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 Politics / Re: BIAFRA: I Have No Interest In The Damnable Zoological Republic - Nnamdi Kanu by crosbreaka: 9:00pm On Jul 02, 2017 |
Igbos and stubbornness and arrogance. For god's you're just five miserable states. Your agitation is just borne out of hatred and in a bid to incite other minorities to join your troublemaking. Now you're been pampered and treated with reason. You're insisting on trouble. Your five landlocked states cannot be independent within or inside Nigerian territory. You'd be surrounded by Nigeria. That will be total blockade: air, land and sea! If you can cut the five states off and relocate into the Atlantic, it will make more sense. Niger delta isn't part of your Biafra. No oil for you. Worse case, Niger delta too be independent but not under Igbo hegemony if Nigeria won't remain united. Otherwise, nothing for you. Nigeria will remain one and United. When the trouble you're agitating for happens, no one will come to your rescue. You are using your hands to destroy yourselves and destroy the country. Niger deltans or middle Beltans will not sacrifice their lives for you. Because you have caused trouble, they will watch and laugh at you or even join to knock your heads. Troublemakers! If God forbid war breaks, igbos will be beaten so hard you won't recover from it. You won't survive it and remain an intact group. Just think of it. You lack the numbers and resources and support. You will be beaten so hard that the first civil war would look like a game. Afterwards, it won't be allowed for you to identify yourselves as Igbo. Conquered people, twice! You're too stubborn that you won't listen. Too arrogant to think everyone else is stupid. Continue. When it happens and you get squashed then you will hear word. That Kanu that is making big mouth can offer you nothing good. 1 Like |
| Properties / Re: Lebanese Blocks Abuja Games Village Gate (Photo) by crosbreaka: 3:23pm On Jun 29, 2017 |
nurshah: If every Nigerian wants to impose his or her will on every foreigner because of "our country" mentality, then it is not a country but a jungle you want to create. When you as a Nigerian does not respect the law of your country, how do you expect a foreigner to respect you in your country? Your authorities have given them right to build and they have legally as the law dictates acquired a land. Why will you tell them they cannot build because there are no church goers in that neighborhood? And this Abuja we are talking about and not some isolated northern village. By the way I am not a Christian. One less church to me is good news. But I cannot impose my will on others. 1 Like |
| Properties / Re: Lebanese Blocks Abuja Games Village Gate (Photo) by crosbreaka: 3:18pm On Jun 29, 2017 |
Some people have government permit to build a church on their own land they legally acquired. Another set of people say there are no people of that community (lebanese Christian community) to attend the church. And some i d i o t s are online supporting trespassing and discrimination and stoking sentiments because the victims are foreigners and the ones taking advantage are Nigerians.imagine if Nigerians abroad are dictated to by a mob mentality; these same people claiming "our country" will cry of racism. For once igbos and Northerners are united in the same thread. Northerners don't want the church for obvious reasons and igbos supporting discrimination because they're xenophobic (they hate foreigners). When/if your yeye Biafra comes into existence, Mugabe will be your president. 2 Likes |
| Politics / Re: ICC Chief Prosecutor Meets Shia IMN Members Over Zaria Massacre by crosbreaka: 8:02pm On May 26, 2017 |
Interesting development |
| Religion / Re: "Buhari's Problem Is Spiritual" - Prophet Wisdom Nnamdi Ezeigwe by crosbreaka: 3:41pm On May 21, 2017 |
My honest opinion about buhari's spiritual problem. I think since the Zaria massacre, his health started deteriorating. He should free Zakzaky and his wife. Seek their forgiveness for the killing of their three son, and compensate the families of the victims. Those hundreds of people killed are not chicken. They are humans. Even if they're not Shiites but devil worshipers, the heavens won't be pleased with such enormous shedding of blood. If you know history well, the Shia struggle has been a spiritual one against oppression. And no ruler has escaped humiliation and divine wrath for oppressing Shiites. From Yazeed who massacred the grandson of the Prophet and third Shia holy Imam-Imam Hussein- his family and his Shiites, to modern day rulers none have escape humiliation and wrath. The list is long. But of note are three of recent worth mentioning. Muhammad Morsi of Egypt after the Salafist mob killing of Shia Muslim Sheikh Hassan Shehata. Morsi accommodating and tolerated the Salafist/Wahhabi sectarian incitement against Shiites in Egypt. Qaddafi of Libya and Musa Sadr of Lebanon. Saddam and Muhammad Baqir Sadr of Iraq. I was listening to a friend who said that Buhari is a Muslim. If he wants spiritual cleansing he should go to Karbala, where Imam Hussein's tomb is found. Countless miracles happen there for Shiites. Buhari still has hope to repent and do the right thing. He should ignore the Wahhabis and seek the holy family of the Prophet Muhammad in Iraq to whom Shiites look up to for inspiration and for spiritual favor against oppression and oppressors. By seeking Imam Hussein,the chief of martyrs, Buhari would've demonstrated his repentance and shun oppression. Imam Hussein is the grandson of the prophet of Islam, Buhari believes in. He's not exclusive to Shiites. That's my two cents. Let those who have ears listen. And let the arrogant ones ignore to their detriment. |
| Politics / Re: Gratitude To Channel TV Staff Who Corrected Gov Elrufai Insult Against Zakzaky by crosbreaka: 9:36am On May 20, 2017 |
