Gotta watch out for those “herdsmen.” “Two Small Children Among Four Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria; ‘Muslim Herdsmen’ Likely Killers,” from Morning Star News, November 15: JOS, NIGERIA — Gunmen who killed four family members in their home in Plateau state this month, including 2-year-old and 4-year-old boys, were likely Muslim herdsmen, church leaders […]
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Nigerian Islamic group holding kidnapped French priest
This AFP story is one of the very few mainstream media stories to give the actual name of Boko Haram: People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad. The usual media use of Boko Haram to designate the group obscures its Islamic identity and goals, and keeps unwanted attention from focusing on […]
US finally designates Nigerian jihad mass murder group Boko Haram as terror group
Long, long overdue. And what exactly took them so long? “US designates 2 Nigerian networks as terror groups,” by Deb Riechmann for the Associated Press, November 14: WASHINGTON (AP) “” Lawmakers who had long pushed for US action against Nigerian Islamic extremists welcomed the State Department’s decision on Wednesday to designate two militant groups as […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder 27 people, burn 300 houses in jihad attack on village
Murdering for Allah with impunity, on essentially a daily basis. “Islamists kill 27, burn houses in Nigerian village attack,” from AGI, November 4 (thanks to C. Cantoni): (AGI) Maiduguri, Nov 4 – At least 27 people were killed and 12 were injured when their village in northeast Nigeria was attacked by Boko Haram militants, local […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists murder 30 in wedding convoy, including the groom
“Islamophobia is the biggest threat to peace in the world today.” — U.S. “academic” Kevin Barrett in Iran’s state-run PressTV “Nigeria official: Gunmen kill 30 in wedding convoy,” by Ibrahim Abdulaziz for the Associated Press, November 3 (thanks to Lookmann): YOLA, Nigeria (AP) “” Suspected Islamic militants attacked a wedding convoy in northeast Nigeria and […]
Islamic attack: 128 dead in Nigeria state capital
“Islamophobia is the biggest threat to peace in the world today.” — U.S. “academic” Kevin Barrett in Iran’s state-run PressTV “Islamic Attack: 128 Dead in Nigeria State Capital,” by Adamu Adamu and Michelle Faul from the Associated Press, October 29 (thanks to Pamela Geller): A 5-hour battle between Islamic extremists and army troops in the […]
Sharia in action in Nigeria: Islamic police in Kano arrest 150 people in crackdown on immorality
“We have arrested 150 men and women in the past week, including prostitutes and their boyfriends, transvestites, alcoholics and those engaged in indecent dressing in contravention of the sharia legal code.” “Kano’s sharia police launch immorality crackdown,” from AFP, October 22: KANO, October 22, 2013 (AFP) — Police who enforce Islamic law in Nigeria’s northern […]
Islamic jihadists murder 19 people at Nigeria-Cameroon border
Where’d they get the weapons? “Boko Haram Islamists kill 19 in at Nigeria-Cameroon border,” from AGI, October 20 (thanks to C. Cantoni): (AGI) Kano (Nigeria), Oct 20 – Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 19 people near the border between Nigeria and Cameroon on Sunday. Riding on motorcycles and armed with AK-47s, the Islamists blocked […]
Travesty: Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Chad elected to UN Security Council
In Saudi Arabia, women are essentially possessions of men, subject to all the harshest Sharia restrictions on their movement and freedom. It is illegal to practice Christianity or Judaism or any religion other than Islam there. In Nigeria, Christians are subjected to increasingly bloody Muslim persecution that shows no signs of abating and that the […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihad attacks force 3,000 villagers to flee to neighboring state
“Islamophobia is the biggest threat to peace in the world today.” — U.S. “academic” Kevin Barrett in Iran’s state-run PressTV These venomous Islamophobes should be sent back forthwith and told sternly to stop fearmongering. “Nigeria: 3,000 Borno Villagers Flee to Adamawa Over Boko Haram Attacks,” from the Premium Times via AllAfrica.com, October 13 (thanks to […]