Then the next day, jihadis carried out attacks against two churches.
The world continues to stand by in complete indifference to this jihad genocide, which has been going on for years.
“BREAKING: Terrorists Storm Chibok Community In Borno On Night Before Easter Sunday, Burn Church, Homes,” Sahara Reporters, April 5, 2026:
SaharaReporters learnt that the insurgents set a church and several homes ablaze in what residents described as a coordinated attack on the predominantly Christian settlement.
Fresh terror struck Kwapul community in Chibok Local Government Area, Borno State, as suspected insurgents carried out a late-night raid on Saturday that extended into the early hours of Sunday.
SaharaReporters learnt that the insurgents set a church and several homes ablaze in what residents described as a coordinated attack on the predominantly Christian settlement.
Although no lives were reported lost, the assault left families displaced and traumatised, with growing calls for urgent security intervention.
Locals said the “attackers operated for hours without resistance,” underscoring fears that rural populations remain highly vulnerable despite years of counterinsurgency efforts.
The attack comes at a sensitive time, as Christian communities observe the Easter season, a period that has repeatedly been targeted in Nigeria’s conflict-prone regions….
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President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House Monday, prompting scrutiny over al-Sharaa’s treatment of his country’s Christian minority.
Trump has made addressing the global persecution of Christians a priority of his administration, and he designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” and called for a congressional investigation in October.
Nigeria is not the only country where Christians are being targeted. Religious minorities are targeted or caught in the crossfire as players move for power in Syria.
As the nearly 14-year civil war came to a close, al-Sharaa’s forces took control of the Syrian government from Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in late 2024.
Al-Sharaa’s resistance, the Nusra Front, was formally aligned with al-Qaeda until 2016, Reuters reported. It rebranded itself in 2017 as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Al-Sharaa previously had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, but he told CNN in December that his group was working to reassure Christians targeted by extremist and jihadist groups during the civil war that they would be safe under his rule.
“There were some violations against them [minorities] by certain individuals during periods of chaos, but we addressed these issues,” al-Sharaa told CNN.
“No one has the right to erase another group,” he continued. “These sects have coexisted in this region for hundreds of years, and no one has the right to eliminate them.”
Despite al-Sharaa’s promises, doubts remain due to his resistance group’s jihadist origins and track record of human rights abuses, Open Doors research analyst on the Middle East, Henriette Kats, said in December.
CEO of Christian rights organization Open Doors U.S., Ryan Brown, told the Daily Caller the attacks happening in Syria don’t take place in a vacuum, and they are the result of a civil war.
Brown said the threat Assad’s regime posed to Syrian Christians was a “known entity,” but the rise of al-Sharaa bred uncertainty and elicited mixed reactions from Christians.
Al-Sharaa began his rule by meeting with high-level clergymen to “lay the foundations for future dialogue” with the goal to “continue these meetings to reach future understandings,” an anonymous official told AFP, Al Arabiya English reported.
Despite al-Sharaa’s purported commitments, the future of Syrian Christians remains uncertain. They face attacks from groups opposing al-Sharaa because of their faith, while others are being killed in unrelated conflicts involving forces allegedly tied to his government.
A suicide bomber attacked an evening Catholic Mass in June, taking the lives of 22 people and wounding more than 50 others, according to Open Doors.
“I was preaching when the shooting began. Then came the screams,” the father of a neighboring Greek Orthodox church told Open Doors. “Everyone instinctively dropped to the ground. The fear… it was unspeakable. We were all in shock, paralyzed by the horror.”
Syrian authorities attributed the attack to ISIS, according to the report.
“We thought getting rid of the previous regime was going to give us some sense of freedom,” an Open Doors partner told the organization, claiming authorities are only “pretending to protect the rights of everybody in Syria.”
Hundreds of minorities — including the Druze and Alawites —were slaughtered in 2025, Open Doors reported. The group noted that many are questioning whether al-Sharaa can control the extremist groups in his country.
Al-Sharaa called on “remnants of the former regime” to immediately surrender and vowed to hold accountable “anyone who was involved in the bloodshed of civilians,” according to Al Arabiya English.
Head of the Europe branch of the Christian Syriac Union Party, Joseph Lahdo, said Christians have become the “target of direct attacks,” according to Christian Solidarity International.
Outside of the bombings and direct attacks on churches and families, Lahdo alleged Christians face taxes and financial pressure, and Christian women are forced out of workplaces and universities.
