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Islamists: World’s Worst People

Truly. From the BBC: At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say. Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state. Dozens of schools have been burned in attacks by […]

Truly. From the BBC:

At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say.

Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.

Dozens of schools have been burned in attacks by Islamists since 2010.

Yobe is one of three states where President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in May, sending thousands of troops to the area.

A reporter from the Associated Press found chaotic scenes at the hospital in nearby Potiskum, where traumatised parents struggled to identify their children among the charred bodies and gunshot victims.

Survivors said suspected militants arrived with containers full of fuel and set fire to the school.

Some pupils were burned alive, others were shot as they tried to flee.

All for the crime of being Christian.

UPDATE: Thanks for those pointing out that the victims in this case were likely not only Christians. I jumped to that conclusion because the Islamists in Nigeria have been committing atrocities against Nigerian Christians for some time now.

I still believe that Islamists — politicized Muslims who want to impose sharia — are among the Worst People In The World today. Not all Islamists are the same, but if there were no political Islam, the world would be less bloody.

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