Hostage-taking is sanctioned in Islamic law and subject to particular rules: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale […]
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Nigeria: Muslims kidnap six girls and two staff members from Christian-run high school
Will the Islamophobia never end? Imagine the international outcry if the roles were reversed here, although that would never happen. But no one will take much notice of this. “Six Girls, Two Staff Members Kidnapped from Christian-Run High School in Nigeria,” Morning Star News, October 7, 2019: JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A day […]
Nigeria: Muslim group executes 2 Christian aid workers, vows to kill every Christian it captures
The jihadist group Boko Haram “has released a video in which its militants executed two Christian aid workers in Nigeria and vow to kill every believer they capture in the future.” Christians in Nigeria continue to be savaged by jihadists from all sides. Between Boko Haram and the Fulani jihadists, a genocide is in active […]
Nigeria: Muslim chains up teenage daughter for two years for refusing arranged marriage
Muhammad Ujujud chained up his son also. The Qur’an specifies this punishment for lesbian activity and requires four witnesses. It may be that he got the idea that this was justified from this passage of the Qur’an: “Those who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women – bring against them four from among you. And […]
Nigeria: Catholics tell president “we are tired of burying our priests” as genocide of Christians continues
“Catholic leaders in Nigeria have decried the reigning state of unrest and violence in the country, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to step up to his responsibility of protecting Nigerian citizens.” Expect nothing to be done. “Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who is himself of the Fulani ethnic group, has encouraged a narrative that minimizes the importance […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder pastor’s wife but still take ransom
Jihadists in Nigeria continue to savage the Christian community. This is an ongoing genocide, perpetrated amid lies that the violence has nothing to do with Islam. Recently, Fulani jihadists (often referenced as “herdsmen”) “tried to kill Reverend Ishaku Katung of the Evangelical Church Winning All. On that night, they broke into the church premises and […]
Nigeria: Jihadis behead hostage from group aiding them, UN tells jihadis to respect “humanitarian principles”
Gratitude: “The insurgents had Wednesday uploaded a video online showing how the humanitarian worker was beheaded, two months after six workers of Action Against Hunger (AAH), an international humanitarian organisation, were abducted….The execution of the worker, is coming against the backdrop of allegation by the military that AAH was conducting illicit affairs supporting the terrorist […]
This Time, In Nigeria, Will Christians Be Helped?
The heartbreaking video of a Christian pastor in Nigeria last year begging the West to help the Christians who are being systematically slaughtered by Muslims — mostly Hausa and Fulani tribesmen — in the north and northwest of Nigeria, deserved to be disseminated everywhere. But the Western world paid no attention. No one at the […]
Nigeria: Kano State, which enforces Sharia, destroys 196,400 bottles of beer
Here again we see that the frequently enunciated Islamic critique of the West as a sinkhole of vice and immorality, compared to the purity and uprightness of Sharia states, is not based on genuine virtue, but upon force. The residents of Kano State, or at least some of them — those who were going to […]
Nigeria: Red Cross reports 22,000 missing in Boko Haram’s jihad, mostly children
While the persecution of Nigeria’s Christians by Fulani jihadists is approaching genocidal levels, Boko Haram is also waging jihad against Christian families, murdering them wantonly, separating families, and committing unspeakable abuses against innocent people; such news, however, is not regularly reported by the mainstream media and when it is, it is certainly not featured prominently. […]