Nigerian Christians on Saturday condemned an attempt on the life of a key Islamic leader the previous day, a suicide bombing that missed its target but killed five bystanders.
The teenage assassin also died in the attack after Friday prayers outside a mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern Borno state which is a hotbed of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) president Ayo Oritsejafor in a statement said he "condemns" the attempt to kill the Muslim leader, Umar Garbai el-Kanemi, who carries the title of Shehu of Borno.
The CAN leader "prays that those who rise against innocent Nigerians will crash in defeat in Jesus Name," said the statement, describing the targeted cleric as "a good man with humane character".

No group has claimed responsibility for the bloody attack, but suspicion fell on Boko Haram, which has targeted Kanemi in the past and claimed the assassination last year of his brother.
The Christian group urged Washington to designate Boko Haram a "foreign terrorist organisation". The US last month declared three Boko Haram leaders global terrorists and said it may blacklist the entire group.
Oritsejafor urged Kanemi to continue to "work for the peace and unity of Nigeria, the evil machinations of those who masterminded the attack notwithstanding".

Boko Haram has said it wants to create an Islamic state in north Nigeria and has disowned religious leaders such as Kanemi, charging they have allowed themselves to be ruled by Nigeria's secular government.
The radical Islamist sect has long stated its loathing for Kanemi, a hugely popular symbol of Islamic tradition in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north.
Boko Haram has operated in Nigeria since 2002 but intensified their attacks in 2009 and has claimed more than 1,000 lives since, mostly targeting security services, symbols of authority and Christian churches.

Pastor Oritsejafor in the statement appealed to all Nigerians to help "end this orgy of violence and blood-letting".

FXKing2012: Now wat does this tell u about Christian and Christianity?

Delafruita:
what is your pooint exactly?

FXKing2012:

Christianity is all about peace and love, while Islam is all about. . .well, I'm sure u know the rest

gendebs: For no reason should a christian shed blood. Jesus preaches salvation and never was a place in the bible where Jesus shed blood. reverse is the case of Islam where they claim to preach peace and they practice the opposite. you cant preach what you don't do.

gendebs: the Qur'an told us of how Muhammad shed blood all for the sake of self defense. please what is the correlation between self defense and peace.

gendebs: For no reason should a christian shed blood. Jesus preaches salvation and never was a place in the bible where Jesus shed blood. reverse is the case of Islam where they claim to preach peace and they practice the opposite. you cant preach what you don't do. the Qur'an told us of how Muhammad shed blood all for the sake of self defense. please what is the correlation between self defense and peace. Also the Qur'an told u guys to kill 3 different set of people, do u want me to tell u those set of people. Your religion also preaches holy war. please how can a war be holy. i beg all moslemS in this forum to please shut up and never use that your hand to type rubbish here again till JESUS COME. THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

vedaxcool: This can't guy is a joke indeed!

vedaxcool: I wish u would stop acting like a fly and stop following me around! Dude if u just suffered a heart break why don't u go cry to ur parents? Why do u think taking ur frustration on me will ease ur pain? Smh I mean on go blow some of ur pops dough! Or have u just reliase u live on lala land that is why u have to hustle E 1000 to make ends meet? If u need treatment from me just ask and I will try assisting u, but always showing up and making a fool of ur self does u no good neither does it aid the "ministry" of atheism!

vedaxcool: ^
That is fair representation of ur psychological state, I won't mind u openng a thread for me to provide counseling to ur distraught mind indeed!

vedaxcool: ^

And like I said he is fair representation of ur current psychological state! The thread I ask u to open is to find solutions to your current problems! And pls it is quit optional!

fellis: Those Christians are just pretending. They are secretely rejoicing that a mosque was attacked.
You can't pretend to care for or love Muslims all of a sudden. You display your true colours on an anonymous forum (Nairaland) but when you are in public with the press around you, you act like you care.

BigBenoski: Yea guys, go ahead and derail d thread, atleast that's 1 thing u guys are good at. . .having failed in ur pathetic attempts at sounding religeous. U guys had better redirect ur energy to worshiping God in truth and in spirit. These religeous e-wars won't take u any inch closer 2 heaven. Enough said

kumbalo: Orisejafor has spoken well! If anyone has a problem with that, let him go hug transformer.

AFOLABISUNKANMI:
Wow am grateful to God, let all the enemies of christian use their swords to kill themselves, Christian Rejoice because our Lord Jesus said it on the cross that its finished, our enemies life will perish if they dont repent