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Politics / The Federal Question And The Army’s Massacre Of Shiites In Zaria, By Adeolu Adem by Rafidi: 12:57pm On Dec 26, 2015
The Federal Question And The Army’s Massacre of Shiites in Zaria, By Adeolu Ademoyo


Premium Times December 25, 2015

In defining our values for us, the Nigerian army is becoming a threat to us. The Nigerian army has crossed the line in defining civilian values in a democracy. This has to stop. Mr. Sani Usman, the army spokesperson must be called to order to stop his partisan and unprofessional excesses in making statements that properly belong to constituted civilian authorities.

The Nigerian army claimed that the Shiites were trying to assassinate the Chief of Army Staff between December 12 and 14, 2015. The army did not give reason or evidence why they thought the Shiites were trying to kill the Chief of Army Staff. The Shiites denied this. Though both the Shiites and the army gave different accounts with respect to motives, both sides agreed on the cause. The cause was a local traffic problem, which was a result of the Shiites mass presence on the road. This prevented movement of vehicle and human traffic on the Zaria road.

Police deals with traffic issues, the army deals with war. Traffic issues are civil matters, they are not war matters. For Nigeria to be said to be at war, it must have been properly declared by the Commander-In-Chief of the country’s armed forces – President Buhari. There is no record that President Buhari declared war against the Shiites in Zaria, which would have involved a deployment of soldiers.

Nigeria is a vast, diverse multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-religious country of about 180 million people. But Nigeria is practically a unitary state (though in theory it is a federal state) with one police – the Nigerian Police.

An ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo for other reasons, recently observed that Nigeria is under policed.

Compared to the United States of America with similar diversity challenges, Nigeria does not have a state police. Nigeria does not have a local government police. Nigeria does not have a city police. Nigeria does not have a university police. Nigeria does not have a police system for each of these complex tiers of governance, which require specific, peculiar, and detailed local knowledge for effective policing.

Theoretically, Nigeria is a federal state, and the Kaduna State governor, Mr. Nasir El Rufai is on paper the Chief Security Officer of Kaduna State. If the traffic problem caused by the Shiites constituted a security threat to Kaduna State or Nigeria, there is no official report that the army contacted Mr. El Rufai before it decided to perform local traffic duties which belong to the police.

There are reports of a three-day shooting action, December 12-14, by the army on the Shiites to clear the Zaria local traffic. There were casualties on the highway, and off the highway on private Shiites’ sites. This means the army not only performed local traffic duty on the highway, but also on the private sites of the Shiites.

There are reports of casualties. The Human Rights Watch claimed that the army massacred not less than 300 Nigerians. None of the dead is a soldier, despite the army’s claim that the Shiites were armed and wanted to assassinate their Chief of Army staff.

There are reports of movements of corpses in and out of Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital, Zaria by the army. There are also reports of secret private burial of the dead by the army. There is no law that has been cited to back up the self-help action of the army. The army, (not the Nigerian state, not President Buhari, not Kaduna state government) is also issuing reports on these incidents.

President Buhari articulated the massacre under his watch of not less than 300 Nigerians by the army as a military affair. If Nigeria was under a military dictatorship, President Buhari’s articulation of the tragedy as a “military affair” will be understandable.

In declaring the death of Nigerians as a “military affair”, does it mean that President Buhari is in support of the massacre of not less than 300 Nigerians by the army?

Besides, the army has taken over civilian duties. The army is defining certain basic values, such as peace and tranquility for Nigerians. While the soldiers are Nigerians, the Nigerian army cannot define certain moral and political values for Nigerians in a democracy. In the 2015 elections, Nigerians did not elect the military, Nigerians elected a civilian president.

Sani Usman and the army he speaks for crossed the line in defining values for us. In a liberal democratic federal Nigeria, this is not acceptable. Armies fight wars, they do not define values, and Nigerian values are not military values.

Nigerians must speak up for the following reasons:

1. Nigeria is a democracy and not under a military government;
2. President Buhari is the head of state and not General Buratai, the Chief of Army staff;
3. President Buhari cannot declare that the massacre of the Shiites is a military affair. Nigeria is under a civilian president and the rule of law, so the massacre of the Shiites cannot be a military affair;
4. The military cannot speak on civil matters. The job belongs to President Buhari;
5. Some have drawn similarity between Buhari/Maitatsine and Buhari/El-Zakzaky-Shiites. If strong-arm tactics is being celebrated by pointing to a questionable claim that Buhari “dealt” with Maitatsine when he was military head of state, and that he will now “deal” with the Shiites, why did we have a resurgence of Boko Haram and the loss of over 20,000 lives after Buhari “dealt” with Maitatsine? Doesn’t that (Boko Haram) point to the failure of a prior Buhari massacre (Maitatsine) without local cultural policing?;
6. More importantly, when will Nigeria join civilised societies where the state will never kill its own citizens with its own guns?;
7. If Nigeria is a federation, why was it difficult for Kaduna State government to deal with an alleged local affront (of a local group – the Shiites) against fellow local residents the State?;
8. Does the failure or inability of a state government to deal with local affront not point to the failure of Nigerian “federalism”?;
9. Given that the alleged Shiites affront is a local one, will Nigeria not be stronger if we run a federal system where economic and political powers are constitutionally devolved to the states so that they, the local government and city police systems would have developed local knowledge (security and cultural) to deal with the problem in a civil manner without sacrificing the lives of over 300 Nigerians to the guns of an army that may as well have its own agenda as it is being rightly or wrongly speculated?;
10. If it is true as it is being speculated that the massacre of the Shiites by the army has a Sunni/Shiites rivalry undertone, does this not speak to the nature of Nigeria as a multi-national and multi-cultural society such that we need to develop a federal constitution and deal with these local skirmishes openly in the public sphere once and for all rather than use underground stealth, furtiveness, murderous and genocidal tactics that will only radicalise the Shiites and drive them underground? Will empowered local policing not have done the job better if we were running a federal system?;
11. When will Nigeria join the contemporary trend in global policing where policing is (i) a state, local government, and city affair? (ii) And that is built around prevention rather than arrest after a crime is committed?;
12. Can a central police system in a complex and vast multi-national and multi-cultural society like Nigeria ever be able to police preventively or build its policing around preventive policing?

Finally, there is a big danger ahead of Nigeria when the army begins to define values such as peace, tranquility and others for us. Such definition is an affront against the sensibility of people in a democracy. Nigerians did not get out the military only to be lectured by the army about civil values.

The peace of a democracy is qualitatively different from the “peace” and “tranquility” of an army fighting and shooting its own citizens on local streets.

In defining our values for us, the Nigerian army is becoming a threat to us. The Nigerian army has crossed the line in defining civilian values in a democracy. This has to stop. Mr. Sani Usman, the army spokesperson must be called to order to stop his partisan and unprofessional excesses in making statements that properly belong to constituted civilian authorities.

