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Dozens Killed by Radical Islamic Sect in Nigeria - NYTimes.com

Dozens Killed by Radical Islamic Sect in Nigeria - NYTimes.com: "Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden” in the local Hausa language, has focused its attacks mainly on government and police sites in the north, and has also threatened to kill any Christians living there. The group carried out a series of attacks on churches last Christmas. Last summer, the sect appeared to broaden its focus when it attacked the national police headquarters in the capital, Abuja, and the United Nations building there, killing at least 23 people."

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Alright I believe religion is fading away and spirituality which is not in conflict with science is taking its place. But stuff like the above requires a response. My response is that this is the corruption which religion has typically buttressed by its acceptance of non-experiential conjecture in place of experimental reality. Pinker says violence in the world is on the decline and this would be in accord with my thesis. Stories like this should be taken with great seriousness and the false premises buttressing fanatic violence should be roundly opposed. The Abrahamic religions are at the heart of the problem insofar as they buttress violence whether in America or Nigeria.

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