{"id":72488,"date":"2018-07-01T06:45:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T10:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=72488"},"modified":"2018-07-01T06:40:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T10:40:45","slug":"gerald-mcdermott-attack-on-the-archbishop-of-jos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=72488","title":{"rendered":"Gerald McDermott&#8211;Attack on the Archbishop of Jos, Benjamin Kwashi"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One killed in Kangang village, also Bishop Kwashi&#39;s cattle Rustled <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Uo0dPVRpW\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Uo0dPVRpW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ViewPointNigeria (@ViewPointNig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViewPointNig\/status\/1012998481240354817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThis was the third time that Muslims have attacked Jos Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi.<br \/>\nThe first time they stole his cattle.  The second time they came to kill him.  He was gone and so they savaged his wife, assaulting her womanhood, and left her half-dead.<br \/>\n[Friday] night all of his cattle were stolen by (Muslim) Fulani tribesmen, and when his dear neighbor Ayuba heard and shined a light on the rustlers, he was shot dead&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what the AB wrote on FB:<br \/>\n       \u2026Ayuba Dung..<br \/>\n    \u2026Ayuba Dung..<br \/>\n    A simple driver of a COCIN (a Nigerian Christian denomination) chairman\u2026<br \/>\n    Has a family a wife and children, living in an uncompleted house of his own. The doors and widows waiting to be bought to be fixed. He had hopes of finishing his house and living peacefully with his family.<br \/>\n    The story changed last night\u2026<br \/>\n    He was shot through the head because he flashed his light when he heard footsteps of cattle being rustled\u2026<br \/>\n  The cows were mine\u2026<br \/>\nI was at the Archbishop\u2019s home today.  Some of his bishops and priests with their wives were there, along with Gloria his wife and their many adopted orphan children.  They were there to consult, and to encourage him.  There was no grimness.  Many smiled warmly.  The general attitude was, \u201cThis is what God has called us to\u2013mission amidst persecution.  We love one another, and the devil is driving us Christians closer together.\u201d<br \/>\nOne of those who called on him to offer condolences was a Fulani tribal leader, a Muslim.  He showed that not all the Fulani agree with what these terrorists, their fellow tribesmen, are doing.<br \/>\nAt the same time, one of his priests told me that these Muslim Fulani were making a statement: \u201cWe know who you are.  Be on the alert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/northamptonseminar\/2018\/06\/30\/attack-on-the-archbishop\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One killed in Kangang village, also Bishop Kwashi&#39;s cattle Rustled https:\/\/t.co\/0Uo0dPVRpW &mdash; ViewPointNigeria (@ViewPointNig) June 30, 2018 This was the third time that Muslims have attacked Jos Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi. The first time they stole his cattle. 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