And President Buhari’s silence in allowing the army to speak for him has become cold complicity. Such complicity with the army –by a sitting president is a threat to Nigerian democracy.

Nigerian unitary structure, which is being militarised, is already a threat to Nigerian democracy.

Adeolu Ademoyo, aaa54@cornell.edu, is of the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

http://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/?p=170138
Politics / Re: Shi'a Islam And The Shia Islamic Movement Of Zakzaky Will Continue to Grow by Rafidi: 12:05am On Dec 25, 2015
gists:

That is exactly why I called the shameless act unjustifiable and diabolic (I am even tempted to call it a terrorist act). Their is absolutely no justification for going back to rain bullets on civilian. Infact I said on another thread that it may have been better if the army forced their way through during the initial road block. For me, it looked like a planned work. I don't recollect the army in recent times recording themselves begging "bloody civilians" (especially while on the course of their duties). Just imagine the Nigerian army picking out the video recorder and capturing on tape a high ranking officer begging civilians without any specific motive in mind. I don't recollect that it ever happened. But we have even heard of journalists beaten and their equipment destroyed because they dare to capture them on camera. The only conclusion for me (for now at least) is that it was all planned so the video can be used as evidence.
But I believe we all need to take the lesson here - appoint a few men/women as marshals when going on procession to direct traffics so we don't deny other road users their rights to the roads.

You made good valid points.
Politics / Pro-Zakzaky Protest In Chicago, USA, To Hold On January 2nd by Rafidi: 12:10pm On Dec 24, 2015
Chicago Stands up For Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky

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We the Muslim Community of Chicago will stand up against the atrocities committed by the Nigerian Military on Muslim in Nigeria. On Dec. 12, 2015 the Nigerian Military killed countless people and attacked their leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. In the process of arresting the Sheikh the military killed three of the Sheikh's teenage sons. The Sheikh and his wife were also wounded in the attack as of now there is limited information available regarding there well-being.

The Sheikh is a voice of reason and unity in a system of corruption. It is incumbent upon all supporters of human right and people of conscience to raise their voice in his Support. Please join us on Jan 2nd, 2015 at the Wrigley building in protest.

https://www.facebook.com/events/907088646007035/
Politics / Re: Video: Zakzaky Had Exposed Impending Shia Massacre Scenario A Year Ago by Rafidi: 10:03am On Dec 24, 2015
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Politics / "Nigeria: Army Razes Zakzaky's Mother's Grave"- IHRC by Rafidi: 8:54pm On Dec 23, 2015
Wednesday, 23 December 2015 16:18





More attacks on symbols of the Islamic Movement

The Nigerian army which has in recent days killed and wounded hundreds of supporters of the country's Islamic Movement has destroyed the home and burial place of its detained leader's mother.

Earlier today a bulldozer ripped through the building that houses the tomb of Hajja Saleha Muhammad. Photos from the scene (attached) show crowds gathered outside the site as a bulldozer razes the building.

Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was shot and detained last week when soldiers attacked the movement and its headquarters in Zaria. His condition or whereabouts are still unknown. A picture which emerged of the wounded sheikh showed him being forced to sit on the floor while he is being tortured by military personnel. His face shows signs of evident beating and there is a bullet hole to his torso.

The move against Zakzaky's mother's grave supports the view that the military is deliberately targeting the symbols and institutions of the Islamic Movement. Sheikh Zakzaky's personal residence in Zaria has already been destroyed, as has the Hussainiyyah Baqiyatullah which served as the movement's centre, in a bid to uproot the popular grassroots movement in its heartland.

ZakzakayMotherGrave-20151223-WA008The army has already destroyed dozens of graves belonging to victims of last year's Al-Quds Day massacre when the army opened fire on a peaceful procession. A mosque which stood near the site of the graves has also been levelled. Three sons of the Sheikh were among the dead.

Following the attack on the Islamic Movement last week IHRC received photographs and testimonies of mass graves where the army is reported to have buried fatalities from the killing spree in Zaria.

IHRC is renewing its call on the African Union, the United Nations and the Commonwealth to suspend Nigerian membership and privileges, and to demand the release of all those detained.

IHRC chair Massoud Shadjareh said: ìIf these reports are true then they are another proof that the army's claim to be acting in self-defence is baseless. The graves which have been destroyed pose no threat to anyone let alone the military. To the contrary their demolition appears to be part of a planned, systematic attempt to eradicate all signs and symbols of the Islamic movement".ÂÂÂ

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Politics / London Ayatollah Makes Friday Sermon On Zaria Killings (in English) by Rafidi: 6:49pm On Dec 23, 2015
Politics / “I Am Fighting Tears” Youth Minister Dalung Says Zaria Killings Is Injustice by Rafidi: 8:16pm On Dec 22, 2015
“I am fighting tears” Youth Minister Barr. Solomon Dalung says Zaria killings is injustice

“I am fighting tears” Youth Minister Barr. Solomon Dalung says Zaria killings is injustice PDF Print E-mail
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Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung, Friday in an article condemned the killings of Shi’a members in zaria describing it as injustice. He says that the incidents were avoidable and he is heart broken by the needless carnage. in an artilce Solomn Dalung writes:

“The heart piercing reports of the unfortunate but ugly developments in Zaria is apprehensive. I am not interested in the justification or otherwise of actions of the actors but concerned with wastage of human lives. I am fighting tears as I write after watching some of video footage of wastage of human lives especially of women and small children.

However, now that it has happened, I am appealing to the leaders of the Islamic Movement to exercise calm and embrace peace. There is nothing that happened without the knowledge of Almighty Allah, He Who knows all. If He allowed all these to happen then, let’s look up to Him, the Master of judgment. We shall all stand before Him to give accounts of our deeds.



As advocate of sanctity of human lives and unrepentant adherent of human rights jurisprudence, silence in the circumstance cannot be golden. Whatever would have been the good reasons for these ugly developments, in my judgment, it was avoidable by all those responsible. As leaders, we have a responsibility of rational decisions and actions. I do not think that in the circumstances, rational judgment was in the general well-being of humanity.

As for injustice, there is no question as to where I stand. I will do everything within my capacity to promote peace. We need peace more than ever before to move this country forward. Much as I stand for peace, love and unity, I detest acts of violence and terrorism. Again, I emphasize that the unfortunate Zaria clash was avoidable by every civilized standard. For those that lost their lives, I pray God to reward their good deeds with aljanatu fidausi, amen”

source: http://www.thewhistleng.com

http://islamicmovement.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2269:dalung-condemns-zaria-killing&catid=41:frontpage
Politics / Islamic Movement Is About Unity Against Injustice: Sheikh Zakzaky's Daughter by Rafidi: 12:13pm On Dec 22, 2015
Islamic Movement is about unity against injustice: Sheikh Zakzaky's daughter

Dec 22, 2015

'Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has never identified himself as a leader of a sect, or the Islamic movement as a sect. The Islamic movement’s main agenda is to oppose injustice and anyone from anywhere including non-Muslims are welcome to join the movement.'

