Os sequestradores pedem repetidamente pelo fim da "educação ocidental".
"As garotas deveriam ir e se casar ao invés de ir para a escola".
Terrorism isn't isolated
Just imagine if 276 girls had been kidnapped in the United
States. The response would be mass outrage and a forceful demand for a
response.
As borders become more irrelevant for terrorists, the whole
world needs to take notice of the likes of Boko Haram.
"We need to take ownership as if this happened in
Chicago or this happened in Washington, D.C.," said Nicole Lee, outgoing
president of the TransAfrica Forum. "We need to be talking about this. ...
We need to make sure our own government is helping in any way that we
can."
What the Boko Haram has set out to do in Africa's most
populous nation is as heinous as the havoc the Taliban is wreaking.
"They actually originated as a group called the
Nigerian Taliban, which kind of explains where they're coming from," said
CNN's national security analyst Peter Bergen. "They are aiming to impose
Taliban-style rule on much of Nigeria, particularly in the north where they are
based."
The group's name itself means "Western education is
sinful" in the local Hausa language. Its aim is to impose a stricter
enforcement of Sharia law. The group especially opposes the education of women.
Under its version of Sharia law, women should be at home
raising children and looking after their husbands, not at school learning to
read and write.
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In November, the militant group abducted dozens of Christian
girls and women, most of whom were later rescued by the military deep in a
forest in Maiduguri. At the time of their rescue, some were pregnant or had
children, and others had been forcibly converted to Islam and married off to
their kidnappers.
Officials told CNN the Obama administration is sharing
intelligence with Nigerian authorities and could provide other assistance, but
there is no plan to send U.S. troops.
A group of U.S. senators from both parties has introduced a
resolution calling for the United States to help the Nigerian government
improve school security and go after Boko Haram.
The resolution stops short of calling for sending American
troops. Instead, it urges "timely civilian assistance" from the
United States and allied African nations to help rescue the abducted students.
Rights groups are therefore heartened at the groundswell of
support, with the globally trending hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.
Crowds from Los Angeles to London rallied over the weekend.
"I think one of the most beautiful things that has
happened is people are taking the hashtag, putting them in front of them and
saying, 'Bring back our girls,'" Lee said. "I think people are doing
that. It's catching fire."
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