Al-Qaida Denounces Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirl

NEWSMAX: Even al-Qaida is outraged by the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls, 276 of whom are still missing and who were expected to be auctioned off as slaves in the name of Islam.

“Such news is spread to taint the image of the Mujahedeen,” said one post on a website used by Islamic militants, The New York Times reports…

Various Islamic and jihad groups are distancing themselves from Boko Haram, the group that carried out the kidnapping, with even hard-line militants praying that God would reach out to the kidnappers and “hold them steady to the path” of Islam… (more)

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