Posted on 08/02/2015 7:10:39 PM PDT by markomalley
Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last February and changed its name to the Islamic State in West Africa last April. The murder of these 29 Christians will pass unnoticed by their brethren in the West, since, you know, talking about it could harm “Muslim-Christian dialogue.” The weak and pusillanimous Christian leaders of the West, bleating “Be Not Afraid” while they cower in fear, will not be remembered favorably by free Christians of the future, if there are any.
“Boko Haram Slits the Throats of Sixteen Christian Fishermen,” by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart, August 1, 2015 (thanks to TheReligionofPeace.com):
Boko Haram militants slit the throats of sixteen Christian fishermen on the shores of Lake Chad in the Nigerian state of Borno.
The massacre took place last Monday, but the news was released only yesterday because the area of Lake Chad is devoid of any type of telephone; survivors had to reach Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, to raise the alarm.
Earlier reports stated that ten men were killed, but the number has since been adjusted upward. According to Abubakar Gamandi, head of the fishermen’s union in Borno State, on Monday around 4 pm “Boko Haram attacked three villages on the shores of Lake Chad where they slaughtered 10 people, all of them fishermen.”
“Boko Haram decided not to use guns so as not to attract the attention of soldiers from Baga. This is why they used knives to slaughter their victims,” Gamandi said.
The victims are all citizens of Chad, where in recent months there have been numerous attacks by Islamist radicals.
Bishop Rosario Pio Ramolo, of the diocese of Goré in the south of Chad, said that in the last few months “attacks have multiplied in Chad, causing the more than seventy deaths and two hundred wounded.” The violence has occurred mainly in the capital N’Djamena and in the areas bordering Nigeria.
The increase in such incidents is thought to be a retaliation for actions taken by the Chadian government against Boko Haram, particularly in the area around Lake Chad, whose waters reach Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.
“The Chadian President Idriss Deby has declared open war against the Islamists,’ said Bishop Ramolo, “and these acts represent an attempt at revenge. Before now the extremists had not acted in Chad, despite being on the border with Nigeria.”
Authorities also believe that some Islamists have infiltrated among Central African refugees or among Chadians repatriated from the Central African Republic. Clothing covering all or part of the face, such as the burqa or hijab, the Islamic veil, has been prohibited….
In Nigeria, Boko Haram struck out as well Friday, with a female suicide bomber on a tricycle killing six people in a crowded market in Maiduguri, in the Nigerian northeast.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who won the election in March this year on a promise to crush the radical Islamist group, said Friday that a new 8,700-soldier task force would “lead to the speedy defeat and elimination of Boko Haram.”
Yes, I am sure it will be eradicated forthwith.
Perhaps the Pope could address this rather than worrying about “climate change.”
Muhammadu Buhari
with a name like that hes going to go up against the ISLAMIC ISIS???
Muhammadu
what DO mohammadu?
It’s a good thing ISIS isn’t killing lions or Obama might get concerned. But it’s only Christians they are killing so he doesn’t care.
These dudes just love to slit throats.
“Islamic State? Hold the phone! That’s Islamaphobic.” Jeh Johnson
So, now we add ISWA to the list.
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