Imagine if Christians anywhere destroyed 1,125 mosques. The outcry would be immediate, sustained, impassioned — and justified. There would governmental studies and lavish media examination of Christian “Islamophobia.” But no one will take any particular notice of this. “Boko Haram: EYN asks Nigerian govt to rebuild 1,125 churches razed by insurgents,” Daily Post, January 23, […]
Nigeria: Muslim who murdered over 200 people in jihad attacks was brought into jihad group by Muslim cleric
A Muslim cleric? A man who has dedicated his life to understanding correctly and communicating properly the peaceful teachings of Islam? How could he have misunderstood his religion so drastically? Surely that most learned of imams, Pope Francis, is on his way to Nigeria now, in order to explain to Mallam Mustapha that authentic Islam […]
Nigeria: Muslims robbed banks to finance their jihad against the government
Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims, willingly or unwillingly, is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists repeatedly declared defeated by the government murder 12 soldiers
The Nigerian government has repeatedly boasted that it has defeated Boko Haram, the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, or was just about to do so. It vowed to defeat Boko Haram by the end of 2014. And by the end of 2015. In mid-2017 it called the movement a […]
Niger: 50 armed Muslims storm village, kidnap fifteen girls
Why have we seen not just the Islamic State, but also Boko Haram and al-Shabaab take sex slaves? Because it is sanctioned in Islamic law. The seizure of Infidel girls and their use as sex slaves is sanctioned in the Qur’an. According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an […]
Nigeria: Muslims invade military base, murder 118 soldiers, 153 others missing
The Nigerian government has repeatedly boasted that it has defeated Boko Haram, the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, or was just about to do so. It vowed to defeat Boko Haram by the end of 2014. And by the end of 2015. In mid-2017 it called the movement a […]
Niger: Muslims murder eight people at French drilling camp
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kill eight at French drilling camp in Niger,” AFP, November 22, 2018 (thanks to Benedict): Seven local employees of a French drilling firm and a government official were killed on Thursday when suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed the compound where they were sleeping in southeastern Niger. […]
Nigeria “aiding” Boko Haram by freeing hundreds of jihadis who’ve “repented”
It behooves the more sophisticated political leaders of Islamic states to promote the idea that they oppose groups such as al- Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) and Boko Haram (a faction of which pledged allegiance to ISIS), but in many cases there are well-documented connections. All subscribe to the Islamic fiqh that sanctions both violent […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder at least 16 farmers as they work, shooting them as they flee
“Kill them wherever you find them” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5). “Boko Haram kills at least 16 farmers in latest attacks in Nigeria’s Borno state,” AFP, November 14, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Boko Haram jihadists have killed at least 16 farmers and left dozens missing in the latest attacks in restive northeast […]
Trump sends State Department to Nigeria amid massacres of Christians by jihadists
Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Those Christians are being increasingly subjected to a ruthless persecution, not only by Boko Haram but also by so-called Fulani “herdsmen” who are also jihadists. Since human rights organizations and other global bodies do not adequately take up the cause of Christian and other religious minority persecution at the hands […]