Islamists and jihadists do not just murder non-Muslims, they also kill their own if thought to be not Islamic enough. Even a cleric, one respected as a learned man is at the mercy of his co-religionists if he does not tow the strict edicts of Muhammad and the Qur'an. He is especially at risk if he protests against those who see Islam as something other than a religion of peace. Thus the death of another voice rallying against how Islam is defined today and practiced by some Muslims.
Ibrahim Abdullahi Bolori spoke his mind, and for that he was murdered by Islam. He will be missed.
Remember, this is Islam.
From AFP/Google March 13
Ibrahim Abdullahi Bolori spoke his mind, and for that he was murdered by Islam. He will be missed.
Remember, this is Islam.
From AFP/Google March 13
Outspoken Muslim cleric killed in northern Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria — Gunmen shot and killed a Muslim cleric highly critical of a hardline Islamist sect, in an attack outside his home in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, witnesses said.
The attackers, who were in a sports utility vehicle, gunned down Ibrahim Abdullahi Bolori outside his house, which is just next to a mosque, neighbours said.
"The sheikh came out of his house around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) and sat outside. An unmarked jeep slowed down and gunmen shot him... five times before speeding off," said a neighbour Awwalu Ishaq.
Bolori had been an outspoken critic of the radical Islamist group known as Boko Haram, which in 2009 launched an uprising in Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Borno state.
The revolt was put down by a brutal military assault, but since 2010, attacks attributed to the group have left dozens dead, most of them policemen.
Another cleric who spoke against the sect was gunned down in the same city October last year at his house while giving a theology lesson to a student.
That was a warning to Bolori to shut up a little or he would be next.
The sect, whose name means "education is a sin" has been blamed for killings targeting police officers, local community leaders, clerics and politicians in recent months.
The sect name, Boko Haram also means "Books, him bad" (thanks to Roland Shirk)
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The attackers, who were in a sports utility vehicle, gunned down Ibrahim Abdullahi Bolori outside his house, which is just next to a mosque, neighbours said.
"The sheikh came out of his house around 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) and sat outside. An unmarked jeep slowed down and gunmen shot him... five times before speeding off," said a neighbour Awwalu Ishaq.
Bolori had been an outspoken critic of the radical Islamist group known as Boko Haram, which in 2009 launched an uprising in Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Borno state.
The revolt was put down by a brutal military assault, but since 2010, attacks attributed to the group have left dozens dead, most of them policemen.
Another cleric who spoke against the sect was gunned down in the same city October last year at his house while giving a theology lesson to a student.
That was a warning to Bolori to shut up a little or he would be next.
The sect, whose name means "education is a sin" has been blamed for killings targeting police officers, local community leaders, clerics and politicians in recent months.
The sect name, Boko Haram also means "Books, him bad" (thanks to Roland Shirk)
Read it all
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