This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
There's no lack of evidence for the extreme brutality of Islamic jihadists.
On that Oct. 7, 2023, day that members of Hamas invaded Israel, they burned whole families together, abused victims, then murdered them, and more.
Evidence already was abundant that similar events were occurring in Africa.
Charles Jacobs, the chief of the African Jewish Alliance, and Uzay Bulut, a distinguished senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, have documented how jihadists, those extreme advocates for Islam, are "murdering, raping, torturing, kidnapping, enslaving, and, in some instances, burning people alive," across Africa.
And now reports of the mayhem of the worst kind are coming in from Syria.
The death toll there is at 7,000 following jihad attacks on Christians and Alawites, who have suffered and died in "cruel, sadistic" ways, according to a new report.
"Christians, Druze, and Yazidis in Syria, like their non-Muslim or non-Arabized counterparts in Africa, fear they may be next," the report explains.
The violence is because of the takeover of Syria by the al-Qaida-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists, led by Ahmed Hussein al Sharaa, who conquered Damascus in December 2024.
The report explains they are going "from door to door in western Syria and massacring religious minorities in cruel, sadistic ways. Social media posts show Alawite men, women, and children shot at close range. According to Greek Member of the European Parliament Nikolas Farantouris, who recently visited Syria, 'Reliable data indicate 7,000 massacres of Christians and Alawites and unprecedented atrocities against civilians.' The death toll is still rising."
It's just the latest location for homicidal maniacs, the report said.
"For years now, in at least 12 countries in Africa, jihad has been spreading. Local jihadist organizations go by different names, but the ideology that drives them is the same: Every one of them deeply believes that Allah wants him to wipe the world clean of the kuffar (infidels). In Nigeria, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Niger, Somalia, Mozambique and Libya, among others, Islamic militants massacre civilians, the vast majority of whom are Christians, leading to widespread terror, insecurity and displacement," the report said.
So far, "More than 16.2 million Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa have been driven from their homes by jihadi violence and conflict, reports the human rights organization Open Doors. Such violence includes murder, physical injury, rape, abduction, theft of property, and destruction of homes and farmland."
Women and girls, especially, are a target, with attackers forcing them into "marriage," conversion to Islam, then raping and forced labor.
Just in February, the report said, 70 Christians were beheaded by jihadists in the Congo.
Anything Christian, churches, homes, schools, businesses, are targets.
From January to June of 2024, Islamic militants murdered 639 Christians in various incidents, including beheadings and shootings, according to a report released by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
In Sudan, attackers are known for committing sexual violence on a large scale, including sexual slavery and reports reveal more than 150,000 civilians are estimated to have perished in the years-long war.
In Libya, video evidence confirms the "auction" of Africans in areas where Islamic law is upheld and the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province attacked innocents in Cameroon's Far North region, with churches burned and church leaders kidnapped.
The report describes that in Somalia, "no area is safe for Christians," and in Burkina Faso, Christians are fleeing from the rise of Islam.
Nigeria sees raids by Muslim Fulani militants in "shockingly brutal attacks."
