“O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.” — Qur’an 5:51
The penalty for apostasy in Islamic law is death, per Muhammad’s own orders. Below, Boko Haram marks everyone who collaborates with Christians or with the existing Nigerian government as apostates, of being “of them” for turning to them for friendship or cooperating with them. “Stay Away from Christians, Boko Haram warns Muslims in Nigeria,” from PointBlankNews, July 6:
The Boko Haram menace has taken a dramatic twist with its call on all Muslims in Nigeria to stay away from Christians, Security Agents, Government institutions and functions or face death.
What? An apology won’t cut it?
It maintained that since the present Federal Government is not Islamic, every employee is considered an infidel marked for elimination.
This came on the heels of reports that the group just stormed the divisional police headquarters in Toro Local Government area of Bauchi state, carting away arms and ammunition. It was not clear if any police officer was murdered.
The deadly group urged Muslims to stay away from Christians, their houses, businesses and churches because they are targets of attacks.
This warning is contained in a statement issued by the spokesman, Abu Zaid and exclusively obtained by pointblanknews.com.
According to Zaid “The only dialogue in this crisis is as follows: Stop abiding by the constitution in our land (Dualan Usmaniyya), and government must be sincere and stop terrorizing Muslims in Maiduguri and parts of the North, then there should be a time limit for ceasing fire to gauge Government commitment in keeping to its promise, which cannot be more than ten years.”
In accordance with Islamic law, that is the maximum length of a ceasefire.
The group boasted that it was yet to employ 5 percent of its military might and weaponry.
No, an apology won’t cut it:
Said Zaid “What is holding us back is the innocent civilian population, but as soon as people stay clear from security agents we will launch a full-scale attack. Unarmed Muslims were picked up from their homes and from their hospital beds and summarily executed; the world saw it on AlJazeera. Yet the same Government wants to forgive us for the wrongs they meted on us. In actual sense, we are the ones that should give amnesty to the Borno State Government.”
Shut up and take one for the team:
According to Boko Haram “We as a group don’t kill people who are innocent. What we are trying to tell people is that, in regaining the pride of the people in Islam, people have to endure in losing their properties and sometimes lives are also involved and this can fall on everyone, including us.”
The statement continued “This is a government that is not Islamic. Therefore, all its employees-Muslims and non-Muslims are Infidels. This is a Government which naturally fights Islam because Muslims were killed were killed in Zagon Kataf, in Jos and Southern Kaduna but the perpetrators have never been prosecuted by the so-called existing laws of the land. Mosques were destroyed and punishment for this is death. Therefore, we have the right to kill them all. But if there are people who profess Islam and do not take part in Government or Western Education, their blood and wealth are sacred unless otherwise.”