The Patriot Post® · Letter to Boko Haram

Muslim Representatives Keith Ellison and André Carson, along with other prominent Muslims, penned a letter to Abubakar Shekau, head of the terrorist group Boko Haram, lambasting them for kidnapping hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls in April. “We urge you to immediately release the young children you have unconscionably taken,” they demanded, adding, “You do not represent Islam or what Muslims know to be the teachings of Islam. Your attempt to transform a central tenet of Islam into a vile lie used to kill and maim innocent Nigerians of all faiths is transparent. You treat children like cattle. It is abhorrent and sinful to pretend to be a Prophet to whom Allah has spoken.” Last we checked, the Koran not only encourages such behavior toward enemies of Islam, but it also encourages deceiving non-believers through coercion. More…