For Nigerians In Brooklyn, An Islamist Insurgency At Home Rattles Nerves-BROOKLYN INK
The Nigerian-American Muslim Integrated Community center in Brooklyn houses a mosque where hundreds of Nigerian Muslims go for
By Ernest ChiCho
In 2009, when Nigeria’s armed forces began battling against the radical Islamists of a movement called Boko Haram, some 700 people died in the northeastern part of the country. Yet many Nigerian immigrants in New York, following the situation from afar, felt certain the militants would be defeated and calm restored.
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