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Somalia: Islamic jihadis murder at least 21 people with
truck bomb at checkpoint
SEP 26, 2023 9:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER
Time for the governments of the West to begin more “Islamophobia” studies.
The death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises to 21
by Omar Faruk, Associated Press, September 24, 2023:
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21, authorities said Sunday.
The number of wounded in Saturday’s truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52, said Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, director general of the Hirshabelle ministry of humanitarian and disaster management….
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. East Africa’s al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab often carries out such attacks in Somalia….
Nigeria: Muslims invade Christian village, murder four adults
and two children
SEP 30, 2023 9:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER
My contact in Nigeria informs me that the victims were Christians. The press in Nigeria has stopped reporting this, adhering to the Western journalistic practice of ignoring the jihad and hoping that it will just go away if no one pays any attention to it.
Terrorists Attack Southern Kaduna Community, Kill Six Residents Including Children
Sahara Reporters, September 27, 2023:
Terrorists on Tuesday night reportedly killed six persons in the Takanai community of Atyap Chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The acting Secretary to the District Head of the Community, Samson Markus, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, said the terrorists invaded the village at around 7pm and opened fire killing four people in the same compound while two in another family.
According to him, two children were also victims of the deadly attack, PUNCH reports.
“We were going about our normal businesses when we heard gunshots, we thought it was the military at first until we saw it was the Fulanis who came in from Zango Urban,” Markus alleged.
“Before the military arrived, they had succeeded in killing six persons, including 2 children. The arrival of the military was what scared them, and they took to their hills and left the community….
Niger: Soldiers killed in suspected jihad terror attack
SEP 30, 2023 11:00 AM BY VIJETA UNIYAL
At least seven soldiers were murdered and several others injured when suspected jihad terrorists attacked a town in the western African country of Niger, the TV channel France24 reported. Other media outlets estimate the death toll in the well-coordinated terror attack to be even higher. “At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed following an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country’s southwest on Thursday morning, the West African nation’s defence ministry said in a statement,” Reuters reported.
The former French colony of 25 million is nearly 98 percent Muslim, but still has a tiny Christian population. The latest attack highlights the growing jihad activity in the country, which is in political turmoil since military overthrew the country’s president in July.
The jihad terrorism raging across the Sub-Sahara Africa has also reached Niger. Boko Haram and other jihad outfits – with affiliations to global Islamic terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State – have been massacring Christian communities across the region. “Ongoing violence by extremist Islamic militants in the Sahel region has increased the pressure on Christians. Jihadist groups have expanded their areas of influence in the country,” the Netherlands-based charity Open Doors reports. “[I]n the last few years, the country has seen a series of attacks by Islamic militants.”
Several Niger soldiers killed in suspected jihadist attack
France24, September 29, 2023:
Niger’s defence minister, Salifou Mody, said in a statement that a military unit had been “violently attacked by several hundred terrorists” in the town of Kandadji on Thursday, adding that seven soldiers were killed in the fighting.
“During an intervention” launched in response to the attack, “a tragic traffic accident led to the loss of five of our brave soldiers”, he continued.
Another seven people were injured and evacuated to a hospital, he said….
The Tillaberi region, where the attack took place, is located in the so-called “three borders” zone where Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali meet. The area is a hideout for jihadists, particularly those affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
In the country’s southwest, where it shares a border with Nigeria, it is similarly plagued by attacks by Boko Haram and its dissident branch, the Islamic State in West Africa Province.
Nigeria: Muslims murder at least ten farmers,
abduct nine others in Borno state
SEP 30, 2023 12:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER
This article says that “security agents…could launch an immediate manhunt for them.”
They could. Not that they will. Governments all over Africa seem either unable or unwilling to stop jihadist groups. In Nigeria, the evidence is mounting that they’re more unwilling than unable.
“As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah (The Laws of Islamic Governance).
Boko Haram kills 10 farmers in Borno
Within Nigeria, September 24, 2023:
At least ten people have been killed by rampaging terrorists wreaking havoc in Nigeria’s north east state of Borno.
The victims are all farmers, nine other locals were abducted during the attack on Saturday.