Ms. Nusaibah Ibraheem Zakzaky, the daughter of Allama Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, in an exclusive interview with Khamenei.ir, has talked about the brutal repression of Muslims in her country and the kidnapping of his father.

Would you please update us on the latest incidents and the conditions of Sheikh Zakzaky and the Shia community, how many have been injured or killed?

I cannot say for certain anything about my father’s condition or his whereabouts as we have not been allowed access to him since he was shot and taken by the Nigerian military. As of the number of people killed, some estimate it to be at 1000 or more, there have already been reports of bodies in one hospital being estimated at 300 people. We have seen pictures of the army burying people in a single mass grave and burning some corpses. These people have at least a thousand family members waiting to identify their loved ones and bury them. If the Nigerian government and the world don’t do anything about this, so many people will never know what happened to their loved ones and a lot of evidence will be buried.

Why do you think, the Nigerian army has committed such a massacre? What are the reasons in your opinion?

Well of course they came up with a lot of excuses one of which was that a road blockade and an attempted assassination of the chief of the army staff- of which they released an edited version of a video. A more extended version of that video was released and there was absolutely no attempt on anybody’s life, but I think people should really see the video for themselves and judge it for themselves. The fact, however, that the army thought this was a valid excuse to kill hundreds of people should really alarm every Nigerian and people in the world in general.

What are some of the most significant activities of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria?

Well, one that was just interrupted is the Maulud (birth anniversary) of the Prophet and Usboo’ul Wahda (The Week of Unity). My father has never identified himself as a leader of a sect, or the Islamic movement as a sect. So, in this event, Muslims from all over are invited so that we celebrate our similarities rather than our differences. There are of course many more events.

Why do you think a movement so popular and with millions of followers has been cracked down by the military in such a brutal manner?

The Nigerian military cannot just act on their own, they must be following orders. This isn’t the first time they have done something like this, they have been doing it for years and they are never held accountable for their actions. We are the only people in Nigeria that really challenge corruption and injustice. The Nigerian Army views us as a threat; throughout our more than 30 years of existence, we have never attacked anybody even when they attack us.

Why do you think while the army could have benefited from peaceful interactions with a social active group like the Islamic movement in Nigeria, it decided to adopt a radical approach?

The Islamic movement’s main agenda was to oppose the injustice that we were forced to live under. Anyone from anywhere including non-Muslims are welcome to join our social movement. As for whether a peaceful interaction will be beneficial for the army, am not sure if that is what they would have wanted. Nigeria is one of the only places in the world where the people are made to be scared of officials that are supposed to keep them safe like the army. When people see the police or soldiers they get scared and run, because these officials can kill them or torture them without any reason and no one will do anything about it. Also from everything that transpired, there is absolutely no way this wasn’t premeditated. They wanted to do this, and they used the road blockade as an excuse.

What do you think will be the potential consequences of this massacre for the Muslim community in Nigeria?

It wouldn’t matter what our beliefs were; as long as we accept to live under the current oppression of the army, they would not have attacked us. This massacre should mean a lot to every single Nigerian whether they are Muslims or not. And it should also matter to everyone in the world. If the army can kill a thousand or more people over a ridiculous reason like this, then every Nigerian should worry about what other reason they might propagate to kill anyone they want to kill. Also I would like to mention that if this was Muslims killing non-Muslims, the world would have reacted to it, it would have been world news, every major network would have been talking about it, but as you can see, not that much coverage is seen from the media, and this is by no means due to little evidence because as I write this interview right now, bodies are being buried in mass graves but still no one cares. Everyone will express their regret later though, when everything is over.

http://english.khamenei.ir/news/2924/Islamic-Movement-is-about-unity-against-injustice-Sheikh-Zakzaky-s
Politics / Re: Picture Of Zakzaky And His 6 Sons by Rafidi: 6:53pm On Dec 20, 2015
madridguy:
You don't enter into a gun battle with a security man and expect him not to shut you dead. The man need to re brand himself and talk to his member on how to behave with security agent. 3 sons under GEJ, 3 again under PMB, so pathetic.

so those underage boys were carrying guns? you have evidence? please give us.

#oloshi_buruku

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Politics / Re: El-Zakzaky Will Be Prosecuted For His Crimes – El-Rufai by Rafidi: 6:02pm On Dec 20, 2015
Before elections, you visit him, shake him and bend down to him; after elections, attack him, shoot him, beat him, kill his followers, demolish his houses that you visited him in (and call the building illegal) and demolish worship place and then want to take him to court. let us see which court will find this sheikh guilty of any "crime". let us see if procession/protest and practicing beliefs different from the majority is a crime in any democracy that deserves killings and prosecution. or may be Mr. El Rufai will have to take the sheikh to a military court?

what crime has a man whose followers clashed with the army last year, and have 30 of his members and three sons killed committed?

what crime has a man whose followers blocked a highway and got shot by soldiers committed?

what crime has a man whose house was attacked, after the army chief's convoy had passed committed?

what crime has a man whose worship center was attacked, after the army chief's convoy had passed committed?

what crime has a man whose followers got shot in cold blood and extra judicially committed?

what crime has a man who was shot along with his wife and son committed?

what crime has a man whose deputy was shot committed?

i think if anyone deserved prosecution it is Mr. El Rufai himself. and will those who killed civilians go scot-free? will they be made to face justice?

Mr. El-Rufai should find ways to make reconciliation and beg the man for the sins committed against him, his family members and his followers. not take him to court. this is a democracy. you dont send soldiers to kill people in their backyard and get arrested by soldiers as if you are fighting terrorists or a foreign army. if El Rufai doesnt seek reconciliation and how to make peace with this man and his organization, the below handshake will be a divine curse upon El Rfufai and his family till eternity.

when 30 members of zakzzaky's movement and three of his sons were killed last year, el rufai did not call for zakzaky to be prosecuted. he instead described the Nigeria Army as "Jonathanian Genocidal Army". what has changed Mr. EL Rufai?

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Politics / A Rejoinder To Emir Sanusi On His Malicious Insinuations On The Zaria Massacre by Rafidi: 4:04pm On Dec 19, 2015
December 18, 2015

A Rejoinder to Emir Sanusi on his malicious insinuations on the Zaria massacre:

A brother who is a Lecturer in one of the Nigerian Universities sent me an Audio recording of a “counselling” session of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II on the recent brutal killings of defenseless Shia Muslims in Nigeria by the Nigerian Army. When I saw the title of the Audio recording I thought it was the usual Emir Sanusi that will preach Unity, tolerance, mutual respect & peaceful coexistence among all Nigerians whether Sunni, Shias, Christians & followers of African traditional religion.

