From The Religion Of Peace

Nigeria: Islamic State releases video showing it murdering 11 Christians

DEC 27, 2019 12:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER10 COMMENTS

“Islamic State released a video purporting to show it killing 11 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and its spokesman.”

This endless cycle of revenge is sanctioned by the Qur’an: “And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed – then it is those who are the wrongdoers.” (5:45)

Of course, these Christians in Nigeria had nothing to do with the killing of al-Baghdadi, but the Islamic State’s targeting of them reveals how they view the conflict: it’s Islam versus Christianity, and thus any Christians can be killed to avenge the death of a Muslim leader.

“Islamic State says it killed 11 Christians in Nigeria,” Reuters, December 27, 2019:

MAIDUGURI/CAIRO — Islamic State released a video purporting to show it killing 11 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and its spokesman.

The militant group posted the footage on its online Telegram news channel on Thursday, the day after Christmas, with Arabic captions but no audio.

The video showed men in beige uniforms and black masks lining up behind blindfolded captives, then shooting one and beheading the rest.

A previous video seen by Reuters said the captives had been taken from Maiduguri and Damaturu in Nigeria’s northeast, where militants have been fighting for years to set up a separate Islamist state.

In that earlier video, the captives pleaded for the Christian Association of Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to save them….