Thursday, November 13, 2014

Archbishop Ben Kwashi: Boko Haram terrorism is due to Islamic extremism, not poverty


The senior Archbishop in northern Nigeria has demanded that the activities of Boko Haram be acknowledged as examples of Islamic extremism rather than the results of poverty.

Referring to the recent bombing in Potiskum, Archbishop of Jos Ben Kwashi said it was incorrect to argue that that insurgency in the North of Nigeria is fuelled more by poverty than by Islamic extremism.

Responding to news reports where this has been claimed, the Archbishop said such a claim was "to undermine the truth with the same old story we hear again and again from those unwilling to face the connected and organised global jihadist network we face today."

He said poverty could not explain the death by suicide bomb of 40 Muslim school children in Potiksum. Read more

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