Sadly that was not what happened, I discovered a new Emir Sanusi who is reading a script given to him be the corrupt northern Elites & promoting the evil agenda of #ShiaGenocide & Shia cleansing. I deliberately refused to add the word “Sunni” in describing this corrupt elites of Northern Nigeria because they do not represent the real Sunni Islam that led that Great Islamic civilization that history celebrates. It is important that we note this corrupt Northern elites are largely responsible for most of today’s ills in Nigeria & they are wholly responsible for the extreme poverty, ignorance & backwardness of the Northern Nigerian that had a rich past history.

Emir Sanusi made some allegations that are malicious, divisive & threat to peaceful coexistence in Nigeria. He claimed that Shia Islam is all about cursing & insulting Companions of the Prophet (sa) and the wife of the Prophet, Umm ul-Mu’meneen Aisha. All followers of Shia Islam in Nigeria are followers of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei as their Mar’jii Taqlid (Religious Reference) including followers of Sheikh #Zakzaky who are the majority. It is important to note there are two other Shia organizations in Nigeria that are independent of the Islamic Movement that is led by Sheikh Zakzaky. In 2005 Ayatollah Khamenei gave a Fatwa (religious Edict) that made it Haram for anybody to abuse or insult personalities revered by Sunni Islam. These personalities include Abubakar, Umar, Uthman & Aisha.

So Shia Muslims in Nigeria do not abuse these Sunni personalities, the fact that Shia Muslims does not consider them role models to follow is known to all students of Islamic history. The Prophet (sa) had nine wives & Shia Islam have the utmost respect to seven & considered them role models of Muslims but the point of differences is on two, Aisha & Hafsat. And the reason for this is the other seven played the role given to them by God as “Mothers of all Muslims” perfectly by refusing to be involve in politics. The other two especially Aisha abandoned this role by involving in politics. She raised a huge Army against the legitimate Govt of Imam Ali (as) & launched the first civil war in Islam. More than 30,000 Muslims were killed in that war. She was supposed to be the mother of all Muslims not initiating wars & wars among Muslims. May God forgive her sins & transgressions!

Emir Sanusi also claimed that since Islam came to Northern Nigeria it has always been a “AhlulSunnah” & insinuations that they will not tolerate anything other than this. To remind him before Islam came to Northern Nigeria, African traditional religion existed. And after Islam came, Christianity also came to Northern Nigeria. Today there are millions of citizens of Northern Nigeria that are Christians. And again the Ahmadiyyah sect also came to Northern Nigeria & they still exist with their mosques & schools. Emir Sanusi should understand that with the Globalization of the world, artificial barriers had been smashed & in future we might see Hindu & Buddhist Temples in Northern Nigeria.

Another malicious insinuations of Emir Sanusi is equating Shia Islam will murderous terrorist cults like Maitastine & BokoHaram that are offshoots of Sunni Islam. These terrorist groups from day one were hell bent in killing innocent civilians, they are murderous entities that only know how to kill people & they are not offshoots of Shia Islam. There is no where in the world where Shia Muslims are terrorists, terrorism has no place in Shia Islam because the Shia Religious references will never approve it. Sheikh #Zakzaky started his call more than 37 years ago no single innocent person had been killed. He & his Islamic Movement are completely peaceful & they promote Unity of Muslims & peaceful coexistence with Christians. The Islamic Movement is the only Muslim organization in Nigeria that invites Christians to all its programs & also attend Christian programs when invited. Sheikh Zakzaky in other to promote Unity among Muslims had forbid his millions of followers to build mosques. He ask them to always pray in the Sunni mosques available.

Emir Sanusi & this corrupt Northern elites must understand that Nigerian constitution guaranteed freedom of worship for all Nigerians. Their attempt to suppress & crackdown on Nigerian Shia Muslims is unconstitutional & wicked. What is wrong with Sunni Islam today is not that millions are abandoning it for Shia Islam, what is wrong with Sunni Islam today is that it has been contaminated by Wahhabism & infiltrated by it. Today the face of Sunni Islam contaminated by Wahhabism is hate & terrorism. The real Sunni Islam rubbed shoulders with Shia Islam but the Sunni Islam contaminated by Wahhabism is inferior to the high values of Shia Islam & this is the main reason today why millions of Sunni Muslims are becoming Shia Muslims.

Go to all these Wahhabi infested mosques in northern Nigeria, they only promote hatred for Shias & Christians. This is what their preachers does everyday. They do not teach people tolerance, love, mercy, kindness, generosity & peaceful coexistence. What they teach their followers is to hate Shia Islam & Christianity. That was why when the Nigerian Army brutally killed defenseless Shia Muslims in Zaria they were happy & jubilating. One day if Christians are massacre like this they will still celebrate like they are celebrating today.

My advice to these corrupt Northern elites is that they should please allow peace & security to rein in Nigeria. There are Tens of thousands of Shia Muslims in Southwest Nigeria, have anybody ever heard of clash or killings? They are accepted, tolerated & considered part of the society. This is because Islam in the south is based on sincerity while Islam in the north is contaminated. These corrupt northern elites must understand that Faith can never be imposed or forced. They will never succeed in forcing Shia Muslims to return to Sunni Islam. If they want to halt this slide they must return to the real Sunni Islam of Sheikh Uthman Ibn Fodio (ra) who was tolerant & celebrated the Twelve Imams of Shia Islam.

The corrupt Northern elites should understand that we know the Wahhabi regime of Saudi Arabia that is a proxy of Western imperialism & Global Zionism gave you this contract to inflame sectarianism in Nigeria & target the peaceful followers of Shia Islam in Nigeria. In the past you had received millions of dollars yearly from Saudi Arabia to spread Shiaphobia but you woefully failed. The more you spread Shia hate, the more Nigerians turn to Shia Islam. Is it not time for you to repent & allow peace to rein? You are trying to demonize & humiliate Sheikh Zakzaky who have always been an advocate of peace, unity & mutual respect but who you succeeded in doing is making the world know about him & his message. Today thousands come to my websites to know more about Sheikh Zakzaky & his Movement & 60% of them are from the West.

Finally, my last word to all Nigerians is that we should reject Hate preachers. We should reject political & religious leaders who promote hate & have hate propagation as an agenda. Hate will never benefit Nigeria, hate will only breed wars, conflicts & senseless killings. Nigeria is the only country we have, if we allow evil & corrupt leaders like this corrupt northern elites to destroy our country then we will live to regret that.
#GodProtectZakzaky
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Politics / Saudi TV Sectarian Incitement Against Nigeria's Shia Muslim Population by Rafidi: 8:52am On Dec 19, 2015
Notoriously sectarian #Saudi TV Channel Al #Wesal known for inciteful programming that encourages suicide bombing against others and was ordered to be shut down after the last suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia (in a Shia mosque) aired bigoted episodes against #Nigeria's #Shia community months before a spike in terror attacks against Nigeria's Shia civilians and the Sheikh Al #ZakZaky

VIDEO in the below link:

https://www.facebook.com/1576330475972555/videos/1684057231866545/
Politics / Re: Saudi King Salman Calls Buhari To Back Shia Crackdown by Rafidi: 7:53am On Dec 19, 2015
To the Wahhabi King of Saudi Arabia, Shias, Christians, and Atheists and anyone opposed to the crude and inhuman Wahhabi ideology is a terrorist. Saudi Shia teenagers have been sentenced in Saudi to beheading for holding anti-government protests. Someone should tell this Alzheimer's infected king that the Shias of Nigeria are not terrorists and in Nigeria there is something called freedom of religion which Saudi Arabia lacks.

