“It is hard to envisage an end to Boko Haram violence while government forces employ violence with impunity.” Zenn & Pearson With each passing day of horror in Nigeria, as terror on citizens escalates and the body count mounts, it is becoming increasingly clear that injustice and the disregard which characterizes our relationship with rule…
In 2009, Nigerian police forces fighting Boko Haram in the northern city of Maiduguri lost about 30 officers in a violent firefight. The next day, they executed many of the men they had rounded up and detained as suspected Boko Haram fighters. The retaliatory killings often happened right outside police headquarters in full view of…
For a long time now, many Muslims have been condemning the activities of Boko Haram.our internet pages are full of verses and Hadiths of our prophet against killing of innocent souls. Our Christian friends would say “why are the Muslim leaders not condemning their activities?” Muslims leadership in Nigeria came out with many press…
“For the good of our nation, we make a passionate plea that Islam must now be ready to be just a religion like others in the country. Otherwise, the present and future unity and religious harmony in our nation will continue to be seriously jeopardised. “This is mainly a northern problem and this largely for…
When State of Emergency was declared in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, some of us were apprehensive because we fear that the State of Emergency will be a cover for the Joint Task Force (JTF) to continue their atrocities against Muslims under the pretense of fighting Boko Haram, as was the case in Baga and other…
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