A Day of Silence by Gandhi in June 1947 tore the idea of United India to pieces.
Why didn't he go on fast until death against the partition? - Nan Pandit #Partition1947 #PartitionOfIndia #ConfusedSoulGandhi
"Veil of Darkness"
Yazidi girls burned alive for refusing to have sex with IS captors. The 19 girls were burned to death, while hundreds of people were watching. Nobody could do anything to save them from the brutal punishment. #VeilofDarkness
IS had a center for slaughtering women.
Thousands have been kidnapped, raped & slaughtered.
They were forced to 'marry' dozens of men.
Those who didn't agree were beheaded. #VeilofDarkness
Self-immolation by burning to look ugly for their IS captors, a (may be the only) chance to escape sex slavery. #VeilofDarkness
Catholic Church’s Role in Rwandan Genocide.
In 1918, after the agreement to end World War I’s fighting, the territory held by Germany on the continent of Africa was split amongst the Allies.
In 1923, Rwanda transferred to Belgium’s rule, where Catholicism was the predominant religion.
Following the national revolution in 1959, Rwanda gained independence in 1961 from Belgium.
Before 🇧🇪 acquisition, a Tutsi king ruled Rwanda though the majority of Rwandans were Hutu.
The Tutsi king converted to Catholicism. Rwanda, then under a Catholic king, became a predominately Christian country.
After 🇧🇪gained control of Rwanda, a consensus was that physical features and cultural habits signified Tutsi or Hutu’s characteristics.
The 'Vatican Rat Line' that helped Nazi war criminals escape Germany.
After World War II, thousands of Nazis fled to South America along so-called ratlines — often with the help of Catholic clergy like 'Alois Hudal'.
The list of infamous Nazis who used the ratlines is long.
1) Franz Stangl, a Nazi police officer who had been a favorite of Heinrich Himmler (SS leader) in charge of three Polish extermination camps including Treblinka
where he is responsible for the genocide of 800,000 people. contd..
In Rome, Bishop Alois Hudal, a fellow Austrian, greeted him with the words: "You must be Franz Stangl — I've been expecting you."
He then handed Stangl forged documents that allowed the Nazi war criminal to travel to Syria, where his family eventually joined him. contd..