Posted on 02/04/2005 11:49:00 PM PST by underlying
The families of two of the students, Miss Hanatu Haruna Alkali and Abraham Adamu Misal, were attacked on January 26 when militants went to their family homes in the state of Gombe in northern Nigeria intending to kill them.
A sister of Alkali, who asked not to be named, reported to Compass from Gombe that Muslim militants have attacked the house several times. Family members fear for their lives.
Family Held At Gun Point
Rev. Oludare Aliu, national coordinator of the students’ ministry of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA), confirmed the report. “Muslim militants went to Gombe to … kill Hannatu, but fortunately, she was not at home at the time. The family was held at gun point. Hannatu’s father happens to be a former military officer. He wrestled with the militants and was able to disarmed one of them who had a gun. While he was fighting them, one of the militants stabbed Hannatu’s mother with a knife. She has been treated for the wounds.” Alkali is now in hiding.
“Also, the militants attacked the family of Abraham Adamu Misal; he has already escaped and is now in hiding. We are yet to get details about the whereabouts of the other three students,” Aliu added.
Alkali, Misal, and three other Christian students (Habakkuk Solomon, Hankuri Gaya, and a student identified as Uzochukwu) were expelled by the authorities of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) and the Federal Polytechnic in Bauchi for sharing the gospel with Muslim students. According to officials in the two schools, Muslims in the schools complained that the Christian students blasphemed the prophet Mohammed (see Compass Direct, “Nigerian Student Murdered in Clash over Evangelism,” December 20, 2004).
Sunday Nache Achi, a student and president of the campus chapter of ECWA students’ ministry at ATBU in Bauchi, was murdered over the incident on December 8, 2004. He was not part of the group of Christian students conducting the gospel outreach.
In January, representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Bauchi called on the Nigerian government to carry out investigations into the murder of Achi and bring to justice those who killed him. They also demanded the reinstatement of the five expelled Christian students and the removal of the head officials of the two public schools for contributing to the conflicts between Muslim and Christian students.
Muslim Leaders Support Militants’ Actions
On January 25, Muslim leaders in Bauchi held a press conference. They called on all Muslims to defend Islam and to resist the demand by Christian leaders that the Muslim militants who killed Mr. Achi be brought to justice.
Alhaji Muhammad Dan Madami, who led the conference, said the Muslim leaders opposed the reinstatement of the Christian students and supported the activities of the Muslim militants. He also said the Nigerian government must not remove the heads of the two schools, both of whom are Muslims.
“The incidents [Christian evangelism outreach to Muslim students] in both ATBU and Federal Polytechnic Bauchi were meant to deliberately provoke the Muslims,” Madami said. Therefore, all Muslims must be prepared to defend their religion “and the person and good name of the prophet of Islam, Mohammed, at all times.”
In the world of competitive religions Islam cannot compete as it is a perverted religion and the people of the other religions recognize it as such. Therefore Islam must kill those who reject or leave it as it has no redeeming value to make them stay.
If any American aid was intended for this country or any country that is intolerant to Christianity or any religion other than Islam, it should be withdrawn immediately. Believers of Islam should rise up worldwide over this and condemn this sort of primal behavior.
When Muslims immigrate to Western cultures they demand total acceptance of their cultural and religious views without compromise from the host country. They do so without loss of life.
When Western groups reach out to Muslims in their home countries they are killed with malice. But not before suffering the indignity Islamic law forces on non-believers
The more I learn about Islami, the less I can rationaly support any group who claims allegance to it.
Islam should be treated as an infection that cannot be cured.
Coming to a society near you.
Islam is a cancer that must be irradicated.
Gun show next weekend. I'll be adding another few hundred rounds to the cache.
Morning TC. Lunch next week?
I don't know if you're keeping up with current events but we're doing a lot of trade with Nigeria. Very quietly (or not so) the US has developed a 'relationship' with Nigeria.
From a WashPost article (Sorry, its what was Googled-up. I'm sure if you're interested you can find more articles yourself):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49472-2004Dec8.html
"........Nigeria is the United States' fifth-largest supplier of foreign oil and the largest oil producer in Africa. The industry generates billions of dollars a year for the Nigerian government, which owns all oil rights in the country and has a majority interest in every oil company operating here, including its joint venture with Royal Dutch/Shell Group......
.....Oil is so central to Nigerian identity that an image of an offshore rig appears on the 500 naira bill, the nation's largest denomination......."
FYI
Sorry TC I thought you were in town. Where are you (location and depth please) and what's TD?
We're at TD of 10,200' - Cotton Valley gas production.
I'll have it logged and casing run by Monday, hopefully.
One question, when these terrorists attacked these homes where was the return gun fire?
Where were the friends helping out?
HC, I still have a 9mm infecting my collection.....
I've thought about that.
In the New Jersey case there was no sign of forced entry, but in most cases my theory is that this vermin operate exactly like the kick bandits in Houston of several years back - kick the door in and achieve total surprise. That's the way SWAT teams operate, too.
I think someday we'll all have to have iron bars across our doors and windows to be able to get to our guns.
If I feel unsafe, I'll holler.
Thanks, pard.
The future is now.
Just got a call.
I gotta go to Jennings, LA, on Tuesday for a perforating job.
I don't know when I'll be through with that. I'll let you know.
No problem TC. Call when you get home, though this seems like a bunch of trouble to keep from buying my lunch!
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