Wait a minute. Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian minister of information, just recently said this about Boko Haram: “Lest I am misunderstood, let me repeat: the insurgents, who delude themselves as Muslims whereas they are nothing more than blood-thirsty, rapacious killers who subscribe to no religion, have recently started targeting Christians with a view to sowing the seed of confusion between the two great religions.”
Lai wouldn’t Lai to us, now, would he?
Of course, it is entirely possible that Lai Mohammed sincerely thinks that Boko Haram is not Muslim in any genuine sense, and simultaneously that Abubakar Shekau thinks Boko Haram is the authentic expression of the teachings of the Qur’an and Muhammad. Shekau’s words, however, show up the falsity of claims that are frequently made by mainstream counterterror analysts in the West, that jihad groups such as Boko Haram are not just misunderstanding Islam, but are actually irreligious and not interested in Islam at all. In reality, Shekau’s statements show again the truth of what I have pointed out many times, that jihad terrorists recruit among peaceful Muslims by appealing to the violent teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah and presenting themselves as the authentic contemporary exponents of those teachings. But that is what counterterror analysts in the U.S., Canada, and Europe are determined to ignore, downplay, and deny outright, to the immense detriment of the accuracy of their analysis.
“Boko Haram: Shekau replies Chadian president, releases another threat,” by Wale Akinola, Legit, April 7, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Barely twenty hours after Chadian president, Idriss Déby asked him to surrender or be ready to die, the leader of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad also known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to go after him.
The Nation reports that he was reacting to the huge loss suffered by his sect in last week’s encounter with Chadian soldiers.
Legit.ng gathered that in less than five minutes of audio message released by the sect, a rather subdued Shekau said his fighters would go after the Chadian president for his war against the sect.
According to the newspaper, Shekau, who spoke in Hausa, said despite the setbacks inflicted on Boko Haram by the Chadian troops in an assault coordinated by Déby, the sect was ready to fight on.
He said: “Today is Monday, 6th in the month of, Insha Allahu, Shaaban, the Hijrah of the prophet of Allah, from Meccah to Medinah, 1441. We believe after this introduction, we heard certain things from Chad from a certain individual named Idriss Deby.
“He came out fully dressed up with the ambition of fighting the religion of Islam, that is he wants to fight us because we said we will work for the enthronement of Islam, we are Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad.
“Our aim is to follow the tenet of the Qur’an; our aim is to follow the tenets of the prophet; our aim is to practice Islam the way the prophet of Allah left instructions before dying and handing over to knowledgeable scholars, who have also passed it down to me.
“Idris Déby, I will address you now. I am, Insha Allahu Taalla, Abubakar ibn Mohammed Shekau, the Imam of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad. I decided to send you this message quickly. Don’t think because you’ve fought battles in ignorance not according to the tenet of Islam, and today, because we said we will work for Allah, you think you will triumph over us.
He, however, consoled the troops for the heavy casualties.
“My fellow brethren, take heart and endure. This kind of thing has happened to many. They endured and Allah gave then victory.
He vowed to gun down the Chadian president, saying that, “Idriss Deby you are in trouble. Idriss Deby you are in trouble; Idriss Deby you are in trouble. You made us to be calling your name because you are fighting Allah. People of Chad, rise up.”…
Dude says
I am tired of all the bare-faced lies from these murderous monsters. I just walk away now – they don’t even care that they know that I know it’s all a lie.
They don’t seem to feel any shame that they need to constantly lie about their religion, actions, and goals. I have no use for them. Indeed, they are completely useless entirely.
One can only feel embarrassment, shame, disgust, and pity for them. Unfortunately when they begin their violence, I’m afraid it’s time to end them forever. We cannot leave the world this way.
YYCAlberta says
Dude, the problem here is that, to all Muslims, Islam is the truth, not a lie. There is no greater truth and this has been told to them from childhood.
They do not lie when carrying out the orders of the Prophet Muhammad as written in the Kur’an and from his teachings.
What you and I see, Muslims do not and cannot see.
OTTER says
The issue of whether it is real Islam or not is entirely irrelevant. Others who are targeted by people who understand and they are following the tenets of Islam have an absolute right to conclude that they are being targeted by Islam. Actions speak louder than words and if you think they have a right to cut off my throat, then my tongue certainly has a right to comment on their religion before they implement their madras plans. Self-defense is the first and eternal law of nature.
