Islamic Leader In Chad Who Called For A 'HolyWar' Against Christians Is Arrested, 70 Of His Followers Killed

Apparently some schmuck islamic leader in the African country of Chad has been calling for a 'holy war' against Christians and atheists across Africa and in Europe and when his spear carrying army met the government's troops with automatic weapons...well, it wasn't that much of a battle. The kingpin was arrested and the threat abated. Here's the scoop from AustraliaBroadcasting:

The 28-year-old Muslim holy man, or sheikh Ahmat Ismael Bichara, was arrested after hundreds of his disciples armed with swords, spears, bows and clubs fought gendarmes armed with automatic rifles at a south-eastern village on Sunday and Monday.
Four members of the Chadian security forces were also killed and six wounded in the one-sided battles at Kouno, 300 kilometres south-east of the Chadian capital N'Djamena.
Bichara, his lip bloodied, wearing a white robe and reciting verses from the Koran, was presented by the authorities to journalists in N'Djamena overnight along with seven of his captured followers.

"Since June 3, he has been calling on all Muslims to prepare to engage in a holy war against Christians and atheists, saying that the war would be launched from Chad to as far as Denmark," Security Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir said.

This is just another north African country to fall into this islamic jihad scenario - it literally stretches from Somalia to Morocco. And all it takes is one nutcase like this Bichara to light the fuse and set off a violent blood bath. The mess in Somalia and and the continued violence in Algeria all started in a similar way.

Which brings to point what will be done to fight this islamic threat in northern Africa. Most of these countries are not linked to each other and quite frankly, are at odds in their forms of government and philosophies, so they are prime areas for the islamist jihadists to form, grow and strike out.

Chad halts 'holy war' by Muslim leader, 70 killed

The 28-year-old Muslim holy man, or sheikh Ahmat Ismael Bichara, was arrested after hundreds of his disciples armed with swords, spears, bows and clubs fought gendarmes armed with automatic rifles at a south-eastern village on Sunday and Monday.
Four members of the Chadian security forces were also killed and six wounded in the one-sided battles at Kouno, 300 kilometres south-east of the Chadian capital N'Djamena.
Bichara, his lip bloodied, wearing a white robe and reciting verses from the Koran, was presented by the authorities to journalists in N'Djamena overnight along with seven of his captured followers.
Ministers in the landlocked ethnically mixed African country, where just over the half the population is Muslim, said the Government had been obliged to act against the Islamic holy man to stop him triggering a religious war in the country.
"Since June 3, he has been calling on all Muslims to prepare to engage in a holy war against Christians and atheists, saying that the war would be launched from Chad to as far as Denmark," Security Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir said.
Cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad published by newspapers in Denmark in 2006 touched off a wave of violent protests in Islamic countries.
Largely arid Chad has suffered waves of violence over the last few years, including not just raids over the eastern border from Sudan by Janjaweed militia and attacks by anti-government rebels, but also bloody clashes between Arab and non-Arab communities.
Some analysts describe east Chad, along with neighbouring Darfur, as a tribal and religious tinderbox.
"Ahmat Ismael Bichara's actions could have plunged the country into fire and blood," Information Minister Mahamat Hissene said.