Kaduna – The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu
Sanusi, has linked forceful marriage of the girl-
child, Boko Haram insurgent and similar social
vices in Nigeria to exposure of youths to
information technology and social media.
Sanusi, a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor
spoke on Saturday at the 10th Annual Ramadan
lecture organized by Voice of Nigeria (VON), NTA
and FRCN, in Kaduna,.
He explained that a product of girl-child marriage
does not enjoy any parental care, adding that
such a child finds interest in insurgent activities
at a very young age.
According to the Emir, “the youth learn fast, new
ideologies from the Internet and after watching
they go to Iraqi and Syria to join the Jihadist
groups.
“Are we still living in the era when a father can
force his daughters into marriage without their
permission? Yes, we are. Early marriage, yes we
are in Nigeria, and it is hurting and destroying our
society.
“We are the ones to address these social issues
because they are problems.
“And, you know from taking her out of school and
forcing her into marriage without education
results in having a child from her who does not
have a mother that can give the child proper
training.
“That is a child that gets on drugs, India hemp or
joins Boko Haram. All these things are connected.
We have to face these challenges.
“Information technology and emergence of
Internet and social media, today youth go on the
computer and they learn Islam from Facebook
and Twitter.
“They learn Islam from videos they watch on
Facebook and after 14 to 15 hours watching new
things they need to become jihadist.
“They get up and go to Iraq or Syria or
somewhere and join the groups, and there are no
controls.
“Right inside your house, your son can be sitting
upstairs in the bedroom getting indoctrinated into
an extremist group without your knowledge. We
need to watch what our children watch. And we
need to talk to them.
“If we do not give them the correct Islamic
education, they will find the wrong education on
the Internet.
“Now, this is very important because we have
spent so much time in ignorance. I know we must
send our children to school to acquire Western
education which is very important.
“You have children going to England and
becoming radicalised in America on the Internet
not only in the muslim countries.
“So we need to make sure that we give our
children correct Islamic education especially to
take them away from religion extremism.
“In the 21st century, the Muslim ummah is facing
enormous challenges.
“This century is facing challenges such as
changing from traditional lifestyles to modern
lifestyles, the increasing independence of women
and awareness of their rights which represent
huge challenges for this Boko Haram especially on
matters of marriage and divorce.”

Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/kano-emir-links-boko-haram-to-social-media-internet/

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true.but not really boko haram ,terrorism at large...to curb terrorism,something needs to be done about the Islamic religion.

Dnt come here and blem it on social media, is it not the same internet the muslems here in the southwest are using why are they not bombing people? What do u expect when u guys were sending ur children to sudan of place for education. This is the monster ur people created so live with it