It always baffles me how even the supposedly 'intelligent' people can be so stupidly sentimental. We all agree that the sheikh have done what other scholars couldn't do ( and they have a good reason for staying silent) but still here you are condemning him. Can't you guys use your 'brain' and find out if what he said about the federal government is true? Is it impossible for you to comprehend that it is possible that the sect and the government can all have their share of blame in this? And when CAN president said, time and time again, that the christians will retaliate what did you say?
On Aug 4, 2012 11:05 PM, "Anunoby, Ogugua" <AnunobyO@lincolnu.edu> wrote:
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> Who in Islam determines another's innocence before they are marked to be killed? What does the Sheik mean by "fighting Islam"? Should the Sheik not recognize the right of an unbeliever so to be in this day and time? Does it matter to the Sheik that one may not want to go to heaven after the one's death? It may have been acceptable that some people killed other people for Allah in the 8th century. In this day and age, should religion not be a choice? Should the passage of time not count for something? Human beings are cognition capable. They learn. They develop culturally, mentally, morally, and psychologically. Does advancement not count for something?
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> There may be the temptation to commend Sheik Gumi for breaking rank with other Muslim clerics in his condemnation of non-judicial killings by Islamist extremists. He must go further. He must go all the way and proclaim to his followers that any and all killing in the name of religion is wrong and a great evil. That one is a believer is neither reason nor justification to kill an unbeliever. What evidence is there that anyone who killed for religion made it to any promised land anywhere?
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> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: [Dandali] ~Genuine Muslims don't kill – Sheikh Gumi ~ [AT LAST, A PROMINENT NORTHERN NIGERIAN ISLAMIC LEADER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC TERRORISM AS UNI-SLAMIC BUT IN A POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL MANNER]
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> Sheik Gumi is being bold in standing up against Boko Haram Islamic terrorism currently ravaging Northern Nigeria.
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> Do his further comments criticizing the Nigerian government, suggesting it is an imposed government and describing it as cheating Muslims in recruitment into the armed forces qualify or nullify his critque of Boko Haram?
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> Will anything beyond an unequivocal, unqualified criticism of Boko Haram, by Northern Nigerian Islamic leaders be good enough in the face of the inferno the terrorists are creating in that region?
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> A prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Mahmud Gumi, yesterday described as un-Islamic the killing of innocent people in Nigeria through bombings and
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> A prominent Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Mahmud Gumi, yesterday described as un-Islamic the killing of innocent people in Nigeria through bombings and gun attacks.
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> The cleric said this during his daily Ramadan Tafsir (Qur'an translation and commentary) at the Sultan Bello mosque, Kaduna.
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> Citing various verses from the Qur'an, Sheikh Gumi said Islam does not allow Muslims to kill innocent people, irrespective of their beliefs.
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> "This is why we are of the view that those behind these killings are not doing it because of Islam. Islam does not allow its followers to engage in the killing of innocent people. Even during wars, we are not allowed to torch places of worship of Christians and Jews. We are not allowed to kill women and children except if they are among those fighting Islam. Therefore, these people killing indiscriminately are just wicked people who have an agenda to destroy our religion and our people. It is important for those in authority to stop corruption and stop imposing themselves on people. Nigerians should be allowed to choose their leaders. There should be fairness in the running of the affairs of the country, especially in recruitment of uniformed personnel. I was sad when I saw the list of admission recently released by various military schools. Muslims are being cheated and this is part of the things that cause unrest in the society," Sheikh Gumi said.
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