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The past, the present: Artificial Intelligence and the future.

There's no doubt that Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a big role in humanity's future; perhaps even more than Personal Computing has previously.

THE PAST

Reading Bill Gates' and Steve Jobs' respective biographies, you can sense how the world was then, and how these two men perceived it and saw it through the lenses of their different individual brilliance. One saw the potential of putting this device (the personal Computer) which was accessible then to only companies, in every home; while the other looked into the user and his wants, and invented something that the user will not only need but desire.

Their competition brought the best out of both of them, made them friends, before bringing them at loggerheads; because they viewed computers in different ways.

Jobs, the salesman saw The computer as a hardware component you can sell, while Gates saw it as more software than hardware. The way either man thought of the computer, influenced the growth of their companies and ignited their feud.

Today, Microsoft is still a software company, seldom going into hardware, while Apple is known for its ability to personalize devices and give users a unique experience.

After the exponential growth that the world experienced in access to computing devices, a need to connect these devices arose. The internet came into existence, and because a connected world naturally calls for more ease of access, Computing devices shrank in size, and with them their components; leading to smaller Computers and then Smart Phones.

This began the slow move away from personal computing in the form of the PC.

While computing devices gained the ability to communicate with each other regardless of distance, a need to consolidate available talent arose because the few companies that existed then saw that harnessing the intelligence and talent scattered all over the developed world was the way forward.

Jobs and Gates thrived previously because of their abilities to see things uniquely in their own ways, the challenge for the next generation of technologists after them, slowly moved away from "what to come up with" to "talents to harness"- basically, a "Networked intelligence" of people.

Over the years, added to the scarcity of talent, Moore's law kept evolving the technology arena, by doubling the number of transistors in integrated circuits; while halving the price of these components required to build new technologies; ultimately, this ensured that the barriers to entry were lowered every two years, opening the industry further to new players, new thinkers and new ideas.

In the coming years, the "networked intelligence age", loosely referred to as "When the dot com bubble was about to explode" started.

Notable names around that time include a Reinvigorated Steve Jobs, fresh off his sabbatical at NEXT; back at Apple, aiming to tap into opportunities afforded to him by the dot com bubble and the cult-like following he was beginning to command among tech enthusiasts.

Furthermore, there were Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who co-founded Google (Today, a child-company of the larger Alphabet), Jeff Bezos, who started Amazon, Elon Musk, who was part of the team that revolutionized online banking (Paypal), and today is a giant in the reusable energy, Automobile, and Space industries.

THE PRESENT

A latter-day success, Mark Zuckerberg, found himself in an age when the dot com bubble had well taken off. He combined his brilliance and ability to spot talent, with a penchant for learning; to grow as technology matured. Being quite young and with the swagger associated with "hacker culture", Zuckerberg not only revolutionized social media, he started a company that offered flexibility to its employees, something Tech professionals appreciate.

Bill Gates retired and Steve Jobs died, leaving their giant creations- Microsoft and Apple in the hands of their proteges.

With most of the world on the internet in the 2010s, tech companies could relax with the scramble for talents. The internet has spread the art of software development and IT beyond North America, Europe, and Asia; and companies can now focus on making their products and services stand out.

Jeff Bezos and his team at Amazon sought to understand the customer so that they can sell everything to him, in the process bettering Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and eCommerce; Google diversified into research with their X division, which engages in research and development; Facebook kept their learning culture going, evolving their technology to better provide their services, while Elon Musk was busy with Tesla, SpaceX, Open AI etc.

While each company's services improved to better serve customers, they made a lot of money and their talent streams kept on being flooded with fresh talents to bring new ideas.

New breakthroughs by Google's Deepmind, IBM's Watson and Microsoft's AI and many other Machine Learning (ML) research opened new frontiers.

Suddenly, Machine Learning (ML) opened up a possibility, one which had the potential to save companies a lot of effort and offer users a lot of better service.

Rather than banking only on mobile and web applications, Amazon also invested a lot in research and development, and struck gold with Alexa, their virtual assistant that relied on their machine learning and CRM infrastructure; they also came up with their smart speaker and Ecosystem among other things. Apple followed the same way with Apple home and Siri, Google with Google Talk and Microsoft with Cortana.

Facebook also started playing with ML. Their appeal and ability to basically poach talents from other companies afforded them the chance to hire professionals in ML and Virtual Reality (VR), and set up divisions for ML and VR research. Their exploits with ML helped to make the Facebook app smarter and tailored to each user's individual need.

