That worked out well, at least for the jihadists. The government bought itself barely three years’ worth of time: was it worth it? And the latest turn of events only further demonstrates Winston Churchill’s observation: “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” More on this story. “Cable: Nigeria […]
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Nigeria: Suspect in UN bombing had been detained with explosives in 2007, but released in hope of “placating Muslim groups”
The chase after “hearts and minds” costs lives. “APNewsBreak: Nigeria government freed bomb suspect,” by Bashir Adigun and Jon Gambrell for the Associated Press, September 1: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) “” Nigeria detained and released several radical Muslims suspected of being terrorists in 2007 “” including a man who officials now say helped organize last week’s […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists say UN a partner in “oppression of believers”
Don’t they know the bang-up job their pals in the OIC have been doing to make the UN their instrument of Sharia enforcement, hijacking discussions of “racism,” attempting to criminalize criticism of Islam, and monopolizing the discourse in demonization of Israel at every opportunity? Well, if the Nigerian jihadists have taken to heart that “Western […]
Nigerian authorities say mastermind of U.N. bombing was Boko Haram member who just returned from Somalia, has links to al-Qaeda
More on this story. Once again, a “regional” jihad group supposedly driven by local grievances has apparently found common cause with groups geographically far removed from it. This is possible because they share the fundamental aim of imposing Sharia, the goal of jihad in all its forms. Think jihad globally, wage jihad locally. “Nigeria: Al-Qaida-Linked […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists bomb police station, rob two banks, killing 12
Boko Haram continues its campaign to make Nigeria safe for Sharia, and unsafe for absolutely anything else. Its selection of targets focuses closely on institutions and practices that go against the rule of Sharia. In these attacks, those targets included the law enforcement of the current government, and banks that may have been engaging in […]
Nigeria: Catholic and Anglican bishops condemn “governance by ambush” in imposition of Sharia banking, negotiations with Boko Haram
They know the stakes of the Islamization of Nigeria. For them, unlike some of their Western co-religionists, this is no experiment, and no drawing room discussion of what Sharia could/would/ought to be. They have to deal with it as the supremacist threat that it is to freedom of religion, worship, speech, and conscience. “Bishops condemn […]
Nigeria: Massive Boko Haram suicide car bomb thwarted at state police headquarters
True to form, Boko Haram maintains its focus on institutions and practices that run contrary to its intentions to impose Sharia law as the only form of government. “Boko Haram: Suicide Bomber Killed In Maiduguri,” from Leadership, August 16: A 25-year-old suicide bomber was yesterday shot dead by the police when he rammed the vehicle […]
Nigeria: “Youths” torch Catholic church after authorities arrest clerics in Boko Haram crackdown
Whenever the target is so disconnected from the stated grievance, one must suspect it was to some extent a rampage awaiting an excuse. “Official: Woman killed in clash in northeastern Nigeria over radical Muslim sect arrests,” from the Associated Press, August 10 (thanks to Twostellas): MAIDUGURI, Nigeria “” Authorities say a clash between soldiers and […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists kill policeman and a schoolteacher
Living up to their name, which translates as “Western Education is Sin,” among other possibilities. “Radical Muslim sect kills Nigerian prison official,” from the Associated Press, August 9: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) “” Authorities say two suspected members of a radical Muslim sect in northeastern Nigeria shot and killed a senior prison official and a school […]
“Boko Haram is seeking to eliminate Christianity” in northern Nigeria
Along with any other target standing in the way of the Islamic state it seeks to impose. “Muslim radicals kill ten Christians in Nigeria,” from the International Christian Concern, August 8: Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2011)–International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that members of a radical Islamic group, Boko Haram, killed at least ten Christians […]