1) ISLAM: There is no compulsion
in religion.
BOKO HARAM: Everyone must
adhere to our ways else…
2) ISLAM: Love all and be just to
all regardless of religion.
BOKO HARAM: If you are not with
us you are against us.
3) ISLAM: Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH) lived with peaceful
Christians and Jews as his
neighbours.
BOKO HARAM: All non-Muslims
must leave the North.
4) ISLAM: You are only permitted
to protect yourselves when you
are attacked first. And you
should retaliate justly but when
u gain an upper hand, u shld
better forgive and leave
everything to Allah.
BOKO HARAM: We attack all who
stand in our way
5) ISLAM: A true Muslim is one
from whose tongue and hands
his community is safe.
BOKO HARAM: We do not care
your religion. Muslim or Christian
we will crush any who stands in
our way.
6) ISLAM: Killing of innocent souls
is a great sin. No human being
has the right to take life except
through the due process of the
Law.
BOKO HARAM: Allah will
understand.He will not punish
us.
7) ISLAM: During war, non-
combatant women and children
must not be touched. Talk less of
peace time.
BOKO HARAM: We kill men,
women and children.
ISLAM: At war time, all non-
Muslims that run into their places
of worship or their homes will
not be harmed. Talk less of peace
time.
BOKO HARAM: We bomb non-
Muslims in their places of
worship. We also kill Muslims in
their mosques and homes if we
feel they are a threat to us.
So who really are these people
with warped ideologies and
intents? I may not know what
they are really out to achieve but
I do know for sure they do not
represent Islam. Rather, they are
acting contrary to it's most
sublime teachings: peaceful
advocacy.
Of course, Islam strongly
disapproves of corruption and
incapable leadership!
LET'S WORK TOGETHER,
REGARDLESS OF TRIBE AND
RELIGION TO PROVIDEA BETTER
TOMORROW FOR ALL. (My Name Is
Ismaila, I am a Muslim and not a
Terrorist).
May Allah help us all