Bridge of Grace

On August 1st, Boko Haram insurgents attacked an IDP camp in Camroon.  The camp of Nguetechewe, located on the border region of Nigeria & Camroon, housed over 800 people from Nigeria and the surrounding region who have been displaced by the ongoing insurgency of Boko Haram and other Fulani militants.  The ongoing insurgency has displaced over 320,000 people in this region near Nguetechewe, and over three million overall.  On an early Sunday morning, witnesses reported that 20-30 Boko Haram insurgents attacked the camps, looting the shelters and firing at fleeing refugees.  Shortly after the attack began, two suicide bombers detonated their bombs, killing 13 in the initial blast, and five more would later die of their injuries.   Boko Haram has been carrying out terrorist attacks for years.  Though principally operating in Northern Nigeria, the Jihadist group has launched numerous cross border attacks against Chad, Niger, Cameroon, even Burkina Faso...

Throughout northern Nigeria, Boko Haram and Fulani militants have engaged in a vicious and violent campaign to create in Islamic Caliphate in the region and enforce strict Sharia Law on the populace.  Among the most strongly enforced laws of Sharia are the Blasphemy Laws.  These laws decree that anyone, Muslim or non-Muslim who says anything considered derogatory toward the Islamic Faith, specifically the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, will be suffer severe punishment, which could include the death penalty.  Recently, a twenty-two year old Muslim singer by the name of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu fell victim to this draconian practice.   Originally from the region of Kano, Nigeria, Yahaya recently released a song on social media in which he sang a song of praise for his favorite Imam who serves in the Tijaniya Muslim Brotherhood.  Critics of the song accused Yahaya of professing such deep praise for this Imam that he elevated him above the Prophet Muhammad.  This wa...