By Felix Onuah and Camillus Eboh
ABUJA | Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:44pm EST
(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.

St Theresa's Catholic Church in Madala, a satellite town about 40 km (25 miles) from the centre of the capital Abuja, was packed when the bomb exploded just outside.

"We were in the church with my family when we heard the explosion. I just ran out," Timothy Onyekwere told Reuters. "Now I don't even know where my children or my wife are. I don't know how many were killed but there were many dead."

Hours after the first bomb, blasts were reported at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church in the central, ethnically and religiously mixed town of Jos, and at a church in northern Yobe state at the town of Gadaka. Residents said many were wounded in Gadaka, but there were no immediate further details.

A suicide bomber killed four security officials at the State Security Service in one of the other bombs, which struck the northeastern town of Damaturu, police said. Residents heard two loud explosions and gunfire in the town.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/25/us-nigeria-blast-idUSTRE7BO03020111225

If these people are Islamists, they would not have killed innocent people.

You remind me of a man who coined the idea that muslims worship Muhammad [as] and Allah which is untrue by your calling ignorant and evil doers Islamists.

Islamist are the people who obey Allah in the way of the Prophet [as], using Quran and true Hadith.

islamist will not do evil, if he is truly Islamist.

They are Islamists , PERIOD !!!

You are a very bad Muslim because you do not support them, and thank God you are

Sweetnecta:

If these people are Islamists, they would not have killed innocent people.

You remind me of a man who coined the idea that muslims worship Muhammad [as] and Allah which is untrue by your calling ignorant and evil doers Islamists.

Islamist are the people who obey Allah in the way of the Prophet [as], using Quran and true Hadith.

islamist will not do evil, if he is truly Islamist.

YOU MUST BE ADDRESING KIDS IN NL.

[size=14pt]O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there are 20 steadfast men among you, they shall vanquish 200; and if there are a hundred, they shall rout a thousand unbelievers, for they are devoid of understanding. - 8:65[/size]

frosbel:

They are Islamists , PERIOD !!!

You are a very bad Muslim because you do not support them, and thank God you are

He is disobeying Allah!!

Sweetnecta:

If these people are Islamists, they would not have killed innocent people.

You remind me of a man who coined the idea that muslims worship Muhammad [as] and Allah which is untrue by your calling ignorant and evil doers Islamists.

Islamist are the people who obey Allah in the way of the Prophet [as], using Quran and true Hadith.

islamist will not do evil, if he is truly Islamist.

Everything they are doing is written in the Koran and Practiced by Mohammad and his followers in the Hadits.
They are royal servants.

@Plappville; i am actually addressing kid, the kid above, because the verse she quoted is addressed to the prophet [as], in the time of hardship in Madina. That was over 1,400 years ago. The messenger [as] has finished his mission, and he has died, since.

Sweetnecta:

@Plappville; i am actually addressing kid, the kid above, because the verse she quoted is addressed to the prophet [as], in the time of hardship in Madina. That was over 1,400 years ago. The messenger [as] has finished his mission, and he has died, since.

No no no, the mission still continues, prove was yestarday and always!

[size=16pt]Fight those who believe neither in God nor the Last Day, nor what has been forbidden by God and his messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are People of the Book, until they pay the tribute and have been humbled. - 9:29[/size]

Hello
I am not nigerian, i registered here long time ago. I am from Alex we had similar accidents last year. I am hear to tell u i am muslim and every "true"  muslim surely is shocked when he hear this news. But i was shocked greatly to find such a hate comments here.

And salam to all muslims in nigeria and please don't leave ignorants do that again, spread the real islam within your (and others) hearts.

Sweetnecta:

If these people are Islamists, they would not have killed innocent people.


Islamist are the people who obey Allah in the way of the Prophet [as], using Quran and true Hadith.

islamist will not do evil, if he is truly Islamist.

assalam alikum

I'd agree completely if u replaced islamists by "muslims" as Allah called us at the last ayah os surat Alhaj

plappville:

No no no, the mission still continues, prove was yestarday and always!