The "Newsfeed" on Facebook was improved to tailor everything, from posts to people, according to how often users interacted with them. We simply woke up one day to find that our Walls were always filled with posts by people that always interested us. Unbeknownst to us (some of us), Machine learning was at play. Facebook also applied ML to Instagram, making it smarter and slicker. In fact, Facebook's ML division came up with a package that other departments who are not conversant with ML can use. This ensured that Facebook was littered with Machine learning; from search to inbox to Friend Suggestions.

Google also used ML to make their suggestions smarter. A good example is how eerily accurate their suggestions have become.

Try first searching for say "Game of Thrones", then type the first letter of something (A Character, A place, etc.) from Game of Thrones; more often than not, Google will suggest what you intended to search for, and this is not just AJAX or any similar library we use to retrieve data from ordinary databases; this is Machine learning. This moved Google closer to its dream of making information available to people before they even make a search. This is just one aspect. The entire google eco system is also littered with ML.

THE FUTURE

These exploits and more with Machine learning, Cloud Computing, and Virtual Reality, are slowly heralding us into the Artificial intelligence(AI) age: an age when machines will achieve a degree of intelligence, independent from humans and their input.

When you combine Machine learning, Computer vision, Virtual reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation, what do you have?

You have an age when machines will usurp humans at top of the Blockchain (sorry food chain, wink); what does that mean for us?

On one hand, you can think of autonomous vehicles, better medical diagnosis, more efficient manufacturing, better and faster research with the aid of machines, Mind blowing games, tailored advertisements, AI friends etc. The potentials are unimaginable.

But on the other hand, we have philosophical questions to ask, we have moral and ethical questions to ask, heck! We'll even have religious questions to ask. There's also Hollywood, which has made a fortune from scaring us about Artificial intelligence.

No wonder the AI discussion has always stirred controversy.

While Ray Kurzweil, a Google executive has Mesmerized us with "what a symbiosis between humans and machines" can do for both humans and machines, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have warned of the great dangers of Artificial intelligence.

What do you think of AI?

This is an introductory article about Artificial intelligence. The writer has tried to limit it to a few examples and scenarios. The Topic will be explored further in subsequent articles.

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Written By Abba Abdulqadir Adamu, A futurist and Business Information Technology (BIT) Professional.

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Kudos to them for making Naija proud these students must be well monitored regardless of their position at the end of the Olympics.

