Enough is enough! It is time for the world community to tell the vicious criminals that they cannot hide behind the guise of religion and justify their atrocities through manipulation of Islam. These criminals should know that no religion allows kidnapping of teenage girls . The threats to sell them as sex slaves only depicts their evil nature. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. will do everything it can to help Nigeria find nearly 300 teenage girls missing since they were kidnapped from school three weeks ago by an Islamist extremist group that has threatened to sell them. President Obama said, “In the short term our goal is obviously is to help the international community, and the Nigerian government, as a team to do everything we can to recover these young ladies.” In some of his first public comments on what he said was a “terrible situation” in the West African nation. The President further said, “But we’re also going to have to deal with the broader problem of organizations like this that … can cause such havoc in people’s day-to-day lives.”
Terrorists should understand that atrocities against innocent people will not go unnoticed. Social media and the Internet have brought the international communities together. A clear notice is being sent out to the terrorists that where ever you commit atrocities, the world communities of sane people will take notice and stand with the victims and fight for their rights. We say, “# Bring Back Our Girls”
Abdul Quddus
DET – United States Central command