Opinion – North Korea dey join hand with Russia dis one show say Ukraine no be about religion

As North Korea soldiers don waka go Russia, NATO secretary-general don talk say dis action na “big wahala” for wetin dem dey call “ongoing involvement for Russia illegal war”

“Anoda way dem don break UN Security Council resolutions”; and “dangerous way wey Russia war dey expand.”

But more than dis, Vladimir Putin don begin use foot soldiers from one regime wey no dey like religion for fight.

E don talk say na to save Russian civilization and di Russian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate from wetin dem dey call satanic West.

“Dis new development dey show say Russia wey dey use religion take justify war na just trick.”

“E still remove di cover wey Moscow Patriarchate dey use to justify dem strong support for Russia holy war.”

“As dem face dis clear moment, Ukraine friends suppose move make dem put long overdue uniform and meaningful sanctions against di church leaders and any group wey still dey support and continue to validate Russia illegal invasion and occupation.”

For President Putin, di mission wey go save im empire by pushing back di West wey dey corrupt and spoil everything with dem ultraliberalism.

“Dis dey very important for wetin dem dey use to justify war for Kremlin and to claim say dem dey defend Orthodox “spiritual unity.”

Only three days before di 2022 invasion, Putin talk say Ukraine “na part wey dem no fit take away” from Russia.

“Since time wey don pass, di pipo wey dey live dire don dey call demself Russians and Orthodox Christians.”

More directly, Putin accuse Ukraine say dem dey waste dis civilizational inheritance by say dem dey seek “to destroy di Ukrainian Orthodox Church of di Moscow Patriarchate” and “to root out di Russian language and culture.”

Afta e formally declare “special military operation” for Ukraine, Putin show di religious manifest destiny wey dey support di invasion.”

“E no point finger at NATO or Ukraine wey reject im Russian patrimony, but e specifically point at Western liberalism.”

“Dem dey try to destroy our traditional values and force dem false values wey go dey erode us, our pipo from inside. “Dis one no go happen.”

“Underscore say Putin get religious reason for war, Russia 2023 Foreign Policy Concept dey talk say di main principles na to defend Orthodoxy and di Moscow Patriarchate, and to promote “traditional Russian moral and spiritual values.”

‘Russia dey try to shift di attention from di illegal invasion and carry out di Foreign Policy Concept for di United Nations”

For here, Russian diplomats dey cover up wetin dem country don do and instead dey accuse di Ukrainian government say dem dey fight “against canonical orthodoxy,” dey compare Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to di “Roman wey dey persecute Christians” and dey claim say di “first step to bring peace back for Ukraine na to stop di persecution of di Ukrainian Orthodox Church.”

Di Foreign Policy Concept dey put Russian Orthodoxy for high place bicos of di strong support wey dem get from di Moscow Patriarchate and him leader, Patriarch Kirill, for war.

Kirill quick support di invasion of Ukraine as necessary to stop godlessness wey fit spoil Russia’s claimed area of influence.

Two weeks afta di war start, for him sermon, he talk say di conflict na about nothing less than “which side of God humanity go dey.”

Later, Kirill talk say di war get “undoubted religious dimension,” claim say di West dey carry “irrational hatred for di pipo wey dey follow Orthodoxy.”

If dis first way wey dem frame am look timid or unclear, by March 2024, e don turn full and clear.

Under Patriarch Kirill’s leadership, di Moscow Patriarchate-controlled World Russian Pipos’ Council declare say di invasion na nothing less than “a Holy War to defend di single spiritual space of Holy Russia and protect di world from di West wey don fall into Satanism.”

“Today, even with all di big religious show wey dey surround di invasion, dismission wey suppose be sacred don hand over to di godless foot soldiers of North Korea.”

“Dem soldiers no represent any faithful group wey don swear to defend di Moscow Patriarchate, “canonical Orthodoxy,” or Russia’s spiritual unity.”

“Instead, dem dey full of anti-Christian mindset.”

“As one recent report from U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom talk, “di North Korean government dey see Christians as ‘counter-revolutionaries’ and ‘traitors’ wey dem gatz eliminate.”

“To get Bible, to practice di faith, and just to be Christian fit lead to serious punishment, including execution.”

“Taking page from di Soviets, one “dictionary on philosophy” wey North Korean Academy of Social Science Philosophy Institute publish define religion.”

As “historically seize by di ruling class to deceive di masses” and as tool “we dem dey use to exploit and oppress.”

As part of di regime effort to claim “total control of organized social life,” dem “treat religion as existential threat,” dey regularly reinforce national hate for faith and spirituality.

Christianity no be exception to dis policy, but dem dey consider am “one serious threat since e dey ideologically challenge North Korean’s official personality cult.”

Dis na di breeding ground for di soldiers wey Putin don summon to wage im “holy war.”

And dis desperation confirm two truths: First, say di purpose of di invasion na and still dey be one crass land-grab wey dey driven by desire to reignite Russian imperialism.

Second, say di Moscow Patriarchate steady effort to cover di invasion as diologically just na morally bankrupt.

Dis reality suppose finally enter those states wey don avoid to put sanctions against di Russian church’s hierarchy and di pipo wey dey work with dem.

If di import of North Korean soldiers dey tell us anything, na say to challenge wetin Moscow dey do against Ukraine na di necessary and correct response.

As part of dis, nobody wey dey support di war including di Moscow Patriarchate, wey don dodge any real responsibility for almost three years suppose dey continue to support without paying price for am.

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