When we talk of heroes, we refer to those that make rare things happen. We also speak of people whose activities are geared towards the emancipation of their countries from the shackles of colonial onslaughts. We mean people who lay their lives for the growth and development of their fatherlands and the people that inhabit them. They are people that also make rare sacrifice above selfish interests. Heroes are honoured and remembered during and after their life time in various ways for their struggles and invaluable contributions to the progress of their people and human race in general.
Singing the Nigerian National anthem, a stanza of pledge strikes our mind and it says, “The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain.” Indeed, the governments and people of Nigeria have kept this pledge for the peace and unity of the country. The labour of our heroes past is often appreciated by immortalizing them and their names through naming of structures, institutions and monuments for posterity. Various governments and people of Nigeria have also honoured and remembered some of our heroes that have laid their lives for the progress of the country and her people through national honours and merit awards. The names of such awardees will fill volumes.
But there are still others whose names have not featured prominently in the roll call of local and national honours and merit awards. These people are Habib Raji Abdallah, Abdul Aziz Atta and Abdulmalik Atta of blessed memories. These three forgotten heroes hail from the Central Northern Nigeria in Kogi State. Their great contributions in the development of Nigeria shall remain a shining star to Nigeria and Nigerians.
Habib Raji Abdallah of blessed memory was a foremost Nigerian Nationalist who as a civil servant in Kano in 1946 defied the General Order as it was popularly called and broke the chains of bondage that fettered him to join the Zikist Movement which he later headed. Habib Abdallah and his fellow Zikists were said to have supported the General strikes of 1945 against the British imperialism. Habib Abdallah was also said to have pulled down the Union Jack and branded it as ‘a symbol of persecution and brutality.’ He was also said to have called the then Governor-General as ‘Richards, the Iron Hands.’ When in 1949 a number of striking Coalminers in Enugu were fired on and killed, Zikists responded with positive action, in an outbreak of riots throughout Nigeria. This led to the banning of Zikist Movement after its leaders have been jailed. In October 1948, the Zikists delivered a public lecture which was an exact equivalent of the American Declaration of Independence of 4th July, 1776 because the title of the public lecture was ‘A call for a revolution.’ After the lecture, the leaders of the movement were arrested and arraigned before the court for prosecution. Prosecution lasted till early 1949 when they were finally sentenced to two years imprisonment. During one of the prosecution sessions in November 1948, Habib Abdallah in his defence made a further personal declaration of his Independence of British Colonial government and asked other Nigerians to do the same.
In 1950, Habib Abdallah was released from prison. Once again, he joined the National Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) for the independence struggles. But unfortunately, the NCNC later became a regionalist party following the internal ideological quarrel that split the party into two. At the slightest identification of this regionalist orientation of the NCNC, Habib Raji Abdallah resigned from the NCNC in 1955 and joined the NPC which he actually belonged to in a regional politics. He was appointed the party’s Principal Organising Secretary and Administrative Secretary up till 15th January, 1966 when the Military staged the first coup d’état in Nigeria. Habib Abdallah later started to lead a life of religious seclusion. But in 1968, Police Commissioner Audu Bako appointed him the Chief Executive of Kano State Pilgrims Board. He finally retired from the public service in 1978.
Indeed, Habib Raji Abdallah, a Northern radical was one of the bravest Nigerian Nationalists. Right in the presence of a British-born trial judge, Mr. Justice James Really Gregg, Abdallah attacked the colossus of British imperialism by raining abuses, insulting statements, accusations, insinuations and innuendoes at the empire and her imperial agents. Mr. James Gregg no doubt shared some of Abdallah’s views and grievances. In what amounted to ‘mother of all treasonable felonies’, Mr. Gregg ended up, sentencing Abdallah and his fellow comrades at- arms to only two years imprisonment. Habib Raji Abdallah died in December 1982.
Our second forgotten hero is Alhaji Abdulmalik Atta (1914-1969). In 1951, Abdulmalik was nominated by the Native Authority (N.A) to the Northern Regional House of Assembly in Kaduna. He pursued a highly distinguish pioneering diplomatic career. In the same year, he was also appointed the first Agent General for the Northern Nigeria in the United Kingdom and later became the first Nigerian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom until 1967 when he moved to Paris as the Nigerian Ambassador to France. His diplomatic dexterity was reflected in the remarkable role he played during the trying period for Nigeria’s Independence. He acted as the vital link between the Colonial Office and the Nigerian nationalist Leaders through the Pre-independence Conferences held in London. It was in recognition of his excellent diplomatic records the Queen of England honoured him with the award of the Commander of the British Empire CBE.
