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Prayers urged for 230 Christian girls kidnapped by Muslim extremists

By Atta Barkindo (PhD candidate, SOAS, London) Benjamin Gudaku (Eduwatch Consults and Research Centre, Abuja) and Caroline Katgum Wesley

Nigeria’s largest church network, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for prayer and fasting for the safe release of 230 teenage school girls abducted last week.

‘‘The CAN leadership, especially our President, has called that all Christians pray and fast because of the security situation in the country: the recent bomb blast in Nyanya in Abuja, and then the abduction of students in a girls’ secondary school in Maiduguri, and all the challenges of security that are going on’’, Rev. Musa Asake, the General Secretary of CAN told World Watch Monitor.


“The security people are doing their best, the leadership of the government is doing their best, but these things seem not to have an end. So the leadership of CAN feels, now let’s talk to God. So the CAN President says God has answers to everything. Let’s go to Him in prayer’’.

The local chapter of CAN in Borno State (where the girls were abducted) also decreed three days of prayer and fasting.

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Please pray for the full release and safety of these children in Nigeria, their parents, the government and the salvation of those in Boko Haram.–World Watch Monitor

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Video: Boko Haram threatens to sell abducted Christian girls into sex Slavery

Published on May 5, 2014
Shocking Video shows Islamic extremist threatening to sell 276 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls. Boko Haram leader: 'I Abducted Your Girls. I Will Sell Them in the Market, by Allah'
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigeria's Islamic extremist leader threatened in a videotaped statement seen on Monday to sell the more than 200 teenage schoolgirls abducted from a school in the remote northeast of the country three weeks ago.

Abubakar Shekau for the first time also claimed responsibility for the April 15 mass abduction, in a video reviewed by The Associated Press.
"I abducted your girls," said the leader of Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sinful.

"By Allah, I will sell them in the marketplace," he said in the hour-long video that starts with fighters lofting automatic rifles and shooting in the air as they chant "Allahu akbar!" or "God is great."

It was unclear if the video was made before or after reports emerged last week that some of the girls have been forced to marry their abductors -- who paid a nominal bride price of $12 -- and that others have been carried into neighboring Cameroon and Chad. Those reports could not be verified.

An intermediary who has said Boko Haram is ready to negotiate ransoms for the girls also said two of the girls have died of snakebite and about 20 are ill. He said Christians among the girls have been forced to convert to Islam. The man, an Islamic scholar, spoke on condition of anonymity because his position is sensitive.

Nigeria's police have said more than 300 girls were abducted. Of that number, 276 remain in captivity and 53 escaped.

The mass abduction and the military's failure to rescue the girls and young women has roused national outrage with protests in major cities. Protesters accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being insensitive to the girl's plight.

First lady Patience Jonathan fueled anger Monday when a leader of a protest march said she ordered the arrests of two protest leaders, expressed doubts there was any kidnapping and accused the protest leaders of belonging to Boko Haram.

It was unclear what authority Mrs. Jonathan would have to give such orders, since there is no office of first lady in the Nigerian constitution.

The first lady's office denied there were any arrests.

But Saratu Angus Ndirpaya of Chibok town said State Security Service agents drove her and protest leader Naomi Mutah Nyadar to a police station Monday after an all-night meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja, the capital. She said police immediately released her but that Nyadar remains in detention. Deputy Superintendent Daniel Altine, police spokeswoman for Abuja, said she had no information but would investigate.

On Sunday night, Jonathan said his administration is doing everything possible. On Friday he created a presidential committee to go to the affected Borno state to work with the community on a strategy for the release.

Some girls who have escaped from the mass kidnapping said their captors identified themselves as Boko Haram.

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Extremist Video Shows Abducted Girls Praying




Published on May 12, 2014
Extremist Video Shows Abducted Girls Praying A new video from Nigerias Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic. (May 12)

A new video from Nigerias Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic. (May 12) Extremist Video Shows Abducted Girls.

Extremist Video Shows Abducted Girls Praying.

A new video from Nigerias Boko Haram purports to show schoolgirls, covered in hijab and reciting prayers in Arabic, who are being held captive by the Islamic extremists. The girls are seated.

AP test with format 10 A new video from Nigerias Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic. (May 12)

Missing Schoolgirl Footage Reveals They Have Converted to Islam chilling videos of missing Nigerian schoolgirls and reveal they have all been forced to convert to Islam BREAKING NEWS: Boko.