Christians also face political marginalization, absence of real representation in governing institutions and continuous threats from extremist groups and Turkish military operations, according to Lahdo. He added that Christians lack access to adequate international support.
In preparation for Trump’s Monday meeting with the president, nearly 100 U.S. church leaders signed an open letter thanking Trump for his recent efforts in combating Christian persecution in Nigeria.
The letter urged Trump to address the persecution of religious minorities, including Christians, in Syria.
“[R]eligious minorities face ongoing violence, death, displacement, starvation, and water and medical deprivation, all while innocent women and children are held hostage by ISIS terrorists,” the letter stated.
The letter, whose signatories included Vice Chair of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Dr. Ben Carson, requested Trump “secure President al-Sharaa’s commitment to opening a secure humanitarian corridor from Hader to Suwayda in southern Syria,” arguing the corridor would facilitate aid delivery and the evacuation of civilians.
It’s estimated that nearly 90% of the aid being distributed through Damascus does not reach its intended target of Sweida, according to the Catholic Review.
Although it is unclear whether such topics came up during the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House, Trump said he believes al-Sharaa can make Syria successful and help bring peace to the region.
After Trump’s meeting, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom indicated the government will continue to address issues of religious freedom in the region.
The commission will hold a virtual hearing on religious freedom in Syria Thursday to “identify continued challenges to U.S. policy and religious freedom in Syria.”
Witnesses are slated to speak on specific threats to freedom of religion or belief toward Syrian minorities, as well as how the U.S. “can leverage bilateral, regional, and international interests in its support of [freedom of religion or belief] for all Syrians.”
Brown told the Caller there are ways Syria’s government can ensure Christians and religious minorities are protected, including by implementing constitutional reforms that enshrine basic protections for Christians and other Syrian minorities. He said the U.S. should continue to encourage the prioritization of the freedom of religious belief in its international relations.
He said the most important way someone can help is to pray for Christians and others caught in the Syrian turmoil, as well as donating to groups like Open Doors. The organization supplies information on countries dealing with Christian persecution, helps support the livelihood of Christians and provides trauma care after attacks, like the suicide bombing in June.
Brown said that although most Christian persecution is directly violent, other forms of persecution are increasing around the world, specifically during the past few years in sub-Saharan Africa.
“It is becoming alarming how much violence is continuing to escalate in the expression of persecution,” he told the Caller.
“How dare you say we’re not allowed to do that thing which we’re definitely not doing!”
So goes the logic of children and State Department employees, who balked at a notice from the Trump Administration ordering them to report “anti-Christian bias” from colleagues, reports Politico.
“Even if well-intentioned, it is based on the flawed premise that the department harbors anti-Christian bias to begin with,” writes Politico of employee sentiment. Presumably, then, the tip lines will go unused. But the looming approach of accountability is still enough to terrify federal workers.
One anonymous official described it as “very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” according to Politico. There’s a particular worm burrowed deep into the left’s cerebellum which commands them to parse reality through Harry Potter and its ilk. This is a command easily agitated by any reference to Christianity in public life.
California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman protested the National Prayer Breakfast in February wearing a button reading “Entering Gilead,” the fictional totalitarian regime in The Handmaid’s Tale. He explained the choice as a “reference to a creepy dystopic theocracy, which is the slippery slope we’re heading down with events like this.”
Speaker Johnson’s National Prayer Breakfast is yet another example of MAGA Republicans taking a sledgehammer to the wall between church and state. Walk with me to protest this morning… pic.twitter.com/rGGGqznb8p
Trump’s latest order follows an Executive Order establishing a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias tasked with ending “the anti-Christian weaponization of government.” The Executive Order indicted Joe Biden’s administration for waging lawfare against peaceful Christian activists and ignoring violent attacks on Catholic organizations.
The legacy media refused the Executive Order’s very premise.
“Given Christianity’s dominance in US, Trump raises eyebrows with anti-Christian bias initiative,” read a byline from the Associated Press (AP). The same AP which, following the attack on the Nashville Covenant School by a radical transgender-identified shooter, fretted that “Trans people face rhetoric, disinformation after shooting.”
Not rhetoric. Anything but rhetoric!
Surely, what terrifies most Americans is the thought of a radical, exogenous testosterone-addled nut killing Christian children — Can you imagine the blowback against innocent trannies?
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Shortly after President-elect Donald Trump nominated decorated veteran Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense (DOD), the corporate press attacked him because of his Christian tattoos.
