Where is the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) getting the money it is using to pay the jihadis? Why is the Nigerian military apparently more poorly equipped and trained than the jihadis? Who is funding the jihadis? We know that they get some of their money from ransoms for hostages, which is why they […]
Nigeria claims, without offering evidence, that the students jihadis abducted have been rescued
Mass kidnappings in Nigeria actually show growing unrest, which isn’t favorable to a government that is busy promoting a global image flattering to itself. The country downplays its political crises and promotes reports flattering to the Tinubu regime. Five months ago, the Nigerian government rejected media reports that it paid a “huge” ransom to Boko […]
Nigeria: Muslims storm school during exams, abduct 42 students, murder teacher
This is all entirely in accord with Islamic law. The kidnapping itself is a matter of precise legal directives: “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 […]
Nigeria: Islamic State jihadis carry out two coordinated jihad attacks on army camps, murdering 30 soldiers
Here yet again we see a jihad force that appears to be more powerful and likely better funded than the national military force that ostensibly opposes it. There seems to be little curiosity among authorities, however, about the jihad groups’ sources of funding. “Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) Claims Two Coordinated Attacks On Nigerian […]
Mali: Defense minister killed in united al-Qaeda and ISIS jihad attack, country on verge of collapse
Mali was on the brink of collapse last year as al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) unleashed attacks on the country. Then came a report that Jihad Watch covered yesterday about renewed attacks that injured 16 people, as efforts to create an Islamic state in Mali escalated. The new siege rapidly spiraled into much […]
US conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria after Trump’s threat to intervene to end persecution of Christians
United States President Donald Trump warned that the United States could stop all aid and assistance to #Nigeria if the country fails to act against the killings of Christians. Trump said, “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of #Christians, the U.S.A. will… pic.twitter.com/M7fKqe4Skg — The Statesman (@TheStatesmanLtd) November 2, 2025 The United […]
ISIS: Christians in Africa must pay the jizya, Muslims should attack Christians in Europe
For a couple of decades or more, Islamic apologists in the West have been insisting that the jizya is a thing of the past, meant only for a specific time (although it’s hard to sustain the common argument that it was meant only for Muhammad’s time, since it was collected into the nineteenth century). Once […]
Nigeria: At least 18 killed in string of jihad suicide attacks at wedding, hospital and funeral in Borno state
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province “are the most active militant groups in Borno. The violence has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around two million in Nigeria’s northeast.” And that’s in Borno alone. The same jihadist groups, along with Fulani jihadists, murdered 8,000 Christians last year. The UN obsesses about Israel […]
Nigeria: Islamic State jihadis give out rice, beans, sugar and more to villagers to try to gain new recruits
They also appealed to them with stories about the glories of the new caliphate they are attempting to establish, with little or no pushback. Still, they didn’t dare rely on their wisdom and beautiful preaching. Some rice and beans were given out to seal the deal. “ISWAP Terror Group Holds Public Meetings With Borno Residents […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder 14 Christians including pastor, burn down church and many houses and cars
On their way to a caliphate in West Africa. “BREAKING: Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Yobe Community, Kill Pastor, 13 Others; Burn Church, Houses, Cars,” Sahara Reporters, January 5, 2024: The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, has attacked Kwari, a […]