The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu
Sanusi II, yesterday opined that exposure
of the youths of today to information
technology and new/social media is
responsible for the youths becoming
Jihadists and Boko Haram members.
The emir, who spoke at the 10th annual
Ramadan lecture titled “The challenges
of Muslim Ummah in the 21st Century,”
organised by VON, NTA and FRCN, which
held in Kaduna, yesterday, said the
youths learn new ideologies from the
internet and after watching, make up
their minds to go to Iraq and Syria, to
join the Jihadist groups.
“With information technology and the
emergence of the internet and social
media, today, youths go on the computer
and learn Islam from Facebook and
Twitter. They learn Islam from video’s
they watch on Facebook and after 14 to
15 hours of watching new things, they
feel the need to become jihadists.
“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 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,” he explained.

Lamenting that so much time had been
spent in ignorance, the emir noted that
Western education was important and it
was inevitable for parents to send their
children to acquire education but parents
had to note that their children could
become radicalised in any country of the
world through the internet, and not only
when they go to Islamic countries.
“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 lifestyle to
modern lifestyles,” he added.
Also commenting on the thorny issue of
forced early marriage of the girl-child, he
pointed out that it was one issue that
was hurting and destroying the society,
adding that it could not be disconnected
from the Boko Haram insurgency
ravaging the country.
“Are we still living in the era where
fathers can force their 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 and they are
problems.
“And you know from taking her out of
school and forcing her into marriage
without education, it will result in having
a child from her who does not have a
mother that can give him training. That is
a child that gets on drugs, hemp or joins
Boko Haram. All these things are
connected. We have to face these
challenges,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Director-general of FRCN,
Ladan Salihu, who also spoke on the
occasion, advocated for regulation of
Islamic preaching which tends to pollute
the minds of the Muslim Ummah,
resulting in the sinister groups found
around today in the society.
“I’m one of those who subscribe to the
fact that preaching must be regulated.
The situation we have now is people who
preach are not checked. In fact, those
who preach nowadays preach to win
groups to their sides, not souls to the
way of Allah,” Salihu emphasised.

source: www.leadership.ng/news/444755/emir-of-kano-opens-up-on-youths-attraction-to-jihad

Good you indicted your religion, not GEJ.

Boko haram shld be condemned by all No religious group shld support such devilish group #say no to boko haram

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