Jaladhi says
This moron exposes the bare truth about Islam when he says :“Our aim is to follow the tenet of the Qur’an; our aim is to follow the tenets of the prophet”! And he forgot to tell that “our intent is to kill any one who come in the way to implement our intentions”.
Do our leaders – academia, pseudo-experts and political leaders understand this??Or when will they understand this – Muslims can’t be more truthful than this, but our the Western PC culture is always in denial of the truth about Islam and Muslims!
Mark Berlinger says
Qur’an 2:256 “There is no compulsion in religion.”
Is the institutionalized humiliation and harassment of non-Muslims that only ends by converting to Islam, not considered compulsion? So what’s going on? Everyone is informed over and over again by imams and the corporate media after every Muslim attack, that these attacks are not Islamic terrorism because Islam is the religion of peace. Know this infidels: The fight against all people and things non-Islamic continues through the established employment of abrogation that is repeatedly justified in the Qur’an.
CogitoErgoSum says
This is another case of a later verse of the Koran overriding an earlier verse. Koran verse 9:29 abrogates the earlier verse 2:256 speaking of no compulsion in religion. Koran 9:29 is all about fighting people and compelling everyone to submit to Islam. Allah is not only a god but a general who changes his orders as circumstances change. When the Muslims were few in number they were to be peaceful and not fight the Infidels but once the number of Muslims became larger and their military force stronger they were given the command to fight. Muslims were to avoid the fight until the right time for fighting arrived … which has been ever since the order to fight was issued. It has never been rescinded.
CogitoErgoSum says
Let me revise the ending of my paragraph above to this: Muslims were to avoid the fight until the right time for fighting arrived — and that has been the model for them to follow ever since the order to fight was issued. It (verse 9:29) was never abrogated or rescinded by “something better” from Allah.
Wellington says
Must be tough for a Muslim to one way or another distance himself from all the violent directives mandated by the Koran, examples being Suras 4:89 (death for apostasy), 9:5 (kill the unbelievers wherever you find them) and 47:4 (when you meet the unbelievers strike their necks, i.e. behead them).
Tough? Yes indeed. And I have zero sympathy for such Muslims who find this tough. Absolutely none. Their religion is putrid and they should simply abandon it, though this comes with peril (N.B., see Sura 4:89 above).
But Boko Haram adherents don’t find this tough at all. This is because they are very good and devout Muslims and represent Islam “at its finest.” Anyone rejecting this assessment of Boko Haram adherents is either: 1) ignorant of Islam; or 2) lying. There is no third alternative.
James Lincoln says
Wellington says,
“… Boko Haram adherents… are very good and devout Muslims and represent Islam “at its finest.”
That is a 100% true statement. It’s factual and evidence-based.
To think that the West has many “leaders” who do not understand this is profoundly shocking – and dangerous.
FYI says
The tenets of the koran…
No Golden Rule
No “Love thy Neighbor”{2nd chief law of God Lev19:18}
No Holy Spirit of Wisdom{.. allah gets the Theology wrong koran 5;116}
Disobedience to the official commandments of the Actual God{Exodus chpt 20}:freedom to murder k2:191,steal koran 48:20etc..as long as the victims are infidels
Apartheid system:muslims{k3;110 The Best} versus non-muslims{k98:6 the worst
Hypocrisy, false piety and dissembling to promote islam {k3:28}
Jihadist violence
The tenets of the holy “prophet”…
Mr “I have been made victorious through TERROR”
Sahih Bukhari 4:52:220
Mr “I have fabricated things against God and attributed to him things he has not said”
Al Tabari 6:111
islam:”commandments?What commandments?But ..but..allah says it is ok to break them”
allah the champion deceiver {koran 3:54} whose greatest enemy is a MAN called the King Of Kings{MALIK AL AMLAK}{sahih muslim vol 5 hadith #5611}…
gravenimage says
Boko Haram top dog: “Our aim is to follow the tenet of the Qur’an; our aim is to follow the tenets of the prophet”
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Well, this is certainly true. And they express this piety by kidnapping and raping Christian girls and by mass slaughtering Infidels.
God, I hate Islam.
OLD GUY says
TOP DOG, more like MAD DOG. Boko Haram is nothing more than a criminal gang attempting to make the world believe they are fighting a religious war. You have to be criminally insane to perform the atrocities that groups like this do. They need to be purged from our world as soon as possible.
Can you imagine a world or country lead by people like these. PURE EVIL!
gravenimage says
Alas, Boko Haram is not alone here–this is how all pious Muslims think. Al Qaida, ISIS, Al-Shebaab, and many others are no different. This is orthodox Islam.