BinghiNya:

Muslims,


Please ignore the deluded ones. Islam and Christians both have renegades. People have forgotten how Captain Philips massacred benin people. They forgot how africans were sold into slavery. They forgot how muslims are terrorized day and night in the name of preaching at home, in offices, weherever. They forgot how gazan kids were massacred in thousands some years ago. Rev King is a muslim. Jimmy Swaggart is a muslim. TB Joshua is a muslim. Rev. Adeboye who prays for robbers and looters is a muslim. The eastern Killers and Robbers are muslims. The Catholic priests who sleep with kids are also muslims. Don't throw stone when u live in a glass house. My aunt once threw me out of the house for not attending a church. I am muslim and i am proud to be one. There is only One God, Allah Akbar.

BinghiNya:

Muslims,


Please ignore the deluded ones. Islam and Christians both have renegades. People have forgotten how Captain Philips massacred benin people. They forgot how africans were sold into slavery. They forgot how muslims are terrorized day and night in the name of preaching at home, in offices, weherever. They forgot how gazan kids were massacred in thousands some years ago. Rev King is a muslim. Jimmy Swaggart is a muslim. TB Joshua is a muslim. Rev. Adeboye who prays for robbers and looters is a muslim. The eastern Killers and Robbers are muslims. The Catholic priests who sleep with kids are also muslims. Don't throw stone when u live in a glass house. My aunt once threw me out of the house for not attending a church. I am muslim and i am proud to be one. There is only One God, Allah Akbar.

@auwal87, u obviously don`t know much about Islamic history and present day World affairs. Talk is cheap, action speaks louder than words. If Islam was truly a religion of peace we wouldn`t have Muslims from all the four corners of the World killing and bombing innocent people, for Allah and his messenger. Islam was founded on violence and it`s followers have carried on the tradition. Tell me, how did Usman Danfodio spread Islam in Nigeria? How many raids and wars did Mohamed(PBUH) personally waged on the unbelievers? Read the hadith and Koran with an open mind and u will see that it`s filled with nothing but violence and vengeance. Islam is called imole in Yoruba, meaning forced knowledge.

Saidsalla:

About Islam,nobody has d ryt to curse,to hurt or to kill anyone. But Islam permits takin a revenge but witout exceedings- look back durin obj administran how muslims are killed,their children r lost,their women r violated.To those who r sayin muslims should help to capture those behind jos/abuja bombins. Did they show thos evil doers,heartless ppl?! Are they not christns? Are they praticin xtianity? Who did they kill? Ants or humans? Only justice can bring peace. Muslims r commanded to do justice but how about those pastors that preach hatre towards muslims. Finally, i call for so-called boko haram to stop killins in borno and d rest to move to jos to help their brothers and sisters whom have been tormented in their own country by CAN.

It's natural that emotions are bound to soar in discussions like this. very few people here have made reasonable comments, Part of
which is the fact that,

1) The kind of teachings in homes and religious schools/centers should be carefully watched. Teaching extreme content will not help anyone in this country. Kids are smart and can pick up and continue behavioral patterns and points of views of adults they look up to.

2) Anyone who lives in hatred can never know peace. This goes to all religious grps in this country.

3) Attacking or killing people cannot be justified by any means and should be treated as what it truly is: a criminal offense. It must be seriously punished.

4) Religions being accused of extremism in northern Nigeria owe themselves and their religions tireless re-orientation and re-education of both mis-lead and innocent followers if they hope to reduce( if not totally change) the distorted views they claim many people have about their faiths or culture in the country and beyond.

Frankly, it's a little shocking shocking and disturbing to read some of the comments here by "educated/enlightened (and probably religious) young Nigerians who are at the very least intelligent enough to use a computer. Pls., let's remember this is an online forum, its a public thing and the fact that your faces are not displayed next to your comments should not encourage unguarded expressions of emotions.

lets be civilized and proffer solutions to this barbaric bombings and murders!! (well, i understand this might be extremely difficult for some of us whose lives have been torn apart in the name of religious or cultural extremism )

Anyway what is the purpose of this thread?

