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Niger: Muslim mobs torch 45 churches in Muhammad cartoon riots

Jan 20, 2015 12:41 am By Robert Spencer

Niger-riotsWhere are the Muslims not just condemning this, but developing and instituting programs in mosques and Islamic schools to teach against the beliefs and assumptions that give rise to it? Certainly non-Muslims aren’t doing anything to call them to account — remember: “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013

“45 churches torched in Niger capital in cartoon demos: Police,” AFP, January 19, 2015:

Niamey: Forty-five churches were torched over the weekend in Niger`s capital during deadly protests over the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police said on Monday.

The protests, which left five people dead and 128 people injured, also saw a Christian school and orphanage set alight, Adily Toro, a spokesman for the national police, told a press conference. Similar protests on Friday in the second city of Zinder also saw five people killed and 45 wounded.

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  1. katnis says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:06 am

    It’s as if the muslims are looking for an excuse to torch, murder, injure, and ruin lives. Do they think that the Jews and Christian faiths will retaliate? Of course, the Jews and Christian faiths will not retaliate. Even so, the plundering and destruction will continue.

    On another note, I doubt that the mobs have actually seen the cartoons.

    • Demsci says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 1:28 am

      IMO the paradigm that “Islam and Muslims are innocent until proven guilty” should shift to “By now ample proof has been given for the detrimental influence of Quran-Hadiths-Sira and of Islamic leaders on the behavior of Muslims” so that the burden of proof is now on Muslims or their leaders and their well-wishing friends to prove the innocence of Islam.

      But while the Jihadists give ample proof of detrimental influence, the Islam-apologists among both Muslims and non-Muslims still insist that there is another “Islam”. But by now it should be abundantly clear that this :”other Islam” hinges ONLY on a different interpretation of Quran-Hadiths-Sira and Tafsir. And NOT on the immutable holy texts themselves. Which so amply provide the Jihadists with valid tenets for their use.

      Quran-Hadiths-Sira and Tafsir therefore are far too AMBIGUOUS. And criminally prone to valid violent interpretation. Even if also usable for peaceful interpretations, as the apologists are at enormous pain to explain.

      And a religion is a choice. and now Muslims thus choose for a religion that through big ambiguity produces countless “rotten appels” among the Muslims, if the apologists and well-wishers of Islam were correct. Who definitely imply to us that Muslims can obey Allah and Mohammed and still be really peaceful and good members of democratic societies.

      And we have seen Sam Harris and Bill Maher expose this, and a tweet from Rupert Murdoch that “Islam has a problem” and now even Louisiana’s governor Bobby Tindal says that Islam and Muslims should be held accountable for “their problem”. We also know of Asra Nomani who said the same thing.

      And so in future holding Islam and Muslims accountable should become more viable and acceptable in society. But not so much on detrimental influence as much as on criminal negligent ambiguity and proneness to detrimental interpretation. And failure to do something about it.

      And also we could point to the situation of membership of Islam. it has no meaningful and enforceable conditions it seems to me..Therefore “rotten appels” cannot be removed, therefore more and more the other “appels” (supposedly peaceful Muslims) get more and more a credibility-problem. And we should tell them that. And there should be consequences to that in due time (as a religion is a choice, not a fate).

      • Demsci says

        Jan 20, 2015 at 1:30 am

        Correction: It is Bobby Jindal, not Tindal

      • Jen says

        Jan 20, 2015 at 3:18 am

        “Calm down! No need to condemn an entire religion, just because of a few hundred million bad apples.” 🙂

        From Bare Naked Islam: http://www.barenakedislam.com/2015/01/19/hey-russia-you-missed-your-chance/
        “Hundreds of thousands of Muslim savages all in one place in a demonstration in Chechnya supporting the killers of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and defending Islamic terrorism as punishment for ‘blasphemy.”

        • particolor says

          Jan 20, 2015 at 6:03 am

          And our Governments let these Rabid Ratbags into our Country’s ?? ..
          They must be Bloody Blind ??

        • Jen says

          Jan 20, 2015 at 6:30 am

          Look at all those helium balloons with hearts on them. “We heart Prophet Muhammad.”
          Sick.

