Hutu extremists manufactured a Tutsi plot to justify preemptive genocide
Evidence
Conspiracy theories about Tutsi plots began to circulate under Habyarimana’s regime. For instance, the Bahima Conspiracy—similar to the fraudulent antisemitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion—was propagated by Hutu extremists like the akazu, an influential network comprising the family and friends of Juvénal Habyarimana and his wife Agathe Habyarimana. The Bahima Conspiracy held that ‘[t]he [Tutsi] enemy was … plotting genocide themselves; wholesale slaughter of all Bahutu was said to be on the cards, unless some drastic preventative measures were taken beforehand’ (Hintjens 1999, 263). — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 61
Categorization
- XREF: Mirrors the Protocols of the Elders of Zion pattern of projecting one’s own genocidal intentions onto the victim group — connects to the broader enemy-within manufacturing theme from the reading purpose and to the fabricated-enemy argument in general. — connects to: Belief in a transnational Tutsi extermination conspiracy was manufactured to justify Hutu massacres — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 76; Repetitive media branding of Tutsis as disloyal and externally backed made genocide seem logical. — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 81; Hutu Power manufactured a unified Tutsi enemy spanning within and without Rwanda. — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 65
- DEFINE: Names and explains the akazu network and the Bahima Conspiracy as the Rwandan equivalent of the antisemitic Protocols forgery.
Related
- Belief in a transnational Tutsi extermination conspiracy was manufactured to justify Hutu massacres (similarity 0.85)
- Hutu Power manufactured a unified Tutsi enemy spanning within and without Rwanda. (similarity 0.81)
- Repetitive media branding of Tutsis as disloyal and externally backed made genocide seem logical. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Belief in a transnational Tutsi extermination conspiracy was manufactured to justify Hutu massacres
#corroborates(1.00) — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 76 - Hutu Power manufactured a unified Tutsi enemy spanning within and without Rwanda.
#expands(0.85) — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 65 - Repetitive media branding of Tutsis as disloyal and externally backed made genocide seem logical.
#expands(0.80) — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 81