The world knows that ISIS was created by the Saudis to commit Shia genocide in Iraq and Syria. This is the same Saudi where Biblea are banned.


Saudi Arabia declares all atheists are terrorists in new law to crack down on political dissidents

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-declares-all-atheists-are-terrorists-in-new-law-to-crack-down-on-political-dissidents-9228389.html
Politics / Re: "Sheikh Zakzaky Remains In Military Custody; Burutai Lying" by Rafidi: 1:18am On Dec 19, 2015
Demmocrats:
grin grin grin

He has been held for more than 48 hours.

So keep laughing. When your turn comes and you're kept in custody for more than the time limited by law, others will laugh too.
Politics / Re: Zaria Killings: Sack Buratai Now- Sahara Reporters by Rafidi: 7:05pm On Dec 18, 2015
politricks:
If there was no clash on the road, would there have been such killings?. note, i am not justifying their act.

Listen to the interview. The spokesman claimed there is ulterior motives.

Those revenge attacks are unrelated and criminal. This is not military rule.

Last year, the army shot three sons of Zakzaky and thirty others.

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Politics / Re: Zaria Killings: Sack Buratai Now- Sahara Reporters by Rafidi: 6:59pm On Dec 18, 2015
politricks:
While i condemn the action of the army, what were the Shites thinking blocking the army's convoy with cutlass and arrows.

Is the punishment for blocking roads death?

The problem is not even the clash on the road. The problem that exposes the army is the attack on the cleric's house and Islamic center after the army chief had passed. Why did the army launch a siege and attack those two places afterwards, in the process killing hundreds of innocent civilians?

Here is an interview of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria spokesman giving his own side of the story on Channels TV:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-cR7-Pgg4

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Islam for Muslims / Re: My Humble Opinion On The Recent Muslim Shi'i - Military Clash In The North by Rafidi: 6:53pm On Dec 18, 2015
Spokesman of the Shi'ite Islamic Movement in Nigeria talks to Channels TV and gives his own side of the story:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-cR7-Pgg4
Politics / Re: Zaria Shia Massacre Is Fight Against Terrorism, Saudi King Tells Buhari by Rafidi: 6:49pm On Dec 18, 2015
To the Wahhabi King of Saudi Arabia, Shias, Christians, and Atheists and anyone opposed to the crude and inhuman Wahhabi ideology is a terrorist. Saudi Shia teenagers have been sentenced in Saudi to beheading for holding anti-government protests. Someone should tell this Alzheimer's infected king that the Shias of Nigeria are not terrorists and in Nigeria there is something called freedom of religion which Saudi Arabia lacks.

The world knows that ISIS was created by the Saudis to commit Shia genocide in Iraq and Syria. This is the same Saudi where Biblea are banned.


Saudi Arabia declares all atheists are terrorists in new law to crack down on political dissidents


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-declares-all-atheists-are-terrorists-in-new-law-to-crack-down-on-political-dissidents-9228389.html

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Politics / Shi'ite Islamic Movement In Nigeria Spokesman Reveals Details Of Zaria Clash by Rafidi: 2:45pm On Dec 18, 2015
Ibrahim Musa, the spokesman of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, has put blame on the Nigerian army for the crisis between members of the Shi’ite sect and soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna state.

Speaking on Channels TV programme Sunrise Daily, Musa revealed what really happened on Saturday, December 12, between Shi’ites and soldiers, which initially led to the killing of seven people.

According to the spokesman, members of the sect felt uncomfortable with the presence of soldiers on the day when they were having their procession. He also recalled that in 2014 the army opened fire on them in a similar situation.

“Last year the soldiers opened fire on the Muslim brothers while they were doing a Quds Day rally. So with this in mind the brothers told them that it is not proper for them to be stationed just opposite the Hosenia and they asked them to move back.

“When the soldiers who were many in number, decided to move back, then the brothers started thinking that they had gone to bring more reinforcement; that was when the crisis started.

READ ALSO: Army Vs Shi’ites: El-Zakzaky’s Followers List 5 Conditions For Peace

“It was then that the Army Chief’s convoy came and the brothers were not comfortable with what might transpire. After some negotiation with both sides, they then started opening fire and killed seven people on the spot and they got passage after dispersing the brothers.

“What surprised us is when the Army Chief had passed, why should they come back and lay siege on the Hosenia? They also went to the residence of our leader, Sheik Ibrahim Zak-Kaky and this confrontation went on right from 1pm on that beautiful Saturday down till Sunday morning,” he said.

Speaking further, Musa denied the allegation that the sect members were armed during the clash and stressed that their group had been known as one of the most peaceful religious bodies in the country.

“Our Muslim brothers, right from our history in the movement for the past 40 years, it is known that we have never taken any arms, we have never attacked anybody. We are only trying to make people understand the true teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.

“We don’t carry arms and even the soldiers confessed that they didn’t see any gun or something of that nature. They only saw catapult and other local tools like machetes,” he said.

READ ALSO: Zaria Massacre: Second Horrible Picture Of Sheikh Zakzaky Emerges (PHOTO)

Admitting the fact that members of the sect had machetes , Musa noted that “machete is not a weapon”.

“We have never made any petrol bombs but machetes. Who hasn’t any machetes in his house? Machete is just what you use in cutting something that is strong. So I see no reason why machete should be termed as a weapon, machete is not a weapon.

“How can you compare a gun and a machete? It’s just ridiculous, it’s not possible, we haven’t ever used any petrol bomb throughout our 40 years in this movement, and we have never carried arms.

“So they are just trying to make it up that we are the ones who attacked them and it’s ridiculous to say we tried to assassinate the Chief of Army Staff,” he said.

Watch the full interview below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-cR7-Pgg4&ebc=ANyPxKrLd_R5QM1Rlg9EQLelC08gXjAVH7FEFkbVMdxO28kfmLqglD47g5pdICkmhVucgKYPoAATWTm7uLOW74GNpausGfM-vg
Politics / Video:Fourth Son Of Zakzaky Killed Gave Interview Two Days Before Zaria Killings by Rafidi: 2:23pm On Dec 18, 2015
Politics / Acts Of Terror In Nigeria: Is The Military Serving Boko Haram’s Agenda?- RT by Rafidi: 12:01pm On Dec 18, 2015
Acts of terror in Nigeria: is the military serving Boko Haram’s agenda?

