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Extremist Boko Haram Leader Arrested in Nigeria
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by Alyzee | July 30, 2009 at 11:09 am
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The Nigerian military scored a major victory against Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist sect it is in conflict with, when its leader Mohammad Yusuf was captured and arrested.
A BBC reporter in Maiduguri said Mohammed Yusuf had been paraded before journalists with no apparent sign of injury.
Recent Boko Haram clashes with the military have killed 'scores of people' in the unrest. Yusuf was found hiding in a goat-pen in his parents-in-law's house.
Boko Haram styles itself after the Taliban and aims to establish Sharia law throughout Nigeria.
Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful" in the Hausa language spoken across northern Nigeria and sums up the main pillar of the group's ideology. Some of its members resigned their jobs as lecturers when they joined the sect.
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at 09:15 on August 5th, 2009
Boko is an ideology. Far from its literal meaning (of Latin education), it represents the present state of leadership in Nigeria and the system of governance. A system that is far from the ideals of the people, their ideology and world views. With corruption at its peak, perpetuated by “yan-boko, with mismanagement of the vast resources of the country, with failure in every aspect of socio-economic life, with a political system that is built on rigging and corruption with no end in sight, boko has failed Nigeria and Nigerians. Boko-Haram is an anti-thesis of the boko ideology. The followers of this world view may not be “educated” the boko way but they see the havoc facing their society, failures of leadership and governance, poverty in the midst of plenty and the uncountable contradictions in the Nigerian society. They are propelled into action to change the wrongs not just in their minds, but by speeches and actions. And it is here they come frontally face-to-face with the beneficiaries (and hence protectors) of the boko system who are not ready to give in by an inch. Boko Haram were consequently over pounded with shells and motors, grenades and gunfire their children, women and even neighbours were not spared, the typical boko way. Even the Niger Delta fighters were not given these horrendous attacks. In fact the Niger-Deltans are now receiving the carrot for their vandalisation of the oil and gas facilities, kidnappings and killings of Nigerian soldiers. But by the way, what is wrong with holding non-conventional views when has it become a crime to express a different opinion in a society that upholds “freedom of creed and speech”? Where is the demo(n)cracy we are daily bombarded with? What of the UN convention on human rights? Is the Nigerian state oblivious of all these? Even if the Boko-Haram attack police stations (they were not attacking the ordinary people anyway) are there no laws to handle them. Must they be massacred? Do
at 05:08 on August 6th, 2009
when you hear anyone who says the western education is prohibited there you know he is a BUNKUM maening illiterate.I guess the western education is there for us to get to know of the situation of the very mans survival.this man those not only means to eradicate the western education only but to cause mental disorderliness by brain washing the good citizens into something else.thanks be to the lord almighty that he has been caught and immidiately face the wrath of the law.nelson from maiduguri nigeria
at 16:10 on August 7th, 2009
i want to remind muslims across the country to have a few time to also make some mind search over the violence, that all about these crises is a defferent hidden agenda but these is expected to a reckon to every dedicatted muslims to know our stand as far as islamic practice is concern as this is nothing but a fight against islam.
at 06:37 on August 20th, 2009
Let me start by saying the full meaning of ISLAM.
It means total submission to the will of ALLAH i.e u do what Allah command u to do and abstained from doing what Allah stop u from doing in our holy book and the sunnah of the last prophet ( PBUH).ISLAM means PEACE and is the ONLY religion that teachs excellent behaviours.
What happened in Maiduguri,Bauchi and Kano is a TOTAL misunderstanding of the Islamic teachings by those involved as so-called muslims, they are complete illetrate in ISLAM.
The prophet of Islam says "SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IS OBLIGATORY FOR BOTH MUSLIM MALE AND FEMALE".
Meaning ALL knowledges are very important,especially the Islamic one.PLS,I want to tell our non muslims brothers that our religion is the religion of PEACE not VIOLENCE.