        • lilideerose says

          Jan 21, 2015 at 10:18 pm

          http://youtu.be/X55bcNuMhKI

      • Kasey says

        Jan 20, 2015 at 7:39 am

        What Rupert Murdoch should have said is ” Islam is the problem”! And the nature and CONTENT of its indoctrination of its youth and converts make each one ripe for radicalization at the drop of a hat! Until that changes the World is in for more of the same.

    • Spot On says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 7:40 am

      This has happened all too many times before with Big Mo followers and the civilized world.

    • Rob Porter says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 8:33 am

      oldwhiteguy. Absolutely agreed. On a previous occasion on JW I stated that Christians need to take up arms to defend themselves, their families and communities from Muslim savages. Fleeing or turning the other cheek achieves nothing. It did nothing in the days before the Crusades when the Muslims were attacking southern Europe and nothing hs changed. Bullies love docile people. In Central African Republic, after a number of Christians had been murdered by Muslims, Christians retaliated and killed Muslims. For this the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, condemned the Christians. Never once had she condemned incessant murderous Muslim actions. Power is not simply a fool, like Barack Obama she is instead a deceiver and liar who is doing the bidding of Obama.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 9:40 am

      I suggest that Justin get off his one note soapbox distraction and get with the program.

      • Jay Boo says

        Jan 20, 2015 at 9:42 am

        in reply to his first gay issue comment.

    • Shane says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Pamela Gellar is right that we should be on the side of the civilized people, not the Muslim savages who rape, kill, and destroy in the name of Allah. All this over a non-offensive magazine cover!

  2. Papa Whiskey says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:07 am

    Doubtless the work of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, the outfit that did so much to gin up the unrest over the Danish Muhammad cartoons in 2006.

    • katnis says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 1:22 am

      Ha! That’s a good one

      http://www.zoomdout.com/home/seriously-wheres-muhammad

      • No Fear says

        Jan 20, 2015 at 1:29 am

        another David Wood gem of pure clarity

  3. somehistory says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:17 am

    “protests over the publication….” This is bologna. They have begun and won’t quit as long as they are allowed to steal, kill and destroy…with seeming impunity. The *cartoon insults* narrative, giving excuse for evil behavior is already old.. The beast is demonic…it doesn’t need a reason for evil.

    Niger has asked for help to fight them.

  4. David Wood says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:19 am

    The ghost of Charlie Hebdo returns to haunt them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAr98Ec2nhw.

    • No Fear says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 1:29 am

      another David Wood gem of pure clarity

    • katnis says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 1:43 am

      Thanks for sharing that link.

      muslims kill to silence criticism of islam.
      Politicians and the media deny reality to silence criticism of islam.
      muslim groups of the west demonize anyone who disagrees with them to silence criticism of islam.

      We are witnessing the slaughter of our freedom.

      • Nicu says

        Jan 20, 2015 at 3:04 am

        That’s the way it is and we the people will pay the prize for it – as we do already .

        Why not coward Politician fights against them and let all this happen ?

  5. No Fear says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:24 am

    Eventually, when the modern world rejects Islam as resembling a steaming pile of dog poo, I will then remind , by letters, all those politicians and media imbeciles who thought it was a good idea to treat it with respect. They will go to their old age with frequent reminders of the stupidity of respecting a “religion” which has no respect for anything but “dominating”.

    • warpmine says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 7:44 am

      Horrible thing is, Thomas Jefferson already did the research for them two centuries ago. Our leaders are contemptible morons with no more back bone than worms.

  6. Gary says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:33 am

    Refresh my memory… Why did the Muslims attack others?

    Oh now I remember….. Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

    The Muslim ‘faith’ does not realize, they are serving their father of lies…… The God of this world, as he leads them to their demise. Sadly.

  7. Don McKellar says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 2:08 am

    Huh. So let’s see…

    Some guys in Paris, France published a few cartoons in a magazine, making fun of a fictional character name Mohammad.

    So then…

    A mob of raving mad moslems torched 45 churches way down in Niger, in Western Africa.

    And they say it is because of some cartoons published on another continent, by people who have absolutely nothing to do with, or have any connection to, the churches that were attacked, in any way, shape or form.