During the critical period of the political crisis that later led to the abdication of his father in Ebiraland of Kogi central, even though he was his latter’s Secretary, he successfully and patiently accommodated all the powerful opposition elements without antagonizing anyone of them nor creating permanent enmity between them and himself. His perception of the whole episode was that it was in accordance with the dictate of Allah. This was in spite of the fact that the opposition elements remained arch enemies of his father; they all accorded him great honour and respect throughout his lifetime. Abdulmalik’s transparent honesty and accountability earned him the post of the first Treasurer of the Northern Peoples Congress, NPC. His generosity extended beyond ethnicity, age, sex, religion or kinship. He could give his priciest material possession to anyone who merely expressed admiration without even asking for it.
It is very difficult to separate his virtues from his high devotion to the religion of Islam. He studied and comprehended Islam. He allowed the faith to influence virtually all facets of his life and popularized the cause of the religion particularly in Ebiraland. He financially supported Scholars engaged in the promotion of Islam in Ebiraland. He did not believe in the acquisition of material wealth or in building houses since he devoted the greatest part of his life in building his house in the hereafter. Alhaji Abdulmalik was the second Ebira Muslim to perform Hajj in 1947 after his father who went on Hajj in 1930. He invited Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, the West African Leader of the Reformed Tijjaniyya to Okene for the first time in 1953. He cemented the relationship between Ebiraland and Koalas in Senegal with the marriage of one of his daughter to the Sheikh in 1959.
The popular respect, reverence and affection Alhaji Abdulmalik Atta had attracted from the entire Ebira by virtue of his own exemplary personality was amply demonstrated on the fateful day of his death when the shock that followed in the wake of the incident led to the immediate and voluntary dispersal of people from the Okene Central Market. Alhaji Abdulmaalik, popularly known as ‘Mallam Malik’ was a man of God, a man of the people and a man of the nation. His types are rarely produced more than once in the lifetime of a community that is fortunate to have them. He died on 28th August, 1969.
Our third forgotten hero was Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Atta of blessed memory. He worked in the public service as an administrator between 1948 and 1972, serving in the former Eastern Region for ten years, and in the Federal Service for fourteen years. He started his career as a Cadet Administrative Officer in the Colonial Service in 1948, rising to the peak of his career in 1970 to become Secretary to the Federal Military Government and Head of Service. In all the places he worked, he established a reputation not only as a hard working, competent, committed and an honest civil servant, but also as a loyal, patriotic and totally detribalized Nigerian. As an administrator and civil servant, Abdul Aziz made immense contributions to national development, as attested to, by some of his colleagues, bosses and those who knew or worked with him.
Abdul Aziz believed Strongly in, and was committed to, the ideal of one united, indivisible, and strong Nigeria. He believed that the country has a lot of potential to become a great nation. On account of his strong belief in the Nigeria project, he worked hard, especially during the crises between 1966 and 1970 that almost led to the disintegration of the country. Abdul-Aziz was involved in almost every happening throughout the period. Realizing the gravity and implications of national survival, he did his very best to participate actively in the work of the various groups that tried to mediate. As one of the most senior administrative officers at the time, he was regularly in touch with various leaders in the four regions, pleading for understanding, cooperation, compromise and the need to avoid conflict.
The Eastern leaders, many of who were his colleagues, subordinates, friends and associates, knowing his genuine and patriotic motives, saw him as a nationalist and a neutral person. They listened to his ideas and respected his views. The Northern leaders saw him as one of their own, though he had never served nor lived in the North. They knew he meant well for the country as a whole. They too listened to and respected his views and suggestions on the issues that were in contention then. He was well known in the west to be a detribalized Nigerian. Many leaders in that region equally respected his opinion and suggestions on those crucial issues which threatened the unity of the country. So, Abdul-Aziz was uniquely placed to play a significant role in the series of crises that nearly tore the nation apart.
Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Atta was a party to the decision to release Chief Obafemi Awolowo from prison and to appoint prominent, credible and experienced civilians as Federal Commissioners to help the Military run the affairs of the country and give it credible and some measure of stability. As the most senior Northern Federal Permanent Secretary then, he rallied and led a group to Ikeja during the July 29th 1966 coup, to dissuade the restive and rebellious Northern Soldiers and coup leaders, from their original secession plan which would have caused a lot of damage to Lagos and chaos in the whole country. It was the same group that assisted the soldiers to set up the new administration under the leadership of Gowon. The history of Nigeria would have been different if he and his co-patriots had not played that crucial time in our history.
Abdul-Aziz was largely instrumental in advising the government to make urgent arrangements for the purchase of arms and ammunition from Arms Dealers, as he saw the inevitability of civil war, and the likely refusal of Britain, United States and other western Countries, to sell arms and ammunition to Nigerian government. He followed this up and ensured the government had enough and regular stock of arms and ammunition. When he was Permanent secretary, Ministry of Defence, Abdul-Aziz contributed greatly to the establishment at Kaduna, of Nigerian Defence Industries, which produced arms and ammunition for use by Nigerian army. The production of these arms reduced dependence on imported arms and saved foreign exchange for the country. He also contributed to the establishment of military training institutions in the country, such as Nigerian Defence Academy. He ensured rapid Nigerianisation of the Nigerian Army during the post independence period.
