The moral calculus of Boko Haram, the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, is easy to parse: working in or frequenting a brothel is un-Islamic, but blowing up a brothel and murdering ten people is pleasing to Allah. But where did they get this idea? Could it have been from […]
Ghana: Muslim leader says Boko Haram is not an Islamic group
“He explained that the Holy Quran clearly pointed out that the sins of anyone who kills one innocent soul is seen as haven killed the entire humanity however, anyone who gives life to another soul is rewarded same.” The problem here, as always, is the definition of “innocent” — especially since, as Dr. Sheikh Amin […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists abduct 60 more girls and women, 31 boys
This is entirely in accord with Islamic law. Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or killing them, as well as enslaving them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists murder 10 in raids on two villages
Boko Haram, the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, continues to act with impunity in Nigeria, basing everything they do on Islamic texts and teachings, while in the West Islamic spokesmen assure us that what they do has nothing to do with Islam. The cognitive dissonance is never explained by […]
Video: Robert Spencer interviewed on Boko Haram, the NCCM and more
Last night I spoke at Portland State University. It was a very enjoyable evening, and I hope to have video of the talk and the lively q-and-a, which featured several attempted Muslim counter-lectures, soon. In the meantime, right after the talk a student, Steven Aldridge, approached me and conducted this brief interview on the National […]
Robert Spencer in Aleteia: Did Boko Haram Just Win?
Over at Aleteia today I discuss the latest developments in the abduction of the Nigerian schoolgirls by the jihad group Boko Haram: Nigerian Air Marshal Alex Badeh announced Monday that the Nigerian military had discovered the location of the nearly 300 girls abducted by the jihadist group Boko Haram. However, he said there were no […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists of Boko Haram murder 54 people in two new attacks
Clearly the Nigerian government can or will do nothing to stop Boko Haram, the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad. They operate with complete impunity and commit jihad murder at will. Meanwhile, the international media eye is growing bored with the story of the abducted girls, and soon Boko Haram […]
Nigeria’s military knows where abducted girls are, but won’t rescue them
“We can’t go and kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back.” That is indeed so; it is likely that the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, a.k.a. Boko Haram, would murder the girls if there were a rescue attempt. This is in accord with Islamic […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists of Boko Haram murder 24 people in attack on crowded market
If they keep this up, we’re going to need a new hashtag. They had demanded that these villagers give them $1500 for Allah’s work, but they were only able to raise $40. Thus jihad mass murder naturally ensued. “Boko Haram kills another 24 in fresh Borno attack,” by Ndahi Marama, Vanguard, May 26, 2014 (thanks […]
Obama sends 80 U.S. troops to Chad to help search for Nigerian schoolgirls
This move is an absolute masterpiece of style over substance. The girls were not from Chad, but from Nigeria. Does the U.S. government have any reason to believe that they are now in Chad? No, this isn’t based on any new intelligence. These 80 troops will fly reconnaissance missions to look for the girls. But […]