On its face, it feels desperate and obvious that Hegseth would become persona non grata among the “people who know things” crowd. He’s handsome and in no way resembles an overfed sewer rat. He understands the failings of upper leadership and wants to make serious changes to improve military lethality by ending the woke malignant tumor growing inside the military, academies and defense agencies.
Still, the attacks against Hegseth seem more about his faith and less about his qualifications. “How dare the man tasked with leading the entire military in the protection of our country believe in God and profess those beliefs publicly? He must be some sort of Nazi!” (ROOKE: Don’t Let Calls For Unity Fool You. The GOP Is Still At War)
While it’s completely pathetic, we’ve seen the left’s anti-Christian demagoguery rise against believers for years. The radically atheistic left finds it inconceivable that Hegseth’s tattoos, the Jerusalem cross and the Latin phrase Deus Vult carries real meaning. Instead, he must be cosplaying as a Christian to hide his “White Supremacy” connections.
They’re attacking Pete Hegseth for having a Christian motto tattooed on his arm. This is disgusting anti-Christian bigotry from the AP, and the entire organization should be ashamed of itself. https://t.co/tQxuD3RPlx
Deus Vult was a rallying cry during the First Crusade when European Christians fought against the Muslims for control over Jerusalem and to put an end to the brutal Muslim expansion. Today, it simply means “God wills it” and reminds Christians about God’s divine providence in our lives.
Similarly, the Jerusalem Cross, which has one large cross in the middle with four smaller crosses in each quadrant, became popular during the Crusades when Pope Urban II gave them the emblem to adorn their uniforms and banners.
There are several interpretations of the Jerusalem Cross. The five crosses could represent the Five Wounds Jesus Christ suffered during his crucifixion. Otheres say it is meant to be a sign of evangelism in which the large cross represents Christ, and the four smaller crosses are for the Gospel writers, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. John.
Hello.
I am a Dame of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, founded by Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099.
Our Cross is not a “symbol of white supremacy”, as claimed by some…
Less than a minute of independent research will prove their claim ignorant.
But if you read corporate media’s take, these symbols are a sign that Hegseth is a white supremacist. Hegseth told podcast host Shawn Ryan he was turned down from protecting Washington, D.C., during President Joe Biden’s inauguration because someone flagged his Christian tattoos. AP News released the email surrounding this incident, seemingly in an attempt to make Hegseth look like an extremist unfit for office. Still, all it did was further confirm that corporate news and the people leading our country have no issue committing anti-Christian bigotry.
“MAJ Hegseth has a tattoo of ‘Deus Vult’ on his inner arm (bicep area). The phrase ‘Deus Vult; is associated with Supremacist groups in which White-Supremacist use of #DeusVult and a return to medieval Catholicism, is to invoke the myth of a white Christian (i.e. Catholic) medieval past that wishes to ignore the actual demographics and theological state of Catholicism today, let alone the doctrinal practices of contemporary Catholicism,” Retired Master Sgt. DeRicko Gaither, who was serving as the D.C. Army National Guard’s physical security manager and on its anti-terrorism force protection team in January 2021, said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists.…
Hegseth has two bronze stars for his heroism while deployed during the Global War on Terror. He started a veteran-focused organization to help veterans get the benefits they deserve, like better medical care. And yet, his tattoos are disqualifying. The left doesn’t care about men in drag or military officers dressing as puppies acting out sexual fetishes in uniform, but because Hegseth permanently displayed his allegiance to God on his body, that makes him an extremist.
They still don’t understand that their insistence to call everything outside of their woke worldview extremist bigotry is why voters overwhelmingly endorsed Trump and his vision for the country.
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Noted antisemite and sharia-supporter Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) incurred a flood of social media condemnation — and rightfully so — over the weekend for her remarks about a video of passengers singing Christian music on a plane.
In the now-viral video, captioned “Worshipping Jesus 30,000 feet in the air,” passengers are seen singing a popular Christian worship song inside an airliner. The clip was originally posted by Jack Jensz Jr., founder of Kingdom Realm Ministries, who has been assisting Ukrainian refugees in Europe along with his congregation.
The Muslim congresswoman retweeted the clip, adding, “I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane. How do you think it will end?”
“I think you should shut up and stop being a bigot,” responded conservative author Kurt Schlichter.
“Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN attacks a group of Christian volunteers on an @easyJet flight in Europe delivering aid to Ukraine, because they’re singing,” wrote activist and businessman Avi Kaner.
“Why does this person who lives free and liberated because of the compassion of our country not appreciate that we’re a Judeo-Christian society uniquely founded to protect those of all faiths?” wrote talk radio host Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo.