hysteriabox: The big problem is not the insult in itself that came out of Rufai's mouth but the medium rufai was using to air his insult to millions. After all killing is worse than insult. A reputable tv channel will not allow itself to be rubbished. The anchor did well. I doubt if she did it out of reverence for the person insulted. If the opposite was the case, she would've done the same. She acted professionally in the face of a governor. |
| Politics / Re: Shia Muslim Group Rejects FG Move To Disobey Court Order On Zakzaky by crosbreaka: 5:10pm On Jan 04, 2017 |
BetaThings: who killed the US ambassador in Libya? Sunnis. last week, who shot the Russian ambassador in Turkey? Sunni. name one ambassador that Shiites are known to have killed. the answer is ZERO! |
| Politics / Re: Shia Muslim Group Rejects FG Move To Disobey Court Order On Zakzaky by crosbreaka: 5:08pm On Jan 04, 2017 |
BetaThings: for the umpteenth time, Jonathan has nothing to do with that incident in 2014. that was a pure road block clash. 33 people were shot and killed, including three sons of Zakzaky. El Rufai called the army "Jonathanian genocidal army" because of that incident where 33 people were shot; but El Rufai is governor of the same state when over 300 were killed and buried in mass grave. Jonathan telephoned Zakzaky to say sorry. no escalation. and Zakzaky thought Jonathan was the devil. he rejected the apology. the same el rufai went on facebook to rejoice that Zakzaky rejected Jonathan's sorry. the posts are still there on el rufai's facebook page. you can use google. when would you stop repeating this annoying lie about Jonathan? |
| Politics / Shia Muslim Group Rejects FG Move To Disobey Court Order On Zakzaky by crosbreaka: 1:26pm On Jan 04, 2017 |
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3406537_image_jpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188 PRESS STATEMENT http://www.islamicmovement.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3127:release-s-zakzaky-reacting-to-garba-shehu&catid=41:frontpage |
| Politics / Re: Buhari Urges Shiites, Niger Delta Militants To Embrace Peace by crosbreaka: 6:38pm On Dec 31, 2016 |
softMarket: why do you lack patience? at lease first commend him for this one. by next new year message, he will address the herdsmen issue in it. it took over a year to positively address the Shiites and Niger Delta. just wait till next year's message. exercise patience. 1 Like |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 4:05pm On Dec 30, 2016 |
FriendChoice: ok. i am shia. please discuss ideas, and not people or personalities. thank you. |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 2:53pm On Dec 30, 2016 |
FriendChoice: Oga no be curse to be Shia. So I should abandon the topic and the points raise that are relevant to the discussion to prove to you what religion I belong to? Why this silly? |
| Politics / Shiite Leaders Visit Femi Fani-Kayode (Photo) by crosbreaka: 2:36pm On Dec 30, 2016 |
*Femi Fani-Kayode wrote:* A delegation of Shiite Muslim leaders from the Sheik El Zakzaky group came to brief me two days ago on the situation in Kaduna and what they have been subjected to by the military and the Nigerian authorities over the last one year. I was horrified by what I heard. These are very patriotic and courageus men whose colleagues have been through so much and whose leader is still in custody. May God free El Zak Zaky at the soonest and may He deliver us all. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207303265929350&id=1516216357 19 Likes 3 Shares
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| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 2:31pm On Dec 30, 2016 |
FriendChoice: If you have nothing sane or intellectual to contribute, clear out. I'm neither Shia. But if Shiites aren't Muslims, I'm not sure what gives you confidence, other than fanatic extremism, that you're Muslim yourself. |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 2:22pm On Dec 30, 2016 |
FriendChoice: are you Demmzy15? it was not directed at you. and I am not Muslim. and it is not copy/paste. so why am i satan? |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 2:14pm On Dec 30, 2016 |
Demmzy15: inviting your Wahhabi hordes of online fanatics and cracking jokes is no response to an article written by a security expert with historical facts. do not judge the messenger. examine the message. you cannot evidently refute the points in that article, written by a professional security expert and former Mi6 agent. based on the article, you should treat these questions. apparently, there is a rift between Wahhabi militants and the Wahhabi Saudi leadership, both the monarchy and the clerics who descended from ibn abdul wahab and hold the position of saudi grand mufti. the Wahhabi militants are opposed to the monarchy of the Saud family. the clerics belonging to the Saudi institution oppose suicide bombings and support the royal family as a tradition and agreement between the al-saud founding father and the wahhabi founder. why do the two differ on these two points? is it because the clerics loyal to the saud ruling family, who are descended from the founder of wahhabism himself, are more humane thank wahhabi militants opposed to the ruling family? or is it because the clerics fear that the Wahhabi militants could use such cheap warfare as suicide bombing inside the kingdom itself and such tactics could prove deadly to the monarchy since Wahhabis are extremists willing to die/blow up themselves at the slightest go? when Wahhabi militants blow themselves up in Iraq and Syria targeting Shiites and Christians and other non-Muslims like the Yazidis, the Saudi response is either silence at best or ambivalent. when these militants operate in the kingdom, they are labeled outright "misguided terrorists". but when they perform in Syria and Iraq targeting other faiths, they are called "Syrian rebels" for instance. why the ambivalence? the monarchy and Wahhabi militants or Wahhabi terrorists like ISIS however agree on takfirism and takfiri attacks and killings; i.e. faith based killings (of adherents of other faiths). as per the above article, the founders of Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism