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Nigerian Christians Demand Terrorist Designation for Boko Haram

October 28, 2012 | Africa
October 28, 2012
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ICC Note:
Nigerian Americans demand that the US government label Boko Haram a terrorist organization for the violence it is perpetrated against Christians in Nigeria. Why isn’t Boko Haram considered a terrorist group already?
 
10/28/2012 Nigeria (CBNNews) – Nigerian Christian leaders in America are demanding the U.S. government label the group Boko Haram a terrorist organization.
The militant Islamic group has attacked churches and killed hundreds of Christians in northern Nigeria.
Most recently, the group massacred about 45 Christian college students at a polytechnic school.
Rev. James Fadele, with the Christian Association of Nigerian Americans, spoke to a group of reporters this week about the situation.
He said the “extermination” of Christians is “fast assuming the proportion of genocide.”

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