The attack occurred late afternoon in the fields between Bulakunkumma and Maiwa villages of Baram Karowa ward of the LGA.
The insurgents also sneaked into Zannari ward, Maiduguri metropolitan part of the same LGA (Mafa) of the same day (Saturday) and N4 million from a businessman (name withheld) to avoid abduction.
One Ya Bukar, who confirmed the attack, gave the number of abductees as four, although another source, Goni Mohammed, has their number as nine.
“They came roving across farms in search of food and cash, when the farmers said they couldn’t afford the amounts they requested for, they killed 10 of them, all men, and went away with four.” PUNCH quoted him as saying.
He said the insurgents killed the 10 farmers and abducted the four they could accost to ensure that they did not leave anyone to report their operations immediately to the security agents, who could launch an immediate manhunt for them.
Mohammed, the second source, however, said, “The insurgents abducted nine farmers when they told them that they didn’t have any cash to give.”…
Nigeria: Muslims murder 15 Christians, kidnap 32 others in
jihad raid on Dogon Noma village of Kaduna state
SEP 30, 2023 1:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER
“Christian leaders in Nigeria have said they believe herdsmen attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians’ lands and impose Islam…”
And they mean to do this by means of terror: “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
Herdsmen Kill 15 Christians, Kidnap 32 Others in Nigeria
Morning Star News, September 18, 2023:
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Sept. 15) killed 15 Christians in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said.
The attack on Dogon Noma village, Kajuru County came amid disclosure that such attacks have led to the death of 23 pastors and the closure of 200 worship buildings in Kaduna state in the past four years.
Besides taking 15 lives, the assailants also kidnapped 32 Christians from Dogon Noma village, area residents said.
“Fulani herdsmen surrounded the village in their hundreds, shooting anybody in sight; the attack occurred at about 7 a.m.,” David Musa told Morning Star News in a text message. “Pray for Dogon Noma community.”
Moses Ishaya said he lost two relatives in the massacre.
“It is with a heavy heart that I notify you about an attack on our community, Dogon Noma village, by Fulani herdsmen on the morning of Friday,” Ishaya told Morning Star News in a text message. “The attack has resulted in the killing of two of my family members, who include our sister from Karamai village, who got married at Dogon Noma village, and the second victim, the daughter of my relation, Mr. John Zango.”
He identified other Christians killed as Bala Laya and Gimbiya Coaster. Among others kidnapped, he named three abducted as Set Alkali, Saviour Christopher and Sico Nicholas.
Ernest Maidawa, a youth leader in the area, urged government officials to urgently take action.
“We are saddened with these renewed acts of attacks and gruesome killings of innocent Christians in Dogon Noma community by Fulani herdsmen,” Maidawa told Morning Star News in a text message. “We are urging law enforcement agencies as a matter of urgency to check the spate of these attacks on innocent Christians in our communities. Governments both at state and federal levels in Nigeria must also be seen to be doing more as they have not shown capacity in their core mandate and responsibilities to protect lives and properties.”
On Tuesday (Sept. 12), Christian leaders in Kaduna state met with police officials in the city of Kaduna and advised them that attacks by armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists have resulted in the killing of 23 pastors, the abduction of 215 Christians still in captivity and the closure of 200 church worship buildings in four years.
The Rev. Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and Christian leaders from 23 Local Government Areas told Kaduna State Commissioner of Police Musa Garba and other senior officers that Christians have faced fierce persecution….
Numbering in the millions across Nigeria and the Sahel, predominantly Muslim Fulani comprise hundreds of clans of many different lineages who do not hold extremist views, but some Fulani do adhere to radical Islamist ideology, the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief (APPG) noted in a 2020 report.
It seems those who do not hold extremist views are prepared to allow those who do to commit genocide upon Christians so they can appropriate their land.
“They adopt a comparable strategy to Boko Haram and ISWAP and demonstrate a clear intent to target Christians and potent symbols of Christian identity,” the APPG report states.
Christian leaders in Nigeria have said they believe herdsmen attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt are inspired by their desire to forcefully take over Christians’ lands and impose Islam as desertification has made it difficult for them to sustain their herds….
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