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If terrorism and violent jihad are not part of Islam, why do so many Muslim groups, from so many different parts of the world, conclude that Islam commands Muslims to terrorize their enemies and to wage violent jihad? How can such diverse groups, from such diverse backgrounds, misinterpret Islam in exactly the same way?
International Business Times—Just days after 27 people were killed in Congo by suspected Ugandan rebels, 22 people, including at least eight children, were killed in a fresh attack in the conflict-ridden eastern region of the country on Saturday, according to a report by Agence France-Presse, or AFP. Militants belonging to the Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces – National Army for the Liberation of Uganda, or ADF-NALU, are suspected to be behind the attacks.
The latest attack reportedly occurred about 30 miles from the town of Beni, located in the rebel stronghold of North Kivu in the country’s northeast. Ten women, eight children and four men were killed when rebels raided the village of Byalos, according to media reports.
“This is a genocide, the way in which the ADF kills these people,” Omar Kavota, a spokesperson for the Civil Society of North Kivu said, according to a Reuters report.
The attack comes just two days after 27 people, including many children, were killed in the same area during raids by rebel militia. (Continue Reading.)
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