Posted on 05/16/2014 7:23:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen says Boko Haram, the Islamic terrorist group that has kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian girls from their families and forced them to convert to Islam, should not be confused with Islam. The Democrat made the point in a Thursday hearing.
One of the hearing's witnesses, State Department official Robert Jackson, prompted Shaheen's comment when he argued that "Boko Haram's philosophy is not an Islamist philosophy."
"I agree and I’m glad you made that point," said Shaheen. "Clearly, we need to make sure Islam is not confused with some of these horrible terrorist acts that have been and continue to be perpetrated by terrorists groups."
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The Boko Haram organization seeks to overthrow the government of Nigeria and install an Islamic state. As the BBC notes, the group "promotes a version of Islam which makes it 'haram', or forbidden, for Muslims to take part in any political or social activity associated with Western society."
Republican Scott Brown, who is challenging Shaheen for her seat, said in a statement that it is "naive" to say Boko Haram has nothing to do with Islam. The Brown campaign has also pointed out that when he represented Massachsuetts in the Senate, Brown introduced a bill in 2012 that would have designated Boko Haram as a terrorist organization, though it died in committee. The senator also sent a letter to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her to do the same.
Scott Brown should hammer her on this... but he’s an idiot, so he wont
BS
Excuse me?
I know what she’s trying to say, but she fails altogether.
Another day, another insult to my intelligence.
Yet another clueless leftie.
“Boko Haram misunderstands Boko Haram’s ideology”
Probably just another bunch of black Community Organizers !!!
- Upton Sinclair
Wow. “Muslim Brotherhood is moderate” redux, only that came from higher up in DC.
Have all democrats gone crazy? Why deny such an obvious fact? Boko Haram is forcing the girls to join Islam, but they are not of Islam? Of course, these evil Satan-foot-soldiers are of Islam and are forcing Islam on their captives.
They “misunderstand” Islam (as if the western progressive are the experts on what Islam is and is not while Jihad groups are clueless about it).
Is a flippin' idiot.
People in New Hampshire should be ashamed of electing this stupid twit.
If she don't know that all mohamedans are the same, then how the hell does she know what she needs to do as a Senator?
Dumb ass...Dumb asses.
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Democrats make your brains hurt.
They are the uber-neanderthal, anti-establishmentarian, flat earth Islamists that are against ANYTHING from the western world. (Except, of course, unless it happens to be convenient or further their means or ends.)
In a 2009 BBC interview, Mohammed Yusuf, then leader of the group, stated his belief that the fact of a spherical Earth is contrary to Islamic teaching and should be rejected, along with Darwinian evolution and the fact of rain originating from water evaporated by the sun. Before his death, Yusuf reiterated the group's objective of changing the current education system and rejecting democracy. Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria told BBC News that the controversial cleric had a graduate education and spoke proficient English.
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