ISIS released photographs of the Christians exterminated in the Congo

Islamic State has released new photographs documenting the massacre of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, carried out by its militias in the eastern regions of the country. The images, published in its weekly bulletin An Naba No. 516 and reported by the media, show that the jihadists are continuing their campaign of religious extermination with absolute impunity, without the international community reacting to the tragedy.

In the statement, the terrorist group openly boasts about its crimes: "The mujahideen entered the village and captured a Christian, whom they killed with their weapons. They also seized some of his property and returned safely to their positions, praise be to God."

According to Islamic State itself, in a second operation two more Christians were killed, and in a subsequent attack "the soldiers of the Caliphate massacred two more Christians." The words are accompanied by explicit images of the victims, reflecting the brutality with which jihadism seeks to sow terror among African Christian communities.

In the past week, the group has claimed responsibility for the killing of seven Christians, including a Congolese soldier, as well as the burning of two military barracks and attacks that caused several casualties in the Ugandan army in the regions of Lubero and Ituri. Days later, another thirteen people were executed, bringing the number of Christians killed so far this year to over a thousand.

However, the horror doesn't seem to elicit any reaction in major international forums. The United Nations, the European Union, and the main humanitarian NGOs maintain a silence that borders on complicity. No aid expedition or relevant diplomatic statement has come from Western governments, always ready to condemn other forms of violence but reluctant to mention anti-Christian persecution.

While global leaders gather to discuss "tolerance" and "human rights", Christians in Congo are killed for their faith. In the villages of Kivu, Lubero, or Ituri, entire families are massacred for refusing to renounce Christ. Churches are burned, priests are kidnapped, and communities live in constant flight, abandoned by both their local authorities and Western powers.

Defeated territorially in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State has shifted its expansion to sub-Saharan Africa, where it has found fertile ground for its ideology of hate. Congo has thus become one of the bloodiest centers of contemporary Christian martyrdom, along with Nigeria, where persecution also reaches genocidal levels.

Since 2015, at least 145 Catholic priests have been kidnapped, although the organization Intersociety raises the figure to 250 religious and hundreds of missing ministers of worship. In the Nigerian state of Kaduna alone, over 850 Christians remain captive. The statistics confirm a wave of systematic violence sweeping Central Africa while the free world, trapped in its political correctness, chooses to look the other way.