Now wait a minute. Has John Kerry been told about this? Doesn’t Abubakar Shekau realize that what he is doing is “extremism” that has nothing to do with the Qur’an or Allah? Where are the moderate Western Muslims who are traveling to Nigeria to set Shekau straight about Islam? I am sure they will arrive in Kano any day now.
“Boko Haram leader dismisses claims of his death in new video,” by Aminu Abubakar, AFP, October 2, 2014:
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed Nigerian military claims of his death in a new video obtained by AFP on Thursday and said the militants had implemented strict Islamic law in captured towns.
“Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” Shekau said, adding that his group was “running our… Islamic caliphate” and administering strict sharia punishments.
Boko Haram has shown images of extreme violence before but the latest video shows at length graphic scenes of an amputation and a stoning to death as well as a beheading.
It also purports to show the wreckage of a Nigerian Air Force jet that went missing in the northeast on September 11. Boko Haram said its fighters shot it down but the military denied the claim.
The military announced last week that Shekau was dead and that a man who had been posing as the group’s leader in the videos had been killed after fighting with troops in the far northeast.
Security analysts and the United States questioned the credibility of the military’s claim.
The new 36-minute video shows Shekau, in combat fatigues and black rubber boots, standing on the back of a pick-up truck and firing an anti-aircraft gun into the air.
Standing in front of three camouflaged vans and flanked by four heavily armed, masked fighters, he then speaks for 16 minutes in Arabic and the Hausa language widely spoken in northern Nigeria.
There was no indication of where or when the video was shot. Shekau appears in separate images from the violence.
– Propaganda claims –
The heavily bearded Shekau, who appeared to be the same man as those in previous clips, said the military’s claim that he was dead was propaganda.
“Nothing will kill me until my days are over… Some people asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have one soul, by Allah,” he said, apparently reading from a script.
There have been two previous claims by Nigeria that Shekau had been killed or “may be dead” but Boko Haram later issued video denials.
Elsewhere in the new video, the militant leader said the group had implemented strict Islamic law in the towns that it had captured in the northeast in recent weeks.
“We are running our caliphate, our Islamic caliphate. We follow the Koran…in the land of Allah,” he said….
Cjmccoy says
Is that anything like the land of Oz??? It was a make believe place too!!! All the land in the universe belongs to Almighty God (Jesus Christ). No one has anything unless He says they do. He also lets each person choose where they will spend eternity. So you can choose Jesus and live forever with Heaven or choose anyone other than Him and spend eternity away from God, far away from Him in hell. It is all up to each person.
These muslims think they own everything but that is not so, everything belongs to Christ Jesus and if He sees fit to let people use it till He comes to claim everything that is His. And for whatever reason He chose to blesss the Jews and set them apart. It is not for us to try and figure out why He does what He does just to follow Him and to honor and obey Him. Some things He does not tell us this side of heaven.We simply must trust and obey. I pray that these folks will have their eyes opened. I pray too for the leader of this country to realize they must answer to God one day for their stand, either with Him or against Him. I pray that God opens their eyes to lead the united states in the ways of God, the way it was designed to be here in America.
Magh says
I always thought tht Jesus was the son of God, not God himself. As a Jew I take exception to what you have written. I believe in God Almighty but Jesus has nothing to do with that. Are the Buddhists also doomed to hell? What you write is no better than the Moslem way of thinking, believe in my religion, my way of thinking or you are damned.
Beagle says
This is not my fight, but…
It is not even close to the same as Islam. Your debate here is resolved in the afterlife. The ‘debate’ we are all having with Islam regards convert, live under sharia and pay the humiliating jizya, or prepare to die.
One, to be determined later. The other of great immediacy in the here and now. One you can scroll over. The other may require serious physical preparation and even combat depending on where you live, and luck.
john spielman says
at least Christians WILL NOT KILL you if you reject Jesus as the only Son of God and savior of the world, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! Jesus said that “no one comes to ME , unless the father draw him .. I and the Father are one! “If you have seen me , you have seen the Father “In the Old Testament starting in Genesis, God is referred to in the plural Elohim, and the word “one” in Hebrew is ” echad” I believe and allows for plurality. In Isaiah the coming messiah (Jesus) is referred to as ” …wonderful,councilar, almighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of peace.” The many many more Old Testanment and New Testament referrences to Jesus as God- one with the Father- just do a ” google search” Hence the concept of one “Triune” God -who is Father Son and Holy Spirit
Beagle says
I’m not going to tell anyone how to run their religion unless they try to force it on me literally.