It was Abdul-Aziz Atta and his colleagues who, after carefully studying the Aburi Accord document and its implications, strongly advised the Military Government to review the agreement which, if implemented, would have seriously weakened the authority and positions of the Federal Government. Accordingly, the Aburi Accord was never implemented by either side. Of equal importance was the fact that the decision of the Gowon administration to restructure the then four regions into twelve state structures in order to contain the threat of secession and allay fear of regional domination was largely the initiative of Abdul-Aziz Atta and his administrative colleagues. He also advised the new Gowon administration that, contrary to the popular belief at the time, it should not bother to seek external recognition for the regime, since those countries would likely impose their conditions for recognizing the new government. Thus the issue of seeking external recognition for the regime, hitherto considered important for any new regime, was simply ignored.
These are not all. Abdul-Aziz Atta was one of the ardent advocates and proponents of “No victor, No vanquished” idea, officially declared at the end of the civil war. The underlying idea was to ensure quick reconciliation with the Igbos after the war. He quickly re-established contact with them and provided much needed assistance to civilians who had suffered greatly from the effect of the war. He was highly in support of the policy of re-absorption into Federal Civil Service, some Igbos Senior Officers who fled to the East before and during the outbreak of hostility. He made personal efforts to find all his old friends in the East, offered assistance to those he could find, and rehabilitated some others. As a Federal Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance for four years between 1966 and 1970, he helped to maintain reasonable level of economic activities in the country, principally due to his reputation integrity and personal discipline in ensuring fiscal responsibility.
As the Secretary to Federal Military Government and Head of Civil Service, Abdul-Aziz worked extremely hard to build a strong, disciplined and efficient civil service, which was a pride to the nation and compared favourably with any in the world. He set a high standard in accountability, transparency and incorruptibility. He also gave the civil service a positive sense of direction, gave it confidence, hope and sense of belonging, and protected it from undue political interference from the Military. The force of his personality and authority was such that he enjoyed the confidence and loyalty of the people he worked with, including his colleagues and bosses. He participated actively in and made valuable contributions to many policy decisions, actions and plans for post war reconstruction, and development programmes. He contributed immensely to the preparation and implementation of the 1970 to 1974 National Development Plan, the implementation of which saw rapid transformation and socio-economic and infrastructural development of the nation so soon after the civil war. The success which the plan achieved was a tribute of the quality of his leadership of the service.
Abdul-Aziz Atta was committed to and pursued relentlessly the policy of indigenization of the private sector of the economy. He was one of the brains and advocates behind the indigenization decree which sought to encourage Nigerians to take over certain enterprises which were then being handled or controlled by foreigners. He felt that such foreigners were not really contributing to the growth of Nigerian economy. He worked hard to ensure the implementation of the decree. He also played a leading role in negotiating and ensuring Nigerian membership of OPEC, a move which was not popular then with some western countries. Equally important was his role in laying the foundation of NNPC. He contributed also to initiation of the new Federal High ways, connecting northern and southern parts of the country such as Port Harcourt, Warri-Benin Kaduna Highway, Calabar- Makurdi-Yola Highway, etc. What about the initiative to introduce National Youth service Corps (NYSC) Scheme, which was one of the initiative of Abdul-Aziz Atta and his colleagues as they saw the scheme as one of the practical ways of promoting integration and unity.
Abdul-Aziz Atta died on 12th June, 1972. Prominent people, among which included his administrative colleagues, expressed their views and tributes when he died and after his death. Such personalities among others are Dr. Fabunmi, Chief Sunday Awoniyi, Chief Philip Asiodu, Alhaji Ibrahim Damcida and Chief Allison Ayida. Others are Alhaji M.D. Yusuf, General Yakubu Gowon, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Barrister Fred Egbe, Ambassador J. S. Attah, Ambassador Abdullahi I. Atta, Alhaji Daudu A. Umar, Chief Dr. Majekodunmi, G.K. Dosunmu, Ikemba Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chief J.O. Udoji and General Muhammad Buhari. All these personalities have attested to the great contributions of Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Atta to the growth and development of Nigeria as contained in his biography book titled, “ABDUL AZIZ ATTA: An Administrative Genius and a Patriot” by Professor Albert Ozigi and published in November, 2004.
In view of the enormous contributions of Alhaji Habib Raji Abdallah, Alhaji Abdul Malik Atta and Alhaji Abdul Aziz Atta to the development of our great Country, Nigeria, we call on local, State and Federal Governments of Nigeria to immortalize their names and persons for posterity without further delay.

