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In a statement, President Joe Biden officially recognized the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, modern-day Turkey, as genocide. This could be a potential breaking point in the U.S.’s relationship with Turkey. Yet, the recognition was more than just giving lip service to the horrible events that transpired two decades before the Holocaust.
The president’s statement follows through on his campaign promise to formally acknowledge the systematic deportation and killing of between one to 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.
The Armenian genocide was perpetrated early in the 20th century by the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. (Wikipedia)
Nigerian Catholic worshiper prays during morning mass April 12, 2005, in Kano, Nigeria. Kano is part of Nigeria s primarily Muslim north, but a devoted Catholic minority participates in frequent Masses in local cathedrals. | Chris Hondros/Getty Images
Fulani extremists in Nigeria shot and killed a church elder, abducted three other Christians and hospitalized another in a recent attack in northwest Nigeria.
Mati Sani, a 65-year-old lay-leader with the Evangelical Church Winning All, was murdered at around 1 a.m. on Feb. 16 during a terrorist attack carried out in the village of Kadabuki Dan-Marabu, Kankara County, Katsina state, according to Morning Star News.
Sani had served in the church for over 35 years.
Anciano de iglesia asesinado, 3 secuestrados en ataque de Fulani a aldea nigeriana christianpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christianpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.