This week's massacre was not against Christians, for a change, but against Muslims, even at worship.
It seems they just have to be killing somebody, or Allah will get mad at them.
Niger: Muslims surround mosque, murder 44 other Muslims for being the wrong kind of Muslims
The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but the Islamic State jihadis likely considered their victims hypocrites or apostates for rejecting their authority.
Dozens of civilians killed in jihadi attack in Niger, authorities say
by Mark Banchereau, Associated Press, March 22, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
DAKAR, Senegal — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
The attack took place on Friday afternoon in the village of Fambita in the rural commune of Kokorou, near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso, the ministry said in a statement. It blamed the attack on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, or EIGS….
“Around 2 p.m., while Muslim worshippers were performing Friday prayers, these heavily armed terrorists surrounded the mosque to carry out their massacre of rare cruelty,” the statement read. The gunmen also set fire to a market and houses before retreating, it added.
The provisional death toll is at least 44 civilians, with 13 severely injured, the ministry said. It declared three days of national mourning….
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