http://arewatrust.net/2015/01/12/remembering-the-contributions-of-abdulmalik-abduaziz-and-habib-raji-abdallah-to-the-development-of-nigeria/

Imam Malik said: The sunnah is like the ark of Prophet Nūh (alayhi salatu Wa salaam) and whoever embarks upon it will be saved.

NAZARETH, ISRAEL - Father Matthias Karl hoped to begin rebuilding his shattered church complex on the shores of the Sea of Galilee after Christmas.
But following an arson attack six months ago that left one Catholic monk hospitalized and caused nearly $1.8 million in damage, the Israeli government, while strongly condemning the incident, has yet to provide promised financial compensation or put the two right-wing Jewish suspects on trial.

The June assault was the latest and most dramatic sign of tension between
Christians in Israel and a growing movement of Jewish extremists who seek to cleanse their nation of religious minorities.

"The attacks have become more brutal and more aggressive," said Father Nikodemus Schnabel, a Benedictine monk at the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion in Jerusalem that has been subject to several attacks. "And we have not been happy with the political response."

Taking a page from the Islamic group ISIS operating in neighboring Syria , a small group of young fundamentalist Jews influenced by radical religious leaders target Christian sites as centers of heretical idol worship and unwelcome missionary activity. In the past three years, a dozen churches and monasteries have been bombed, burned, or vandalized. Until the June firebombing, no one was charged in any of these incidents...

On the night of June 17, according to court documents, 20-year-old Yinon Reuveni and 19-year-old Yehuda Assraf left Jerusalem in a Subaru they had just bought in the West Bank, where they live in a Jewish settlement.

The two men stopped to buy gasoline at a filling station outside Tel Aviv, and arrived at the Church of the Multiplication along the Sea of Galilee that night.

The white stone church, built on top of a 5th-century sanctuary, commemorates the place where tradition says Jesus multiplied loaves and fishes to feed a large crowd. It features 6th century mosaics that are among the earliest Christian mosaics in Israel. Six monks and six nuns manage the complex that includes guest accommodations and is overseen by Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem.

Israeli officials say that the two men waited until three in the morning to pour and light gasoline at the entrance to the monastery and in the reception area for pilgrims. They also spray painted in red the Hebrew words from a Jewish prayer denouncing idols.
Source: National Geographic

Last week, an assailant defaced the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, the local headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, scribbling graffiti in Hebrew reading, "Death to Arabs and Christians and to everyone who hates Israel." This followed a letter received by a top Catholic official that threatened to kill him and other Catholic clergy in Israel.

Vandals also damaged a Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, spray-painting it with the words: "price tag," "Jesus is garbage," and "King David for the Jews." It was another of a wave of both anti-Christian and anti-Arab graffiti and vandalism that has swept through Israel in recent weeks.

The attacks are largely believed to be carried by Jewish extremists who are now almost daily defacing Christian and Muslim property and places of worship inside Israel and areas controlled by Palestinian authorities. The extremists say their graffiti and vandalism is the "price tag" for the government trying to restrain West Bank Jewish settlers.

On Sunday, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, the Vatican's most senior cleric in Israel, said, "The unrestrained acts of vandalism poison the atmosphere, the atmosphere of coexistence and the atmosphere of collaboration, especially in these two weeks prior to the visit of Pope Francis."

The patriarch called the price-tag assaults acts of "terror." He accused the authorities of not doing enough to bring the perpetrators to justice, saying, "The actions are drawing only condemnation by Israeli leaders but few arrests."
Source: Christianity Today

http://www.islamagainstextremism.com/articles/kxdjnay-jewish-supremacist-extremists-terrorising-christians.cfm

It is called Glocal meaning you think globally but apply it to your local needs. Do not copy a system in its entirety without taken into consideration the factor of your locality

Nice one

I'd like to make a clarification here those who espouse the views of daesh, and other than them are not from Salafiyyah even if they ascribe to the this honorific title.
They're khawarij and the scholars of Islam have made this clear right from the earliest times the likes of al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, Ash-Shahrastani, Shaykh Bin Baz, Shaykh al-Albanee, Shaykh Bin Uthaymeen, Shaykh Rabee al-Madkhalee etc.
The researchers are correct in their report but missed some points.
visit islamagainstextremism.com

Blame it on marginalisation.

Progress

Ḥasan al-Baṣrī Raḥimahullāh: “For every Ummah is an idol which is worshipped and the idol of this Ummah is Deenār and Dirham (i.e wealth).”

● [الآداب الشريعة ٣/٢٩٧]

Translated By: Sameeullaah Sameeullaah (Aboo Maryamm)

Newnas:
I remember during the fitnah of the Jamaican deviant, he was similar to this mesu jamba tekfeeri.

He declared Albany, ibn Baaz and Uthymeen kuffaar.

It is said that he told his follower:

If you have a copy of the Quran, soheehul Bukharee and my lectures, you are sufficed.