ransacked Iraqi cities and looted, plundered, r a p e d and took prisoners just as ISIS does today in faith based (takfiri) attacks/killings. and another binding point is BEHEADING. both ISIS and Saudi Arabia behead people (which may include members of minority religious groups, dissidents, atheists, terrorists, drug smugglers etc.). while you are trying to appear so sweet and loving to oppose "suicide bombing" in its entirety (to appeal to us Christians) whether used against superior military targets by weak Muslims (as Sunnis do in Palestine against the occupation of their land by a superior force, instead of submission) or when it is used by Wahhabi militants for takfiri killings. that is all sweet sounding. NOW KINDLY EXPLAIN TO US WHY IS SUICIDE BOMBING IN ITS ENTIRETY (defensive or offensive/takfiri attacks) AN UGLY AND FORBIDDEN ACT, BUT BEHEADING IS A NICE PUNISHMENT AND HUMANE WORTHY OF BEING CARRIED OUT BY WAHHABI SAUDI ARABIA? Saudi Arabia carried out more executions (twice as much) by beheading in 2015 than ISIS did. Saudi Arabia is the only country on earth to execute people through beheading!!! you seem to be leaning more towards the views of the Wahhabi institutions in Saudi than the nonconforming Wahhabi militants opposed to the royalty. http://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-beheads-nearly-twice-as-many-people-as-isis-so-far-this-year/208894/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-beheadings-decades-executions/  |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 11:25am On Dec 30, 2016 |
You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia 08/27/2014 11:56 am ET | Updated Jun 03, 2016 Alastair Crooke Fmr. MI-6 agent; Author, ‘Resistance: The Essence of Islamic Revolution’ BEIRUT — The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face of this manifestation both troubling and inexplicable, wondering, “Don’t the Saudis understand that ISIS threatens them, too?” It appears — even now — that Saudi Arabia’s ruling elite is divided. Some applaud that ISIS is fighting Iranian Shiite “fire” with Sunni “fire”; that a new Sunni state is taking shape at the very heart of what they regard as a historical Sunni patrimony; and they are drawn by Da’ish’s strict Salafist ideology. Other Saudis are more fearful, and recall the history of the revolt against Abd-al Aziz by the Wahhabist Ikhwan (Disclaimer: this Ikhwan has nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood Ikhwan — please note, all further references hereafter are to the Wahhabist Ikhwan, and not to the Muslim Brotherhood Ikhwan), but which nearly imploded Wahhabism and the al-Saud in the late 1920s. Many Saudis are deeply disturbed by the radical doctrines of Da’ish (ISIS) — and are beginning to question some aspects of Saudi Arabia’s direction and discourse. THE SAUDI DUALITY Saudi Arabia’s internal discord and tensions over ISIS can only be understood by grasping the inherent (and persisting) duality that lies at the core of the Kingdom’s doctrinal makeup and its historical origins. One dominant strand to the Saudi identity pertains directly to Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab (the founder of Wahhabism), and the use to which his radical, exclusionist puritanism was put by Ibn Saud. (The latter was then no more than a minor leader — amongst many — of continually sparring and raiding Bedouin tribes in the baking and desperately poor deserts of the Nejd.) The second strand to this perplexing duality, relates precisely to King Abd-al Aziz’s subsequent shift towards statehood in the 1920s: his curbing of Ikhwani violence (in order to have diplomatic standing as a nation-state with Britain and America); his institutionalization of the original Wahhabist impulse — and the subsequent seizing of the opportunely surging petrodollar spigot in the 1970s, to channel the volatile Ikhwani current away from home towards export — by diffusing a cultural revolution, rather than violent revolution throughout the Muslim world. But this “cultural revolution” was no docile reformism. It was a revolution based on Abd al-Wahhab’s Jacobin-like hatred for the putrescence and deviationism that he perceived all about him — hence his call to purge Islam of all its heresies and idolatries. MUSLIM IMPOSTORS The American author and journalist, Steven Coll, has written how this austere and censorious disciple of the 14th century scholar Ibn Taymiyyah, Abd al-Wahhab, despised “the decorous, arty, tobacco smoking, hashish imbibing, drum pounding Egyptian and Ottoman nobility who travelled across Arabia to pray at Mecca.” In Abd al-Wahhab’s view, these were not Muslims; they were imposters masquerading as Muslims. Nor, indeed, did he find the behavior of local Bedouin Arabs much better. They aggravated Abd al-Wahhab by their honoring of saints, by their erecting of tombstones, and their “superstition” (e.g. revering graves or places that were deemed particularly imbued with the divine). All this behavior, Abd al-Wahhab denounced as bida — forbidden by God. Like Taymiyyah before him, Abd al-Wahhab believed that the period of the Prophet Muhammad’s stay in Medina was the ideal of Muslim society (the “best of times”), to which all Muslims should aspire to emulate (this, essentially, is Salafism). Taymiyyah had declared war on Shi’ism, Sufism and Greek philosophy. He spoke out, too against visiting the grave of the prophet and the celebration of his birthday, declaring that all such behavior represented mere imitation of the Christian worship of Jesus as God (i.e. idolatry). Abd al-Wahhab assimilated all this earlier teaching, stating that “any doubt or hesitation” on the part of a believer in respect to his or her acknowledging this particular interpretation of Islam should “deprive a man of immunity of his property and his life.” One of the main tenets of Abd al-Wahhab’s doctrine has become the key idea of takfir. Under the takfiri doctrine, Abd al-Wahhab and his followers could deem fellow Muslims infidels should they engage in activities that