Boko Haram

By Zia H Shah on May 8, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

Muslim scholars condemn Boko Haram’s ‘heinous’ acts

JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH Published — Thursday 8 May 2014 Religious scholars working under the world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries on Thursday denounced the mass kidnappings of Nigerian girls by an extremist group claiming to be fighting for Islam. The group called Boko Haram seized more than 200 pupils from […]

By Zia H Shah on July 30, 2012 ( Leave a comment )

Islamic scholars ask Boko Haram to end violence

SOME eminent Islamic scholars at the weekend, called on the Boko Haram sect to permanently end its violence in the interest of peace and unity. The clerics, who spoke at this year’s Ramadan lecture of the National Council of Muslim Youths Organisation (NACOMYO) in Lagos, reiterated that so far, the […]