Wait a minute. Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian minister of information, just recently said this about Boko Haram: “Lest I am misunderstood, let me repeat: the insurgents, who delude themselves as Muslims whereas they are nothing more than blood-thirsty, rapacious killers who subscribe to no religion, have recently started targeting Christians with a view to sowing […]
Boko Haram goes on jihad rampage through Nigeria and Chad, killing 150 soldiers
Despite boasting by the Nigerian government about how it will soon defeat Boko Haram, the group continues to grow and become ever more deadly. This week, it “killed at least 92 Chadian soldiers in the deadliest attack on the nation’s forces,” as well as “at least 50 Nigerian troops in a separate attack.” Related to […]
Nigeria: Six ways Muslims discriminate against Christians
Violent jihad attacks against Christians are growing increasingly commonplace worldwide. Christians are living under conditions of genocide in Africa and in the Middle East. Less heard about are other forms of torment that Christians experience due to bigotry by Muslims. In the article below, “a Nigerian priest who oversees trauma care for people victimized by […]
Nigeria: Army Chief of Staff says Boko Haram jihad group will be crushed within days
The Nigerian government has repeatedly boasted that it has defeated Boko Haram, the Party of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad, or was just about to do so. It vowed to defeat Boko Haram by the end of 2014. And by the end of 2015. In mid-2017 it called the movement a […]
Nigeria: Muslim Senator says “There is nowhere in the Qur’an where Allah said innocent people should be killed”
The key word here is “innocent.” Take, for example, the words of the Britain-based imam Abdul Makin, who said: “Non-Muslims are never innocent, they are guilty of denying Allah and his prophet.” “Boko Haram members are Muslims, their activities not Islamic – Senator Barkiya,” by Musliudeen Adebayo, Daily Post, March 9, 2020: A member of […]
Nigeria: Minister of Information says Boko Haram “bloodthirsty, rapacious killers who subscribe to no religion”
“Lest I am misunderstood, let me repeat: the insurgents, who delude themselves as Muslims whereas they are nothing more than blood-thirsty, rapacious killers who subscribe to no religion, have recently started targeting Christians with a view to sowing the seed of confusion between the two great religions.” This is something we hear all the time […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram threatens Minister, says “How dare you attempt to stop the works we are doing for the creator”
“The Boko Haram terror group released a new video Saturday threatening to kill Nigeria’s Minister of Communication after the latter stated he would interrupt the group’s lines of communication. Ali Pantami was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy last August and recently said that Nigeria needs to take the battle against Boko Haram […]
Nigeria: Muslims burn 30 motorists to death as they slept in their cars at overnight stop, abduct women and children
“O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their due compensation and those your right hand possesses from what Allah has returned to you of captives…” (Qur’an 33:50) That is likely to be the fate of the abducted women: to become “those your right hand possesses,” used […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadis have made 59,311 orphans and 59,213 widows in Borno state alone
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Boko Haram: Insurgency made 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows in Borno – Gov. Zulum,” by Amos Tauna, Daily Post, January 28, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said that Boko Haram has caused the emergence of 59, 311 orphans whose fathers […]
Cameroon: Bishop says “not a day passes without attacks” by Muslims against Christians
Bishop Bruno Ateba better be careful. He is a Catholic bishop, and Pope Francis has made it very clear that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” The Catholic hierarchy ruthlessly moves to silence those who dare to state otherwise. Bruno Ateba could soon find himself […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder 10 loggers who had gone to fetch firewood
Will the Islamophobia never end? “BREAKING: 10 Loggers Killed In Borno By Terrorists,” SaharaReporters, January 24, 2020 At least 10 civilians have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists during an attack on loggers at Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State on Thursday. The incident occurred in the remote village of Lura near Dikwa town, […]
Nigeria: Muslims behead Christian pastor after he refuses to deny Christ and convert to Islam
If the roles were reversed here, and Christians had murdered a Muslim imam for refusing to convert to Christianity, although such a murder would never happen and should never happen, there would be screaming international headlines. But no one will take any particular notice of this. “Nigerian pastor who praised God in ransom video beheaded […]
Cameroon: Muslims murder at least seven Christians, kidnap a ten-year-old boy
Will the Islamophobia never end? “At least seven Christians killed as Boko Haram strikes villages in Far North Cameroon,” Barnabas Fund, January 13, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): At least seven Christians were killed as gangs of around 300 Boko Haram militants raided five Christian villages in Far North Cameroon, reports a Barnabas […]
Chad: Muslims murder at least 50 fishermen on island on Lake Chad
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Lake Chad attack: ‘Dozens of fishermen’ killed near Cameroon border,” BBC, January 3, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC. The militants, disguised as […]
Italy: Nigerian mafia working with jihadists, forcing girls as young as 12 into prostitution
“According to testimony from a teen girl who escaped sexual slavery at the hands of the Nigerian mafia in Italy, the organised crime syndicate has forced girls as young as twelve to become prostitutes.” Also, in welcoming Sweden, Stockholm police learned in October about “the growing influence of the ‘Black Ax’, a Nigerian criminal gang […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder bride-to-be and her friends as they travel for her wedding ceremony
“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60) “Boko Haram kills would-be bride, friends in Borno village,” by Abdulkareem Haruna, […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder seven, burn church and homes in Christmas Eve jihad raid on Christian village
To care about the ongoing Muslim persecution of Christians in Nigeria would be “Islamophobic.” “Seven killed in Nigeria jihadist attack on Christmas eve,” AFP, December 25, 2019 (thanks to the Geller Report): Boko Haram jihadists have killed seven people on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near the town of Chibok in […]
Chad: Muslims murder 14 people in jihad massacre at fishing village
Why do I say “Muslims” did this when it was “Boko Haram”? Because Boko Haram is a Muslim group that is acting on Islamic principles as it understands those principles when it carries out attacks such as this one. The establishment media does all it can to obscure the motivating ideology behind such attacks. I […]
Nigeria: Military releases 983 suspected Boko Haram jihadis, tells them “go and sin no more”
What could possibly go wrong? Well, we saw the answer to that question last week on the London Bridge, where a jihadi who had supposedly turned from the error of his ways and been “deradicalized” went on a stabbing spree. “Military releases 983 suspected Boko Haram members,” by Kayode Idowu, Punch, November 27, 2019 (thanks […]
Nigeria: Muslims kidnap six girls and two staff members from Christian-run high school
Will the Islamophobia never end? Imagine the international outcry if the roles were reversed here, although that would never happen. But no one will take much notice of this. “Six Girls, Two Staff Members Kidnapped from Christian-Run High School in Nigeria,” Morning Star News, October 7, 2019: JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A day […]