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madridguy:
Your problem is that your thinking is very shallow and you know nothing about global terrorism. You need to sit down and make research on global terrorism and stop attacking people with information.

My observation is very far from religion aspect, my point is based on past antecedents. If you have been following happening around the globe you will understand better.

I made a comment after the Charlie hebdo attack in France stated the attack was a test run that a bigger attack is on its way many sees me as terrorist sympathizer but later it was proven.

European countries have set their roof on fire.

You think you know more about terrorism than others just because you can scream from dawn to dusk then you must be joking. Terrorists have struck European countries in the past and they will continue to strike as long as there is political need for it. Some European countries did pay al-qaeda leaders to avoid attacks instead of cooperating with gulf countries to eliminate them. Yemen and Egypt asked for the extradition of one Abu Hamza but he was protected by UK asylum laws.

madridguy:
Allahu Akbar.

Syrian, Libyan are warming up. European nation don buy market.

You are worse than an BH members aswear. I have been monitoring your comments on threads like this. Islam is free from your ghuluw

Truth234:
amato94

Oga na Amoto94 oya change am b4 my grandma vex for me.

Dino: 21st-Century Crook, 17th-Century University
By Pius Adesanmi.
A fallout of Dinogate: some ABU students and alumni have been roaming the internet with the good news of ABU's greatness.
I have often advocated that misbehaving Nigerian public officials should be dragged to the Eagle Square and flogged publicly. Anybody talking about any University in Nigeria today and the words "great", "excellent", and "exceptional" appear in his sentences should be taken to the Eagle Square and shot.
Many Nigerians, home and abroad, are in denial about the gravity of the situation in our Universities. When I mention the 17th century, they think I am deploying hyperbole for effect. In many instances, I am being sadly and tragically literal.
A problem whose gravity cannot be acknowledged cannot be solved. And those who still think that so-and-so University in Nigeria is great or exceptional or excellent will never allow us to take the full measure of the situation.
There is a reason Wole Soyinka once advocated a one-year closure of our Universities and the declaration of a state of emergency in that sector. He wasn't being mean.
Take something as simple as a website - the first proof of a University's location in the 21st-century. No Nigerian University today has a 100% functional website. NO, NOT ONE! The best you can hope to get is a website that is 80% functional - and this is in the most extraordinary of cases.
There is even a state University in 21st-century Nigeria that has no website at all. I mean it: no website. The only reason I am not naming the said University - for now - is that I have sent a memo to the VC through back channels and I am still waiting for what he has to say.
But that is a state University. What about our "elite" Universities? Go to their websites and it is a tragic tale of broken links, nonexistent Urls and other assorted evidence of 17th-century identity. You want proof? Okay, come with me:
Try to visit the website of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan here and report back to me:
http://socsc.ui.edu.ng/cgi-sys/
defaultwebpage.cgi
This is the social sciences in Nigeria's Premier University. An entire social sciences faculty in Nigeria's first University has no website!! There are more horror stories from UI's website but let us move on. How about you go to UNILAG and try to locate some Departments in the Faculty of Arts here:
http://arts.unilag.edu.ng/
Look for the "Departments" link. There is a drop down for the following departments: creative arts, English, European Languages, etc. How about you click on each of the Departments? Of the six Departments listed, only three have content in their websites. And the only content they have is a welcome message!
You are frustrated that the "Deparments" have no content? You want to check out the staff of the Faculty of Arts at Unilag? Okay, to the right of "Department", click on the "Staff" link here:
http://unilag.edu.ng/staffsearch/
You have to laugh in order not to cry! This is the faculty of Arts in Unilag! There are more horror stories from the website of Unilag.
The horror stories from the websites of UI and Unilag are matched by similar stories from the websites of OAU, UNN, and ABU. And these are the "elite" Universities. Where you can find faculty listings, you cannot find their research or courses or seminars.
Are you a major international funder who wants to make an endowment to ABU for scholarship on Northern Nigerian writing? Perhaps you have $5 million dollars and you are thinking seriously about ABU, especially the Department of English, Faculty of Arts. Before you even make contact at all with ABU, you have to do due diligence. You have to do your home work. In 21st century culture, it means getting your research assistant to look at the current research interests in the Department of English at ABU. It is a cold winter day and your research assistant wants to do the assignment quickly. He goes to the website of the Department of English and clicks on "Research" here:
http://english.abu.edu.ng/research.html
Tough luck. That nonexistent research link has been "under construction" for some years now. I've been monitoring it.
Even Nigeria's most expensive private Universities do not fare better. Somebody will be a product of this sort of thing and be chest beating that one University is better than the rest. I keep telling people: whether you are UI or Unilag or OAU or UNN or ABU, stop disturbing me with tales of your superiority to folks from LAUTECH, Niger Delta University, Bayero University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, etc. All na wash. All na the same unacceptable and intolerable 17th-century backwardness.
I don't make any distinction between Universities in Nigeria. Every University in Nigeria needs to be in the intensive care unit. No exception.
If we don't have the courage to acknowledge this terrible situation, how are we going to fix it? Nigeria can be at the forefront of the advancement of knowledge and civilization if only we would have the courage to accept this situation and fix it.
As terrible as the picture is, just imagine the strides that many of our courageous colleagues who are teaching in Nigerian Universities are making globally. It is from this same rottenly underdeveloped University context, with no facilities and zero resources, that they gallivant the world in conferences, seminars, symposia and conquer. It is from this same context that they win the most prestigious fellowships in the world. Just imagine what they would do if we were to bring our Universities to the 21st-century.
So when you hear yeye ABU students and alumni saying that despite Dino, ABU is this and that, tell them to shut up or else we shall frog march them to the Eagle Square and...
Dino is nothing but a 21st-century crook produced by a 17th-Century University.
I said it. Arrest me!

