The mosque may have been targeted because it was comprised of people who did not accept the Islamic State’s authority, and thus was considered heretical and apostate.
“UPDATED: Five people dead as explosions rock Maiduguri ahead of Buhari’s visit,” by Dogara Bitrus, Punch, December 23, 2021:
Five persons have been confirmed dead from bomb explosions suspected to have emanated from Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri ahead of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s visit.
A source in Ajilari cross in the Maiduguri metropolis who is simply named Maina Mohammed confirmed to our correspondent that a bomb exploded very close to his house killing a lady and injuring two young boys.
“It dropped in my area. I am there right now. It killed an 18-year-old girl and injured two young boys,” he said.
Another source, Umar Tijani, said a bomb dropped at a mosque in Umaru Shehu Hospital but did not affect anybody while there was another explosion at 1,000 Housing and 707 Housing Estates within the Maiduguri metropolis….
somehistory says
Such nice guys, those boko haram. Since *education* is forbidden to these mozlum maggots, they act solely on hatred, lust for blood and violence.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Muslims murder five people in bomb blasts ahead of president’s visit
The mosque may have been targeted because it was comprised of people who did not accept the Islamic State’s authority, and thus was considered heretical and apostate.
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Muslims attack other Muslims because they are considered “apostate”, “heretical”, or just “insufficiently Islamic”–and when they are deemed none of these, just supporting a rival Jihad group is enough.
God, I hate Islam.
Jim Austin says
It has been said that before you can kill the enemy, you must first dehumanize them.
What happens when the enemy dehumanizes themselves?
“Americans must know…there are thousands of young people who look forward to death as Americans look forward to life,” said the late Osama bin Laden spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith.
During the Vietnam War, media pilloried military spokesmen who declared that the enemy then did not share our value of human life. But now, we have it from the enemy themselves. They are obsessed with death.
Moslems have always been obsessed with death. How often have seen mobs of Moslems burn the U.S. flag while chanting “Death to America!” or “Death to Israel!” or “Death to this!” or “Death to that!”, death, death, death, etc., etc., ad nauseam?
Moslems celebrate death. They dance in the streets at the news of massive deaths in Israel, America, Europe or elsewhere. They hail terrorists as heroes.
Moslem religion glorifies death in the name of Allah. From infancy, children are encouraged to die. To die for their religion is to go straight to paradise.
The questions are thus: Should we value Moslem life more than Moslems value our lives? Should we value Moslem life more than they value life in general? Should we value Moslem lives more then they value their own miserable lives?
I don’t think so.