We offer compassion and prayers for the victims in Nigeria of terrorist atrocities, where over 178 have been reported killed, with the Bin Ladenist extremist group Boko Haram taking responsibility for the bloodshed and murder. Boko Haram has declared war on the Nigeria government and the Nigerian people. In the latest attacks which Boko Haram takes responsibility, it launched coordinated attacks on Nigerian government offices and police stations. During Christmas 2011, Boko Haram launched attacks on Christians and their churches, and in August 2011, Boko Haram launched an attack on a United Nations office in Abuja. Boko Haram has proven that they don’t stand for any religious or culture principals, other than their views of seeking death, destruction, and the end of human rights for Nigerians.
We need people of all faiths, all religions, all conscience, and all identity groups to stand against such violence, murder, and hatred.
We need our voice of hope, compassion, and dignity to be more than a whisper to the shouts of those who would seek to destroy and hate our brothers and sisters in humanity.
Choose Love, Not Hate – Love Wins.
Terrorist Attacks in Nigeria - with Boko Haram Taking "Credit" for Death and Destruction (Photo: Reuters)
Nigeria: Over 178 Dead After Bomb Blasts – Islamist Boko Harum Group Takes Responsibility
— Reuters…. “Islamist insurgents kill over 178 in Nigeria’s Kano”… “Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a hospital doctor said on Sunday, underscoring the challenge President Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos. … “The scale of the carnage makes this by far the deadliest strike claimed by Boko Haram, a shadowy Islamist sect that started out as a clerical movement opposed to western education but has become the biggest security menace facing Africa’s top oil producer. ‘We have 178 people killed in the two main hospitals,’ the senior doctor in Kano’s Murtala Mohammed hospital said following Friday’s attacks, citing records from his own and the other main hospital of Nasarawa.”
Boko Haram spokesperson Abul Qaqa takes credit for weekend attacks killing 178 in Kano State in Nigeria
— Vanguard… “Nigeria: Why We Attacked Kano – Boko Haram.. Maiduguri — The Boko Haram sect has given reasons for its weekend attacks, which led to the killing of about 162 people in Kano State, saying it was to avenge the persecution of its members. Spokesman of the group, Abul Qaqa, made this known in a telephone interview with newsmen in Maiduguri, yesterday. Claiming responsibility for the attacks and multiple bombings on police stations, State Security Services, SSS, and passport office buildings in Kano metropolis, Qaga said: ‘Last night’s (Friday) attacks and bombings of Kano city followed our warnings in the second week of December, 2011.'”
U.N. Ban Ki-moon condemns multiple attacks in Kano
Whispered prayer against Boko Haram needs to be spoken with louder conviction against violence
— “The emir of Kano has led a prayer service asking for God to help end attacks by a radical Islamist sect across Nigeria’s north. The ceremony by the senior Muslim religious official was held Monday in the city of Kano, where more than 150 were killed in a series of coordinated attacks Friday by Boko Haram. The emir spoke only for one minute in a voice so soft those gathered inside the half-emptied mosque could barely hear.”
Los Angeles Times
— “Reporting from Kano, Nigeria, and Johannesburg,— A militant Islamic group whose almost daily attacks have put Nigerians on edge left the country stunned Saturday after a well-coordinated strike with disturbing echoes of Al Qaeda’s brand of mayhem.”
Daily Telegraph Report
— Many people are feared dead after a series of explosions outside of police stations in the largest city in Nigeria’s Muslim north.
CAN prays FG to end terrorism in Nigeria
Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts
Nigeria: Cleric Wants Jonathan to Name Boko Haram Members in His Govt
— “Nigeria: Cleric Wants Jonathan to Name Boko Haram Members in His Govt. Sheikh Jingir made the call yesterday in Bauchi at the launch of N251 million appeal fund for the development of education and propagation of Islam. He said: ‘In the interest of fairness, peace and progress we want President Goodluck Jonathan to name the people he alleged to be Boko Haram members that infiltrated his government and bring them to book since he knows them, in the interest of justice and fairness.'”
Boko Haram’s Rise in Nigeria Sparks Civil War Fears — “Friday’s deadly bomb attacks in Nigeria’s second largest city, Kano, are the latest in a series of spectacular strikes by the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. The coordinated series of assaults on police stations and other government offices killed at least 200 people. The rise of Boko Haram is sparking concerns that Africa’s most populous country may be edging closer to civil war… The radical Islamist Boko Haram has made headlines with increasing frequency lately for a series of audacious terrorist strikes. Among them, a Christmas Day bomb blast that killed worshippers at a Catholic Church and a deadly suicide bomb last August at a U.N. headquarters in Abuja.”