The cameraman was “was not known to have offended anyone through his professional job,” but he offended them simply by doing his job. Boko Haram consistently targets institutions and practices that go against Sharia or stand in the way of their plans to impose it, and this victim worked for state television. The group has […]
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Nigeria: Muslim mob stones police headquarters over rumors that they disrupted Friday prayers
Disruption of prayers: haram. Stoning police headquarters over disruption of prayers: halal. “Mob stones Police Hqr over Juma”at prayers,” from Leadership (Nigeria), October 16: A mob on Friday attacked the Nasarawa State Police command headquarters in Lafia with stones and bottles in protest against the alleged disruption of the Muslim Friday (Juma”at) prayers. An eyewitness […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists say “our position remains the establishment of Shariah Law in all Muslim states in Nigeria.”
The partial implementation in some of the north is not enough for them. Sharia has something to say about every aspect of Islamic life. There can always be more of it to enforce, and someone will always want more Sharia and be willing to kill and topple governments for it. Notably, the group also offers […]
Nigerian jihadists reject talks with government: “We still maintain our cause of ensuring strict implementation of Islamic law in Nigeria and waging war against infidels”
The Nigerian government shouldn’t be negotiating with these mass-murdering jihadist thugs in the first place. But where are all the moderate Muslim spokesmen to explain to Boko Haram that they’re Misunderstanding Islam, and that it’s a Religion of Peace that doesn’t involve waging war against infidels? “Nigerian Islamists reject talks with government: spokesman,” from AFP, […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram’s “People Committed to the Prophet’s Teachings for Propagation and Jihad” releases video message to “Obama and other infidels”
Books? Haram. Western education? Haram. Video? A-OK, apparently. An update on this story. “Nigerian ‘bomber’ videos emerge,” from Agence France-Presse, September 18: Lagos – Videos have emerged purporting to show members of a Nigerian Islamist sect preparing for suicide attacks, including a young man said to be responsible for last month’s bombing of UN headquarters. […]
Nigeria: Jihadists walk into a bar, murder four people
Obey the Sharia ban on alcohol — or else. “Islamist sect shoots dead four in northeast Nigeria,” from Reuters, September 14 (thanks to Wimpy): Gunmen shot dead four people in a bar in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri in the latest strike by a radical Islamist sect, police said. Boko Haram, whose name translates […]
Nigerian authorities warn Boko Haram could attack universities
If “Western Education is Sin,” as Boko Haram’s name is often translated, universities would indeed be an attractive target. The instability Boko Haram has created in northeastern Nigeria already forced the closure of the University of Maiduguri in July, putting on hold indefinitely the education of over 25,000 students. Jihad causes poverty, both material and […]
Nigeria: Prison break with bombs and heavy machine guns has hallmarks of Boko Haram involvement
“The attackers opened fire on the police station with heavy machine guns that could be heard throughout the town before freeing the inmates, stealing weapons and setting the building ablaze.” Boko Haram consistently targets practices and institutions that go against the Islamic state they intend to impose, and to govern only by Sharia. “Gunmen bomb […]
Nigeria: Sharia court sentences two to amputation for theft
Ground Zero Mosque Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf on bringing Sharia to the U.S.: “the only truly clashing area is the penal code, and no Muslim has the intention of introducing that to America. The penal code is the area that people in the Western world are worried about — but these are things that aren’t […]
Christian Association of Nigeria alleges state complicity in massacre of Christians
“It is unfortunate that the Council of Ulamas, an esteemed body of religious leaders will be more concerned about the number of vehicles burnt and their youths arrested as suspects without giving attention to the number of youths and women that were shot and [macheted] to death.” Sallah Day = Eid al-Adha. “Jos Violence – […]