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On February 29, 2024, the Islamic State Mozambique Province released a photoset documenting attacks carried out by its fighters on Christian villages in the area of Chiure, in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region.[1]
This is the second photoset released by the group documenting attacks on Christian villages in the same region. On February 21, the group released photos showing its fighters destroying churches, schools, and houses of Christian villagers in several areas in Chiure.[2]
The new photoset showed fighters removing the cross from the top of buildings, and setting government offices, homes, schools, and churches on fire.
From Africa To Rome
Celebrating those attacks, the pro-ISIS Telegram channel, Sot Al-Zarqawi, republished some of these photos with a caption that reads:[3]
"We perform jihad here while our eyes are on Jerusalem, and we perform jihad here and our scope goes to Rome. Our good faith in Allah is to make us the keys to the prophetic glad tidings and divine destinies."
Another caption describing the removal of the cross from the top of a church reads:
"I swear to the Lord of the universe that the bars of their Cross in the heart of Rome will be crushed... Rome will be conquered by the men of Muhammad... a promise by the Lord of Muhammad that He will fulfill... a promise, and Allah will not break His promise to His worshipers who implemented Sharia as His verses stipulate your succession."
[1] Telegram, February 29, 2024.
[2] See MEMRI JTTM report, Islamic State Mozambique Province Releases Photoset Documenting Attacks On Christian Villages; Pro-ISIS Media Releases Poster Promising To Kill More Christians In Africa, February 21, 2024.
[3] Telegram, March 1, 2024.
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