“Why does she constantly denigrate the place that offered her so much?” he asked. “Praying for her.”
“I spent decades flying in the Middle East. We weren’t even allowed to bring Bibles into the countries or worship. This sort of impromptu singing would turn into arrests and imprisonment,” wrote former congressional Republican candidate and Air Force pilot Buzz Patterson. “I’ll celebrate our freedoms here. You do you.”
“I doubt that people would care one bit. It’s the slitting of throats with box cutters and flying jetliners into buildings that we have an issue with. Next question,” wrote conservative commentator Todd Starnes.
“Stop with the Christianphobia, Congresswoman,” wrote conservative author and YouTube personality Mark Dice.
“If someone yelled Allahu Akbar I’d freak out, YOU’d freak out and ANY Muslim would freak out given the fact we still have many radical Islamists in our religion (Hizbollah, ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas etc) all would love to hijack a plane for another 9/11 who we kidding..,” wrote former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan.
On May 3, 2021, Omar told MSNBC host Joy Reid that she and her fellow black Democrats were becoming exhausted by people who refused to concede that America was a racist nation. “I think there is a lot of emotional exhaustion that many of us who are black lawmakers and black people in public service are experiencing,” said Omar. “Because every single day you know that there are ways to transform the justice system, the policing system, and you have to have conversation[s] with people who want to turn a blind eye to the injustices that exist within our systems, who continue to insist that this country is not a country that is racist, that our systems don’t have racism embedded in them.”
EDITORS NOTE: This Discover the Networks column is republished with permission. All rights reserved.
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There is a growing concern that public school students are being indoctrinated rather than taught to think independently. This concern is well founded in Collier County, Florida. The controversial film Zeitgeist: Moving Forward by Peter Joseph was shown to public school students during a World History course taught by Mr. Mike Cassio and other teachers in the Collier County Public Schools with the support of District staff.
According to Wikipedia:
Zeitgeist: The Movie is a 2007 film by Peter Joseph presenting a number of conspiracy theories. Zeitgeist blends skepticism, metaphysical spirituality, and conspiracy ideas.
The film disputes the historicity of Jesus (the Christ myth theory) and claims that the September 11th attacks in 2001 were pre-arranged by New World Order forces, and claims that bankers manipulate world events.
In Zeitgeist, it is claimed that the Federal Reserve was behind several wars and manipulates the American public for a One World Government or “New World Order”. The Zeitgeist film, according to writer Paul Constant, is “based solely on anecdotal evidence, it’s probably drawing more people into the Truth movement than anything else.”
I wanted you to know that I watched this video [Zeitgeist] and found it well developed, calm, balanced, and historically accurate. As educators, part of our responsibility is to allow students a safe environment to consider alternate view points from the norm and I do know you intended for this outcome through the choice of an excerpt from Zeitgeist.
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I spend too much time pacifying a political group in town who gets their news from Glenn Beck and his concerns about a book in Florida that has a “Whole Chapter on Islam.”
Here is the full film Zeitgeist which was shown to Florida public school students:
Doug Lewis, the parent of a student in Collier County School District wrote in an email:
The District has falsely denied that the documentary Zeitgeist was shown to students in the District.
It is beyond dispute that this documentary is factually inaccurate and controversial. Also, it clearly violates Policy Policy 2240 , which policy provides (in part) as follows: The School Board will permit the introduction and proper educational use of controversial issues provided that their use in the instructional program: A. is related to the instructional goals of the course of study and level of maturity of the students; B. does not tend to indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view; C. encourages open-mindedness and is conducted in a spirit of scholarly inquiry.
Lewis notes, “As a parent of Collier County public school children, I have zero assurance that the District will not (going forward) prohibit this kind of factually inaccurate and controversial material in the classroom without prior parent notice and consent, with the student opportunity to opt out. Irrespective of whether an individual parent leans to the left or the right, all parents can unite and find concern with a District that fails to acknowledge the simple and easily verifiable fact that this video was shown, a District that fails to enforce and comply its current policy 2240, and a District that fails to communicate to the parent reporting the problem of action being taken to fix the reported problem.”
https://drrichswier.com/wp-content/uploads/zeitgeist-moving-forward-e1435753257579.jpg373640Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.)http://drrich.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/logo_264x69.pngDr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.)2015-07-01 08:23:422015-07-01 10:09:07FLORIDA: Anti-American, Anti-Christian, Conspiracy Theory film ‘Zeitgeist’ shown to Public School Students
