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- UN Muslim have written to the terror group leader, Abubakar Shekau, to release the girls without delay.
- It was also express that there actions have shocked Muslims across the world.
- They have also disrespected Islam and the teachings of the Prophet.
Borno State, Islamic clerics resident in the United States of America
have written to the terror group leader, Abubakar Shekau, to release the
girls without delay.
The clerics voiced their anger in a letter written to Shekau and obtained by Sunday Tribune.
The letter was signed by the Supreme Council of Muslim Organisations
Zaytuna College, Washington, DC Berkeley; Imam Sheikh Jamal Said; Imam
Sheikh Kifah Mustapha; The Mosque Foundation, Bridgeview, IL Bridgeview;
Dr. Hatem Bazian; American Muslims for Palestine; Council on
American-Islamic Relations; Islamic Circle of North America; Khalil Meek
W. Deen Mohammed II; Muslim Legal Fund of America The Mosque Cares,
Dallas, TX Chicago, IL; Mahtabuddin Ahmed Hussein Ata, among others.
According to them, it is imperative the girls are released immediately.
They said, 'we urge you to immediately release the young children you
have unconscionably taken. Your actions have shocked Muslims across the
world and have disrespected Islam and the teachings of the Prophet
(Peace Be Upon Him).
'Your justification for stealing these children - that education for
girls goes against Islam - has no basis whatsoever in our faith. The
Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) wisely emphasised that every Muslim
man and woman has a duty to seek education. You have truly strayed from
Islam when your actions betray its first command: 'Iqra!'
They insisted that by such act, the Boko Haram sect had strayed from the
teachings of Islam, arguing, 'Your attempt to transform a central tenet
of Islam into a vile lie used to kill and maim innocent Nigerians of
all faiths is transparent. You treat children like cattle.'
They called on Shekau to 'listen to the global chorus of voices that are
enjoining you to do what is right: return these children to their
families and replace the evil in your heart with peace and learning.'
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