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Nigeria: Accused jihad murderer says his imam initiated him into the Islamic State in West Africa

Oct 24, 2015 2:29 pm By Robert Spencer

What? An imam initiated this man into a jihad terror group? Didn’t his study of the Qur’an lead him to realize that jihad terror has nothing to with Islam, as it did the imams John Kerry, David Cameron, Pope Francis, et al? Perhaps the U.S. Catholic Bishops could send an emissary — say, an Arabic-speaking bishop from an Eastern Catholic Church — to Nigeria to explain to Abdulwaheed Nasiru how his imam was all wrong, and how he is misunderstanding the true, peaceful teachings of his beautiful religion.

Boko Haram renamed itself the Islamic State in West Africa last April, after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State.

Abdulwaheed Nasiru

“Imam of the mosque I pray initiated me into Boko Haram – Suspect,” by Wale Odunsi, Daily Post, October 24, 2015:

A member of the gang suspected to have carried out the recent bombings in Abuja, in which many people were killed, Abdulwaheed Nasiru, has revealed how his Imam initiated him as a member of the Boko Haram sect.

Nasiru, who operates under the alias of ‘Haulaki’, was arraigned alongside others in court on Thursday.

Intelligence report gathered by the Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), a new squad created by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, to combat terrorism, armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes, picked up the suspects, Abdulazeez Muhazab and Ishiaka Salihu.

They were picked up at a house at Karmajiri, behind Military Area off Airport Road, Abuja.

Explosives, detonators, chemicals in both liquid and powder form used in making bombs, were discovered.

After the arrest and subsequent interrogation of the two suspects, they fingered Nasiru and Abu Hamza as their leaders in Abuja.

Nasiru, a primary school drop out, from Kogi State. said: “I came to Abuja seven years ago to learn auto mechanic at the Games Village.

“I graduated four years before establishing my workshop at Galadimawa Roundabout. In 2013, I joined Boko Haram. There’s mosque along the road, before Total Filling Station, in Aiyoke Area of Okene, Kogi State. I rented an apartment very close to the mosque.

“One of the sons of the landlord of that house, Abubakar, was my friend. He was killed during an operation. Abubakar regularly visited that mosque. He was the person who introduced me to the Imam. The Imam is also the owner of the mosque. His name is Mustapha.”

“Mustapha is in the custody of security agents. Mustapha initiated me into the Boko Haram sect. He urged me through his teachings, after Jumat, Saturdays and Sundays prayers, to be faithful to God.

“He said I should do Allah’s wishes. I should oppose those going against the teachings of Prophet Mohammed.

“Mustapha used to urge us to support the cause of Jihad in the North-Eastern part of the country in any way we could. He said if we could not donate money to the cause or volunteer to be part of the group, we should pray for those waging the war.

“In some of the teachings of my Imam, he told us that western education was a sin and working for the government was also a sin. He asked those who had gone through secondary and university education to destroy their certificates.”…

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Filed Under: Boko Haram, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Nigeria Tagged With: Abdulwaheed Nasiru


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Comments

  1. Nonblvr says

    Oct 24, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    Story aside, I’m suspicious about the intentions of the man on the right. Getting ready to attack a jihadi perhaps?

  2. Michael Copeland says

    Oct 24, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    The imam needs lessons from the Pope in a “proper reading” of the Koran.

  3. duh+swa,i says

    Oct 24, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    The man in the yellow shirt is the only one in the group that has a grip on himself…

    • EYESOPEN says

      Oct 24, 2015 at 9:26 pm

      {;o)

  4. Angemon says

    Oct 24, 2015 at 6:00 pm

    A member of the gang suspected to have carried out the recent bombings in Abuja, in which many people were killed, Abdulwaheed Nasiru, has revealed how his Imam initiated him as a member of the Boko Haram sect.

    If I had 1€ for everyone surprised with this turn of events I’d go broke from giving money to people.

  5. Jay Boo says

    Oct 24, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    I had to read that first sentence twice

    “… the imams John Kerry, David Cameron, Pope Francis, …”

  6. mortimer says

    Oct 24, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    Obviously, there is a large community of Muslims in northwestern Nigeria who support the jihad and understand it as GENOCIDE against Christians and animists.

    • Dr. Divinity says

      Oct 25, 2015 at 4:22 pm

      Of course the mosques are where the jihadist are coming from And I feel sure they are still operating with the same imams

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