Washington Outraged Over Beheading of Christians And Other Religious Rights Abuses
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concern Wednesday about ongoing beheadings and other abuses of Christians and other faith groups in several nations.
Pompeo talked at the presentation of the U.S. State Department's annual Report on International Religious Freedom. As an example, he mentioned Nigeria, where the investigators discovered that the terror group Islamic State, or ISIS, and Boko Haram militants "continue to attack Muslims and Christians" alike. "ISIS beheaded 10 Christians in that country just this past December."
Pompeo also mentioned the "Nicaraguan government" that he stressed, "harasses and intimidates religious leaders and worshipers and desecrates religious spaces, often using proxies."...