in any way could be said to encroach on the sovereignty of the absolute Authority (that is, the King). Abd al-Wahhab denounced all Muslims who honored the dead, saints, or angels. He held that such sentiments detracted from the complete subservience one must feel towards God, and only God. Wahhabi Islam thus bans any prayer to saints and dead loved ones, pilgrimages to tombs and special mosques, religious festivals celebrating saints, the honoring of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, and even prohibits the use of gravestones when burying the dead. Those who would not conform to this view should be killed, their wives and daughters violated, and their possessions confiscated, he wrote. Abd al-Wahhab demanded conformity — a conformity that was to be demonstrated in physical and tangible ways. He argued that all Muslims must individually pledge their allegiance to a single Muslim leader (a Caliph, if there were one). Those who would not conform to this view should be killed, their wives and daughters violated, and their possessions confiscated, he wrote. The list of apostates meriting death included the Shiite, Sufis and other Muslim denominations, whom Abd al-Wahhab did not consider to be Muslim at all. There is nothing here that separates Wahhabism from ISIS. The rift would emerge only later: from the subsequent institutionalization of Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab’s doctrine of “One Ruler, One Authority, One Mosque” — these three pillars being taken respectively to refer to the Saudi king, the absolute authority of official Wahhabism, and its control of “the word” (i.e. the mosque). It is this rift — the ISIS denial of these three pillars on which the whole of Sunni authority presently rests — makes ISIS, which in all other respects conforms to Wahhabism, a deep threat to Saudi Arabia. BRIEF HISTORY 1741- 1818 Abd al-Wahhab’s advocacy of these ultra radical views inevitably led to his expulsion from his own town — and in 1741, after some wanderings, he found refuge under the protection of Ibn Saud and his tribe. What Ibn Saud perceived in Abd al-Wahhab’s novel teaching was the means to overturn Arab tradition and convention. It was a path to seizing power. Their strategy — like that of ISIS today — was to bring the peoples whom they conquered into submission. They aimed to instill fear. Ibn Saud’s clan, seizing on Abd al-Wahhab’s doctrine, now could do what they always did, which was raiding neighboring villages and robbing them of their possessions. Only now they were doing it not within the ambit of Arab tradition, but rather under the banner of jihad. Ibn Saud and Abd al-Wahhab also reintroduced the idea of martyrdom in the name of jihad, as it granted those martyred immediate entry into paradise. In the beginning, they conquered a few local communities and imposed their rule over them. (The conquered inhabitants were given a limited choice: conversion to Wahhabism or death.) By 1790, the Alliance controlled most of the Arabian Peninsula and repeatedly raided Medina, Syria and Iraq. Their strategy — like that of ISIS today — was to bring the peoples whom they conquered into submission. They aimed to instill fear. In 1801, the Allies attacked the Holy City of Karbala in Iraq. They massacred thousands of Shiites, including women and children. Many Shiite shrines were destroyed, including the shrine of Imam Hussein, the murdered grandson of Prophet Muhammad. A British official, Lieutenant Francis Warden, observing the situation at the time, wrote: “They pillaged the whole of it [Karbala], and plundered the Tomb of Hussein... slaying in the course of the day, with circumstances of peculiar cruelty, above five thousand of the inhabitants ...” Osman Ibn Bishr Najdi, the historian of the first Saudi state, wrote that Ibn Saud committed a massacre in Karbala in 1801. He proudly documented that massacre saying, “we took Karbala and slaughtered and took its people (as slaves), then praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and we do not apologize for that and say: ‘And to the unbelievers: the same treatment.’” In 1803, Abdul Aziz then entered the Holy City of Mecca, which surrendered under the impact of terror and panic (the same fate was to befall Medina, too). Abd al-Wahhab’s followers demolished historical monuments and all the tombs and shrines in their midst. By the end, they had destroyed centuries of Islamic architecture near the Grand Mosque. But in November of 1803, a Shiite assassin killed King Abdul Aziz (taking revenge for the massacre at Karbala). His son, Saud bin Abd al Aziz, succeeded him and continued the conquest of Arabia. Ottoman rulers, however, could no longer just sit back and watch as their empire was devoured piece by piece. In 1812, the Ottoman army, composed of Egyptians, pushed the Alliance out from Medina, Jeddah and Mecca. In 1814, Saud bin Abd al Aziz died of fever. His unfortunate son Abdullah bin Saud, however, was taken by the Ottomans to Istanbul, where he was gruesomely executed (a visitor to Istanbul reported seeing him having been humiliated in the streets of Istanbul for three days, then hanged and beheaded, his severed head fired from a canon, and his heart cut out and impaled on his body). In 1815, Wahhabi forces were crushed by the Egyptians (acting on the Ottoman’s behalf) in a decisive battle. In 1818, the Ottomans captured and destroyed the Wahhabi capital of Dariyah. The first Saudi state was no more. The few remaining Wahhabis withdrew into the desert to regroup, and there they remained, quiescent for most of the 19th century. HISTORY RETURNS WITH ISIS It is not hard to understand how the founding of the Islamic State by ISIS in contemporary Iraq might resonate amongst those who recall this history. Indeed, the ethos of 18th century Wahhabism did not just wither in Nejd, but it roared back into life when the Ottoman Empire collapsed amongst the chaos of World War I. The Al Saud — in this 20th century renaissance — were led by the laconic and politically astute Abd-al