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Terror in Africa: Radical Islam in Nigeria
CBN reports that radical Muslims are trying to create the first Taliban-style nation on the African continent (HT: Black Kettle):
A group calling themselves al-Sunnah Wal Jama'ah, an Arabic name meaning "Followers of Mohammed's Teachings", have carried out a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian states of Yobe and Borno in the last 12 months.However, in the first free elections in Nigerian history, a Christian president came to power. For 38 years Nigeria suffered under a succession of Islamic dictators.John Pike, a security analyst in Washington, D.C, said that the “armed uprising, which appears to be if not linked to al Qaeda, is certainly inspired by something like al Qaeda."
In fact the group draws inspiration from the former Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, and from the terror master himself Osama Bin Laden, who has urged his followers to turn Nigeria into an outpost for radical Islam.
And not only is Al Sunna Wal Jamma trying to Talibanize Nigeria, it is also offering the full menu of Taliban-style justice: chopping off a hand for theft, stoning adulterers, caning for drinking alcohol, and serving up death for anyone who leaves Islam.
From Sudan to Kenya to Tanzania to here in Nigeria and other parts of Africa, Islamists are pushing to either expand or implement Sharia law
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Nigeria hosted the Islam in Africa Conference and was recognised as an officially Islamic state by the World Islamic Organisation. Although Sharia law continues to be enforced in the 12 Northern provinces of Nigeria, with hundreds of churches having been burned, and thousands of Christians massacred, the population of Nigeria has plainly rejected Islamic rule and a Christian president is in power there for the first time. - In Touch Mission
Posted by tim at May 21, 2005 3:22 PM
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