“A group of fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance to rivals the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) weeks after the former group’s leader died.” There is history leading up to this commitment: Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2015, but then ideological differences between them caused a deep […]
Boko Haram’s new top dog to old one: Mission was to kill “only Christians”
This address from Abu Musab al-Barnawi to his predecessor as the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, is a carefully reasoned argument from the Qur’an: Shekau, according to al-Barnawi, has transgressed against the Qur’an’s prohibition on Muslims killing other Muslims (4:92). In the course of his discourse he notes that Shekau contends that the Muslims […]
Boko Haram’s new leader vows to “kill every Christian,” “blow up every Church”
The new leader of Boko Haram, just appointed by the Islamic State, has vowed to end his attacks on fellow Muslims regarded by the group as infidels, and instead focus on Christians. Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who replaces Abubakar Shekau, has accused the West of trying to “Christianize the region” and says he will “blow up every […]