MEP: EU remains silent about jihadists’ violence against Christians
The deputy called for monitoring the hidden financing of terrorists to combat jihadism and protect Christians in conflict zones.
On July 28, 2025, Dutch conservative MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen stated that the European Union and the international community are ignoring the persecution of Christians by Islamists. According to him, Brussels officials are never lost for words on Gaza or the war in Ukraine but prefer to remain silent when it comes to violence against Christians, as reported by European Conservative.
Ruissen commented on the killing of more than 40 Christians taking part in an evening Mass at a church in Congo by members of the Islamic State-affiliated Islamist “Allied Democratic Forces” (ADF), who also took children as hostages and burnt houses nearby.
The deputy said: “Just days ago, there was yet another horrific attack on a church in Congo by the ADF... Their goal is to establish an Islamic state and therefore eliminate everything (read: Christians) in its path. Unfortunately, the international community, including the EU, still remains silent about jihadist violence against Christians.”
The deputy also pointed to an initiative he introduced to the European Parliament earlier this year with the goal of working to resolve this issue, but which has yet to be implemented. Among his proposals is that “member states must make greater efforts to track down secret funds of Islamic State and the ADF.”
Sweden Democrats MEP Charlie Weimers also said in May that Brussels funding is helping to “fuel” Islamism, pointing in particular at the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is working to impose an ‘Islamic identity’ on Europe. Weimers emphasized: “I will never give up until all public funding and legitimisation of [the Muslim Brotherhood] and its networks are history.”
It should be noted that the Congolese massacre also attracted attention in France, where lawyer Thibault de Montbrial warned that the goal of Islamism “is the same everywhere in the world: conquest.” Journalist Jean-Sébastien Ferjou added that the attack should “spark reflection at the Élysée.”
Earlier, the UOJ reported that ISIS Islamists killed 34 people in a Catholic church in Congo.
