http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/11/2011115104423575815.html
The Nigerian group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks, which represent the most co-ordinated and wide-ranging assault yet in their increasingly bloody sectarian fight with the country's weak central government. "We are responsible for the attack in Borno [state] and Damaturu," Boko Haram spokesman Abul Qaqa told the AFP on Saturday.
Absolute despicable attack. Every Muslim should speak up and condemn this bombing instead of questioning the authenticity of the report.
Aslaaam O Alaikum....
Quran clearly condemns and since Quran does so do we Since we're Muslims...
(6:151) ...and do NOT take any Human being's life - (the life)which God has declared to to be sacred - otherwise than (in pursuit of) justice: this has He enjoined upon you so that you might use your reason!
(5:32) ...If any one slays a human being unless it be (in punishment) for murder or for spreading corruption on Earth - it shall be as though he had slain all mankind! where as if any one saved a Life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind!
and i would also suggest that if delved a little more on the subject of Boko Haram in Nigeria you'll find that the main cause of these killings is the government itself because the government is corrupt and many politicians exploit these conditions for their own benefit just like it happens in every other country.... so its not Islam or Muslims who are to be blamed....please read below...
Government blamed
Salisu Mohammed, a conflict management specialist, told Al Jazeera that Nigerian authorities should have acted sooner to stop the proliferation of Boko Haram.
"Many people have known of the existence of this group, silently and within the community, especially in the last year," he said.
"They are becoming more extreme because in the past there wasn't a major push in place to check their proliferation.
"They are taking advantage of a broken-down structural condition in Nigeria that people can take the law into their hands without getting reprimanded."
Analysts have also said that at the heart of this week's violence is dire poverty and political manoeuvring - not religion.
They believe attacks were committed mainly by frustrated, unemployed youths and orchestrated by religious leaders and politicians who manipulate them to retain power.
Mohammed Yusuf, the group's leader, was killed in the aftermath of clashes between Boko Haram and Nigerian police in August 2009.
The police said that he was killed while trying to escape from custody, but his body was found in the street, still handcuffed, raising concerns that he had been the victim of an extrajudicial killing.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/Africa/2009/07/200972913529620235.html
.....since the government has Christians as well then should we blame everything on the Christians ? Obviously no because innocent Christians have nothing to do with it and neither has their faith anything to do with it.
So Muslims and Christians both have to condemn the killings and the reasons which lead towards this mess should also be kept in view by both.
Salaam.