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Aelred_Minor
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Sounds like the executed students could be authentic martyrs, especially if they had a chance to claim they were Muslim and refused.
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Terry_Washingto
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If any of the 25 students were Catholic(practising or just lukewarm), any chance of their causes being submitted to the Vatican by the Nigerian bishops for beatification and ultimate sainthood for being murdered “in odium fidei”( out of hatred for the faith)?
Incidentally WHERE are those liberal/leftists so quick to decry even the most inconsequential incidence of “Islamophobia”( “The Innocence Of Muslims”)???
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Incidentally WHERE are those liberal/leftists so quick to decry even the most inconsequential incidence of “Islamophobia”( “The Innocence Of Muslims”)???
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pete_29
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Rich_Olszewski
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They don’t have any in Nigeria, or if they do, they are a minority among a minority, and don’t dare pipe up.
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Tenofovir
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Terrible. Well they’re with God now.They don’t have any in Nigeria, or if they do, they are a minority among a minority, and don’t dare pipe up.
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BroomWagon
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vanguardngr.com/2012/10/outrage-trails-mubi-massacre-its-tragic-sad-barbaric-shocking-jonathan/
At first when this massacre happened, I think it was reported as Muslims and Christians both got killed, maybe only Christians. We will see. Lots happens in Nigeria that we don’t hear about unless one searches it out.
Just think, as bad as this is, a flood killed 148 people, prayers for them too, just recently too:
Nigeria is now producing more Priests it seems, often where the faith is tried more, more become fervent in it.
Coverage from Nigeria.
At first when this massacre happened, I think it was reported as Muslims and Christians both got killed, maybe only Christians. We will see. Lots happens in Nigeria that we don’t hear about unless one searches it out.
Just think, as bad as this is, a flood killed 148 people, prayers for them too, just recently too:
thetidenewsonline.com/2012/10/03/148-killed-by-floods-red-cross-mass-exodus-as-gunmen-kill-40-in-mubi/
Nigeria is now producing more Priests it seems, often where the faith is tried more, more become fervent in it.
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7_Sorrows
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we had a Nigerian priest at our parish who tried to warn of the atrocities happening in his native country and many of the Catholics complained that he was speaking badly of Muslims. i was shocked. i can only think that these Catholics don’t read the newspapers to be aware of the number of Christians that have been killed in Nigeria by members of Boko Haram.
i am so sorry for the students that were executed. they were trying to better their lives and to be massacred like this is horrible. the last i heard they didn’t know if it was politics or what it was. i wouldn’t be surprised if it was Boko Haram. i heard that some were asked questions before and some were not killed.
has our government shown any “outrage” over the killing of Christians in Nigeria or over this massacre?
i am so sorry for the students that were executed. they were trying to better their lives and to be massacred like this is horrible. the last i heard they didn’t know if it was politics or what it was. i wouldn’t be surprised if it was Boko Haram. i heard that some were asked questions before and some were not killed.
has our government shown any “outrage” over the killing of Christians in Nigeria or over this massacre?
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Luigi_Daniele
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Eternal rest grant unto them, o Lord.
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Rich_Olszewski
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The Boko Haram doesn’t represent all Muslims, any more than the Mafia represents all Catholic Sicilians.
Probably not, but if none of those killed were Americans, I don’t expect that our government would. I don’t expect the governments of the countries of Europe to do so either, unless one of their citizens was a victim.
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BroomWagon
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From this map: worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/ng.htm
The real hot spot in Nigeria is Jos. Yes, I feel for these people, note the northern part of the country is closer to the Muslim countries, I believe Niger qualifies as one. Problems there are always on the news. It’s just that to me, it seems to get pushed to the backpages.
The real hot spot in Nigeria is Jos. Yes, I feel for these people, note the northern part of the country is closer to the Muslim countries, I believe Niger qualifies as one. Problems there are always on the news. It’s just that to me, it seems to get pushed to the backpages.
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7_Sorrows
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i didn’t say that Boko Haram represents all Muslims. al qaeda does not represent all Muslims either.
i think our government should comment on terrorist attacks in other countries whether Americans are involved or not. there were 25 killed here. that is a susbstantial number.
also they were students.
barack and hillary probably feel we are dealing with enough bad news here on the home front and that we don’t need to hear of the bad news happening in other parts of the world.
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Aelred_Minor
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True, although a major difference is that the Mafia is not inspired by Catholicism the way Boko Haram is inspired by Islam. Fortunately it is difficult to find a close analogy in Catholicism. The “crusades” against Jews in the Middle Ages and witchunts generally a bit later in history are two possible historical examples of something similar. Perhaps still closer would be the relationship between the KKK of the mid-twentiety century and Southern Protestant Christianity. Ultimately of course any comparison between different movements in very different cultures will break down.
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Tampa_Dave
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No one ever claimed the Boko Haram represents all Muslims, but they certainly represent the mind set of waaaaaaay to many Muslims. I imagine there were many, many whistling Muslim women in crowds throughout the Middle East celebrating the news along with jubilant Muslim men. We have all seen it before on the evening news.
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7_Sorrows
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at least in Nigeria. we don’t see much coverage of these attacks on tv - mostly in print.
at least i haven’t seen any video coverage of the many attacks that have occurred over there over the past few years. i am not sure what the death toll is up to over there.
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BroomWagon
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bbc.co.uk/news/world-19875391
Here is another story today, the Nigerian army opened fire on civilians.
So, it is huge.
Here is another story today, the Nigerian army opened fire on civilians.
Over 170,00,000 people there: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nigeria
So, it is huge.
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7_Sorrows
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i wonder, though, how many of the 30 civilians were part of boko haram (not sure if i spelled that correctly)? if 2 soldiers were killed by a bomb blast set off by boko haram, then they are really wanting to stir things up.
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7_Sorrows
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if boko haram has claimed responsibility for the bomb blast, they are trying to stir things up. i wonder how many of the 30 civilians killed were responsible for any of the killings though of the 2 soldiers or in other attacks.
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Jeffrey
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