Posted on: 2012-07-30
By Joseph DeCaro, Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Worthy News)-- As the number of murders by a militant Islamic group in Nigeria continue to grow, some Congressmen are questioning the Obama administrations refusal to officially designate it as a terrorist organization.
Boko Haram, which translates as Western education is sinful, wants to create an Islamist state ruled by shar'ia; to that end, the group unleashed a series of deadly bombings against Nigerian churches last Christmas that killed and maimed many defenseless parishioners.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Worthy News)-- As the number of murders by a militant Islamic group in Nigeria continue to grow, some Congressmen are questioning the Obama administrations refusal to officially designate it as a terrorist organization.
Boko Haram, which translates as Western education is sinful, wants to create an Islamist state ruled by shar'ia; to that end, the group unleashed a series of deadly bombings against Nigerian churches last Christmas that killed and maimed many defenseless parishioners.