One would think that schools would be like places of worship: i.e. immune from violence. Tell that to the terrorists.
GARISSA, KENYA — One of the most successful terrorist groups in the post 9/11 era is Boko Haram, a bunch of very violent actors who sow mayhem in northeastern Nigeria and neighbouring nations. In fact, this organisation may have become the deadliest such terrorist entity in recent years.
There is some debate over what Boko Haram actually means. In a new book on the group, Jacob Zenn argues that the usual translation “Western education is forbidden” is slightly inaccurate. He contends that in Hausa, one of the many languages spoken in Nigeria, ‘boko’ means ‘fraudulence, sham, or inauthenticity’ and is derived from the Hausa word for “magic,” “deception,” or “superstition”. Hence not all education is bad, just parts like Darwinism, English common law, or classical philosophy because they could lead to questioning the Quran, abandoning sharia (Islamic law) and atheism.
None of this is new. Jihadis hate most things in life after all. Anything that disagrees with their minute understanding of just about everything. Hence they rail against EVERYTHING.
If they hate everything it stands to reason that they will attack just about everything. They do not limit their actions to those who can defend themselves (quite the contrary). They strike in places they should not since any real human would reject such action as demented.
On this day in 2015 Al Shabaab terrorists based in Somalia besieged Garissa University in northeastern Kenya. Four gunmen stormed the campus and began firing indiscriminately, singling out and shooting those identified as Christians as they roamed from building to building. By the end, 148 people had been killed – mostly students. Security forces eventually surrounded and killed the men.
On this day in 2015, Al Shabaab terrorists besieged Garissa University in northeastern Kenya. Four gunmen stormed the campus and began firing indiscriminately.
This was a catastrophic act of heinous slaughter. And yet it did not lead to a decision by Kenya to withdraw its troops from the AMISOM mission in Somalia, which is the goal behind attacks of this nature. Hence, more will occur.
