“This religion of Christianity you are practicing is not a religion of God—it is paganism.  God frowns at it.  What you are practicing is not religion.  Aside that, you Christians cheated and killed us to the extent of eating our flesh like cannibals!  You did all you wanted to us.  We are trying to coerce you to embrace Islam, because that is what God instructed us to do. Even at that, without provocation, you slaughtered us and took our wives and humiliated us!... We are at war with Christians.”“VIDEO: Boko Haram leader ‘Imam Abubakar Shekau’ Message to President Jonathan,” Sahara Reporters, January 12, 2012, http://saharareporters.com/2012/01/12/video-boko-haram-leader-imam-abubakar-shekau-message-president-jonathan.