While the media eye remains set on the Middle East, focused as it were on the long litany of horrors which have streamed out of the region, Africa too has witnessed more than its fair share of violence, bloodshed and acts of senseless terror.

The forgotten victim of Wahhabi-inspired radicalism, Nigeria stands besieged by powers which have disguised themselves as legitimate, the avant-garde of an ideological plague which seeks a complete re-engineering of Africa’s religious map.

But if the African continent has failed so far to generate a media frenzy on account, and Western powers have offered little by way of political interest, we ought to pay close attention to Nigeria’s ongoing crisis as it appears the vassals of the Black Flag army have now infiltrated the military to better weave themselves within the region’s power dynamics.

Nigeria it needs to be said is home to one of the most brutal denominations of Wahhabi-terrorism: Boko Haram. Although Ilsamic State (ISIS) might from a distance epitomize terror’s irrational taste for bloodletting, this one homegrown African radical faction has claimed to its name more deaths than ISIS, al-Qaeda, or any other Wahhabi outfits ever did in their years of rampage.

A news report by RT this November read: “The Nigerian jihadists, who pledged allegiance to IS in March 2015, killed more people than their fellow Islamists, claiming 6,644 lives compared to 6,073. Nigeria accordingly experienced a staggering 300 percent rise in terrorism deaths in 2014, although other militant groups take partial blame for the increase.”

To oppose Boko Haram and the stooges it bought to its ideology to the tune of financial patronage and threats of retaliation, one man has stood tallest: Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the country’s most renowned Shia cleric.

A fervent advocate for religious freedom, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has worked to denounce those powers within Nigeria which have claimed to oppose radicalism, to better benefit from war lords’ financial largess, thus betraying their office in the name of personal gain.

Shielded by Gulf monarchies’ wealth, protected by regimes whose political myopia made them blind to the real enemy hiding among their midst, Boko Haram’s armies have advanced in Nigeria, sowing destruction and fear as they carve a bloody empire.

In truth, if not for Western powers’ desire to demonize Iran and the Russian leadership, if not for a political narrative which requires Iran’s servitude and humiliation, heads of state would have recognized that their best bets against terror lie still with Shia Islam, as it is its House, Wahhabi radicals ambition to lay waste.

But this logic has been suppressed in favor of a grand alliance with Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia; those very regimes we know have played radicalism to pursue very hegemonic agendas across Africa and Asia.

Nigeria early this December has witnessed a deluge of violence. In plain sight, and without so much of a murmur from the international community, communities in Africa stand in the line of a barbaric fire.

On December 12, Nigerian soldiers raided the home of Sheikh Zakzaky, in Zaria, a Shiite stronghold. What started as a targeted attack quickly devolved into carnage as soldiers opened fire on civilians.

Where such actions might have been rationalized by officials’ allegations that Shiites pose a threat to national security, it is really the community’s opposition to Boko Haram and military officials’ ties with radicals which prompted such a sectarian witch-hunt.

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Zakzaky has been highly critical of political corruption, Boko Haram and the relationship it entertains with facets of the Nigerian army. But for all its statements and condemnations, never did the movement stray from its commitment to peace and interfaith harmony. A role model for many religious communities outside his own, Sheikh Zaksaky has been hailed an inspiring humanitarian figure by the like of the Islamic Human Rights Commission [IHRC], AhlulBayt News Agency [ABNA] and the Shafaqna Institute for Middle Eastern Studies.

Zakzaky’s stand for peace was rewarded in blood. As soldiers ransacked his home, his wife, and son were held at gun point, only to be shot before his eyes.

On Sunday Haroon Bainavi, a Nigerian political activist confirmed that Sheikh Zakzaky was shot and wounded during the attacks."We don’t know where he is or where they took him," he told the local press. Activists and local residents also confirmed that a large number of soldiers torched and destroyed several parts of Zakzaky’s house before arresting him this Sunday.

But the military did not have its fill of blood just yet as a mourning procession became target practice for over-zealous soldiers: 30 unarmed civilians were killed and countless more were injured.

One man, Bukhari Muhammed Bello Jega took to social media to alert the world to the crimes taking place in his hometown. Before he was slain, alongside his wife and baby daughter, Bukhari was able to relay the horrors Shiites and Christians have had to endure under the reign of Boko Haram.

Recalling soldiers’ first attacks on Zaria last Saturday (December 11), Bukhari writes: “It is carnage here in Zaria ... soldiers are killing civilians in Gyellesu area and the home of our revered leader.... Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.... They destroyed all the shops along the road leading to the house and several bodies of civilians are just piling up here... Do we have human beings in government? Are Nigerian soldiers above the law? Do those in authority lack the will or power to stop those vampires?”

On Sunday his plight turned into a prayer for his fallen brethren: “Disappointment and confusion in the camp of Nigerian soldiers as they are about to face the biggest shame of their lives... they have done a lot of killing and they have injured scores of brothers and sisters, yet, we remain peaceful. Shame and defeat is eminent, as morning get closer.... the people will continue from where we stopped... they lost the support and sympathy of the people .... The REAL BOKO HARAM is now on the loose bombing building and killing innocent civilians ..... Indeed the command center has just moved to Zaria … “We are praying to God to give us courage, bravery, faith and patience, we pray not to change no matter the hardship and tension…”

On Monday Bukhari’s voice was silenced by a bullet.

It is such violence and Nigeria’s connections to terror which has gone unreported for it betrays an agenda rooted in the exploitation of terror for political and hegemonic gains.

In Iran, officials have already risen in outrage, calling for Nigeria to be held accountable. Ayatollah Ali-Reza Arafi in Qom decried the attack as a clear attempt to defeat those powers committed to defeat Wahhabi-inspired radicalism. He pointed out that because Nigeria is home to 15 million Shiites Wahhabis had chosen to strike hard and fast.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also joined his voice to that of other officials in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Addressing his Nigerian counterpart Zarif called for “immediate and serious” measures to stop violence against all Muslims.”

An official at the Iran Foreign Ministry told me under anonymity that Iranian diplomats in Nigeria had already made clear that should anything happen to the Sheikh, Tehran would hold the authorities directly responsible.

This statement was echoed by Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s own warning - Iran’s Arabic and African deputy foreign minister - “Currently we have very good relations with Nigeria and the country’s president recently visited Tehran. So we warned our friends in the Nigerian government that they are responsible in this issue … Sheikh Zakzaky’s health is very important to the nation, the Muslims of Nigeria and the whole of the Islamic world.”

With tensions running at all-time high in Nigeria, religious minorities fear they lost the safety Sheikh Zakzaky offered them so far, by acting as a rampart against Wahhabi fundamentalism.

As for Washington and other Western capitals their silence speaks volumes of their commitment to the war on terror, this political farce powers have waved as a banner for well over a decade.

