The Nigerian government, in a misguided attempt to appease Islam, has agreed to
amnesty for Boko Haram, also known as "Books, him bad", a hardcore jihadist group responsible for many murders and scores of terrorist attacks in Nigeria and surrounding areas. The administration there is either in denial or would rather pay a form of jizya than fight for it's rights as a culture. It appears they are playing the ever-submissive dhimmi by granting amnesty to a group which has vowed to instill Islam and sharia in Nigeria, and has killed to prove it's message.
The death of a free Nigeria happening before the world's eyes, yet the blinking continues at a furious pace.
From AFP/Google May 12 by Aminu Abubakar
amnesty for Boko Haram, also known as "Books, him bad", a hardcore jihadist group responsible for many murders and scores of terrorist attacks in Nigeria and surrounding areas. The administration there is either in denial or would rather pay a form of jizya than fight for it's rights as a culture. It appears they are playing the ever-submissive dhimmi by granting amnesty to a group which has vowed to instill Islam and sharia in Nigeria, and has killed to prove it's message.
The death of a free Nigeria happening before the world's eyes, yet the blinking continues at a furious pace.
From AFP/Google May 12 by Aminu Abubakar
Amnesty offered for Nigerian Islamists blamed for attacks
KANO, Nigeria — The governor-elect of a Nigerian state said Wednesday he would push for an amnesty deal with an Islamist sect blamed for scores of attacks in a bid to end unrest in the country's northeast.
The sect known as Boko Haram, which has pushed for the creation of an Islamic state, has been blamed for shootings of police and community leaders, poll-related bomb blasts, and raids on churches, police stations and a prison.
It also launched an uprising in 2009 put down by a brutal military assault that left hundreds dead.
"They have taken up arms against the state and they are blamed for a series of killings which are treasonable offences," Kashim Shettima, elected governor of Borno state last month and due to take office May 29, told AFP.
"But my government will offer them amnesty as long as they lay down their arms and embrace peace."
I believe the heat may have gotten to him. To believe a jihadist group would actually lay down their weapons and negotiate a peace is ridiculous, Islamic doctrine regarding conquest of land is very clear on what to do once enough power is gained. Shettima and his people will discover soon enough that concessions to Islam only generate more demands and greater agitation for those demands.
A man claiming to be a sect spokesman has however ruled out an amnesty deal.
Most of the attacks have occurred in the Borno state capital Maiduguri, where the sect's mosque and headquarters were located before being destroyed by the military in the 2009 uprising.
Among the killings the sect claimed responsibility for the January assassination of the governorship candidate from the All Nigeria Peoples Party, which controls Borno state. Shettima replaced him as candidate following the killing.
Shettima and police have said they believe some of the recent killings blamed on the sect may have been politically motivated.
Jihadists conquer by the sword, Islamists through the ballot.
He told AFP that violence linked to Boko Haram could only be solved through political means and not with the use of force.
"The members of this radical sect are our sons," he said.
"We will therefore invite them to a negotiating table as soon as we are in office to find out from them what their problems are and find solutions to them."
Their problems lie in you and your less than Islamic ways, and the solution is your death or acceptance of a pure, sharia-compliant society.
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The sect known as Boko Haram, which has pushed for the creation of an Islamic state, has been blamed for shootings of police and community leaders, poll-related bomb blasts, and raids on churches, police stations and a prison.
It also launched an uprising in 2009 put down by a brutal military assault that left hundreds dead.
"They have taken up arms against the state and they are blamed for a series of killings which are treasonable offences," Kashim Shettima, elected governor of Borno state last month and due to take office May 29, told AFP.
"But my government will offer them amnesty as long as they lay down their arms and embrace peace."
I believe the heat may have gotten to him. To believe a jihadist group would actually lay down their weapons and negotiate a peace is ridiculous, Islamic doctrine regarding conquest of land is very clear on what to do once enough power is gained. Shettima and his people will discover soon enough that concessions to Islam only generate more demands and greater agitation for those demands.
A man claiming to be a sect spokesman has however ruled out an amnesty deal.
Most of the attacks have occurred in the Borno state capital Maiduguri, where the sect's mosque and headquarters were located before being destroyed by the military in the 2009 uprising.
Among the killings the sect claimed responsibility for the January assassination of the governorship candidate from the All Nigeria Peoples Party, which controls Borno state. Shettima replaced him as candidate following the killing.
Shettima and police have said they believe some of the recent killings blamed on the sect may have been politically motivated.
Jihadists conquer by the sword, Islamists through the ballot.
He told AFP that violence linked to Boko Haram could only be solved through political means and not with the use of force.
"The members of this radical sect are our sons," he said.
"We will therefore invite them to a negotiating table as soon as we are in office to find out from them what their problems are and find solutions to them."
Their problems lie in you and your less than Islamic ways, and the solution is your death or acceptance of a pure, sharia-compliant society.
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