Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs

[David__77]

(Reuters) - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war.

The Boko Haram Islamist sect, which aims to impose sharia law across the country, claimed responsibility for the three church bombs, the second Christmas in a row the group has caused mass carnage with deadly bombings of churches. Security forces also blamed the sect for two other blasts in the north.

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"Mass just ended and people were rushing out of the church and suddenly I heard a loud sound: 'Gbam!' Cars were in flames and bodies littered everywhere," Nnana Nwachukwu told Reuters.

Father Christopher Barde, Assistant priest of the church, said: "The officials who counted told me they have picked up 27 bodies so far."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/26/us-nigeria-blast-idUSTRE7BO03020111226

[JI7]

1. stupid motherfuckers

[tishaLA]

2. why "Islamists"? I realize it's Reuters...

But wouldn't "Muslim" be an adequate adjective? Do they ever describe radical cleric Pat Robertson as a "Christianist"?

[The Straight Story]

3. Muslimists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs....

Just does not seem to fit.

[David__77]

4. Islamist is approrpriate.

They use it themselves - al-'islamiyyah. No one has described themselves as a "Chrisitianist."

They are not merely Muslims, they uphold the ideology of al-'islamiyyah, which is not just Islam.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. The islamists are a subset of people within the Muslim faith who think Islam is not only a religion

but a political philosophy as well. One of their goals is to have subjects governed by Sharia Law and the elimination of all things they believe to be incompatible with Islamic beliefs.

You've never heard or read "evangalist" used in a derogatory way in the context of fundamental Christians like Pat Robertson?

[maximusveritas]

7. Islamists makes sense here, but it is interesting how there is no similar word for Christians

who claim this is a Christian country based on Christian laws. Are they not viewing Christianity as a political system rather than just a religious one?

[Modern_Matthew]

9. Them, Robertson, and Westboro all practice Dumbassery. nt

[applegrove]

6. It is so scary because the oil is in the South, the Muslims in the North, so they will never leave

the country and their countrymen who they hate.

[Modern_Matthew]

8. My God can kick your God's ass... but we'll do it for him. nt