A United Kingdom-based Islamic preacher, Mizanur Rahman, is being investigated by police after a video showed him praising Boko Haram for kidnapping over 200 schoolgirls.
The 31-year-old of Palmers Green, north London, claimed in the video-recording posted online that killing non-Muslims was ‘not necessarily a bad thing.’
The sect had abducted the pupils from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State since April 14.
A report by a UK tabloid, Daily Mail, said Rahman also praised the terror group for its activities.
He said in the video, “People want to make it out as though history began on the day these girls were taken from – sorry I should say these women – were taken from this high school in Nigeria.
“They didn’t do to these girls what the Nigerian government had been doing to the Muslims all these years. They didn’t rape anybody. They didn’t torture. They didn’t murder any of these girls.”
The preacher was quoted to have described the terrorist group as being “full of good messages,” including its support for al-Qaeda.
Rahman, said to be a follower of a firebrand preacher, Anjem Choudary, was convicted in 2007 for a murder-related case and bagged a six-year jail sentence. He was released from prison in 2010.
Choudary, who set up the banned Al Muhajiroun organisation with exiled Omar Bakri Muhammad, however, said Rahman was a ‘good friend’ who had given a measured response to the crisis.
He said, “I believe if you look at what he was saying it was very measured. You just have to look at the atrocities that, especially in 2011 and 2012, that were carried out against the women and child of Al Mujahideen by the Nigerian government.
“That story has not been told, and this is retaliation for that. The Americans are only interested in Nigeria because of its oil reserves. Otherwise, they would not be bothered.”
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said, “We are aware of the video and we are assessing its contents. We are not prepared to discuss this further.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The so called preacher is a fool. measured message indeed. He thinks the madman Shekau is only killing christians? Please someone tell him that his friend is now killing anything in sight including his muslim brothers. And lets hear him say its still not necessarily a bad thing. People so blinded by religion that evil is classed as goodness in their twisted minds.
ReplyDeletehis GOD close his eyes when churches were been bomb his god close his eyes when motor park were bomb his god close his eyes when nigerians where killl well i dont blame him bcos his god need blood he is anti islam ,
ReplyDeleteYou need an English teacher ASAP
DeleteEvery Muslim is a TERRORIST.......It is a known fact that every Terrorist activity all over the world is carried out by Muslims.......I wished the whole of them will be wiped out in the surface of this earth,then the world will be a better and safer place to stay......Very useless sets of Idiots.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha islamic preacher imagine what kind of message he will give his listeners to do hummmmn most of them tell their students to kill becox is what quran says especially in the north.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest there is nothing in the practice of Islam to suggest that it is a religion of peace. Lets not make mistake about it. From its formative stage to the present generation of Muslims is being war war. I don't know the type of God they want to meet in heaven.
ReplyDeleteThen how can d idiot explain the death of the emir of gwoza. Just like I said earlier misguided mind and misunderstnading of the Quran is the cause of terrorism. 2mor anoda sect will form and say all christians should be killed bcos they use salt to boil their meat. Stupidty of the d highest level.
ReplyDeleteu ple ar fools islam means peace but da illuminaty ar againts us to hell u and ur supts, Islam is da way.End of days dis da sign
ReplyDeleteI love Islam bcos is my religion no matter what no matter how.
ReplyDeleteThat's what the Nigerian government should have been doing long ago. Investigating all extremists and their sympathizers, from every religion. That's where the curbing of their activities should start. When the Sharia law was adopted and considered as the principal law to be practiced in Zamfara,the govt of OBJ in power then did nothing. Today,he's one of the greatest critics of Jonathan's actions/inactions against BH. As far as I'm concerned he(Obj) should keep quiet & stop critisizing Jona in this BH fight bcos it all started on his time. If he did what he's supposed to do then,we wouldn't be fighting this fight today.
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