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idnappings, especially of priests and religious, have become a weapon and a means of pressure in numerous African countries.”

He calls it Islamization because “anyone who has been kidnapped by these terrorist groups and managed to escape from them alive has told the same story. They were given the choice between death and converting to Islam.”

“They were given the choice between death and conversion to Islam. They were given Muslim names to cement their identity.

“The people here simply don’t count. They have the feeling that the government doesn’t even exist here. We feel as though the state authorities have abandoned us.”