AbdelKabir:
she is not a moderator, i think you wanted to call on cc instead...... yeah Sissie (cc and sissie sound the same).

Odaabo ke

cc: snapscore

Student: “Peace be upon you.”
Imam: “And peace be upon you and God’s mercy.”
Student: “What is Islam? And what is a Muslim?”
Imam: “Islam is the religion which was revealed to all of the prophets of God. Islam is to submit to God by worshipping Him alone without partners, to obey His commandments and to keep away from all forms of polytheism. A Muslim is a person who follows the Islamic faith.”
Student: “What are the sources of the Islamic religion?”
Imam: “The sources of Islam are two: 1. The Qur’an which is the book that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him). It is considered by all Muslims to be the actual spoken word of God which he communicated to mankind by revelation to his chosen Prophet, Muhammad. 2. The
Sunnah which is the Prophetic tradition or path. This refers to the Prophet’s speech, actions, silent approvals, outward appearance and character that was observed by his companions, written down and passed on generation after generation in written form and oral tradition. This body of literature is often referred to as Hadith . Muslims do not worship Prophet Muhammad in any form whatsoever.”
Student: “Who is Allah?”
Imam: “Allah is God Almighty. It is an Arabic word that means: The God who alone is deserving of being worshipped.”
Student: “Who are the prophets of Islam?”
Imam: “The prophets of Islam are the same as the prophets of the Jews and the Christians whom we refer to as
‘The People of the Book’ . The Muslims also believe in a final prophet that was born in Mecca in 570CE, whose name was Muhammad. So Muslims believe in all of the prophets of God such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them all). Muslims believe they were all sent to instruct the people to worship God alone, to obey Him, to do righteous deeds and to shun idolatry. So there is a shared tradition between these three religions in that they believe in many of the same prophets and in the revealed scriptures.”
Student: “How should a Muslim behave around non-Muslims?”
Imam: “God and His prophet have instructed the believers to treat people with kindness and with the best of manners. God said: “God does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who did not fight against you on account of Religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, God loves those who deal with equity.” (Qur’an 60: A disciple of the Prophet Muhammad called Ibn Abbas said: “Respond to the greeting of peace from a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian because God has said: “And when you are greeted with a salutation of peace, then greet in response with one better than it or at least the same as it.” Another disciple, Ibn Mas’ood would greet the non-Muslims by waving at them. (Ref:
Adab al-Mufrad of Bukhari). Muslims must be truthful, honest, caring, charitable and neighbourly towards Muslims and non-Muslims alike. A disciple of the Prophet, Abdullah Ibn Amr cooked a goat and said to his servant: “Have you sent some to our Jewish neighbour yet? I heard God’s Messenger say: ‘Angel Gabriel did not cease to exhort me concerning the neighbour until I began to think he would inherit from me!'” (Ref:
Bukhari) When the Prophet and his disciples were in Mecca being oppressed and treated badly by the pagan tribes, he made mention of a Christian Abyssinian King about whom he said: “If only you were to leave out and go to the land of Abyssinia, for indeed there is a king there who does not oppress anyone.” (Ref: Biography of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham). So this type of friendly interaction between the Muslims and non-Muslims leads to people having good thoughts about God, Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and his disciples which in turn leads to a greater understanding of the Muslim faith. The great Muslim scholar Ibn Uthaimin said: “Look how many people there are who first entered into Islam because of the fine conduct of the Muslims, their truthfulness and honesty in their transactions.”
Student: “We see Islam and terrorism often mentioned together these days. So what does Islam say about terrorism?”
