Reuters is sure that this was an act of deception, and after all, Muhammad is said to have proclaimed, “War is deceit.” However, he is also depicted as saying that Muslims should first invite the unbelievers to accept Islam or pay the jizya, and then fight those who refuse. Did Boko Haram consider that this also applied to Muslims it did not consider to be sufficiently observant?
“Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war… When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these you also accept it and withhold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them….If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them.” (Sahih Muslim 4294)
“Boko Haram disguised as preachers kill at least 24 in northeast Nigeria,” Reuters, April 6, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and witness said on Monday.
The attackers arrived in cars late on Sunday and gathered people to a mosque in the remote village of Kwajafa, pretending to preach Islam. They then opened fire on them, witness Simeon Buba said.
Beagle says
I would guess Boko Haram viewed this as a Quran 9.73 situation in which believers are supposed to strive hard against the hypocrites and be unyielding. For those predisposed to violence, the Quran always seems to provide a handy justification.
Bamaguje says
Islamic historical tradition informs us that Mo’ himself ordered killing of other Muslims deemed not Islamic enough.
particolor says
I wonder what the Requirement of Islamic Enough is Needed to Mass Slaughter any and Everyone ?
Joseph says
The Islamic Barney(purple dinosaur) sings
I hate you
you hate me
we’re one big killing Muslim family
Brothers and sisters
we are not
I’ll kill you
you’re gonna rot
for the Koran says what I want
The Doctor says
“I hate you
you hate me
we’re one big killing Muslim family”
Then a shot rang out and Barney hit the floor
No more purple dinosaur! -Chris Kyle. 🙂
Matthieu Baudin says
I expect if they got this out of the way late on a Sunday afternoon then these chaps could retire for dinner, get a good nights sleep; refreshed for another days slaughter.
Jay Airahs says
One has to wonder.
Throughout all Muslim lands —
How many imams and clerics are former convicts?
mortimer says
Lots. But not ‘former’ conspirators.
mortimer says
This is the same as in Europe and America: the mullahs pretend to be preaching the ‘good’ version of Islam and then take off their masks to become true jihadists.
Taqiyya works. Westerners are dupable because they don’t know the first thing about Islam and believe whatever crap the mullahs shoot at them like hungry dogs licking up food off the floor.
Gary says
Muslims claim to love God. They are actually being deceived by the enemy of their soul…..
“Loving God means doing what he tells us to do, and really, that isn’t hard at all; for every child of God can obey him, defeating sin and evil pleasure by trusting Christ to help him.
But who could possibly fight and win this battle except by believing that Jesus is truly the Son of God? And we know he is, because God said so with a voice from heaven when Jesus was baptized, and again as he was facing death[*]—yes, not only at his baptism but also as he faced death. And the Holy “Spirit, forever truthful, says it too. So we have these three witnesses: the voice of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, the voice from heaven at Christ’s baptism, and the voice before he died. And they all say the same thing: that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. We believe men who witness in our courts, and so surely we can believe whatever God declares. And God declares that Jesus is his Son. All who believe this know in their hearts that it is true. If anyone doesn’t believe this, he is actually calling God a liar because he doesn’t believe what God has said about his Son.
And what is it that God has said? That he has given us eternal life and that this life is in his Son. So whoever has God’s Son has life; whoever does not have his Son, does not have life.”
1John5:3-12
Jay Airahs says
Gary,
Good of you to express your faith and I do not wish to dispute anything, however other than your intro sentence I don’t see how it is focused on the specific topic. If your intent is to proselytize Christianity you are more likely to alienate those who are not Christian.
Stand Fast in the Liberty says
For faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. That’s why we believers will confess and preach until our dying day. The Word of the true God has power to convict and to draw all men.
irish says
Being irish i was born and raised as catholic,but at an early age all attempts on my behalf to rationalise religion failed. I no longer practice any religion and i am quiet happy to live without it in my life. What really gets me angry are these religious lunatics that think they have some right to dictate to me how i should live my life, and in the muslim case would kill me for not believing the same balderdash as them. Surely this exposes a wickedness beyond comprehension on behalf of islam. Finally i will ask all people who believe in these gods of all religions why are the so silent in the face of what is happening in the middle east ,surely this is the greatest evil that has happened mankind in centuries and not as much as a squeek from any of these gods, could it possibly be they do not exist.
gravenimage says
Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and witness said on Monday.
The attackers arrived in cars late on Sunday and gathered people to a mosque in the remote village of Kwajafa, pretending to preach Islam. They then opened fire on them, witness Simeon Buba said.
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“Disguised as preachers”? “Pretending to preach Islam”? I imagine that preach Islam is *exactly* what they did—probably some Sura condemning “hypocrites” and the “Insufficiently Islamic”.
Butchering Infidels or “hypocrites” after a warning is perfectly Islamic—in fact, nothing could be more Islamic.
Qur’an 9:73:
O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.
Oliver says
This will probably be an unpopular stance.
Better that they killed 24 fellow Muslims then they either;
1. kidnapped and raped 24 young girls and/or women
2. killed 24 Christians or those believing in tribal and/or pagan religions
3. 1 & 2 above