But don’t you think it might be better to lay off the Jews when it comes to aggressive proselytizing? It’s not like Jews are in any way unaware of the bible, Christianity, or Jesus. We’re not talking about uncontacted Amazonians coming out of a rainforest. I know Christians are told to bring people to the faith, but if your methodology is more likely to make people angry and turn them more against you, what is the proper thing to do?
I’m really asking. I don’t know that there is a simple answer. I think it might be in treating people well and leading by example. Think about a Golden Rule perspective. How would you react to Jews using the exact same tactics to convert you to Judaism? The “one true faith” argument seems likely to fail with intelligent people, especially those who already have a faith.
Again, none of my business really. But that rarely stops me from poking my nose in anyway.
john spielman says
Dear Beagle and Magh; sorry I did not intend to protheytize, I merely attempted to answer the points raised above that Christians DO NT react violently if people rject the gospel of Christ .2) the poitn of where the cobncept of the triune God ( 3 in 1) comes from!
john spielman says
please forgive my typing errors
Natalie A Sera says
John Spielman, just to clarify your understanding of Biblical Hebrew, when God is referred to as Elohim, that is an etymological left-over from before the concept of monotheism took firm root. Polytheism was common in all the religions of the region, and it took time for Judaism to emerge as the first monotheistic religion.
An analogy might be when people say “Egads!” that’s a modified form of “Ye Gods!” but in no way implies that Christians believe in more than one god.
Islamisdeath says
I am Christian but I believe any non muslim is in this fight with me. The disposition of our souls is between us and God. I belive what I believe just as you do but neither of us wants to savagely kill the other because of their belief. Islam wants to slaughter everyone who is not muslim. I personally have many Jewish friends whom I would/will help in any way I can and I ardently support Israel.
john spielman says
I agree! and God bless Israel!
balthazar says
Jesus was the last Jewish King, murdered by Rome under pressure from the Sanhedrin and Pharisees, the lawyers and scribes, who saw their chance to take over the Jewish peoples and control them while ingratiating themselves with their Roman overlords for filthy lucre.. he was prophet too in the long tradition of Priest-kings of Israel in the Davidic line. If you recognise David and Solomon’s kingship then you must also recognize their heirs, Jesus, whose bloodline is traced back to David in the new testament. And according to the book of Daniel the next Prince of Israel’s name will be Michael.
Natalie A Sera says
Sorry, but it is commonly agreed in Judaism that the age of prophecy ended when the majority of Jews decided not to come home from Babylon, 350 years before the time of Jesus. Muhammad is not a prophet for the same reason. And Jesus was not in any way a king of the Jews because he was not descended from David on his mother’s side. I don’t mean to try to deprive you of your honestly held beliefs, but at least get their historical origins right.
Champ says
Magh wrote:
I always thought tht Jesus was the son of God, not God himself.
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Question: “Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God?”
Answer: http://www.gotquestions.org/is-Jesus-God.html
Jay Boo says
Cjmccoy said
“These muslims think they own everything but that is not so, everything belongs to Christ Jesus”
And by proxy Christians
This ownership thing is backed by platitude proselytizing with a hint of ‘my God is better than all others’ religious bullying.
On a more positive note
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 5:16-18, NIV)
http://christianity.about.com/od/thanksgiving/fl/Give-Thanks-in-Suffering.htm
duh_swami says
“We are running our caliphate, our Islamic caliphate.
Caliphates are breaking out all over. That’s two that we know of so far. Is there a limit on how many Caliphates Islam can have? Iran and Saudi Arabia are not Caliphates, but they act like Caliphates. This is going to get confusing when all these Caliphs start issuing different orders and conflicting fatwa’s.
mortimer says
Agreed: “Caliphates are breaking out all over. Iran and Saudi Arabia are not Caliphates, but they act like Caliphates.”
True Islam is what we see in Iran and Saudi Arabia. But ISIS is self-consciously Islamic…Islamicly-correct…slavishly Islamic. They meticulously copy every detail found in the hadiths and Sira.
mortimer says
“This is going to get confusing when all these Caliphs start issuing different orders and conflicting fatwa’s.”
Exactly. The Saudi caliphate and Iranian caliphate are now at war with the ISIS caliphate!
