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Boko Haram pledges loyalty to brutal Islamic State
Birds of a feather.
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/03/09/boko-haram-pledges-loyalty-brutal-islamic-state/
...In the recording, a man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Nigerian terrorist group that has killed thousands, vowed to follow Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the U.S.-based SITE Intel Group, announced on Saturday (March 7).
“We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims … and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease, and to endure being discriminated against, and not to dispute about rule with those in power, except in case of evident infidelity regarding that which there is a proof from Allah,” Shekau said in a tweeted message that went along with the video, according to the Associated Press. Al-Baghdadi is the self-proclaimed head of the caliphate.
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Boko Haram, which kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls last year, has killed at least 13,000 people and forced nearly 1.2 million to flee to southern Nigeria, as well as neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Its name means “Western education is forbidden” in the Hausa language, and the militants claim a territory in northern Nigeria that’s the size of West Virginia.
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Boko Haram’s pledge adds to a growing number of jihadist groups that have pledged allegiance or support to the Islamic State, which has seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria and been under near-constant attack from U.S. coalition-led airstrikes since last year.
“We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims … and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease, and to endure being discriminated against, and not to dispute about rule with those in power, except in case of evident infidelity regarding that which there is a proof from Allah,” Shekau said in a tweeted message that went along with the video, according to the Associated Press. Al-Baghdadi is the self-proclaimed head of the caliphate.
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Boko Haram, which kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls last year, has killed at least 13,000 people and forced nearly 1.2 million to flee to southern Nigeria, as well as neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Its name means “Western education is forbidden” in the Hausa language, and the militants claim a territory in northern Nigeria that’s the size of West Virginia.
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Boko Haram’s pledge adds to a growing number of jihadist groups that have pledged allegiance or support to the Islamic State, which has seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria and been under near-constant attack from U.S. coalition-led airstrikes since last year.
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