A Christian missionary bush pilot has been kidnapped in Niamey, Niger. While a name has not been released yet, the man flew for SIM, a century-plus-year-old organization that has had an aviation division for decades and primarily transports doctors and nurses to outlying hospitals. The pilot was taken by suspected Islamic militants while driving to Diori Hamani International Airport, where SIM bases a fleet of small aircraft.
According to reports, the kidnapping happened right outside the presidential palace. That could be a purposeful antagonization of the current military-controlled government, which took over the country in 2023 after claiming that the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, had failed to deal with the deteriorating security situation. Over the last decade, Islamic terrorism has become more and more prevalent, spilling over from places like Mali and Nigeria.
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An American missionary pilot has been kidnapped by suspected Islamist militants in Niger’s capital, U.S. officials tell Fox News.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 22, 2025
He was reportedly working with the Christian aid group Serving in Mission (SIM) pic.twitter.com/782xlbBYuF
Seeing news like this brings me so much sadness. For one, I have experience in this area of the world, of which I won't go into more detail, but overall, Islam continues to be a scourge on humanity. Some of the missionaries who fly for SIM have been there for generations, and despite having American citizenship and all the privileges that carries, have chosen to spend their lives serving those in need. Islam can't abide that because kindness and love are antithetical to its deranged, evil ideology of subjugation and violence.
The entire situation is infuriating. There is quite literally a genocide of Christians going on in West Africa right now at the hands of Islamic terrorists, mainly centered in Nigeria, and all Western politicians can talk about is "Islamophobia" and the self-inflicted plight of a tiny strip of land in the Middle East. Here's the leader of the UK doing that, and he's just one of countless examples, both in Europe and the United States.
Keir Starmer says the biggest problem in the UK is 'islamophobia' and that he is determined to end this problem.
— Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) August 4, 2025
How out of touch can he be? pic.twitter.com/mxI9EL8CKR
Starmer has also led the charge to recognize a "Palestinian state," seeking to reward Islamists for carrying out the October 7th attacks. Western politicians are terrified of their Muslim populations, and it shows in how quickly they cower and bend. Meanwhile, we see no recognition or denunciations of what Islam is doing in places like Niger because doing so might tip people off that we aren't dealing with a peaceful religion here. We are dealing with a political ideology masked as a religion that has total submission as its goal.
Pray for this pilot and the others who have been kidnapped over the preceding months. With the world obsessing over the preservation of terrorists in Gaza, ISIS is becoming more brazen, and none of it stops in West Africa.
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