Nigeria: 'Boko Haram Has Destroyed 50 Catholic Churches in Borno'

[The Straight Story]

The Boko Haram has destroyed 50 of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri Catholic diocese of Borno State.

This was revealed by the parish priest of Christ the King Catholic Parish, Kurudu, Abuja, Rev. Fr. Jerome Ituah (OCD) during church service yesterday.

Ituah, who was in Maiduguri during the week to give retreat to priests and bishop of the diocese, said it was sad to see Catholic faithful worshipping under the sun and rain because of the level of destruction and harm done by the sect.

"Out of the 52 catholic churches in Maiduguri diocese, 50 of them have been destroyed by Boko Haram. Yet the faithful are not discouraged of their faith. You would always see them worshipping under rain and sun in open places at the site of their destroyed places of worship".

http://allafrica.com/stories/201303180353.html

[Nye Bevan]

1. Horrible. I was not familiar with Boko Haram:

Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad[2] (Arabic: جماعة اهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Jamā'a Ahl al-sunnah li-da'wa wa al-jihād), better known by its Hausa name Boko Haram (Hausa: lit. "Western education is forbidden&quot ,[3] is a jihadist militant organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria.[4] It is an Islamist movement which strongly opposes man-made laws and westernization. Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2001,[5] the organisation seeks to establish sharia in the country.[6][7] The group is also known for attacking Muslims and Christians and bombing Mosques and churches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram

[MattBaggins]

4. Opposes man made laws

as if there is any other kind

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Well, there's the Law of Gravity, the Laws of Motion,

the Laws of Thermodynamics, the Four Laws of Biology...

I don't think any of them are man-made.

[MattBaggins]

6. Interesting but not the same kind of Laws

[Zax2me]

2. He has been at this for awhile now -

http://www.persecution.org/2013/02/11/boko-harams-attacks-on-christians-threaten-to-fracture-nigerias-multi-religious-society/

[The Straight Story]

3. Hopefully those folks don't read DU too much

Or they will have more reason for their hatred of Christians with which they will use to justify their actions.