Aziz, who, on uniting the fractious Bedouin tribes, launched the Saudi “Ikhwan” in the spirit of Abd-al Wahhab’s and Ibn Saud’s earlier fighting proselytisers. The Ikhwan was a reincarnation of the early, fierce, semi-independent vanguard movement of committed armed Wahhabist “moralists” who almost had succeeded in seizing Arabia by the early 1800s. In the same manner as earlier, the Ikhwan again succeeded in capturing Mecca, Medina and Jeddah between 1914 and 1926. Abd-al Aziz, however, began to feel his wider interests to be threatened by the revolutionary “Jacobinism” exhibited by the Ikhwan. The Ikhwan revolted — leading to a civil war that lasted until the 1930s, when the King had them put down: he machine-gunned them. For this king, (Abd-al Aziz), the simple verities of previous decades were eroding. Oil was being discovered in the peninsular. Britain and America were courting Abd-al Aziz, but still were inclined to support Sharif Husain as the only legitimate ruler of Arabia. The Saudis needed to develop a more sophisticated diplomatic posture. So Wahhabism was forcefully changed from a movement of revolutionary jihad and theological takfiri purification, to a movement of conservative social, political, theological, and religious da’wa (Islamic call) and to justifying the institution that upholds loyalty to the royal Saudi family and the King’s absolute power. OIL WEALTH SPREAD WAHHABISM With the advent of the oil bonanza — as the French scholar, Giles Kepel writes, Saudi goals were to “reach out and spread Wahhabism across the Muslim world ... to “Wahhabise” Islam, thereby reducing the “multitude of voices within the religion” to a “single creed” — a movement which would transcend national divisions. Billions of dollars were — and continue to be — invested in this manifestation of soft power. It was this heady mix of billion dollar soft power projection — and the Saudi willingness to manage Sunni Islam both to further America’s interests, as it concomitantly embedded Wahhabism educationally, socially and culturally throughout the lands of Islam — that brought into being a western policy dependency on Saudi Arabia, a dependency that has endured since Abd-al Aziz’s meeting with Roosevelt on a U.S. warship (returning the president from the Yalta Conference) until today. Westerners looked at the Kingdom and their gaze was taken by the wealth; by the apparent modernization; by the professed leadership of the Islamic world. They chose to presume that the Kingdom was bending to the imperatives of modern life — and that the management of Sunni Islam would bend the Kingdom, too, to modern life. On the one hand, ISIS is deeply Wahhabist. On the other hand, it is ultra radical in a different way. It could be seen essentially as a corrective movement to contemporary Wahhabism. But the Saudi Ikhwan approach to Islam did not die in the 1930s. It retreated, but it maintained its hold over parts of the system — hence the duality that we observe today in the Saudi attitude towards ISIS. On the one hand, ISIS is deeply Wahhabist. On the other hand, it is ultra radical in a different way. It could be seen essentially as a corrective movement to contemporary Wahhabism. ISIS is a “post-Medina” movement: it looks to the actions of the first two Caliphs, rather than the Prophet Muhammad himself, as a source of emulation, and it forcefully denies the Saudis’ claim of authority to rule. As the Saudi monarchy blossomed in the oil age into an ever more inflated institution, the appeal of the Ikhwan message gained ground (despite King Faisal’s modernization campaign). The “Ikhwan approach” enjoyed — and still enjoys — the support of many prominent men and women and sheikhs. In a sense, Osama bin Laden was precisely the representative of a late flowering of this Ikhwani approach. Today, ISIS’ undermining of the legitimacy of the King’s legitimacy is not seen to be problematic, but rather a return to the true origins of the Saudi-Wahhab project. In the collaborative management of the region by the Saudis and the West in pursuit of the many western projects (countering socialism, Ba’athism, Nasserism, Soviet and Iranian influence), western politicians have highlighted their chosen reading of Saudi Arabia (wealth, modernization and influence), but they chose to ignore the Wahhabist impulse. After all, the more radical Islamist movements were perceived by Western intelligence services as being more effective in toppling the USSR in Afghanistan — and in combatting out-of-favor Middle Eastern leaders and states. Why should we be surprised then, that from Prince Bandar’s Saudi-Western mandate to manage the insurgency in Syria against President Assad should have emerged a neo-Ikhwan type of violent, fear-inducing vanguard movement: ISIS? And why should we be surprised — knowing a little about Wahhabism — that “moderate” insurgents in Syria would become rarer than a mythical unicorn? Why should we have imagined that radical Wahhabism would create moderates? Or why could we imagine that a doctrine of “One leader, One authority, One mosque: submit to it, or be killed” could ever ultimately lead to moderation or tolerance? Or, perhaps, we never imagined. This article is Part I of Alastair Crooke’s historical analysis of the roots of ISIS and its impact on the future of the Middle East. Read Part II here. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair-crooke/isis-aim-saudi-arabia_b_5748744.html |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 11:10am On Dec 30, 2016 |
Renaissance2017: don't mind him jare wahhabism/salafism and terrorism are 5 and 6. no be today. |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 10:58pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
Laid2001: please free GEJ. It was not GEJ. GEJ called Zakzaky and apologized. what happened in 2014 was not the doing of GEJ going by his apology. GEJ never justified the killings of 34 people including three sons of Zakzaky which El Rufai referred to as "genocidal". it was purely not an incident. there was no follow up action after that incident against them. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Religion / Re: Shiite Members Celebrate Christmas With Christians In Kaduna (Photos) by crosbreaka: 10:51pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
