BY SUCCESS KANAYO UCHIME
It’s very worrisome to note the rate of persecution Christians go through in Islamic Republic of Mauritania on a daily basis, with the reported killing of a Pastor, Ahmadou Abu Bakr in Oulata recently.
This revelation is contained in a report by the Regional Manager for Africa International Christian Concern (ICC) a Washington-DC based human rights organization (www.persecution.org) Jonathan Racho who noted that that on March 5 Islamists kidnapped and killed the pastor.
(Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian President)
He said that Ahmadou’s bullet-ridden body was found dumped on the outskirts of the city on the morning of March 6th stressing that last year, Pastor Ahmadou had fled the city of Nema to Oulata, because he was threatened by a local Islamist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because of his Christian witness. “The Pastor’s murderers arrived from Nema in a 4-by-4 pickup truck.”
Racho noted that Ahmadou’s widow, Maymuna Elhadji said AQIM and their local affiliates have been targeting local Christians in Mauritania and Mali, countries located in West African sub-region, throughout the last few years. “The widow and her three children have left Oulata and gone into hiding.”
“Maymuna told ICC that her late husband was the fourth Mauritanian martyred for his faith in Southeast Mauritania since 2009. The pastor abandoned Islam and became a follower of Christ in 2008; his wife joined him in the faith in 2009. They have been married for nine years,” he stated.
Racho said they are deeply saddened by the killing of pastor Ahmadou and also outraged by the failure of Mauritanian government to protect the Christian minorities from killings.
He stated: “We urge Mauritanian officials to arrest the killers of pastor Ahmadou and bring them to justice. Mauritanian authorities have an obligation to protect their citizens from the Islamic onslaught.”
Speaking on this development, a local church leader, Nouakchott, who spoke to ICC from the Mauritanian capital, described pastor Ahmadou as, “a selfless disciple of Christ who served in the most dangerous region in Mauritania and supported his family as a tent maker.”
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It’s very worrisome to note the rate of persecution Christians go through in Islamic Republic of Mauritania on a daily basis, with the reported killing of a Pastor, Ahmadou Abu Bakr in Oulata recently.
This revelation is contained in a report by the Regional Manager for Africa International Christian Concern (ICC) a Washington-DC based human rights organization (www.persecution.org) Jonathan Racho who noted that that on March 5 Islamists kidnapped and killed the pastor.
(Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian President)
He said that Ahmadou’s bullet-ridden body was found dumped on the outskirts of the city on the morning of March 6th stressing that last year, Pastor Ahmadou had fled the city of Nema to Oulata, because he was threatened by a local Islamist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because of his Christian witness. “The Pastor’s murderers arrived from Nema in a 4-by-4 pickup truck.”
Racho noted that Ahmadou’s widow, Maymuna Elhadji said AQIM and their local affiliates have been targeting local Christians in Mauritania and Mali, countries located in West African sub-region, throughout the last few years. “The widow and her three children have left Oulata and gone into hiding.”
“Maymuna told ICC that her late husband was the fourth Mauritanian martyred for his faith in Southeast Mauritania since 2009. The pastor abandoned Islam and became a follower of Christ in 2008; his wife joined him in the faith in 2009. They have been married for nine years,” he stated.
Racho said they are deeply saddened by the killing of pastor Ahmadou and also outraged by the failure of Mauritanian government to protect the Christian minorities from killings.
He stated: “We urge Mauritanian officials to arrest the killers of pastor Ahmadou and bring them to justice. Mauritanian authorities have an obligation to protect their citizens from the Islamic onslaught.”
Speaking on this development, a local church leader, Nouakchott, who spoke to ICC from the Mauritanian capital, described pastor Ahmadou as, “a selfless disciple of Christ who served in the most dangerous region in Mauritania and supported his family as a tent maker.”
And for more article from this writer, click here: http://www.allvoices.com/users/success4u
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