As this BBC report makes clear, this is likely to be more interfaith outreach from the Nigerian Islamic jihad group Boko Haram, the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad. Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or killing them, as well as enslaving them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “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 and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Abu’l-Hasan al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah (The Laws of Islamic Governance), trans. by Dr. Asadullah Yate, (London), Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., 1996, p. 192.
“Priests and nun kidnapped in Cameroon,” from the BBC, April 5 (thanks to Tommy):
Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Cameroon, Italy’s foreign ministry and media reports say.
Gunmen ransacked the building in the north-west of the country before taking the hostages, Italy’s Ansa agency said.
The area is close to a stronghold of militant Nigerian group Boko Haram.
The attack comes three months after a French priest was released after being kidnapped by Boko Haram in the same region and held in Nigeria.
The latest attack took place in the district of Maroua in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The gunmen were reported to have arrived by car before entering the building where the priests and the nun were staying at around 02:00 local time (01:00 GMT).
The two priests were from the Vicenza region of Italy, the Italian foreign ministry reported.
It says it has set up a crisis unit to work for their release.
One of the priests had been in Cameroon for more than six years, while the other had arrived about a year ago, Italian media reported.
Last year, seven members of a French family called Moulin-Fournier – four of them children – were abducted by Boko Haram in northern Cameroon and held hostage for two months.
Jay Boo says
A message to Muslims of the world from Allah.
“Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
I am so very proud of and impressed by you Muslims.
One day I too hope to be a Muslim just like you.
Thank you”
Anyone wishing to doubt these great praises from the great Allah, don’t blame me
I heard it all second hand from the Angel Gabriel.
No really
Charli Main says
The Muslims have a long history, going back to the 7th century, of murdering monks and raping nuns. Raping nuns on the holy alter of a church was/is a Muslim favourite.
The Rape of Constantinople by the Muslims–29th May 1453
” Monasteries and convents were broken in and their tenants were killed, nuns were raped. The killing, raping, looting and burning went on and on.
Pillaging and killing went on for hours”
The fate of all Christian, Hindu and Buddhist cities that stood up to the invading Muslim filth and lost the battle.
Michael Copeland says
Have a look, Samantha Power, this group has “Jihad”, yes, that’s JIHAD, in their name: “The Party of the People for ….Jihad”. That’s Jihad as in Omar Bakhri’s “Where is your weapon? Where is your weapon? Come to the Jihad!”, Jihad as in killing Christians, in “warfare to establish the religion” (Manual of Islamic Law). Worth remembering.
mortimer says
Jihad a name for CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.