[size=16pt]Fight those who believe neither in God nor the Last Day, nor what has been forbidden by God and his messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are People of the Book, until they pay the tribute and have been humbled. - 9:29[/size]

[size=18pt]Aren't there some verses of the Qur'an that condone "killing the infidel"? [/size]
By Huda, About.com Guide

Question: Aren't there some verses of the Qur'an that condone "killing the infidel"?
Answer: The Qur'an commands Muslims to stick up for themselves in a defensive battle -- i.e. if an enemy army attacks, then Muslims are to fight against that army until they stop their aggression. All of the verses that speak about fighting/war in the Qur'an are in this context.
There are some specific verses that are very often "snipped" out of context, either by critics of Islam discussing "jihadism," or by misguided Muslims themselves who wish to justify their aggressive tactics.


"Slay Them" - If They Attack You First
For example, one verse (in its snipped version) reads: "slay them wherever you catch them" (Qur'an 2:191). But who is this referring to? Who are "they" that this verse discusses? The preceding and following verses give the correct context:
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loves not transgressors. And slay them wherever you catch them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter, But if they cease, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful, If they cease, let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression" (2:190-193).
It is clear from the context that these verses are discussing a defensive war, when a Muslim community is attacked without reason, oppressed and prevented from practicing their faith. In these circumstances, permission is given to fight back -- but even then Muslims are instructed not to transgress limits, and to cease fighting as soon as the attacker gives up. Even in these circumstances, Muslim are only to fight directly against those who are attacking them, not innocent bystanders or non-combatants.


"Fight the Pagans" - If They Break Treaties
A similar verse can be found in chapter 9, verse 5 -- which in its snipped, out of context version could read: "fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)." Again, the preceding and following verses give the context.
This verse was revealed during a historical period when the small Muslim community had entered into treaties with neighboring tribes (Jewish, Christian, and pagan). Several of the pagan tribes had violated the terms of their treaty, secretly aiding an enemy attack against the Muslim community. The verse directly before this one instructs the Muslims to continue to honor treaties with anyone who has not since betrayed them, because fulfilling agreements is considered a righteous action. Then the verse continues, that those who have violated the terms of the treaty have declared war, so fight them, (as quoted above).

Directly after this permission to fight, the same verse continues, "but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them, for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." The subsequent verses instruct the Muslims to grant asylum to any member of the pagan tribe/army who asks for it, and again reminds that "as long as these stand true to you, stand ye true to them: for God loves the righteous."


Conclusion
Any verse that is quoted out of context misses the whole point of the message of the Qur'an. Nowhere in the Qur'an can be found support for indiscriminate slaughter, the killing of non-combatants, or murder of innocent persons in 'payback' for another people's alleged crimes.
The Islamic teachings on this subject can be summed up in the following verses (Qur'an 60:7-:
"It may be that God will grant love (and friendship) between you and those whom ye (now) hold as enemies. For God has power (over all things), and God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
God does not forbid you, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for God loves those who are just."

http://islam.about.com/od/terrorism/f/terrorism_verse.htm

HOLY QURAN 5:32:
whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.

HOLY QURAN 2:190:
Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but begin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors.

HOLY QURAN 7:55:
(O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors.

HOLY QURAN 8:61:
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah: for He is the One that Heareth and Knoweth (all things)."

HOLY QURAN 5:2:
" , and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and hostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment."

HOLY QURAN 41:34:
"Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!"

HOLY QURAN 4:135:
"O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do."

HOLY QURAN 16:90
"God advocates justice, charity, and regarding the relatives. And He forbids evil, vice, and transgression. He enlightens you, that you may take heed."

HOLY QURAN 16:126:
"And if ye do punish them, punish them no worse than they punished you: but if ye show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for those who are patient."

HOLY QURAN 21:107:
"And we have not sent you but as a mercy for the world"

Numbers 31:17-18
Now kill all the boys (in Midian). And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Judges 21:10-12
10So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children. 11“This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin.” 12They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

1 Samuel 6:19
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: [/b]and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

[b]Luke 19:27
"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."