Imam: “Islam forbids all forms of terrorist activity. There are however some extreme factions of people who, in the name of Islam, terrorise both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The most well-known of these militant groups are Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria and Iraq. These terrorist groups are called Khawarij in Islamic terminology because the term refers to those who rebel against Islam and the Muslims. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) foretold their appearance and instructed the Muslims to stay away from them, and to defend themselves if they attack them. They first rebelled against the Prophet’s disciples in the time of the fourth Caliph, Ali, killing some of the finest companions of the Prophet Muhammad.”
Student: “So why do these militant Khawarij look upon the rest of humankind and see them as worthless who can be killed without mercy and compassion?”
Imam: “Because they believe they are the only ones left with any true faith in God, and everyone else besides them is an infidel, or an apostate whose life has no value. They see themselves as God’s chosen people who must punish all the “enemies of God”, cleanse the earth by the mass killing of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. That is why they can stroll down a street and open fire on every man, woman and child in sight without a second thought or any compassion. One of their leaders openly claimed:
“Today the whole of the world is a land of unbelievers, even Mecca and Madinah.” These Khawarij are merciless killers who have no compassion, they kill innocent, unarmed civilians without any regard for life. They do not judge by God’s Laws; they are a law unto themselves and they have no religion except that which they have invented for themselves; they murder Muslims and non-Muslims indiscriminately. They burn Muslims alive in cages, and then claim piety for themselves! And you have heard this yourself from the actions of ISIS. The Prophet said: “No one punishes with fire except the Lord of the fire.” (Ref: Abu Dawud) The Khawārij are people who have no mercy, so they will not be shown mercy, just as the Prophet Muhammad said: “Whoever does not show mercy to people, Allāh will not show mercy to him.” (Ref: Muslim )”
Student: “What are the signs of radicalisation that I can spot in others so I can avoid it and advise them?”
Imam: “There are certain signs and signals that you can see in someone who’s trying to radicalize others. Let me list a few of the clearest signs of an extremist: 1) He will constantly focus upon the political situation of the Muslim regimes in the Middle-East, and make that the centre-point of his discussion as if it is the most important affair in Islam. 2) He will abuse the Muslim rulers declaring them to be unbelievers and apostates; and then justify violent revolution in Muslim countries under the banner of “judgement is for Allāh!” A phrase misappropriated by the extremists and misused. 3) He will praise the leaders of extremist ideologies such as Sayyid Qutb (died 1966). Qutb is revered by extremists all around the world from Ibn Laden to Anwar Al-Awlaki. He was a prominent leader of the Egyptian group, The Muslim Brotherhood. His writings are widespread and translated into dozens of languages including English. The US-born Yemeni terrorist, Anwar Al-Awlaki once boasted that he was so immersed in the writings of Sayyid Qutb that he felt the presence of Qutb with him in his prison cell! 4) He will declare all Muslims who contradict his political world-view as unbelievers. 5) He will quite often glorify the acts of violence perpetrated by terrorists whether it be suicide bombings, beheading of hostages, killing of non-Muslims, kidnappings, etc. You will not hear condemnation of violent extremism or its figureheads from him.”
Student: “If I see Muslim women in hijab or men with beards who pray, should I be worried? Will they try and recruit me?”