ohiku4every1: they have joined Christians during occasions in show of solidarity before the Zaria Massacre. This is not the first time. but perhaps because of the ordeal they have gone through, this time the event has gained more publicity. Christians in Kaduna also join them in show of solidarity during their own occasions like Ashura. 1 Like |
| Politics / Re: Court Orders 24/7 Police Protection For El-Zakzaky & His Wife Upon Relase by crosbreaka: 11:31pm On Dec 21, 2016 |
afraidofCHANGE: you see how stupid you sound? your posts smells of $hit. i am no northerner. you keep assuming, and based on sentiments, not facts, you type rubbish and spam the attention of sane people. this is how the buffoon in Kuje was uttering big empty threats. now look where the clown is begging for mercy. he used his big head and step foot on the land he was threatening. and you of course does not see him as a terrorist because he is not Muslim or northerner. silly! |
| Politics / Re: Interview With IMN Spokesman- Musa: Shiites’ Travails Are Foreign Sponsored by crosbreaka: 9:14pm On Dec 20, 2016 |
FriendChoice: is el rufai a christian? he paid a condolence visit to Zakzaky before the election that brought him into power. after the elections, the rest is history. the same Zakzaky he was bowing for was loaded into a wheelbarrow.   7 Likes |
| Politics / Interview With IMN Spokesman- Musa: Shiites’ Travails Are Foreign Sponsored by crosbreaka: 4:55pm On Dec 20, 2016 |
Musa: Shiites’ travails are foreign sponsored By Saxone Akhaine, Northern Bureau Chief | 18 December 2016 | 2:55 am Mallam Ibrahim Musa is the spokesman of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). In this interview with SAXONE AKHAINE, he spoke on the need for the government to comply with the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering that Shiites leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife to be released from detention. How did your members receive the recent judgment of the Federal High Court ordering the government to free the leader of IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife from detention? The Islamic Movement in Nigeria welcomes this historic judgment that has vindicated our position since the very brutal attack on our leaders, members and structures last December. It is a clear infringement on our fundamental human rights, as guaranteed by all known sane laws, as affirmed by this ruling. The judge showed a full grasp of all the issues at stake, as he succinctly captured the matter when he said he views the whole matter as that of religious intolerance, where majority Sunnah is oppressing a minority Shia. He was right on point. Instruments of governance were deployed to execute sectarian and foreign agenda at all levels. The government appeared to have adopted an official policy from the start, of demonising the Islamic Movement and its leadership. That was then used as the premise on which to justify their extermination plot. This was evident from the farce they staged and videotaped at our Husainiyya Islamic Centre for show at NTA and other paid media outlets. It was also clear from the way and manner the military and its officers met various people and groups to contract them to smudge the Movement in order to validate the massacre. We believe the landmark judgment obtained will however, certainly impact on the numerous others presently ongoing, as well as, all other matters yet to be clarified, such as the crime of mass grave that government officials disclosed earlier. It remains to be seen how the Nigerian government is going to react to this judgment. We are however not unmindful of the penchant of this government to disregard court orders on spurious excuses. The Kaduna State Government has proscribed your Movement and also described the group as insurgents, based on the recent White Paper that was released. What is your reaction on these issues? Firstly the Islamic Movement in Nigeria rejects in its entirety the contents of the said White Paper. The White Paper was released on the 5th of December 2016, but backdated to the month of August 2016. This is to give retroactive justification to its hostile actions against the IMN since the December 12, 2015. Also on October 7, 2016, the Kaduna State government without releasing the White Paper on the report of the said Judicial Commission of Inquiry purportedly banned the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, relying on the same report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which it set up in January 2016 and whose report it released on the December 5, 2016. I hope you noticed the discrepancies in the actions of the state government. Still on the White Paper, its release is a belated and malicious response to the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, delivered on Friday December 2, 2016, wherein the Hon. Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered the release of our leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky within a period of 45 days from the date of judgment, the building of a new house for him and his family and the payment of N50million compensation for the unconstitutional and illegal detention of his wife and himself, since the 14th of December, 2016. Now back to the Governors labeling of IMN as an insurgent group; it is shameful that the Kaduna State government would label the IMN an insurgent group when we have not taken up arms against the country, even in the face of extreme provocation and persecution by the government. It is also not surprising that the Kaduna State government will label the IMN an insurgent group that must be demonised, as it needs to fight the Movement to shore up its non performance in terms of governance. It is also scandalous that the Kaduna State government