(1) A referendum on Islam which a lot of people who do not like Islam will jump on to attack Islam to their hearts' content or

(2) a genuine effort to rally Muslims (who truly understand Islamic principles) to rein in the terrorists

If A, let this thread continue the way it has been going such that the next time some innocent souls are slaughtered, we get behind our computers to rave and rant. Then we go about our normal businesses until next time

If B, let us focus on solutions

Saidsalla:

About Islam,nobody has d ryt to curse,to hurt or to kill anyone. But Islam permits takin a revenge but witout exceedings- look back durin obj administran how muslims are killed,their children r lost,their women r violated.To those who r sayin muslims should help to capture those behind jos/abuja bombins. Did they show thos evil doers,heartless ppl?! Are they not christns? Are they praticin xtianity? Who did they kill? Ants or humans? Only justice can bring peace. Muslims r commanded to do justice but how about those pastors that preach hatre towards muslims. Finally, i call for so-called boko haram to stop killins in borno and d rest to move to jos to help their brothers and sisters whom have been tormented in their own country by CAN.

Did auwal87 and some other Muslims just say that Islam is a religion of peace?  I don't think this your brother agrees as he is calling for the killings to stop in Borno and other areas AND MOVE TO JOS! I hope this kind of people move to the Islamic North(if he doesn't already live there) when Nigeria breaks up so they can enjoy his kind of peace in the Islamic North!

And was somebody also equating christians preaching to boko haram murders? E be like say some people prefer the murders of innocent citizens to sound pollution!

danbasco:

please i need an explanation for this event of my life. A little deviation from the main subject though.

while doing nysc, as a class teacher, a student of mine was reading a book while I was teaching. After calling the boy's attention for the third time, I attempted to seize the book from him. He resisted strongly and almost fought me in my class and then jumped out through the window.

I didnt understand what happened. I got upset and threatened not to enter thier class again. All the student sat quietly, pretending not to know what was going on. Shortly, a little girl managed to whisper to me that I couldnt have touched the book. That I was not clean. That was when it actually began to make sense to me. The boy had been reading a quran and I was "unclean" to touch it. I gave up on the matter and forgot about it all.

When i mentioned the matter in the staff room, a few teachers just giggled, no response. On my way returning from school that day, walking along the narrow path, I almost got lynched. It took the intervention of my fellow corpers to save me.

What actually did I do that almost cost me my life? Can somebody please tell me??

danbasco:

When i mentioned the matter in the staff room, a few teachers just giggled, no response. On my way returning from school that day, walking along the narrow path, I almost got lynched. It took the intervention of my fellow corpers to save me.

What actually did I do that almost cost me my life? Can somebody please tell me??

reindeer:

@truly, what solutions do you proffer?

naijangel7:

Are you even serious? Are you asking what good  reasons non-muslims have for viewing Islam as violent? Have you ever heard the names "Alqaeda" or "Boko Haram"? I´m beginning to worry for your sanity.

naijangel7:

Truly, I truly worry for you o.

naijangel7:

Stick to the context. What are we talking about? Northern muslims. Or is Boko Haram not from the North? Go back and read my post which you are referring to before you say all these off-point statements. And as for your demand for an example, my own family is a very good one. I have a second cousin married to a muslim woman from Maidugri. She has raised all their children (four sons) as muslims and they are in their 20s now. It is not a big deal in my family.

naijangel7:


True. They never go inside a church. How can a Muslim go into the house of worship of Kaffrs? It´s easier to just burn it down from the outside, especially when there are worshippers inside. Anything less will be defiling.

naijangel7:


In other words, you were deaf to the loud criticism from the West, including American citizens themselves against the war in Iraq? Criticism which continues to this day? smh.

kabukabu50:

You are very lucky that you were not beheaded,I would like the Muslims in here to reply to your post .

augustborn:

Even in Lagos, u need the listen to the Muslims call for prayers anytime.

It is a call to attack the religion called Christian, their preaching is mostly name calling.

I hope if the christians were to preach against them they do to us, it would have been war and nothing but war, but one thing we must learn and know is that we all call on GOD and that GOD is the GOD that we know, no matter any attribute or other name you give to that GOD.

Therefore, respect for humanity must be topmost in our hearts. The promise of Ten virgins after killing is barbaric and absurd. It must be jetissoned and forgotten.

Muslims don't have monopoly of violence ooooo. Lets be careful not to provoke others.

congoshine:

truly = Big fat jihadist with absolutly no brains