Imam: “Not at all. Muslims are commanded to dress modestly and pray five times a day, spend in charity, fast in Ramadan and do righteous deeds. So when you see Muslim women in hijab, men wearing long shirts and growing beards, do not take these as signs of extremism. You should never confuse orthodox Islam with extremism. Many learned practising Muslims are the most vocal in opposing terrorism. Eating halal meat, praying five times a day, growing a beard and wearing a hijab are not signs of extremism! We need to beware of the methods the extremists employ to try and recruit Muslim teenagers, both boys and girls. I am sure you’ve heard of cases where teenagers have run away from home to join ISIS, leaving their families behind. They were groomed on the internet by extremists who convinced them to hide their true intentions and their radical beliefs; to lie to their parents, relatives and teachers, and eventually run away from home. This is haram (forbidden) in Islam because it involves deception, causes heart-ache to loved ones – and of course joining a militant group opposes the Islamic faith. The Prophet would not allow people to run away and leave their parents behind in tears. You must not be deceived by the videos and speeches of ISIS because they are very skilful manipulators of the truth who can easily convince people by their misinterpretation of Islam. That is why many young people who fell into their web of deceit and left their homes fell into regret later on and are now stuck thousands of miles away in a war zone where people are killing each other daily.”
Student: “What can I do if I know someone is trying to invite me to join ISIS or other extremist groups, or even planning a terrorist attack?”
Imam: “You must tell someone you trust; tell a parent and a teacher, or the police. It is a duty in Islam to stamp out terrorism. The Prophet (may the peace and blessings of God be upon him) said: “There are no people amongst whom sins are committed and they are stronger than those who commit them yet they do not prevent them except that God will punish all of them” So when you know someone is about to commit a crime, you cannot stand by and let that happen. Allah and His Prophet have instructed us to help stop criminal acts.
Student: “So what does Islam say about Jihad?”
Imam: “Jihād in Islām is of various types. It is to strive in God’s cause; and this begins with striving against one’s soul in obedience to God; to learn Islam correctly from the right sources; to act upon what you have learned; and to teach that to others with patience, even if you suffer hardship in that path. So this is Jihad as the great scholar of the middle-ages Ibn Al-Qayyim (died 752AH) stated. And from the types of Jihad is war upon the battlefield in a conventional and strictly legitimate war. An example of a legitimate declaration of war was the first Gulf War in 1990-91 after Kuwait was invaded by the Iraqi army under the leadership of Saddam Hussein. So Saudi Arabia defended its borders by the use of its recruited army in an alliance with other countries. The following are some of the important principles and guidelines of Jihad as agreed upon by the Muslim scholars:
A) War is declared by leaders who have legitimate governments and not by individual citizens, or terrorists, or insurgents, or preachers, or through social media! B) This war must be for a just cause, in obedience to God, and for His worship. C) Civilians cannot be killed or harmed in conflict and war. This includes securing the safety of all civilians: women, children, monks, emissaries, teachers, nurses, doctors, aid workers and so on. The claim of terrorists that all non-Muslims [and even Muslims who disagree with them] are legitimate targets goes against Islamic teachings. D) One does not fight for personal gain, or tribalism, or to steal wealth, or for political partisanship, or to rape and pillage, or for repute, fame and adventure. The terrorists obligate what they call jihad in any situation and have thus hijacked the term. They fight without a legitimate rulership, they kill those whom it is not permitted to kill, Muslims and non-Muslims alike; they plant bombs in civilian areas; they kill themselves in suicide bombings, which is forbidden. They murder those whom the rulers have invited into Muslim countries under the guarantee of security and safety. So what they partake in cannot be considered as Jihad in any sense of the word.”
Student: “Thank you Imam for your time and may God’s peace be upon you.”
Imam: “It has been my pleasure – and may the peace of God and His Mercy be upon you.”
—Compiled by Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid
—Twitter @AbuKhadeejahSP
http://www.abukhadeejah.com/free-leaflet-understanding-terrorism-a-guide-for-teachers-and-students-excellent/