adopted the attitude of muted trumpet and turned a blind eye to the finding by its own Judicial Commission of inquiry that reported that the widely held belief that the Islamic Movement was stockpiling weapons was not substantiated. Insurgents are not labelled; rather their actions describe them as such. However, in our own case its El-rufai that is doing the labelling not our actions. The Islamic group was also said not to have respect for constituted authorities in Nigeria, infringing on the rights of other Nigerians while on procession and also bearing arms? All these are charges advanced by our detractors in government, trying to give us a bad name in order to hang us. The problem they are having in all these charges is that our actions are contrary to what they always project us to be. When they say we don’t respect constituted authority, if it is true, why do we use peaceful and legal means available to us after the Zaria massacre. Let them point to a group in this country and beyond where over a thousand of its members were killed, its leader incarcerated, its properties destroyed, but it still keeps its cool and resorted to legal means, as a way of getting justice. I challenge them to point at a single action that IMN took that is a flagrant disregard to constituted authority. The procession they always point to is always in order. Nowhere is it said that police permit must be obtained before any procession. So, where have we erred? As for inconveniencing others during our processions, but that is normal with any public procession. Take a close look at any procession in other cities of the world on TV, people are put to stress, but they don’t complain because they know its the right of the protesters, and it is not a daily affair. So, what’s the fuss about our procession? On the accusation that we carry arms, if that is the case, where were our arms when the Army descended heavily upon us last December? The fact that over 1000 of our members were gunned down by the Army, while we didn’t kill any soldier is enough to establish that we don’t carry arms. Look at the real insurgent groups that straddle the landscape of this country, how many were killed by the Army, and how many soldiers did the insurgents kill? Look, IMN is not a new Movement, we have been around for almost four decades, we have never been identified with arms, so what are our oppressors trying to say? There is also the allegation that the Islamic Movement enjoys support from foreign governments, especially Iran, in propagating the course of the Shiites movement in Nigeria and to also undermine Nigerian Government. To what extent is that true? There is no iota of truth in the allegation. Religion is something of belief; it is inconceivable that you must be sponsored to follow a religion. The fact that we identify ourselves with Islamic Republic of Iran is not something wrong or new to our clime. Doesn’t the Izala group associate itself with Saudi Arabia? Doesn’t the Dariqa group identify themselves with Morrocco and Senegal? Don’t Christians identify themselves with England and Rome? The fact that origins of our two major religions are foreign makes it necessary to identify with the origins. There is nothing new in that. And if you said we are being financed by Iran, point to any project of IMN that is beyond its capability. We don’t have multi-million dollar projects that we have executed or are executing. Even the Husainiyya Islamic centre that Governor Elrufai destroyed was not running into hundreds of millions on Naira. In fact, the soldiers stole from the large boxes wherein donations by members were kept. Are there any other underlying factors responsible for the face-off between El-Rufai’s Government and the IMN, which are not known to ordinary people and is making the crisis intense? We are also baffled by the action of Governor El-rufai, because he knew our leader Sheikh Zakzaky. His last visit to him was when Jonathan’s administration killed his three children in 2014. He even posted in his tweet, describing what the government of that day did as genocidal. Now, as fate will have it, he is in charge of the state, not only were three other children of the Sheikh killed, but over 1000 of his followers were murdered under his watch, with some of them buried in mass grave. However, we believe the operation to exterminate IMN is foreign sponsored and has for long been on the offing, only that previous governments have not cooperated with the foreign governments that want to wipe out the IMN. But this administration is keen on carrying out this brutal operation to its logical conclusion. What they, however, forgot is that the late dictator, Gen. Abacha tried to annihilate the Movement in 1996, but Allah intervened, and he was gone for good. We believe since we are unjustly oppressed this time around, Allah will definitely intervene, and what happened to us and is still happening will be history. We will come out victorious insha Allah. Source: http://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/cover/musa-shiites-travails-are-foreign-sponsored-allah-will-intervene/ CC: Seun Lalasticlala 1 Like |
| Politics / Re: Court Orders 24/7 Police Protection For El-Zakzaky & His Wife Upon Relase by crosbreaka: 4:51pm On Dec 20, 2016 |
afraidofCHANGE: this Igbo man...stop using your anu$ to think. he is not a terrorist because your anu$ makes you think so. Kanu is facing treason and is in Kuje prison. Zakzaky is in so called "protective custody" and has not being charged even for hurting a fly. so if any between the two is a terrorist, it is the empty barrel in Kuje who makes the loudest noise with his empty and silly threats against the country. |
| Politics / Court Orders 24/7 Police Protection For El-Zakzaky & His Wife Upon Relase by crosbreaka: 12:02am On Dec 20, 2016 |
Court Orders 24/7 Police Protection For Shi’a Leader, El-Zakzaky And His Wife Upon Release Source: http://saharareporters.com/2016/12/19/court-orders-247-police-protection-shi%e2%80%99-leader-el-zakzaky-and-his-wife-upon-release 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics / Iran To Assist Nigeria In Job Creation by crosbreaka: 4:47pm On Dec 19, 2016 |
