The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Muhammed Abubakar, yesterday deplored the forcible conversion to Islam of the Christian contingent of the over 200 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok by their Boko Haram abductors.
The Sultan, who is also the President-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and leader of the Nigerian Muslim community, said in Ibadan, Oyo State, that Islam is not in favour of forcible conversion, adding that the action of the Boko Haram sect is in utter contravention of Islamic principles.
He spoke at the commissioning of the Bodija Estate and Environs Muslim Community Islamic Centre.
The Sultan described the abduction of the girls as ungodly, un-Islamic and a negation of the teachings of Prophet Mohammed on peaceful co-existence.
He charged the Muslim community to let the generality of Nigerians understand that Boko Haram members are not genuine Muslims but criminals.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State shared the Sultan’s views, saying there is absolutely no connection between Islam and Boko Haram’s activities.
Governor Ajimobi described Islam as a religion of peace and urged Muslims to always play active roles in Islamic activities for the development of the religion.
The Chairman of the Islamic community, Alhaji Tiamiyu Giwa, also condemned Boko Harams’ continued abductions and killings in the North, while the guest lecturer at the event, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Oladosu, berated the insurgent group for converting the abducted girls to Muslims.
“This is not an Islamic injunction, but an aberration,” he said.
The Sultan will tomorrow in Abuja lead Muslims at a special prayer session as part of the effort to check the security challenge caused by Boko Haram in the country.
He has invited prominent Muslim leaders and clerics to the prayers slated for the National Mosque in Abuja.
The National Muslims Prayers for Peace and Security in Nigeria is aimed at helping the country in “overcoming the current security challenges facing the country.”
The prayers are coming on the heels of an open letter to the Sultan by a prominent Northern rights activist and author, Mallam Shehu Sani, who has been part of several past efforts to end Boko Haram’s five-year deadly uprising through dialogue.
Sani said Nigeria’s top clerics should do more to help secure the release of more than 200 school girls held hostage by Boko Haram, whose mass abduction from a school in Chibok in the northeast on April 14 has drawn worldwide condemnation.
“Religious clerics, particularly in the north, should move beyond prayers and independently move further to reach out to the insurgents and amicably retrieve these girls via means that will guarantee their safe return,” Sani wrote during the week.
“The Chibok girls have guns on their heads and chains on their hands and we have a dangling sword of posterity hanging over our heads,” he added. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeletehmmmmm .,, book haram do not act on their own ,what has been happening in Nigeria b/4 independent and after independent is what the bh did ,only that this time it was open to the whole world ,,,northern Nigeria Christians have been subjected to this treatment since ,,,,we thank you for the message you pass to your subjects and as a leader follow it up
ReplyDeleteI believe that Sani knows that the cleric can free these girls if they really want to. Stop telling us islam is religion of peace pls act and do it. U say a thing and u act differently. Fulani herdsmen are busy killing people in the middle belt and if soldiiers trail them and kill them u will take the next available flight to Abuja and say they are killing muslims. For five yrs bh have bee killing and bombing churches all lips were shut now that they have gone viral killing everbody and no longer heed your orders u shouting that their aggitation is unislamic then what is it? Before we kw it u guys will say Shekau is a Christian.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous May 24, 2014 at 7:52 AM why ar you called the man of God Allah ? hypocrite why you christian follower ar original hypocrite bcouse Surah At-Taubah9: 73-77 (False oaths, breaking promises (to Allah), lying) ْﻆُﻠْﻏﺍَﻭ َﻦﻴِﻘِﻓﺎَﻨُﻤْﻟﺍَﻭ َﺭﺎَّﻔُﻜْﻟﺍ ِﺪِﻫﺎَﺟ ُّﻲِﺒَّﻨﻟﺍ ﺎَﻬُّﻳَﺃ ﺎَﻳ ُﺮﻴِﺼَﻤْﻟﺍ َﺲْﺌِﺑَﻭ ۖ ُﻢَّﻨَﻬَﺟ ْﻢُﻫﺍَﻭْﺄَﻣَﻭ ۚ ْﻢِﻬْﻴَﻠَﻋ ِﺮْﻔُﻜْﻟﺍ َﺔَﻤِﻠَﻛ ﺍﻮُﻟﺎَﻗ ْﺪَﻘَﻟَﻭ ﺍﻮُﻟﺎَﻗ ﺎَﻣ ِﻪَّﻠﻟﺎِﺑ َﻥﻮُﻔِﻠْﺤَﻳ