It should be remembered that the first modern king of Arabia, Sharif Hussein bin Ali, called himself ‘King of Hejaz and King of All Arabs’ and also used the title of ‘Caliph of all Muslims’.
Not Islamic?
john spielman says
the history of islam is the history of bloodshed and war of who is the true caliph staring immedietly after old moe died. It would make a great Monty Python skit where it not so deadly serious and comedians are afraid to mock islam
Islamisdeath says
The caliphates will war with each other. We are about to enter an era of unending war and atrocity.
Wtf? says
But they are nothing to do with Islam?………
Sorry it’s just getting into my head all the time.
Angemon says
duh_swami posted:
“This is going to get confusing when all these Caliphs start issuing different orders and conflicting fatwa’s.”
I say we get them one arena. Two caliphates enter, only one leaves, and the one who leaves is ripe for the taking.
balthazar says
God is causing their confusion and allowing their haughty pride and hubris to manifest so that he will eventually destroy them and their putrid religion off the face of his earth. It is also a test for his people to see if they are worthy followers of the Christian faith and ditto for the Jews who will soon be exposed to the messiah.
Jay Boo says
As many JW’s are aware, Hillary when Secretary of State said Boko Haram are not terrorists. Her grievance was with the Nigerian government.
In order to march in lockstep with Hillary dogma, Al Jazeera sponsored NPR came down hard on the Nigerian government during the kidnapping of young girls in order to refuse to discuss Islam as the root problem.
GP says
Abubakar Shekau is an evil looking dude. If God is love and IS LAM is the Religion of Peace, then why is his face contorted with so much anger and hatred? What’s he doing in that picture, is he extending the finger of friendship to President Obama?
“Boko Haram has shown images of extreme violence before but the latest video shows at length graphic scenes of an amputation and a stoning to death as well as a beheading.” -Now picture Iran with a nuke…it is a shame the WH is asleep at the wheel in all matters IS LAM.
Ralph says
After about 30 times you will have Allah’s Appreciation…
http://xmissy.nl/item/107211/micaela-schafer—naked-ice-bucket-challe
darmanad says
Women and Children for Sale
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Women and Children for Sale
A new U.N. report paints a terrifying picture of life under the Islamic State.
View on http://www.foreignpolicy.com
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p.s. Speaking at Kanal D TV’s Arena program, PM Erdogan commented on the term “moderate Islam”, often used in the West to describe AKP and said, ‘These descriptions are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.”
paddy says
Allah sounds like a nasty man
ConnectingDots says
Dear Abubakar Shekau,
Get ready. In case you missed it, the Libyan jihad has a different plan for you: http://pamelageller.com/2014/08/libyan-jihad-militias-press-blacks-slavery.html/
Ralph says
Genesis 16 : 7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
11 The angel of the Lord also said to her:
“You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,[a]
for the Lord has heard of your misery.
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward[b] all his brothers.”
All the Wild Donkeys have followed GOD’S Destiny for them for Hundred of years and they will become FUEL For HELL.
pumbar says
Ralph
We know about the donkeys mate. You don’t have to paste it onto every thread.
jsteves2000 says
One thing to note…God did promise to make a great nation from Ishmael………but unlike the Jews……God did not promise to bless them. but you have to read the end of THE BOOK to know the “rest of the story”
Robert Wagner says
What if someone in Boko Haram reads Tom Clancy’s “Rainbow Six” and then has some of their followers intentionally infect themselves with EBOLA, and then easily sneak over our borders and really start the pandemic in North America?
The feet on the ground need to be at our borders, forget about Syria and Iraq.
Davegreybeard says
Even more diabolical, how about Jihadis intentionally infecting South/Central American children with Ebola, then mixing them in with the hordes flooding across our Southern Border?
The Vilest of Creatures says
Looks like the Boko Haram is getting jealous of all the media attention ISIS is getting. What’s a jihadist to do?
Don Droga says
They have no problems driving a Toyota designed and made by ‘infidel’s’.
GP says
We need a Godly response to this murderous evil and vile wickedness, these monstrous savages must be destroyed. We need the God of vengeance in the 18th and 35th Psalms. A little Judeo-Christian Unity against a common evil.
From 18th Psalm
31 For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32 the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33 He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.
42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
sidney penny says
Robert
It is time to start a tab/category/book “Nothing to do with Islam”
Easiest at the moment is to add it to your current category list.