Apparently they have broken their record in barbarity
Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram: Amnesty - World - DAWN.COM
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Beyond sick
tribune.com.pk/story/819705/suicide-bombing-by-10-year-old-girl-in-nigeria-kills-10/
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Is it just me that is disturbed by how Bozo Haraami's massacre was introduced in the article as an "Islamic Extremist attack" or am I thinking too much? There's nothing Islamic about any of this. Why does Extremist have to be further defined so that readers across the world mentally start associating a religion with barbarism when its countless followers don't share Bozo's ideology. When a Christian goes on a road or school shooting spree, do the news articles ever call it a "Christian extremist attack" or "Christian massacre" cuz I don't recall reading it. I know that bigger evil was committed by Boko, but reporters/journalists commit a more "subtler evil"....still an evil nonetheless...cuz it's just another way of breeding hatred among the masses.
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Disgusting
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Is it just me that is disturbed by how Bozo Haraami's massacre was introduced in the article as an "Islamic Extremist attack" or am I thinking too much? There's nothing Islamic about any of this. Why does Extremist have to be further defined so that readers across the world mentally start associating a religion with barbarism when its countless followers don't share Bozo's ideology. When a Christian goes on a road or school shooting spree, do the news articles ever call it a "Christian extremist attack" or "Christian massacre" cuz I don't recall reading it. I know that bigger evil was committed by Boko, but reporters/journalists commit a more "subtler evil"....still an evil nonetheless...cuz it's just another way of breeding hatred among the masses.
well these guys boko, taliban, isis themselves back their terrorism with an extremist version of islam and label their fight as for islamic shariah and what not - even starting off their press releases with prayers and religious quotes. the white guys on shooting sprees killing innocents isnt citing any religious agenda - but have been called white supremacy extremists whenever its been the case.
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Didn't Dubya Bush bring in God in his agenda to invade Iraq? A vague recollection comes to mind. I have never heard the media call it Christian Extremism.
Anyone can say utter some prayers and take an ayat from the Quran out of context and people will be misled into believing that's Islam. That can be done with any religion. And I question the origins of Isis and Boko. The Prophet SAWS forbade the killing of women and and children the elderly during a war. That's the second thing that immediately came to my mimd when I read the article. That is such a basic aspect of the sunnah that you don't need to be a strong Muslim to know this. Something that is a violation of the most fundamental aspects of sunnah...is not part of Islam.
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well maybe to you certain parts are obvious and fundamental. to the terrorists they are not. this is usual with religious narratives. the extremists have their version, the moderates theirs. there is no one standardized version of religion.
you can question the origins of the terrorists until the cows come home. doesn't change that guys like abubakar shekhau and baghdadi are almost exclusively using religious scripture to gather followers.
as for dubya, i dont remember him quoting the bible or taking jesus' or christianity's name for his wars. he did have the backing of the extremist christians though.
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I have read that he said God inspired him to invade Iraq. I have even read he used the Bible. Allah knows best. But let's say that he didn't use the Bible and he didn't mention Jesus....and only used "God" ...we all know he considers himself a Christian. So why was his mission never been called Christian Extremism? I think that's a valid question. Why did the media not do the same with him?
Actually, there is somewhat of a standard. The various of schools in Islam may differ on a particular issue...but they back it up with variations in the sunnah/ahadith. For instance, the basic procedure of prayer is the pretty much consistent...but a few of the steps can be done differently...and the ulema back this up with examples from the Prophet SAWS's sunnah where it was recorded that he prayed in various ways.
However, there are certain things that are pretty much unanimously forbidden such as adultery. You're not gonna find anything in the Quran or Sunnah that he SAWS ever encouraged adultery. So, if anyone says that it is allowed in Islam...that view would not be considered an extremist Islamic stance....nor would it be considered a liberal Islamic stance. It is not a part of Islam, period. Similarly...the Quran, the Sunnah, the ahadith, and vast majority (if not all) will not condone slaughtering of women and children in a war. That which has nothing to do with a religion cannot be a "version" of it. Call it a version of barbarism, terrorism.....but do not call it a version of Islam...it breeds stereotypes and hatred among people.
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Bush's wars were not called christian extremism because they werent christian missions, or even called so by the people taking part in it - national armies of US, and NATO - not pope joe de vaticano jr etc. The real problem about bush's wars is no one even calls it extremism or unjustified. but that is another discussion.
Boko haram, al shabab, isis, taliban etc on the other hand make it all too clear they are fighting for their god and religion, their interpretations, invoke religious texts and terminology every single time in their communications. and wherever in power, they impose their ideas of the shariah. You cant blame the media for seeing them as religious extremists.
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Boko haram, al shabab, isis, taliban etc on the other hand make it all too clear they are fighting for their god and religion, their interpretations, invoke religious texts and terminology every single time in their communications. and wherever in power, they impose their ideas of the shariah. You cant blame the media for seeing them as religious extremists.
how do you see them?
Do you put all your logic education aside, when you look at such case.
So you can revert back to animal instinct and centuries old hostility ?
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I am pretty sure many of the victims would be Muslims as the north of the country is Muslim and these idiots have killed without discrimination.
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Salman Rushdie said Boko means book. So books are haram. Didn't know that.
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Where the hell is the Nigerian Army?
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Salman Rushdie said Boko means book. So books are haram. Didn't know that.
Western Books to be exact. Little about these organizations is logical. ISIS, Taliban, Boko... They all live in an intellectual vacuum.
They really are nothing more then self deluded sociopaths and criminals. If they werent Muslim, they would have been petty criminals. But with the cover of divine sanction, they see themselves as being on a "noble" mission. I really believe that organizations like these are nothing more then front organizations for sociopaths. They attract them like bees to honey.
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To what extent these people would be following their religion,properly? 
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Technically, all religions are open to interpretation, hence there really is no right or wrong way of practicing. Which is why religion can be so dangerous. But for the sake of argument, I think its safe too assume that your following your religion properly, so long as you remember that your right of religion ends where my nose begins.
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Technically, all religions are open to interpretation, hence there really is no right or wrong way of practicing. Which is why religion can be so dangerous.
Yes, this is why religion must only be used to solve matters related to spirituality. Opposite (religion encompassing each and every aspects of life) has proven disastrous in the muslim world, yet lessons are not being learnt.
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Salman Rushdie said Boko means book. So books are haram. Didn't know that.
Pfft, what does Rushdie know? He gives me the creeps; there's something smug about him. The name is a typo...it's Bozo....with a "z." And it's not an entirely mirthful image; clowns can be scary.
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^ no comments!
I was saying I didn't know that Boko meant book.
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Technically, all religions are open to interpretation, hence there really is no right or wrong way of practicing. Which is why religion can be so dangerous. But for the sake of argument, I think its safe too assume that your following your religion properly, so long as you remember that your right of religion ends where my nose begins.
And what are the coordinates of the beginning of your nose