The same questions go for Muslims in Nigeria as in Lebanon and Pakistan: How much do you care about your country as you know it? How much do you care about the way of life that was still possible a generation ago, but is now under threat, and about the ideals set forth when your […]
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Nigeria “Education Is Sin” jihad group suspected in targeted killings of three police officers
Western education, that is. Islamic education, fine. “Nigeria killings raise fears of Muslim sect’s return,” from The Associated Press, August 27 (thanks to Twostellas): MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The targeted killing of three police officers in northern Nigeria has investigators worried a radical Muslim sect may be making a violent comeback. Two state police commissioners told […]
Nigeria: Muslim students beat Christian student for proselytizing, paralyze university, denounce “terrorism”
By “terrorism” they mean the preaching of the Gospel by this Christian student in the mosque. “Students Paralyse UI,” by PMNews, August 16 (thanks to David): Muslim students of the University of Ibadan, UI, this morning paralysed activities during a protest against the institution’s refusal to expel a part four law student, Miss Seun Olubunmi […]
Nigeria: Veiled female Sharia police smash 80,000 bottles of beer while shouting “Allahu akbar”
Veiled female Sharia police smashing beer bottles. 80,000 beer bottles. Good God. Welcome to your future, Europe. Note the beer was set to be delivered to a Christian area — something to keep in mind for those who insist that in a Sharia state, non-Muslims will be exempt from its dictates. Sharia Alert from Nigeria. […]
Nigeria: Muslims with machetes kill priest’s family and set fire to his church
According to Reuters, the murderers were “machete attackers,” “raiders,” and “unknown assailants,” but then the rest of the story is about “religious violence” in Nigeria, making it likely to the point of certainty that Nuhu Dawat’s family was murdered by Islamic jihadists. But for Reuters, as for the rest of the mainstream media, Muslims are […]
Nigerian Misunderstander of Islam: “Do not think jihad is over. Rather jihad has just begun. O America, die with your fury.”
How enduringly strange that Misunderstanding of the Religion of Peaceâ„¢ is so widespread among its most devout adherents. Yet no one ever seems to consider the implications of this for national security issues. “Nigerian sect leader praises al Qaeda, warns US,” from Reuters, July 14 (thanks to Twostellas): LAGOS (Reuters) – A former leader of […]
Nigeria Bar Association says senator who married 13-year-old and claims supremacy of Sharia over civil law cannot continue in office
An important update on this story. “Yerima cannot continue in Senate, says NBA,” by Ifedayo Adebayo for Next, June 11: The Nigeria Bar Association has urged the Senate to look into the case of Sani Yerima’s child marriage, saying that he cannot continue to sit in the hallowed chamber of the Senate, contributing in the […]
Nigeria: Islamic scholars misunderstand Islam, rise up against female governor
Why wouldn’t these Islamic scholars, of all people, know that Islam respects women and grants them more rights than they enjoyed in pre-Islamic Arabia? Ingrid Mattson, call your office! “Kwara: Islamic Scholars Rise Against Female Gov,” by Hammed Shittu in This Day, June 1 (thanks to Twostellas): […] Also, some Islamic scholars recently issued a […]
SIOA Action Alert: Rally to protect the Christians of Nigeria against Islamic jihad
SIOA (Stop the Islamization of America) is proud to join the Jubilee Campaign in support and solidarity for the Christians in Jos, Nigeria, who are threatened and murdered by jihad. Numerous incidents have occurred in recent years when Christians were mindlessly slaughtered in religiously motivated violence. Read more here. If you live in or near […]
Nigerian jihad leader: “Islam doesn’t recognise international boundaries, we will carry out our operations anywhere in the world if we can have the chance”
No worries — Qaddafi’s partition plan will put a stop to all of this, right? “Nigerian Islamist sect threaten to widen attacks,” by Aminu Abubakar for Agence France-Presse, March 29: KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s self-styled Taliban militant Islamist sect, whose short-lived uprising was brutally put down by the security forces last year, has threatened to […]