A fire has been lit in Africa and few seem interested in extinguishing it.


https://www.rt.com/op-edge/326333-boko-haram-nigeria-zakzaky/
Politics / Shia Solidarity Rally Friday at Nigeria Embassy Washington DC for Zakzaky by Rafidi: 8:48pm On Dec 17, 2015
One of the most world famous Shia Muslim preachers Sayyid Ammar Nakshawani calls for protest in front of Nigeria's embassy in Washington DC on his official Facebook page. Nakshawani is British of Iraqi decent. Renowned for his British accented English lectures to spread Shia Islamic beliefs around the world which can be accessed on Youtube. Other leading Shia clerics, speakers, preachers and figures will join the rally. below is the advert on Nakshawani's page.

https://www.facebook.com/SANakshawani/photos/a.10150653718462587.384435.47734237586/10153136018522587/?type=3&theater
Politics / Re: The Shia, El-zakzaky And The North by Rafidi: 7:39pm On Dec 17, 2015
This Wahhabi bigot called abulbanaat should be sent back to the Islamic section.

If you think the Shia beliefs are false, people should be free to be "non Sunni" and even "non Muslim" if they choose that.

Most of the BS you posted is false. You should stop describing, defining, translating and interpreting the beliefs of others based on your Wahhabi fantasies. Allow the Shia to tell the world about their own beliefs. You are in no position to tell us about our own beliefs.

The mods should do the needed and throw this trash thread into the forum's dustbin or into the Islam section. In the Islam section, I'm sure my brother Albaqir will do justice to the BS claims and falsifications sugar coated as history. This thread is not political. It's religious prejudices from a known Wahhabi of the Islam section.

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Politics / Hezbollah Almanar TV: Lebanon's Hezbollah Statement Condemns Zaria Killings by Rafidi: 7:14pm On Dec 17, 2015
Hezbollah Condemns Nigerian Army Attack on Islamic Movement in Zaria

Local Editor

HezbollahHezbollah denounced on Thursday the attack that was carried out by the Nigerian army on the supporters of the Islamic Movement in Zaria city in Nigeria what left hundreds either killed or injured, committing a crime that matches all the features of a genocide.

In a statement, Hezbollah considered that arresting the major symbol Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky after shooting him as well as detaining dozens of the Islamic Movement supporters in Nigeria raises the questions about the backgrounds that control the troops which committed the crime and the regional and International forces which instigated them to commit that blatant criminal act.

Hezbollah called on the Nigerian authorities to reveal all the facts related to the crime through a transparent probe, punish all the culprits, release sheikh Zakzaky and the rest of the arrested, deliver the martyrs' corpses to their families, and return to the avenue of wisdom in order to treat this bleeding wound.

Hezbollah finally offered the deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs, wishing a speedy recovery for the wounded and an immediate release for the arrested "if Holy God wills."

On Monday, Nigerian troops arrested the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, after committing a massacre against people attending a religious ceremony in Hussainiyyah Baqeeyatullah in the northern city of Zaria.

http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=245408&cid=23&fromval=1&frid=23&seccatid=14&s1=1
Politics / Re: Just-In:Video Claims Attack On Shiite Hussainiyyah Before Road Block, Unprovoked by Rafidi: 11:40pm On Dec 16, 2015
A7:
Although the siege started in the night, it lasted till next day and that's when Zakzaky was shot and arrested, ever pause to ponder why Zakzaky told the iranian who contacted him that soldiers are at his house shooting for the last 11 hours?


there is no sign the soldiers were coming under fire and it was daytime as it appears on the video. and it looks like the initial stage as people were screaming and not "taken out" yet! if what you are insinuating is that the soldiers were coming under fire.

also, leaving it till night before finally storming the Hussainiyyah and the house could have been a strategy for whatever military reason or logic. and Zakzaky went into hide to protect his life until his hiding was uncovered. and the army statement says he was not arrested but taken into "protective custody". if he was arrested, the after 48 hours he ought to have been released or bailed; and his human rights now violated by granting bail. the "protective custody" is an excuse so he could be kept indefinitely.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: My Humble Opinion On The Recent Muslim Shi'i - Military Clash In The North by Rafidi: 7:46pm On Dec 16, 2015
AlBaqir:
MY HUMBLE OPINION ON SHI'I - MILITARY CLASH

During Jonathan administration, there were campaign that his administration worked alongside Israel Zionist agenda (which apparently was) therefore targeting the "Shi'a" especially Sheik Zakyzaky led group.

Now Jonnah and his administration are gone vis-a-vis his allies. Muhammad Buhari, a Muslim who had practically gave "political allegiance" to Iran, a known Shi'i state, is at the helm now. Interestingly he has many Shi'a in his administration. Yet we (Shi'a) are still sentimentally shouting "oppression".

In as much as I do not believe the transparency of our military activities, I also refuse to accept the sentimental appeals of our Shi'i brothers against the Nigerian military.

The news from the two sides are too much biased in their presentations. While it is understandable for the military because of the age-long Boko-Haram atrocities and counter measures, making them to be more vicious, the socio-political stance of the North these days is also not helping the religious situation.

With respect to Islamic movement under the leadership of Sheik Zakyzaky, I think it is high time the movement should devise a more tolerable hiccup-free strategy to organize and led processions. The fact that Nigeria is a secular state, processions should not in anyway affect the orderliness of the socio-religious activities of non-Shi'i on one hand and of most important the law enforcement responsibility of combating insurgency within the very region.

Generally we (muslims) are intolerable and like forcing down our beliefs into other people's throats at all cost. Having a procession whereby millions took to the street, block the road networks, making lives difficult for others will surely incurs the wrath of law enforcement agencies and give them licence and excuses to halt or disturb such processions by all means.

This is not the spirit of Islam. This is not the teachings of the Ahlulbayt [alaihima salam]. This is not the treatment fellow humankind deserve. If people of other faith have similar fashion of this "social disturbances", it is not a licence or a standard for us to emulate.

Personally I have heard reports from AUTHORITATIVE sources (neutral minds) that many of the members of Islamic movement do go against the normal ethical decency and, emotionally, owing to the sorrowful past incidences of several loss of lifes of their members, will dare the law enforcement agencies esp. the military.

It is easier for Iran, Iraq, Lebanon etc to have processions in their millions halting all activities because their state is more or less Islamic with Shi'i having largest percentage of the population. This is definitely not the case in Nigeria. I believe we need to be more civil by being law abiding. Cooperating with the law enforcement agencies, getting advices from them on how to conduct millions in procession without violating the social orderliness or military rules and regulations are ways in ensuring smooth and peaceful processions.