Iran to assist Nigeria in job creation Author: Nnenna Ibeh Updated: 3 hours ago Views: 11380 - The government of Iran has promised to assist Nigeria in creating jobs for her unemployed population - Iran made the announcement through its ambassador to Nigeria Morteza Zarchi - Zarchi said Iran will key into Nigeria’s effort in job creation through diverse cooperation in vocational skills acquisition programmes [img]http://www.i.onthe.io/vllkyt60p6prejhng.d53a71a7.jpg[/img] Iran has promised to assist Nigeria in creating jobs The federal government has announced plans to collaborate with the government of Iran to provide jobs for unemployed Nigerians. Over the weekend, the Islamic Republic of Iran offered to key into Nigeria’s effort in job creation through diverse cooperation in vocational skills acquisition programmes. The minister of labour and productivity Chris Ngige while welcoming Morteza Zarchi, the Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria in his office said, the offer marks the beginning of a robust labour and job related relationship between the two countries. Ngige in a statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, his deputy director of press, said the offer will boost the unwavering commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to create job and fair labour practices in Nigeria. He urged the Iranian Ambassador to relay the great opportunities of investment offered by the 2017 budget back home to the Iranian business community. “Nigeria is an investment haven, a destination, contrary to publications in some international media. We have our challenges just like many other countries, but Nigeria is generally peaceful and investment friendly,” Ngige said. “Having heard our President present the 2017 budget, I appeal to you to invite the Iranian business community, tell them about the friendly investment climate in Nigeria, ask them to exploit the fertile opportunities in our construction, manufacturing, agriculture, trade and even real estate.” Ngige also called on the Iranian government to cooperate with Nigeria on International Labour Migration in order to make it possible for Nigerians with skills in various vocations to legally work in the country. He said: “Nigeria was already working with the ILO in that direction.” Also speaking Zarchi said he is confident in efforts made by Nigeria to steer her economy out of recession. He also applauded steps taken by the Buhari administration in reducing unemployment in Nigeria. “I am very happy that one of the most important issues raised by President Muhammadu Buhari in his budget speech was the creation of jobs in the country. “I will be very happy that in these last days of 2016, I can raise up some issues concerning the joint co-operation between our two countries in this sector,” he said. “I have made a lot of contacts with people coming from Nigeria, and with different relevant authorities on labour related matters. I am very confident that through the exchange of views, we can activate some of these grounds. Iran is ready to create vocational skills centres in different cities in Nigeria and train those to be recruited. Some can travel to Iran for training in various vocational programmes which we run," he said. Zarchi said Iran will assist in expanding job creation activities in Nigeria through the transfer of production and managerial skills as well as capital inflow to stimulate small and medium scale industries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0t9zrZHIPw https://www.naij.com/1078323-iran-assist-nigeria-job-creation.html CC: Seun Lalasticlala Mynd44 |
| Politics / Re: Dismiss & Prosecute Soldiers Who Murdered 348 Shiites – UK Urges Nigeria by crosbreaka: 9:53pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
Onyocha: LWKMD LMAO!!!!  Seun dont go saudi o. make dem no behead you. 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics / Re: Dismiss & Prosecute Soldiers Who Murdered 348 Shiites – UK Urges Nigeria by crosbreaka: 8:28pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
hammerT: You have made a good point. When the governor of kaduna and the president both of them justified what happened, will any punishment meted on soldiers be just? Will it be justice? Or as you said will it just be a soft landing to avoid justice? Just theatericals that is. You really can't tell also the motives of the U.K. And USA. They have both been hitting on the Zaria massacre. And the matter is at the ICC for investigation. They may have something in mind that is sinister against the president. They may want to use this case against him through the ICC if he loses favor with them. The USA and uk have a record of turning against their allies. Saddam is an example. Same thing with the Shah (king) of Iran. When he was deposed, the uk refused to grant him asylum even though he was a western ally. One can't trust these western powers. 2 Likes |
| Politics / Re: Dismiss & Prosecute Soldiers Who Murdered 348 Shiites – UK Urges Nigeria by crosbreaka: 8:04pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
Seun: "Shia are worse than boko haram" is a pirated form of "Shia are worse than the Jews". In the Middle East, Wahhabi aka Salafist clerics parrot that "Shiites are worse than Jews". You can search the phrase on Google. It's Wahhabism for you. The essence of Wahhabism is takfirism. Due to takfirism, and takfiri killings which are un-Islamic by the way, you get all the hatred. Those little Wahhabi e-soldiers are only parrots. 8 Likes |
| Politics / Re: Dismiss & Prosecute Soldiers Who Murdered 348 Shiites – UK Urges Nigeria by crosbreaka: 7:49pm On Dec 15, 2016 |
Seun: The main problem is the Saudi promoted Wahhabi ideology which has contaminated Sunni Islam. And the influence of Wahhabism stinks in every division and infighting among Sunnis and Shias. 15 Likes 2 Shares |
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