    I’m trying to see some sort of connection here… hang on… uh…

    Geez, the only thing I can figure is that these moslems are bat shit insane high on their religion and desperately needed any excuse they could to go on a wild destructive rampage to bully their fellow countrymen who are Christians. And these completely unconnected, unrelated publications on another continent were the best they could do to come up with for a “reason” to do that, and subjugate them as the Koran commands them to do.

    That’s Islamic logic! Now I understand!

    • bernie says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 6:52 am

      Well put! Almost all of the Charlie Hebdo staff were atheists, and they had published cartoons which which equally, if not more insulting, to Christians, Jews and Buddhists than they were to Muslims. They also had an issue whose cover read, “Down with ALL religions!”

  8. cs says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 4:41 am

    Hey guys, is this India news really reliable? But anyways, 10 churches or 45 churches, it is a non sense anyways.

    • Peggy says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 8:24 pm

      Rabid Albanian Muslims destroyed over 100 churches and monasteries in Kosovo and nobody even blinkied. This happened in 2004.
      Even today they destroy what is left of Serbian (Christian) cemeteries. They can’t tolerate even dead Christians.
      Muslims are the same all over the world. There are very few normal ones. Moderate minority is a myth.

  9. particolor says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 6:16 am

    Not one Mosque was harmed in the making of this film !
    But its nothing to do whatsoever with Islam ….

  10. pongidae rex says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 6:55 am

    These are the same people who were eerily silent when African Boko Harum Islamists butchered thousands of civilians in a few days. These are the same people crowding into boats and heading for Europe.

  11. warpmine says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 7:38 am

    One would think somebody point out to these illiterate goat humpers that the cartoonists are atheists not Catholics.

  12. Spot On says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 8:14 am

    Islam rails against all non-Muslims (Commies and Marxists included), not just Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc. but all other civilized people. They are kissing up to the Commies and Marxists right now as temporary allies until they finish with the others. The problem is that most Commies and Marxists are totally ignorant regarding religion and they do not possess the capacity to understand the true intent or inner workings of Islam. Religion can be a strong tool for military purposes.

    For the Commies and Marxists, may I suggest they recall Darwinian theory. Survival of the fittest? C-ckroaches have a tremendous ability to survive. Islam was developed as a political and military support religion for a vicious army of c-ckroaches that has a large supply of soldiers quite willing to die for their cause. Hitler tried to develop a religion but failed. The Japanese were more successful with their Kamikazes. The Islamic armies have survived hundreds and hundreds of wars for over 14 centuries. There are scholarly accounts from 1000 years ago when Islamic generals demonstrated their suicide soldiers by ordering them to jump off cliffs as a demonstration of their power. Liberalism and liberal multicultural assimilation of these people has failed. The Islamic warriors now know this. Maybe it is time for the liberals to get on board with Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc. and stop these c-ckroaches.

    • boakai ngombu says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 4:08 pm

      I’ve heard it said: islam is communism with a god

      that would be the Allah god of islam (unknowable; the best of all deceivers) which sets itself up to be a replacement for the Unique God, truly merciful through the One Anointed – Jesus.

      communism is a Christian heresy. it’s been tamed before. it can be tamed again.

  13. dumbledoresarmy says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 8:25 am

    The cartoons were merely the excuse du jour.

    I would bet good money that every single one of those churches, etc, were *already* on the Muslim Gang Bosses’ hit list.

    Just waiting for a barely-plausible excuse, to turn loose the mobs with the firestarters.

    If it hadn’t been the Charlie Hebdo cartoons, it would have been something else.

    And if the Infidels didn’t oblige by doing something that could be spun as offensive, the Muslim rabble rouser gang bosses in the mosques would have *invented* something. Many a mob in the dar al Islam has been turned loose against hapless infidel minorities **on the basis of deliberately-concocted malevolent LIES**.

    Just as every Muslim woman or girl lives under a temporarily-suspended death sentence that may be activated and carried out at any moment by *any* one or more of the males around her (who are reared to hate and despise and fear all women, and to have hairtrigger tempers and paperthin egos, so that it is dead easy for them to *imagine* themselves offended; while said males are sometimes egged on by a fellow mohammedan female who takes a scunner against the girl or woman and decides to get rid of her by spreading a whisper that she has committed ‘zina’ in some way – so also every infidel within a Muslim land, even if they have paid their jizya and are grovelling as low as they can go to all the mohammedan bullyboys and bullygirls surrounding them, may at any moment be declared Lawful Prey. Allah is always hungry for a big long drink of fresh human blood with a side serving of smashed and burned property.

