Abubakar Shekau, November 1, 2014

Date
Nov. 1, 2014
Name of Author
Abubakar Shekau
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“The over 200 Chibok girls have converted to Islam, which they confess is the best religion. Either their parents accept this and convert too or they can die… who says we are dialoguing or discussing with anybody? Are you talking to yourselves? All we are doing is slaughtering people with machetes and shooting people with guns ... War is what we want.”“Nigeria’s Purported Boko Haram Leader Says Had ‘Married Off’ Girls,” Reuters, November 1, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/11/01/world/africa/01reuters-nigeria-violence.html.  

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