Ramadan is the month in which Muslims are expected to renew and increase their devotion to Allah. Since jihad against non-Muslims is in Islamic theology an act of devotion to Allah, it becomes more virulent during Ramadan. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last February, and in April renamed itself the Islamic State […]
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Ramadan in Nigeria: Jihad bomb found in church before it could explode
Ramadan is the month in which Muslims are expected to renew and increase their devotion to Allah. Since jihad against non-Muslims is in Islamic theology an act of devotion to Allah, it becomes more virulent during Ramadan. “Explosives found at church in Jos, central Nigeria: police,” Agence France Presse, July 12, 2015 (thanks to The […]
Islamic State in Nigeria murders at least 25 people in packed government office
Boko Haram continues to operate with apparent impunity in Nigeria, despite repeated avowals by two Nigerian Presidents now that they would destroy it. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State several months ago. “Nigeria suicide blast ‘kills 25’ in Zaria,” by Aminu Abubakar, AFP, July 7, 2015: Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – At least 25 […]
Nigeria: Islamic State murders 13, burns 32 churches and 300 houses
32 churches burned in one day, and the U.S. Catholic bishops forbid discussion of why this is happening, and the extent to which it is happening, for fear of harming their self-defeating and chimerical “dialogue” with Muslim leaders. As long as they maintain this suicidal gag order, they bear partial responsibility for jihad attacks such […]
Nigeria: Islamic State bombs mosque where imam preached peaceful coexistence
Why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reformers. “Bombs at Mosque, Restaurant in Central Nigerian City Kill 44,” by Ahmed Mohammed, Associated Press, July 6, 2015: Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in Nigeria’s central city of Jos, killing 44 people, […]
Nigeria: Emir of Kano says Muslims become jihadis after learning Islam on Facebook
This explanation just leads to a further question: why are these young Muslims so easily swayed by what they read on Facebook and Twitter? Why isn’t the instruction they receive in the local mosque sufficient to enable them to withstand the appeal of what the Emir of Kano evidently regards as a false, extremist, counterfeit […]
Nigeria: Muslim murders 5 with jihad suicide bombing in church
The “interfaith dialogue” that the U.S. Catholic bishops, as well as Protestant groups, are pursuing so assiduously with Muslim leaders, has proven itself to be absolutely ineffective in stopping these attacks — and the bishops are criminally abandoning the victims of such attacks to their fate by silencing all discussion of why these kinds of […]
Islamic State in Nigeria murders nearly 200 in 48 hours
Savages doing service to their bloodthirsty god. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State several months ago. “Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours – Militants unleash female suicide bombers North East Nigeria,” AFP, July 4, 2015: KANO: Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals […]
Nigeria: Muslim murders five with suicide bombing at leprosy hospital
Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, and the Islamic State recently called on Muslims everywhere to make this Ramadan “calamity for the infidels … Shi’ites and apostate Muslims. Muslims everywhere, we congratulate you over the arrival of the holy month. Be keen to conquer in this holy month and to become exposed […]
Nigeria: Sharia court sentences two to death for blasphemy against Muhammad
In the free and enlightened West, we don’t kill people for blaspheming Muhammad. We just assassinate their character and call them “racists,” “bigots” and “Islamophobes,” and imply that Islamic jihad murderers are justified in stalking and hunting them. It is wonderful to live in the free world. “Kano Sharia Court Sentences Two To Death For […]