This article is designed to make readers conclude that this is a good thing, that it will help Nigerians avoid falling into the “misconceptions” about Islam held by Boko Haram, the Islamic State in West Africa. However, since what the Islamic State in West Africa does is based scrupulously upon clear teachings of the Qur’an […]
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Nigeria: Islamic State in West Africa murders at least 30 people in jihad raids on two villages
The Nigerian Army vowed to end Boko Haram’s terrorism by December 2015. Boko Haram renamed itself the Islamic State in West Africa last April. “30 dead in fresh Boko Haram raids on Borno villages,” AFP, February 14, 2016 (thanks to Goodness): At least 30 people have been killed in fresh Boko Haram raids on two […]
Nigeria: Federal University of Technology student arrested for recruiting for the Islamic State
Poverty Causes Terrorism Update: “DSS arrests Nigerian student recruiting terrorists for ISIS,” by Olusola Fabiyi, Punch, February 10, 2016: The Department of State Services said in Abuja on Tuesday that it had arrested a student of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Abdussalam Yunusa, who was recruiting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. […]
Nigeria: Islamic State’s West Africa Province murders 60 with jihad-martyrdom suicide attacks
Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and renamed itself the Islamic State’s West Africa Province. We are facing a global movement with a single ideology. It has vowed to destroy us, while we are busy with studies showing that the Bible is more violent than the Qur’an, and that “right-wing extremists” are […]
Islamic State in West Africa murders over 100 in raid on Nigerian village
UPDATE: The death toll is now over 100. ———- Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa last year. Attacks like these are a foreshadowing of what is coming to Europe. “Boko Haram kills 65 in Borno village attack,” by Kayode Idowu, Punch, January […]
Islamic State in West Africa attacks 5 Nigerian villages, murders 36 people
Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa last year. “36 feared killed as gunmen attack Adamawa communities,” by Emmanuel Ande, The Guardian (Nigeria), January 25, 2016 (thanks to Goodness): Some gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect attacked five villages […]
Nigeria court sentences Muslim cleric to death for blaspheming Muhammad
“The Sufi preacher, from Sunni Islam who are the majority among Nigerian Muslims, was accused of having issued statement considered to have mocked the prophet during a religious ceremony.” It isn’t really very likely that a Muslim cleric mocked Muhammad, but the verdict is what it is. In the West, meanwhile, we are more civilized. […]
Islamic State in West Africa murders at least 14 in Christmas day jihad attack in Nigeria
Boko Haram aligned itself with the Islamic State and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa last winter. “At least 14 killed in Boko Haram Christmas day gun attack in Nigeria,” AFP, December 26, 2015 (thanks to John): At least 14 people were killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen […]
Islamic State murders 30 in attack on three Nigerian villages
Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa last winter. “30 dead in Boko Haram attack on three Nigeria villages: vigilantes,” AFP, December 15, 2015: Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Brutal weekend attacks on three villages by Boko Haram Islamists in the restive northeast of […]
Nigeria: Sultan of Sokoto says Islam is a religion of peace that abhors terrorism
The idea that Islam is a religion of peace that abhors terrorism has to be constantly repeated, because it is contradicted daily by the behavior of Islamic jihadists, and their justification of their murders by pointing to the Qur’an and Sunnah. The Sultan of Sokoto did not explain how it happened that a group that […]