Nigeria: In Haram’s Way
11th February 2012
Most Americans wouldn’t know the difference between Boko Haram and Boca Raton, even though a Congressional report from November fingered the Nigerian jihadist group as an “emerging threat” to US interests.
In scarcely over two years, Boko Haram—it’s not their official name but rather a nickname that roughly means “Western education is sinful”—has pulled off a string of terrorist acts so ferociously audacious, one would think they’re jealous of all the attention the media have been lavishing upon al-Qaeda and the Mexican cartels.
And despite a widespread impression that they target mainly Christians, Boko Haram is known to murder anyone—including Muslims—who so much as utters a negative word about them. On Thursday, two presumed Boko Haram members drove up on motorcycles and murdered a sixty-year-old Muslim man as he was leaving a mosque. His crime was that he’d publicly criticized their tactics, so they publicly shot him dead.
Well, Christians and Jews do the same thing! Oh, wait….
That’s some fine Religion o’ Peace™ you got there, Mohammed.
February 11th, 2012 at 09:13
“Well, Christians and Jews do the same thing! Oh, wait….”
So you’re saying that the Mexican cartels are Muslim?