Rebels in Rage: Central African Republic
Asalam alaylum loves! I was feeling under the weather yesterday so I will be posting twice to makeup for missing yesterday and then today's post. I am determined to finish out Ramadan with posting everyday! I am not going to lie I have felt the Iman boost I had before lowering these last few days but In Sha Allah we try to finish out Ramadan strong! I wanted to touch an another country in crisis, In Sha Allah I may start a series on my YouTube Channel called Countries in Crisis.
We have a few days left of Ramadan before it comes to a close, if you are able to donate and give back to a country that has experienced much violence, In Sha Allah you will get much reward, links below to charities working to help those affected including children down at the end of the page!
The situation in the Central African Republic for years, with militias supposedly composed of Muslims (even though personally I feel they aren't because Muslims wouldn't do this) as well as another opposing group comprised supposedly of Christians. I do not know if they actually practice the religion or if they just claim to be religious people to hide behind that as an excuse.
Thousands have lost their lives, 650,000 have fled their homes, 575, 000 have fled the country. 400 attacks have happened in the last year, causing many to flee to camps or makeshift shelters in mosques or churches. 2/3 or 1.5 million children are in need of aid, more than 40% of children do not finish primary school and over 90% do not make it through secondary school, putting them at risk to be sexually exploited, raped, killed or recruited as child soldiers by the militias.
May Allah help our brothers and sisters in the Central African Republic, protect them from harm and hunger and thirst, and provide them with happier and safer future. May those who died as Muslims be accepted into Jennah Tul Furdaus, grant them mercy and forgive their sins and reunite loved ones.
https://www.rescue.org/
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/
https://www.mercycorps.org/
https://www.crs.org/
Sources: http://www.arabnews.com/, https://www.aljazeera.com/
We have a few days left of Ramadan before it comes to a close, if you are able to donate and give back to a country that has experienced much violence, In Sha Allah you will get much reward, links below to charities working to help those affected including children down at the end of the page!
The situation in the Central African Republic for years, with militias supposedly composed of Muslims (even though personally I feel they aren't because Muslims wouldn't do this) as well as another opposing group comprised supposedly of Christians. I do not know if they actually practice the religion or if they just claim to be religious people to hide behind that as an excuse.
Thousands have lost their lives, 650,000 have fled their homes, 575, 000 have fled the country. 400 attacks have happened in the last year, causing many to flee to camps or makeshift shelters in mosques or churches. 2/3 or 1.5 million children are in need of aid, more than 40% of children do not finish primary school and over 90% do not make it through secondary school, putting them at risk to be sexually exploited, raped, killed or recruited as child soldiers by the militias.
A Muslim man Abdullhaye was fortunate enough to be able to return back to Bangassou, the city he fled from, but not much is left. He used to own one of the largest homes and multiple stores, but all that remains of his home is four walls, which he had to pay to the militia so they did not destroy. Two years ago, the village was attacked, 76 people were killed and 1,500 fled to a nearby Mosque for safety. They were met with more violence when the Imam was attacked and killed, forcing the survivors to pack up into a truck at 3 am and flee to a nearby Christian seminary and cathedral.
The siege in the Seminary was months long, with many Muslims still remaining even after Abdullhaye and ten other families have left for home. They are afraid or unable to go back home.
May Allah help reunite families to their homes, protect and safeguard them from violence or hunger.
About a week ago, another attack happened in several villages in the Northwest Border near Chad, claiming over 50 lives. The armed Rebel group known as 3R (Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation) is responsible for the attack, wanting revenge for the killing of an ethnic Peuhl individual. The government called on their leader Sidiki Abass to hand over those responsible for the massacre. The gunmen approached the village under the guise of wanting a meeting with the community leaders but it was a trap, they hoarded people under a mango tree, tying and piling them up and shooting.
According to Alphonse, who MSF says managed to stay alive by "playing dead", very few people survived.
The cruelness of these men is beyond words, May Allah bring them to justice for what they did.
There is always hope, a ray of sunshine at the end of the tunnel or the storm. Despite all the violence and families having to flee to camps, aid workers like Joslyn Sanze are trying their best to give the children in the camps the best education possible. Resources are limited with 200,000 in the camps and not many tents or school supplies to go around. Non profits have called these schools temporary learning spaces but they have become permanent homes for most who live there.
“This war is creating a lost generation,” Sanzé tells The Guardian. “These are children who have seen their own parents and teachers killed or attacked. When they arrive at this camp, they feel so lost. But here, they find new friendships and their hope is reborn.”
The teachers themselves are survivors, one among them is Elizabeth Yakete, who feld violence in her village when the militia attacked and burned down her home. She is determined to teach the children about unity and forgiveness to give them a better future.
I teach them to forgive, to move on from what happened in their villages, not to take vengeance and kill more people
May Allah help our brothers and sisters in the Central African Republic, protect them from harm and hunger and thirst, and provide them with happier and safer future. May those who died as Muslims be accepted into Jennah Tul Furdaus, grant them mercy and forgive their sins and reunite loved ones.
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Charities Helping the CAR:
https://www.rescue.org/
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/
https://www.mercycorps.org/
https://www.crs.org/
Sources: http://www.arabnews.com/, https://www.aljazeera.com/
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