    • particolor says

      Jan 23, 2015 at 9:14 pm

      YEP !!

  14. rev g says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 9:00 am

    Interesting equivalence, nasty pictures of Muhammad versus 45 torched churches? Granted there is far worse than just that. Is the west that blind/brainwashed/cowardly?

  15. Jay Boo says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Muslim always seek to find an excuse to do as they wish to non-Muslims.
    It is in their excuse manual: — The Qur’an

  16. roger woodhouse says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 10:53 am

    The west is in the grip PC.Led by frightened politicians who are just biding their time in office long enough to accumulate sufficient funds and pension to live out their lives in comfort.Britain in the mean time is sliding toward a vicious civil conflict with a people brainwashed into a cult of victimhood passing for a ‘RELIGION’

  17. Ross says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 11:57 am

    Any excuse to further their agenda. They may win by perseverance. While we fight those who stand behind Political Correctness, our peaceful enemy is sawing off our heads.

    To all the PCers out there, I challenge you to watch a couple of full length beheading videos. These people are animals who don’t deserve a place on this planet.

    And I ask the Libs: Do go really give a shit about your children and your grand children?????

    • Spot On says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 12:22 pm

      The libs have never made any sense. I think the libs are so infuriated with Christians that they see Islam as their friend.

  18. Dave J says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm

    I’ll bet that 99% of these rioters and pillagers have never seen those awful cartoons, they were just told to be Offended by their sicko Imams. So brainless, they are just waiting for some excuse to act out their pre-existing hatred.

  19. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    Those Muslim mobs in Nigeria who object so much to those cartoons of Muhammad in that French publication in France that they are actually burning down churches in their country because of the magazine in another country shows two things. First ,this show just how absurd and irrational some Muslims can be. For those churches in Nigeria have nothing whatsoever with that publication in France. Second, this violent a terrible action by those engaged Muslims mobs in the burning down of the churches in that country because they hate those cartoon.printed in another country only exposes that is the saying may be true. Which is the saying that “Evil is always looking for an excuse.”

  20. Ross says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    It’s all so obvious. The problem is obvious. The solution is obvious, if you are getting the information that Robert puts out.

    But, all Western media is covering up the reality of the situation by omitting news and all Western politicians are covering for the Jihadists. It feels like the Elite are planning our genocide.

    • Spot On says

      Jan 20, 2015 at 3:18 pm

      I agree. Criminals rarely care about anyone but themselves.

  21. Jae M says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    These insane, raging demon possessed men will use any excuse to go on a rampage. If there is no “catalyst” like a cartoon, they will just rampage to satisfy their blood lusting, demonic appetite for human suffering and pain.
    They have no conscience.

  22. MKG says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 7:43 pm

    They don’t look angry to me. They actually look happy and jubilant as if they were at a party. Maybe we should step on their cake, and hunt them down like bushmeat.

  23. Paul says

    Jan 20, 2015 at 11:20 pm

    Does the Jihadi on the motorcycle have devil horns on his head? Sure looks like it.
    To hell with all of them!

    • MKG says

      Jan 21, 2015 at 7:17 pm

      That, or he is a very confused Viking.

  24. particolor says

    Jan 23, 2015 at 9:29 pm

    NAH !! He’s just out looking for some Fresh Raw Flying Fox Meat for Supper !! They flew out of the Belfries’ of the Churches they Torched !!

  25. louisegrant says

    Jan 25, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    I must say I fully support not making fun of anyones’ beliefs , religion or opinion in anyway as I will like the same treatment for me. However, one of the good things to do is to ignore those insults coming from such people. What I can’t understand is why these people have to retalilate in such a hostile manner. I think they look for an outlet to carry out the commands of their god. Aren’t they they same people along with others who blaspheme the name of other persons religious leaders? Besides, a christian is not a christian because he was born or grew up in a christian church or environment. I often wonder if the christians doing foolishness of any kind are indeed christians.There is a never ending lists to the provocations to the name of Jesus. His name and His people have beem used abused, rediculed , tramped on etc. But do we have to ‘defend’ Him ? He defends us!

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