ReplyDeleteۚ ﺍﻮُﻟﺎَﻨَﻳ ْﻢَﻟ ﺎَﻤِﺑ ﺍﻮُّﻤَﻫَﻭ ْﻢِﻬِﻣﺎَﻠْﺳِﺇ َﺪْﻌَﺑ ﺍﻭُﺮَﻔَﻛَﻭ
ْﻦِﻣ ُﻪُﻟﻮُﺳَﺭَﻭ ُﻪَّﻠﻟﺍ ُﻢُﻫﺎَﻨْﻏَﺃ ْﻥَﺃ ﺎَّﻟِﺇ ﺍﻮُﻤَﻘَﻧ ﺎَﻣَﻭ
ْﻥِﺈَﻓ ۚ ِﻪِﻠْﻀَﻓ ُﻪَّﻠﻟﺍ ُﻢُﻬْﺑِّﺬَﻌُﻳ ﺍْﻮَّﻟَﻮَﺘَﻳ ْﻥِﺇَﻭ ۖ ْﻢُﻬَﻟ ﺍًﺮْﻴَﺧ ُﻚَﻳ ﺍﻮُﺑﻮُﺘَﻳ
ﻲِﻓ ْﻢُﻬَﻟ ﺎَﻣَﻭ ۚ ِﺓَﺮِﺧﺂْﻟﺍَﻭ ﺎَﻴْﻧُّﺪﻟﺍ ﻲِﻓ ﺎًﻤﻴِﻟَﺃ ﺎًﺑﺍَﺬَﻋ
ٍﺮﻴِﺼَﻧ ﺎَﻟَﻭ ٍّﻲِﻟَﻭ ْﻦِﻣ ِﺽْﺭَﺄْﻟﺍ ۞ ِﻪِﻠْﻀَﻓ ْﻦِﻣ ﺎَﻧﺎَﺗﺁ ْﻦِﺌَﻟ َﻪَّﻠﻟﺍ َﺪَﻫﺎَﻋ ْﻦَﻣ ْﻢُﻬْﻨِﻣَﻭ ْﻢُﻫﺎَﺗﺁ ﺎَّﻤَﻠَﻓ َﻦﻴِﺤِﻟﺎَّﺼﻟﺍ َﻦِﻣ َّﻦَﻧﻮُﻜَﻨَﻟَﻭ َّﻦَﻗَّﺪَّﺼَﻨَﻟ
َﻥﻮُﺿِﺮْﻌُﻣ ْﻢُﻫَﻭ ﺍْﻮَّﻟَﻮَﺗَﻭ ِﻪِﺑ ﺍﻮُﻠِﺨَﺑ ِﻪِﻠْﻀَﻓ ْﻦِﻣ ُﻪَﻧْﻮَﻘْﻠَﻳ ِﻡْﻮَﻳ ٰﻰَﻟِﺇ ْﻢِﻬِﺑﻮُﻠُﻗ ﻲِﻓ ﺎًﻗﺎَﻔِﻧ ْﻢُﻬَﺒَﻘْﻋَﺄَﻓ َﻥﻮُﺑِﺬْﻜَﻳ ﺍﻮُﻧﺎَﻛ ﺎَﻤِﺑَﻭ ُﻩﻭُﺪَﻋَﻭ ﺎَﻣ َﻪَّﻠﻟﺍ ﺍﻮُﻔَﻠْﺧَﺃ ﺎَﻤِﺑ “O Prophet! Strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed. They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out: this revenge of theirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which Allah and His Messenger had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them; but if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah will punish them with a grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on earth to protect or help them. Amongst them are men who made a covenant with Allah, that if He bestowed on them of His bounty, they would give (largely) in charity, and be truly amongst those who are righteous But when He did bestow of His bounty, they became covetous, and turned back (from their covenant), averse (from its fulfillment). So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again).muslim is the only way to salvaition
and i.m inviting you to islam
Useless TERRORIST....U are not ashamed to identify urself as a Muslim.....Just luk out havoks Islam is causing all over the world......A religion that laid its foundation on TERRORISM,SUICIDE BOMBING and all sort of TERRORIST activities.......Shame to all Muslims......I wish Islam will be wiped out all over the world,then the world will be a better place to stay.......Just check out the whole world,anywhere Islam exists,there is problem there....Yet they are stupidly tell us they are Religion of peace..........Mr Sultan,how is Islam a religion of peace ? Please tell us...Useless set of TERRORIST Religion.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous May 24, 2014 at 3:48 PM are are vrx vry stupid idiot illitrat like u so told me how christian is religion of peace ? Yeah All Muslims are terrorist...O Really...???? Then, Who started the first world war ?
ReplyDeleteMuslims ?
Who started the second world war ?
Muslims ?
Who killed about 20 millions of
Aborigines in Australia ? Muslims?? Who sent the nuclear bombs of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? Muslims??
Who killed more than 100 millions of
Indians in North America ? Muslims ??
Who killed more than 50 millions of
Indians in south America ? Muslims ?? Who took about 180 millions of African p
eople as slaves and 88% of them died
and was thrown in Atlantic ocean ?
Muslims ??
Who has killed 1 million civilians in Iraq
alone? Muslims? No , They weren't Muslims.... And the list is long ....! So gets your facts right!!!
Tank u my bro/Sist 3:48 pm, God 4saking religion!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are pretty stupid! The two Islamist terrorists that comented above. All you mentioned has nothing to do with religion! Your analogy is completely facile and impotent! All the atrocities you mentioned are purely political! And people from all walks of religion participated in it! They didn't take people to slavery because they refused to accept sharia or Islam, they didn't fight the world war because some folks refused to accept the teachings of a so called "Allah"! They didn't release the Nagasaki bomb because its indigenes are "infidels" ! All you mentioned are purely political in nature and were done both by Hindus, atheist, Christians, Muslims, Jews etc! So get your daft brain right! That's how they easily radicalise you idiots! Anyway, u guys know better in not attempting to come to the SS/SE of Nigeria. That will be your Achilles heel! "Idiotic terrorist religion"
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