"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
Jan 31, 2022 • 29 tweets • 4 min read
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.
Jan 30, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
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..