christ. David Washume, 38, was making his way home after a preaching for three days at an open air event. According to fellow evangelist, Fred Wepuhulu:
"[Around 10 pm], as we were nearing our village, we met three masked men dressed in Muslim attire, with knives, while speaking the Arabic language. They stopped us and told us to surrender our bags."
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Raymond Ibrahim, author of Defenders of the West, Sword and Scimitar, Crucified Again, and The Al Qaeda Reader, is the Distinguished Senior Shillman Fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Judith Rosen Friedman Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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