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She pretended to accept the Muslim faith, “but never did.” Each time they were forced to recite the Muslim prayers, Bitrus said she would instead pray the rosary…
A prisoner, she endured great suffering, merciless harshness. "I kept my trust in the Lord and I was praying the rosary with my fingers,” she said. “I am convinced that the prayer of the rosary saved me from captivity.”
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Although it was not easy, after she escaped Bitrus said she was eventually able to forgive Boko Haram for everything she endured, remembering “even on the cross Jesus forgave those who inflicted pain to him; he said ‘Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing,’” she reflected.
An extremist Islamic group in northern Nigeria, a country in western Africa, Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands and displaced 2.3 million from their homes and was ranked as the world’s deadliest terror group by the Global Terrorism Index in 2015. (Wikipedia)
She pretended to accept the Muslim faith, “but never did.” Each time they were forced to recite the Muslim prayers, Bitrus said she would instead pray the rosary…
A prisoner, she endured great suffering, merciless harshness. "I kept my trust in the Lord and I was praying the rosary with my fingers,” she said. “I am convinced that the prayer of the rosary saved me from captivity.”
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Although it was not easy, after she escaped Bitrus said she was eventually able to forgive Boko Haram for everything she endured, remembering “even on the cross Jesus forgave those who inflicted pain to him; he said ‘Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing,’” she reflected.
An extremist Islamic group in northern Nigeria, a country in western Africa, Boko Haram has killed tens of thousands and displaced 2.3 million from their homes and was ranked as the world’s deadliest terror group by the Global Terrorism Index in 2015. (Wikipedia)
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