Black Christians Enslaved in Africa: Charles Jacobs & Simon Deng

Black Christians Enslaved in Africa: Charles Jacobs & Simon Deng

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This interview was first aired on Epoch TV in July 2024.
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When Simon Deng was nine years old, he was kidnapped from South Sudan and brought to the North. He was given to an Arab family as a ā€œgift,ā€ and enslaved for more than three years.
ā€œI’m here talking to you as a living proof of the slavery which still exists,ā€ says Mr. Deng.

ā€œI was born in a village where we were subjected to attacks on a monthly basis, or yearly basis. The government troops would come and burn down the villages—kill whoever that they will find. … When I see what happened recently in Israel, where they went and burned down, and shot people—that’s exactly what I experienced when I was a child.ā€

25 years ago, Charles Jacobs helped to liberate tens of thousands of slaves in Africa and received an award from Coretta Scott King for his work.

ā€œWe went to the slave redemption sites, and we talked to the survivors who were brought back. And they told us their stories,ā€ he says.

Today, Mr. Deng and Mr. Jacobs are cofounders of the newly formed African Jewish Alliance, which raises awareness about the threat posed by Jihadism.

ā€œHamas is no different than Boko Haram in Nigeria,ā€œ says Mr. Jacobs. ā€It’s one front in Israel, but it belongs to a global movement. And people need to know that.ā€

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