Boko Haram

“This is the heartland of Boko Haram”

Arguing that defeating Boko Haram needs an ideology to counter it, the poster blames liberal bigotry, which leaves tribals to their ways, and conservative bigotry, which bombs but does not…

Brown Pundits Archive29 May 20140 comments
Total war declared against Boko Haram

Sardonic commentary on a regional summit declaring war on Boko Haram after the Chibok kidnappings, with news extracts. The poster doubts the group can be easily beaten and mocks liberal…

Brown Pundits Archive18 May 20140 comments
The Chibok Christians must convert (or die)

The poster argues that Boko Haram’s threat to the Christian girls of Chibok is consistent with an aim of a Sharia state for ‘the right sort’ of Muslims, comparing it…

Brown Pundits Archive10 May 20140 comments
The marines have landed in Nigeria

Sardonic commentary on the arrival of a US task force in Nigeria to help find the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, with a news extract. The poster doubts they can be found…

Brown Pundits Archive9 May 20140 comments
Boko Haramis and their ilk

A reworked piece written for Viewpoint, placing Boko Haram’s demand for ‘pure Islam’ in northern Nigeria’s history of Islamicate states, especially the Sokoto Caliphate and its British-era afterlife, and the…

Brown Pundits Archive8 May 20140 comments
Boko Haram burns down Gamboru Ngala

A report that Boko Haram razed the Nigerian border town of Gamboru Ngala, killing hundreds. The poster says it is unclear what can be done and expects any foreign intervention…

Brown Pundits Archive7 May 20140 comments
Patience Jonathan is (only a lesser) evil

The poster condemns Nigeria’s first lady, Patience Jonathan, who reportedly shouted down women protesting the Chibok kidnappings and ordered arrests of protest leaders, which her office denied. It argues elites…

Brown Pundits Archive7 May 20140 comments
Rafia Zakaria middle-fingers the (complicit) West

Responding to Rafia Zakaria’s charge that the West whitewashes its complicity in the Taliban and Boko Haram, the poster agrees partly but says India is also stereotyped as the country…

Brown Pundits Archive7 May 20140 comments
Boko Haramis, alternative models, and the good old days…

A hurried first take arguing that Boko Haram puts the partly imaginary, partly historical ‘Islamic model’ in front of the world, and that leader Abubakar Shekau’s sincere conviction and talk…

Brown Pundits Archive6 May 20147 comments
“I abducted your girls. I will sell them”

A report that the Boko Haram leader, in a video, said he would sell the abducted Nigerian girls. The poster expresses anger and helplessness and says the root is Wahhabi…

Brown Pundits Archive5 May 20143 comments