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Boko Haram has destroyed nearly 200 churches in Nigeria

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African state plunged into chaos as terrorist group takes control

The Islamic terrorists organization Boko Haram has destroyed nearly 200 churches in north-eastern Nigeria.

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By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
10/10/2014 (1 decade ago)

Published in Africa

Keywords: Nigeria, Boko Haram, Islam, Islamic State, Education

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The 186 destroyed churches were part of the Maiduguri Diocese, in 14 parishes in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

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Father Gideo Obasogie, the director of social communications in the diocese, said that: "As a Church, we are really going through a severe moment of persecution. Our ecclesiastical circumscription is facing a sharp disintegration."

The diocese claims that the violence is caused by Boko Haram, now in its fifth year of violence in Nigeria. The group has been conducting bombings, attacks on churches, assassinations and abductions in an attempt to supplant the Nigerian government and form an Islamic state.

The terrorist group's recent activities have also displaced local government officials, and thrown the region into chaos. The militants have taken over several government buildings, forcing thousands of Catholics to flee.

"Our children have not yet been fed well or clothed; so resumption to school is practically out of our calculation," Obasogie said.

"In our opinion, if thousands of Nigerian children can't go to school . then their future is at stake, quite bleak. The health condition of our people is truly troubling in their displaced camps."

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