There is no place like a home.

Question:
May Allah give you good noble Shaykh, the questioner says: ‘We hear a lot these days, that the wife is not required to serve her husband as it relates to cooking and washing clothes. Therefore we would like from you a word to explain this affair.
Shaykh Fawzan:
The woman now has evolved; she doesn’t take care of her husband. Now if you need her to take care of some of your needs, she doesn’t stay in the house. The husband comes and sits in the house and waits and she doesn’t come (home); or she comes at the last part of the night. Now the women are rebellious. It is from the Sunnah for the woman to serve her husband. The female companions, may Allah be pleased with them, served their husbands, they cooked and took care of the home and they were the female companions, the best women of this nation. Faatima the daughter of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah are upon him and may Allah be pleased with her; used to carry water on her neck such that the rope left a mark on her neck. She requested from the Messenger that he provide her with a servant and he refused. He refused to provide her with a servant and he ordered her to seek help by remembrance of Allah and seeking forgiveness from Allah; and she was the daughter of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah are upon him.
Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee

Truth234 whatcha say?

Yunus Ibn Abdil A’laa said:

❝I heard As Shaafi’ee say: Oh Yunus! Total refrainment from the people brings about their animosity,

while freely mingling with them attracts evil companions, so be between total refrainment and free mingling.❞

[Collected By Imaamudh Dhahabi In Siyar A’laamin Nubalaa, (10/89) | Translated By Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]

Climax11:
YOU'RE JUST IGNORANT OF THE LAW..........DID ANY COURT OF LAW CONVICT MIKE FLINN(FORMER SECURITY ADVISER TO TRUMP)B4 HE RESIGNED OVER A MERE ALLEGATION? ONLY IN THE ZOOLOGICAL REPUBLIC. FOOLS EVERYWHERE!

What about Jeff Sessions? You just insulted a large pool of people. Learn to be civil.

OmoIgala:
Ok my fellow statesman, maadahi. Etemeya?

ete odaahi. ölu kolö?

Splashme:
Magu's performance that day was very poor.

Besides, it will be stewpid of President Buhari to even represent
Magu again after that damning report from the DSS.

We claim to copy our democracy from USA and I ask if a US president
will even ever present a personality that has been so grossly indicted by
the FBI or CIA to congress for appointment.

Only a foolish illiterate president will do that and I won't be surprised if president Buhari does it

Jeff Sessions

OmoIgala:
Wait a minute, but I know some Ebiras that call themselves Egbura. The Toto and Umaisha people in Nassarawa who work on Igala farms call themselves that.

Yes you're right about that but those of us in Kogi Central refer to ourselves as Ebira.

OmoIgala:
Well, Igala and Yoruba have their similarities in terms of Language.
In terms of culture, other things too like tribal marks , I think the two were connected before Igbira people came here and settled in the middle, because despite being neighbor to Igbira people we share more with Yoruba than them, that is why I say that.
On the other hand, there are regional variations within Igala culture, like the Ankpa and Olamaboro people have some commonalities with our Idoma neighbors.

Chairman its called Ebira.

Probz:
How true is it that Ebira and Igbo languages are similar?

They are not similar. Ebira have borrowed words in Yoruba and Hausa and barely none Igbo. Ebira as an ethnic group are not only found in Kogi and there are different Ebira dialects found in Kogi .

You look like an Angolan

*How we differ with Ikhwaan*
*al-Muslimeen*
*أهـم النقاط التـي تختلفون أنتم*
*و*
*الإخـوان المسلمون*

By
Shaykh
Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wada'aee

للشيخ
مقبل بن هادي الوادعي
رحمه الله تعالى

Translated by
Abbas Abu Yahya
Miraath Publications

The Shaykh was asked:

What are the most important points in which you and Ikhwaan al-Muslimeen differ and is it possible to remedy them?

The Shaykh answered:

The most important point is that we direct to *the Sunnah* and they direct towards *the Chair* (leadership).

It is possible to remedy this if they return to the Sunnah. As for us, then it is not possible for us to surrender anything from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa ala Ahli-hee wa sallam- for the sake of the worldly life.

We do not say: 'The end justifies the means!' Rather we say: Indeed we have been ordered with al-Isteeqama [being upright & righteous], and the victory comes from Allaah.

[From 'Makhraj min al-Fitna p.163]

IpobExposed we are talking about our citizens who are in danger and you're displaying your pettiness just to spite a group. I pray none of your kin should fall a victim to mindless killings/attacks.

It is high time our leaders put an end to this constant attacks against our diasporans by these SAns.

Fear Allāh and don't derail this thread