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"en.20120314.27.3-529-000"2
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"Mr President, Mr Piebalgs, ladies and gentlemen, in 2010, the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning mass atrocities in the region of Jos, where, at the time, a large number of Christians had been massacred. Today, unfortunately, we have to say that the situation in Nigeria has deteriorated. While it is true that freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution, the authorities in Nigeria are too weak to fight organised crime, which does not accept the idea of freedom.
The organisation Boko Haram, which is terrorising the Christian community and is fighting for the introduction of Sharia law in all of Nigeria’s states, is resorting to bombings, in which over 1 000 people have now died. A week ago, two hostages died at the hands of the same group: a British and an Italian citizen, who had been held captive for 10 months.
Two years ago, the European Parliament was in doubt as to whether the main motivation for the outrages in Nigeria was religion. The experts were of the opinion that the roots of the violence in Nigeria were very complicated: economic, social, ethnic, political. However, today it seems obvious that the basic cause of the violence is religious hatred. The name ‘Boko Haram’ can be translated as ‘western education is sinful’, and a command to fight sin and immorality is, by its very nature, a religious command. The conclusion is that we must support those in Nigeria who are trying to oppose the religious fanatics."@en1
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