The leader of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram said that recent killings of Christians were justifiable revenge attacks and that President Goodluck Jonathan had no power to stop the group’s insurgency, in the first video of him posted online. The 15 minute video of Abubakar Shekau posted on YouTube is similar in style to messages submitted by other Islamist groups like al Qaeda, a sign of the growing influence other jihadist movements are having on the sect.   »»» Reuters | FaithWorld

Muslims throughout their history never allowed the killing of non-combattants, even in the midst of wars such as the Crusades. There is no respected Islamic scholar anywhere in the Muslim world who would support the attacks of Boko Harm on innocent Christians. The Qur’an gives protected status to Christians who live among Muslims, and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) has forbidden the destruction of churches. Islam does not condone collective punishment of groups that may have in its midst actual enemies. Only those who perpetrate violence can be dealt with by violent means.

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