SubhanaLLaah!!!

The one who claimed that Albani is weak in aqeedah, may Allāh rid the ummah of deviants like this.

Imam al-Barbaharee said in Sharh us-Sunnah: Islam is sunnah

woodcook:
You not stating categorically that you are not in support of it can be taken as you being cool with that.

You not stating now that the action of the Northern Youth was a call for coup is tantamount to you supporting it.

If you really need the apology hurry up ooh, I have a fancy dinner to attend to tonight at 48.8584° N, 2.2945° E. I will bounce within 20 minutes bro

Typical ranting of an outclassed fellow enjoy your tomfoolery.

woodcook:
You can get my apology if and only if you accept that the action of the IPOB youths does not amount to a coup and should be viewed in the same light as any other civil disobedience.

You're shifting the goalpost, prove to the world that I supported those who stoned Jonathan. Don't make a claim you can't back.

woodcook:
Stop changing the narratives abeg!! All you need to do is show me where you clearly stated that the action of the Northern Youth towards the president then was tantamount to calling for war? If you can't show that then you are a hypocrite simple.

Hypo stay off my lane.

The burden of proof is upon the claimant prove to the whole world that I supported the actions of those who stoned Jonathan back then.
I know you can't prove your claim so you better apologize.

woodcook:
Hypocricy is your second name,when Northern youths stoned the convoy of a sitting president why didn't you guys ascribed it to being tantamount to staging a coup.

Because IPOB youth voiced their (without any form of violence) it has automatically translate into coup.

I don't support civil disobedience or any form of rebellion against constituted authorities. So, you're attacking the wrong guy.

I pray you don't lead others to their destruction while you are tucked safely elsewhere.

I hope the new found director and his co-travellers doesn't push themselves to self destruction. Attacking a sitting governor is tantamount to staging a coup and his security men can shoot at random to protect the live of their principal.

Fudayl ibn ’Iyyād said:
*If you are able to be unknown, then do so. What does it matter to you if none knows you? What does it matter to you that none praises you? Why would it matter to you that you are criticized by the people if you are (considered) praiseworthy by Allāh?*
[At-Tawādu’ wal-Khumool by Abū Bakr Al-Qurashī pg.44 | Translated by: Raha Batts]

sadaqt

To fulfill all righteousness it's high time Nigeria produce an Igbo President. Ngozi123 and Eph123 whatcha say?

Sh. 'Abdur-Razzāq al-Badr Hafiẓahullāh mentioned that an old man came to him and said: 'O Shaykh I have not memorised anything (of Qur’ān) except for Sūrah al-Fātiḥah and Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ and I stand in prayer every night for 2 hours.', then he began to cry and asked: 'O Shaykh is it permissible for me to keep repeating them (2 Sūwar in every prayer)?',
Sh. 'Abdur-Razzāq al-Badr said: 'Look at this one and his 'Ibādah and look at the one who has memorised all of the Qur’an yet he sleeps until Fajr prayer.'
● [Taken From: ﺷﺮﺡ ﺃﺧﻼﻕ ﺣﻤﻠﺔ ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺁﻥ ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻳﻂ ١٢ ] (Paraphrased)
Translated By: Sameeullah Sameeullah

I'm indifferent to the whole issue sha let thy will be done. One love to good people. Peace out

Enebeni leave the onuras (ipods) alone to them anyone with a contrary opinion is an Afonja what an ignorant set of people. Nigeria is more than the 3 major ethnic groups. Vedaxcool I know the article was penned down by a Nigerian but they are fond of pushing an agenda by using a third party.

Aljazeera promoting division since time immemorial Vedaxcool have you seen why Gulf countries want it closed?

Truth234 Minister of Trade and Investment

My grouse with this administration is the inability to jail big time crooks past and present if the country wants to burn because of that let it burn because we are tired of people stealing and yet nothing is being done to serve as deterrent to aspiring thieves.

Mynd44 and lala day don break Oga do d needful

The thieving class knows no ethnicity when it comes to looting public treasury but once they're caught and prosecuted for their crimes they play the ethnic card because they know some will defend them without paying for their services.

Another one from the stables of Stealing is not corruption.

What a bad PR

Let the authorities step in to resolve the land dispute. Say no to war, and yes to peace.

God bless Nigeria and Nigerians.

I love healthy competition!