A new video from Nigerias Boko Haram purports to show schoolgirls, covered in hijab and reciting prayers in Arabic, who are being held captive by the Islamic extremists. The girls are seated.

May 12 2014 Breaking News #bringbackourgirls Terrorist group Boko Haram has released a video demanding the release of all militants held by the government in exchange for the return of about.

New video released just this morning reportedly shows some of the girls who were kidnapped in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram.HLNs Robin Meade reports. For more information please..

BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram release chilling videos of missing Nigerian schoolgirls and reveal they have all been forced to convert to Islam and will only be released if Islamist prisoners are.

A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The groups leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be..

Boko Haram A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The groups leader, Abubakar . Shekau, said...

BREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram release chilling videos of missing Nigerian schoolgirls and reveal they have all been forced to convert to Islam and will only be released if Islamist prisoners are.

Boko Haram Video Claims To Show Missing Girls, Boko Haram Kidnapped Girls Converted To IslamIn New Video Footage shows leader Abubakar Shekau and around 130 of the youngsters abducted in. .

Boko Haram Video Claims To Show Missing Girls, Boko Haram Kidnapped Girls Converted To IslamIn New Video Footage shows leader Abubakar Shekau and around 130 of the youngsters abducted in..

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Rate of Christian girls abducted and attacked by extremists on the rise in Egypt

Young Christian women are facing a greater risk of being kidnapped by extremists, tortured, and even forced to convert to Islam since the Arab Spring ended in 2011.

This year already has seen a spike in the incidents, according to a report by the non-profit advocacy group International Christian Concern. It has been estimated by the ICC and other watchdog groups in the region that there have been 500 reported cases of young women being attacked by Muslim men since 2011, but unreported cases could send the figure much higher.

The girls are often assaulted, raped, kidnapped, forced to change their faith and sometimes killed, the ICC said.Making matter worse, nothing is being done by local authorities to prevent it in provinces across Egypt, according to officials from both the ICC and the Clarion Project, a US-based non-profit think tank and advocacy group.

“Not only are they turning a blind eye, they are often compliant,” Issac Six, a spokesman for the ICC told FoxNews.com, citing one incident in which a father was assaulted by an officer for asking too many questions about efforts to have his abducted daughter returned.

“It’s pervasive; police at the local level are not stopping the abductions. There needs to be more pressure from the top,” he added. “We have seen cases before where we’ve seen victims returned when the police put pressure on the kidnappers. We know it’s possible, unfortunately, the police are often complacent.”

Six added that the problem is largely ignored by the international community and that the U.S. needs to be more vocal about the issue in its dialogue with the Egyptian government.

One reported incident occurred in the city of Luxor as recently as February when 15-year-old Amira Hafez Wahib attended a morning prayer service at a local church, according to the study from ICC. Amira had asked her mother if she could go to a store near the church to buy an item. Her mother let her go but urged her to hurry right back.

But Amira never returned and is still missing.

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Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls subject of special debate by MPs

MPs will put partisan politics aside during a special after-hours debate on the plight of more than 300 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar lodged a formal request for an emergency debate last Thursday.

"Since we have come to know of the situation a couple of weeks ago, the world has been seized with the issue," he told House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer.

He also noted that the government has already indicated that "some initial steps … have been taken."

"If we can do this, we can have a debate that will please the Canadian population as to what they are looking for from their Parliament; that is, to be seized with this issue."

In response, Scheer noted that, as the father of two young girls, he understood that concern, but postponed the discussion until Monday to ensure that more MPs would have the chance to take part, as the House rose early last week because of the National Day of Honour.

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Nigeria govt "considering all options" after Boko Haram proposal

Nigeria's government is reviewing all options in response to the Islamic militant group Boko Haram's offer to trade the schoolgirls it abducted last month for jailed comrades.

"The government of Nigeria is considering all options towards freeing the girls and reuniting them with their parents," Mike Omeri, director general of the National Orientation Agency, part of the Ministry of Information, told a news conference.

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Nigeria-govt-considering-all-options-after-Boko-Haram-proposal-352028

only God the Almighty is who we turn to. It is written, "not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord"

Praying with you Valerie, for these precious girls.

Thanks Regina,

I'm sure the parents, and these children appreciate our prayers.

May God, be their refuge, Amen.

Prayerfully,

Valerie