Oh, this is embarrassing. Boko Haram renamed itself the Islamic State in West Africa last April, after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. But the renowned and revered Reuters news organization doesn’t know that, and thinks that Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa are two distinct groups: “President Muhammadu Buhari had blamed Boko Haram…But militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they had conducted the suicide bombings, according to the statement. The authenticity of the statement, which did not mention Boko Haram and was issued under the name Islamic State West Africa, could not be verified.”
Neither can Reuters’ reliability as a news source. But after all, this is the mainstream media that steadfastly refuses to report honestly about the ideology behind the jihad threat and constantly obfuscates its magnitude, so what do you expect?
You want the facts on jihad activity, stick with Jihad Watch.
“Militants loyal to Islamic State claim suicide bombings in Nigerian capital,” Reuters, October 5, 2015:
Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind suicide bombings near the Nigerian capital Abuja which killed at least 15 people, a statement on Twitter said on Sunday.
On Friday, suicide bombers attacked two suburbs of Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari had blamed Boko Haram, which has waged a six-year campaign to carve out an Islamist state in northern Nigeria, for the Abuja attack.
But militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they had conducted the suicide bombings, according to the statement. The authenticity of the statement, which did not mention Boko Haram and was issued under the name Islamic State West Africa, could not be verified.
It named three suicide bombers who it said were behind the attacks, the statement said.
In May, the leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls parts of Syria and Iraq accepted a pledge of allegiance from Boko Haram, according to his spokesman.
But the extent of cooperation between the two groups is not known….
dave says
well spotted rob, saw this also and had same reaction as you
Don McKellar says
Doesn’t Boko Haram KNOW that the Islamic State has NOTHING — NOTH-THING! — to do with Islam? Look here, Boko Haram, the entire Obama team and even UK PM Cameron has CLARIFIED this for the world over and over and over again! What part don’t you get? At least Reuters understands this — thank goodness for sterling journalism.
underbed cat says
I guess name changing is an effective method to confuse and deceive the enemy(that method should be familiar with all the readers on this site). Kinda of tricky. But I am impressed with the people who can keep up with these details and factual changes.
Thank you JW, now if I can just remember. Amazed JW keeps things organized.
Lookmann says
”Neither can Reuters’ reliability as a news source.”
LOL.
However the blame should go to the present day reporters/ sub-editors who refuse to learn,
For example,Tennis ace Djokovic is often pronounced as Jokovic ,forgetting that ‘j’ stands for ‘y’ in Eastern European languages..He is Dykovic.
Angemon says
So he’s not a Jok, he’s a Dyk 🙂
I jest, I jest.
Joseph says
Angemon ……:-) 🙂 🙂
Joseph says
WHOOPS
Looks like the first smile guy was in a fight and got his nose broke
DeMolay says
Journalists tend to investigate matters such as when a celebrity might be falling out of a night club at 3am to get a photo. Matters such as this are trivial by comparison.
/sarc
Westman says
Reuters is suffering from the old class structure problems of feudalism. In Britain there is still a House Of Lords, appointed and unelected. The House of Commons is the elected body that represents the people. Lord and Common as a social structure and attitude are still very much in effect. This leftover aristocratic, “I’m not in the working class” attitude is rampant at Reuters, passing responsibility downwards wherever possible. One wouldn’t be surprised if the janitor wrote the story. That may be a bit much, but it’s likely the copy editor hasn’t kept up with events and didn’t catch the error. The managing editor wouldn’t have a clue, likely an Oxford, Cabridge, or St Andrews University graduate of aristocratic class.
August_West says
It can seem confusing with all the different groups. Until you realize it’s one group – Islam.
Then it becomes simple to follow…
mortimer says
You are not entirely correct. Sharia law is substantially the same but SIGNIFICANTLY different between schools of jurisprudence. HOWEVER, there are DISTINCT political differences between the schools of Islam. Most believe in POLITICAL SUPREMACISM.
gravenimage says
From everything I’ve read, the differences between the Islamic schools of jurisprudence tend to be pretty shallow.
The fact is that there is no Islamic interpretation of Shari’ah that is not brutal and oppressive.
Angemon says
mortimer posted:
“Sharia law is substantially the same but SIGNIFICANTLY different between schools of jurisprudence.”
I know of no school that doesn’t teach death to apostates, the subjugation of non-muslims as second-class citizens or the inferior status of women, to name a few core points.
mortimer says
Journalists and EDITORS in general are UNACQUAINTED with Islam, but nevertheless, they strongly believe in the ‘GRIEVANCE THEORY’ about Islam…i.e. Islam is a religion of peace which POLITICAL ACTIVISTS are ‘twisting’ due to their being underprivileged! And because they deplore ‘right-wing’ American policies.
Yes, most of the journalists ASSUME Muslims will be pleased by SOCIALISM. Editors and journalists believe they can understand Islam through POLITICAL SCIENCE ALONE without referring to or studying the source texts of Islam.
They are clueless about the VAST LITERATURE of Islam and its complexity and yet believe themselves INFALLIBLE.
They are clueless.
gravenimage says
Reuters fail: doesn’t know Boko Haram has renamed itself Islamic State in West Africa, thinks they’re distinct groups
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Yeah–the MSM is often pretty clueless.
And the differences between Jihad groups is seldom of much importance, anyway–while they are sometimes in conflict–there are often power struggles–they all use the same tactics of bloody violence and the same goal of imposing brutal Islamic law.