on the topic of boka haram

[kimba1]

the threat the group stated is they would sell or marry off those girls. my question is how are they still not caught? meaning in order for them to still be at large means they got quite abit of local support to hide them despite these actions. the government may show great outrage but i got serious the people of nigeria are greatly outraged. you would think some folks would quietly snitch on them by now.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Boko Haram is very unpopular with Christian Nigerians, most of whom live in the southern part of the country. The Muslim population in the northern part seems to either agree with them or is terrified of them, mostly the latter.

It should be difficult to hide 200 girls. We do not know where someone has snitched on Boko Haram or not. Until they can stage a riad without killing any little girls, we can expect the various governments to say nothing. Why risk blowing the cover of an plan currently in progress?

[kimba1]

reminds me of the gang situation here in the states which the local culture become protective of the gangs and not inform of them. notice alot of little children accidentally get shot and still the neighborhood don`t get very outrage about it.

the rappers are even open about there support of gangs and promote non-snitching

http://snitchesgetstitches.bigcartel.com/

[Plane]

  Yes, and the KKK ran the show in several states as long as they had enough sympathy and fear to operate hidden among the people.

   The KKK is now a shadow of its former self, in part because there is less sympathy for them , they can't keep a secret anymore.

[kimba1]

It didn't help that like alot of these organization tend to rip each other off. They all appear to have thier idea of honerable intentions but it's not enough to stop folks from dipping into the til

[Plane]

I think that Al Queda is harmed by the Boko Haram misbehavior if the Al Queda is connected to them, the bad behavior colors them too.


There seems to be some evidence that Al Queda has given money to Boko Haram , perhaps they can drag each others reputation through the mud.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I hardly think that either Boko Haram or Al Qaeda is concerned with their image outside of the Muslim World. Both are clearly outcasts.

[Plane]

I hardly think that either Boko Haram or Al Qaeda is concerned with their image outside of the Muslim World. Both are clearly outcasts.

You are probably right, is there no danger of their misbehavior harming their reputation within the Muslim World?

[Xavier_Onassis]

Most Muslims are only slightly anti-femininists. They are not against women learning to read or work, and are are willing to let women decide on stuff like female circumcision. Fundamentalists like Al Qaeda  and Boko Haram can't amount to more than 5% in sub Sahara Africa or 25% in the conservative countries like rural Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

[Plane]

They are at it again.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/boko-haram-militants-dressed-soldiers-slaughter-scores-witnesses-n123251


The government of Nigeria seems ineffective in this fight.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Nigeria as a single country was not a great idea: there are far too many factions that despise one another and far too much corruption for Nigeria to function well as even a loose federation. The Ibos of Biafra got tired of the Yorubas of Lagos taking their oil and leaving nothing for them, and there was the Biafra Civil War. Now there is a major split between the Muslim North and the Christian South. This error was first made by the Brits. But no one is likely to do anything about it.

This is largely due to development: now that there are passable roads and cellphones have made communication among the backward Muslim tribes of the North, they want to control the nation more for themselves. And moving the capital from Lagos to the interior had a lot to do with this as well. I have heard that Lagos is one of the worst cities on the planet. Ghastly humid and hot, built on swamps, hideous corruption and inadequate highways, water and electricity.

[kimba1]

What surprises me and also points out my sheer ignorance is that nigeria is one of the more progressive countries in africa. Show how very little i know of that continent.  This is strange since the majority of africans i know are nigerians. Not once have i ever ask them of thier country.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Nigeria owes its prosperity to oil. It is generally considered one of the most corrupt places on Earth. The current government of Goodluck Jonathan is the probably best that it has had since independence in the 1960's. The most progressive countries in Africa are probably Botswana, Ghana, South Africa and Morocco. Angola and Mozambique have come a long way since independence as well. Senegal and Gambia seem to be better off than most.

[Plane]

The nicest African country I ever visited was Kenya.

But I was not discussing politics there.

[kimba1]

all I know about Kenya is they got the best long distant runners and remember one time one of the best American runner who is also Kenyan was not good enough run in their games.