Why?
In
researching this topic the only question that truly comes to mind is why? Why
is a terror group hurting young children and making them fight. In the book a
Long Way Gone Ishmael talks about being a child soldier. The children were so
young they couldn't even hold their weapons. In this article a survivor of an
attack talks about how evil Boko Haram is and the “reason” behind their doings.
Boko Haram stands for Western education is a sin. The group kidnapped over two
hundred and thirty school girls. The group opposes women’s education much like
in the book Mala. The group truly believes a woman’s job is to stay home and
please the husband. So to get their point across they kidnapped many school
girls forced them to convert to Islam and married them off. Imagine, sending
your child to school, and never returning. In February of 2014 Boko Haram
killed at least twenty nine students who were either Christian or Muslim. They
are almost creating genocide; either join them or get killed. In the movie
Hotel Rwanda
the Hutu Rebels main goal was to kill anyone who wasn't like them. Much like
Boko Haram’s main campaign goal. Sickening. The young boy survivor named Daniel
Ayuba goes on to question why too. No one has a right answer. There are reasons
behind Boko Haram’s doings but they are not truly justified to the human
injustice taking place.
In the picture above Daniel Ayuba was in the middle of a
deadly bomb attack, luckily he survived but the horrid memories still stay the
same. Looking at him, one would think to themselves how could a person so evil
do this to a child and/or anyone. Nothing is justified. Here is a video of Daniels experiences due to Boko Haram : http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/24/world/africa/nigeria-kidnapping-answers/
I
was actually very curious about the Islamic religion. So I looked up everything
to know about it. It is hard for me to imagine how cruel people could be who
are so strongly involved with God. All other religions state that you honor
each other, never hurt your neighbors. Islam is ironically the religion of
freedom of choice. They have twisted everything up. But, in the bible for
Islam’s is says killing is permitted when it is just. Which means to them they
have the power to kill anyone who doesn't convert. They believe Muhammed gave
them the power to kill. In the bible Muhammed killed many people that is why it
is okay. Here is a website comparing both Christianity and Islamic I found to
be very interesting : http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/157827
Boko Haram is “justified through their religion.” But, why still kill and torture children who at their age don’t even know what true religion is?
Boko Haram is “justified through their religion.” But, why still kill and torture children who at their age don’t even know what true religion is?
This is a very good analysis of the issue and it's connection to Islam.It makes me wonder,are there any Muslim leaders speaking out against this?
ReplyDeleteIf there are any Muslim leaders speaking out, why are they not being paid attention to more? What makes it so the media does not pay attention to them? Does the media see them as unreliable? Are they not trustworthy enough to them?
ReplyDeleteThis may be due to the West's historically xenophobic nature. Most of the Western world is either Christian or atheist/agnostic, statistics show. This puts us at odds with the largely Islamic countries in the Middlle east and Africa and( as many media sources would have us to believe) the religion itself. By drowning out he voices of the leaders who are denouncing the vilonce and calling for peace,it makes it easier to separate us.
ReplyDeleteTo step away from the talk of the religion, Daniel looked like he was about our maybe a little older. I couldn't imagine living through that every day. The fact that he was able to survive the attack that he did and be able to get in front of cameras and tell his story is incredible. And you question, "who is spreaking up and helping but an end to this?" It is people like him. He may not physically be putting an end to all of it but being brave enough to speak out against Boko Haram after something so tragic is what gets peoples attention. I have a lot of respect for him and wish him and the other dealing with this in their every day lives safety.
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