Luke 12:49
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Matthew 10:34
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

2 Peter 2:12
"These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed."

John 2:15
[Jesus] made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

Psalms 137:8-9
O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks!

Psalms 139:19-22:
"Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men. For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take (thy name) in vain. Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies."

Matthew 10:34
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

Luke 22:36,38
[Jesus] said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one, " The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.

Matthew 10:35
35 For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

Luke 12:50-53
50 But I have a baptsm to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Hosea 13:16
"Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up."

Revelation 2:22-23
"Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."

Deuteronomy 17:2-5
If there be found among you , that , hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them , Then shalt thou , tone them with stones, till they die.

good muslims will never condone killing, and how on earth do people think that a religion of any kind that wants to call people to its path will preach terror to its adherant, if i want to create a religion, i do not av to be intelligent to know that one of the few things to preach against is terror, so it really doesnt make sence that a religion will purposely preach terror, because no person will then follow that religion, the few verses that were quoted need to be in their context to get the meaning, some needs explanation and some were specific to some people at their time, islam came 600 years after xtianity and muslims can boast of a population of about 1.5 billion so we may ask, were their relatives bombed so that they can accept islam?, so the people who perpetrate this evil just happen to be muslims, they do not represent islam

@Medknight; Salaamualayum wa Rahmatullah.

You are correct.

And may Allah increase you. Amin.

I was suckered in by the missing link of boko haram, aka plappville.

I was making differentiation on Islam she loves to tarnish, instead of her best friends the boko haram people.

She will not be allowed to drag Islam into the evil of her comrades, the boko haram people. She loves them, I think, so she is trying hard to elevate them by associating them with my Islam.

olasesi:

good muslims will never condone killing, and how on earth do people think that a religion of any kind that wants to call people to its path will preach terror to its adherant, if i want to create a religion, i do not av to be intelligent to know that one of the few things to preach against is terror, so it really doesnt make sence that a religion will purposely preach terror, because no person will then follow that religion, the few verses that were quoted need to be in their context to get the meaning, some needs explanation and some were specific to some people at their time, islam came 600 years after xtianity and muslims can boast of a population of about 1.5 billion so we may ask, were their relatives bombed so that they can accept islam?, so the people who perpetrate this evil just happen to be muslims, they do not represent islam

That is if they disobey the Kuran. I am not the writer of the Quran, law were given By Muhammed and they must be put to practice.

Fight those who believe neither in God nor the Last Day, nor what has been forbidden by God and his messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are People of the Book, until they pay the tribute and have been humbled. - 9:29

Medknight:

Hello
I am not nigerian, i registered here long time ago. I am from Alex we had similar accidents last year. I am hear to tell u i am muslim and every "true"  muslim surely is shocked when he hear this news. But i was shocked greatly to find such a hate comments here.

And salam to all muslims in nigeria and please don't leave ignorants do that again, spread the real islam within your (and others) hearts.

I see, a new ID in pretends, well, it does not matter if u are a Nigerian or Arab, the Quran is in practiced for the whole bomb blast history by Muslims.

Fight those who believe neither in God nor the Last Day, nor what has been forbidden by God and his messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are People of the Book, until they pay the tribute and have been humbled. - 9:29

Sweetnecta:

@Medknight; Salaamualayum wa Rahmatullah.

You are correct.

And may Allah increase you. Amin.

I was suckered in by the missing link of boko haram, aka plappville.

I was making differentiation on Islam she loves to tarnish, instead of her best friends the boko haram people.

She will not be allowed to drag Islam into the evil of her comrades, the boko haram people. She loves them, I think, so she is trying hard to elevate them by associating them with my Islam.-*

Mr Sweetnectar, Good product needs no advert to sell. Islam advertised itself, i am not the Advertiser. If islam has done Peace, it will be Publicite as well. See it as commanded as the Kuran.

Fight those who believe neither in God nor the Last Day, nor what has been forbidden by God and his messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are People of the Book, until they pay the tribute and have been humbled. - 9:29

Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.