Wa Salam alaykum


a video was released today showing how the followers of Zakzaky prevented the convoy of the COAS from passing. the youth stated that last year when a military convoy passed through the area 34 members (including three sons of the Sheikh) were killed. the youth challenged the army, and prevented the convoy from passing. the army used force and killed a number and passed through.

after the incident on the issue of road block, what we need to know is why was the Sheikh's house surrounded and attacked into the night, and the Islamic center and cemetery also attacked and destroyed, which led to many casualties, most likely, way more than the casualties (extra judicially) on the road block incident. this is what makes me feel alarmed and concerned.

https://www.nairaland.com/2805886/why-hussainiyyah-zakzakys-house-besieged

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Politics / Re: Why Hussainiyyah & Zakzaky's House Besieged And Attacked After The Road Clash? by Rafidi: 6:35pm On Dec 16, 2015
ladyF:
One/Two question(s) for you, are you a muslim? If yes, are you a shite?

I am a human being. is that enough?

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Politics / Why Hussainiyyah & Zakzaky's House Besieged And Attacked After The Road Clash? by Rafidi: 6:20pm On Dec 16, 2015
a video was released today showing how the followers of Zakzaky prevented the convoy of the COAS from passing. the youth stated that last year when a military convoy passed through the area 34 members (including three sons of the Sheikh) were killed. the youth challenged the army, and prevented the convoy from passing. the army used force and killed a number and passed through.

after the incident on the issue of road block, what we need to know is why was the Sheikh's house surrounded and attacked into the night, and the Islamic center and cemetery also attacked and destroyed, which led to many casualties, most likely, way more than the casualties (extra judicially) on the road block incident. this is what makes me feel alarmed and concerned.

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Politics / Re: Umar-Jibia's Letter To President-Elect Buhari About The Shiites by Rafidi: 3:27pm On Dec 16, 2015
This Wahhabi terrorist in disguise of a professor ought to have been arrested since for stoking sectarian tension and publishing inflammatory comments, lies, unfounded stories and prejudices against Shia Muslims.

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Politics / Re: Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Begging Shiites To Clear The Road by Rafidi: 2:49pm On Dec 16, 2015
crosbreaka:
[b]i have watched the video released showing army officers asking Shites to clear the road. It is obvious that the Shiite followers of Zakzaky mistrust the army because of last year's tragic incident under the Jonathan administration, when three of Zakzaky's sons were killed and thirty members of his Islamic Movement in Nigeria.

Undoubtedly, the army can claim anything after watching this video. Both sides could have avoided this incident by letting go their ego. The Shiites brought death upon themselves by blocking the road and confronting soldiers who don't value civilian life and play by democratic rules. This was suicidal in my view on the side of the Shiites.The Zakzaky followers provoked the soldiers going by this video. We however don't know what the soldiers mission was on that road and if the sect members felt threatened or thought the soldiers were on their way going to kill their leaders so they blocked the road and insisted not to clear. There is need for more details especially that the video is cut at one point.

However, let us go by the narration and video we have at hand. The soldiers have "protected" themselves, refused to turn back and cleared the way and have killed those blocking the road.at this point, it is still a road blocking clash and things have happened.

What is left to be understood is after the soldiers have cleared the way, why did they proceed to the Hussainiyyah and shot at sight and destroy the Islamic center? Why did they also go ahead to destroy the sheikh's house and shoot him and his family members? After the road blocking incident, the soldiers continued on the rampage on three different locations synonymous with the Islamic movement in Nigeria, far away from the road blocking incident location. More or less, it was revenge attacks and "lesson teaching" mission by soldiers. The Zakzaky followers were too overzealous and bold to confront the army and they are wrong to display stones, machetes and sticks in front of armed soldiers. That incident has passed. Why did the soldiers continue the attacks and extra judicial killings? I expect them to exercise restraint. And even if the sheikh was to be cautioned, the police or other ways should have been employed to caution him or even arrest him in a democratic dispensation.

So clearly, the video explains the trigger and the mistrust and misunderstanding that happened and both sides lost it and the movement members more or less committed suicide.

After the road block wahala had ended, the soldiers totally lost it and took law into their hands and went on revenge attacks and extra judicial killings. Things are not done like that in democracy. There is police and rule of law.

That is my opinion and you may agree or disagree. What is on ground is pitiful. Hundreds have been killed and properties destroyed. Many homes have been wounded.

May the dead RIP!

We hope justice will prevail and impunity will not continue. Had Jonathan done the needed last year when three of the sheikh's sons were killed along thirty others, a lasting solution could have been found to end the problem of road blocks and mistrust. There is need for confidence building measures and trust with the Islamic Movement in Nigeria to be put in place by the government to reassure everyone that no one is target simply for their beliefs or what they practice and then look for ways of cooperation and understanding to avoid any future mistrust or tragedy.[/b]
Politics / Shia Ayatollahs Hold "Nigeria's Sunni President" Personally Responsible by Rafidi: 2:37pm On Dec 16, 2015
BREAKING | Shia religious leadership, Grand Ayatollahs of the holy Seminary of Karbala and Najaf have issued statements strongly condemning the "merciless" attack launched by the Nigerian military against its peaceful Shia population, and the violent arrest of the leader of the community Sheikh Zakzaky. Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi and Grand Ayatollah M. Sa'eed al-Hakim both hold the Nigerian government and its Sunni president Buhari personally responsible for the atrocious campaign of murder and intimidation against the followers of Ahlulabyt.

AhlulBayt Tv

https://www.facebook.com/Ahlulbayt/posts/10156311463720082
Politics / Re: Iran Military Facebook Page Post Veiled Threat To Nigeria Over Zaria Killings by Rafidi: 11:56pm On Dec 15, 2015
MinorityTribe:
Shi'a Islam is just spread by Iran mainly for political reasons. Since they also claim to be Muslims they can easily penetrate a nation of majority Sunnis. Iran have been supporting Zazaky for over three decade and the numbers of Shiites are growing, It doesn't matter how long it takes even if it is a 100 years...Once the number have grown to a considerable number then they will attempt to overthrown the government. That is Iran only desire, To penetrate Sunnis nations and overthrow the government....Islamic revolution style. Buhari who is obviously from the Sunni Fulani tribe with it's own empire and Hegemony must have noticed this and attempt to nip them at the bud. That is the job of every empire, To protect it's hegemony over a certain region.

you are very foolish.

so millions of Nigerians are embracing the Shia version of Islam just in order to benefit Iran politically? it has nothing to do with doctrines, teachings and beliefs? the truth of the matter is as a Sunni i could not calm my conscience down over Wahhabi terrorist groups that go about killing anyone that doesnt share their radical Sunni version of Islam. I found Shia Islam to be in tune with Quranic teachings and Islam as a religion of peace. Shias do not kill innocent people for being buddhist, jews, christians, atheists e.t.c. i am Shia and i am not a follower of Zakzaky's Islamic Movement in Nigeria. i do not have to follow or look upto a Shia cleric with ties to Iran as a Shia, even though i have nothing against Iran as a country. and you are definitely wrong about "overthrow". that sounds propaganda and fear-mongering.

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