Al-Qaida's Thoughts on Boko Haram Will Make You Even More Terrified For Those Missing Girls [View all]

[MrScorpio]

The news: You know that you're getting too extreme if even al-Qaida is giving you major side-eye.

That's precisely what's happening with Boko Haram, the Islamist group behind the April kidnapping of over 270 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Though it's known to be loosely affiliated with al-Qaida, it is now catching flak from Islamist militants who believe that the group went too far and is even being counterproductive to al-Qaida's goals.

The New York Times contends that Muslim scholars and Islamist parties around the world rejected Boko Haram many years ago for its "senseless cruelty and capricious violence against civilians." But despite their self-distancing, this week's actions have been too much even for "fellow militants normally eager to condone terrorist acts against the West and its allies." Notes the Times:

"'Such news is spread to taint the image of the Mujahedeen,' wrote one dubious poster on a web forum used by Islamic militants whose administrator uses a picture of Osama bin Laden."

http://www.policymic.com/articles/89121/al-qaida-s-thoughts-on-boko-haram-will-make-even-you-more-terrified-for-those-missing-girls

If you've lost al-Qaida, you've lost Middle Islamic Fundamentalism.