Nigerian Government and its ISIS Supporters.
This year Ashura mourning ceremonies took place in more than 100 countries of the world but the ceremonies were attacked in some countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Two groups staged those attacks: the ISIS terrorist group and Nigerian security forces. More than 20 peaceful Shia mourners were killed by Nigerian security forces (Nigerian army and Police) and their allied ISIS supporters.
The ISIS supporters launched more attacks the next day of Ashura against homes, businesses and schools of Shia Muslims in Kaduna state and they were protected and covered by Nigerian security forces. Lots of Nigerians were shocked to see security forces giving protection to murderous Wahhabi Savages who were destroying homes and properties of Shia Muslims.
The Nigerian Government and the murderous ISIS terrorists have some things in common in recent months. In the ongoing battle to liberate the Iraqi town of Mosul from the ISIS Savages, the terrorists yesterday killed 100s of Iraqis and dumped their dead bodies in mass graves. When I read this news it reminded me of the Zaria massacre by the Nigerian Government via the Nigerian army where they mass-murdered 1000+ Shia civilians and Governor Elrufai dumped their dead bodies in mass graves.
A prominent Sunni scholar of the Tijjaniya Brotherhood, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, strongly condemned the actions of the Nigerian ISIS supporters against the peaceful Shia Muslims and declared that if such attacks happen to his group Hell will be let loose. He also condemned the Kaduna state Governor Elrufai for banning IMN activities in the state.
Many non-Nigerians were shocked to hear that Nigerian security forces were allied with ISIS supporters and they attacked Nigerian Shia mourners. Shia mourners were protected by the security forces in other countries of the world with the exception of Nigeria. Such alliance of the Nigerian army and ISIS supporters took place during the

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Buhari’s Shiite and German paradoxes
RILWAN
22 OCT 2016
Despite his genuine disposition to state matters, including the anti-graft war, many Nigerians suspect that President Muhammadu Buhari’s democratic credentials still fall far short of the demands of the 21st century. The ongoing Shiite imbroglio, in which the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN, aka Shiites) is either banned by some states or under attack by sundry elements taking their cues from the government’s attitude to the group, is a poignant indicator of the severity of the intolerance sweeping through some states in the northern part of Nigeria. The president has not responded to the dire situation developing in that region either directly, as many Nigerians would have hoped, or indirectly through his spokesmen, as he is accustomed to doing when he is torn between his private longings and public duty. No one is sure whether he won’t wait until the problem expires naturally.

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PRESS STATEMENT
THE INCONGRUOUS POSITION OF KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT ON BAN OF IMN IS AN ASSAULT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday officially released a Gazette No.21 of 7th October 2016 that has declared the IMN an unlawful society. At the same time Governor Elrufai said his government “did not and cannot ban any religion.” This two-faced comment of government of Kaduna state is not only ambiguous but indeed incongruent with reason, logic, law and sanity.
The Islamic Movement is not a society or association or organization. It is a global concept. Its members are conscious and practicing Muslims, who practice Islam the way it ought to. That is why all its practices and observance are based on beliefs and practices of Islam. It doesn't need registering to belong or to practice in as much as Islam need not be registered for anyone to believe it and practice it. That is why the IMN has no hallmarks of associations such as membership register, membership dues, association logo, letterhead officers, motto and all the characteristics of societies. That is why banning IMN is akin to banning our faith or stopping us from practicing Islamic religion the way we understand it, which KDSG itself admittedly affirmed it has no right to do. To claim otherwise is incongruous.
Governor Elrufai went to the extreme in his quest to justify this ambivalent position on the so-called ban. One moment he plays the jury and the next he acts the prosecutor at the same time. His comment that “It solemnly declared unlawful a specific group that continues to threaten public order in the state" is bereft of reasons. So is his assertion that "the IMN was never a registered organization and it refused to conduct itself with full adherence to the laws of this state”. It would be pertinent for KDSG to answer this poser: When was the IMN ever taken to a court of law and convicted of being a threat to public order?
On the contrary, his predecessor, Lt. Col Jafaru Isa, once issued a commendation to Sheikh Zakzaky, describing him as an "Ambassador of peace" in the state.
Elrufai's twisted imagination seeks to mischievously label IMN as violent. This is contrary to evidence anywhere anytime. Only recently, a report by a crisis monitoring group, listed 18 new armed groups that sprang up in Nigeria in the last 17 months, with many of them involved in the killings and kidnap in Kaduna. Not only was IMN not listed, but Governor Elrufai has not turned his attention to those by banning them.
This ban order is nothing but the portrayal of Kaduna state government as intolerant of religious minorities, and if allowed to stand unchallenged by the good people of Kaduna state, it will lead to a ban on other religious minorities, especially Christians and the Muslims following the Sufi order.
Governor Elrufai cunningly hides behind the discredited findings and recommendations of Justice Muhammad Garba Judicial Commission of Inquiry to the Zaria massacre, without issuing a white paper on it, which he promised after receiving the report. If the Governor is sincere enough in the peaceful coexistence of Kaduna state, why won’t he as well prosecute the Army officers indicted by the Commission for the mass murder of at least 347 people and dumping them in mass grave secretly in the middle of the night?
IMN rightly believes, Governor Elrufai wants to cover up his complicity in the murder of over a thousand innocent souls in Zaria. We are not distracted by his antics. We are already seeking redress in the court and will pursue the case to its logical conclusion.
We continue to demand the unconditional release of our illegally detained leader, Sheikh Zakzaky, his wife, and other members of IMN incarcerated in various detention centers. We will continue with our peaceful activities and protests demanding same in spite of provocations and persecution.
SIGNED BY
IBRAHIM MUSA
PRESIDENT MEDIA FORUM OF IMN
0805 078 6093
20/10/16

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PRESS RELEASE - Nigeria: Release 'prisoners of conscience' immediately
18/10/16
IHRC calls on the Nigerian authorities to immediately release scores of people detained last week during events commemorating the Islamic occasion of Ashura.
The detained were among supporters of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) targeted by security forces across several states in northern Nigeria in a continuing crackdown on the organisation and its mainly Shia followers.
Over a dozen people were killed by police and army gunfire during the processions last Wednesday and many others beaten by thugs hired by the authorities to sabotage the events. Places of worship associated with the IMN were also attacked.
Mnay of those detained are minors. Among them was a three year-old girl called Salamatu Yunusa held in the city of Jos in Plateau state until her release yesterday. Minors are also among the detained in Katsina state.
IHRC echoes a statement put out by the IMN calling the arrests and the trumped up charges that followed them "an embarrassment to the nation" and reiterates the IMN's call for the injured among the detained to be given appropriate medical attention.
"They are prisoners of conscience. This is unfortunate and a gross miscarriage of justice. All humanitarian laws recognise that prisoners should not be denied medical treatment," said the statement.
This year's Ashura processions were preceded by a military build-up that was reminiscent of the run-up to the massacre last December of at least one thousand IMN supporters by the army.
There was also a spate of arrests of IMN supporters in response to a recent state-wide ban proscribing membership of the movement. The ban appears was widely interpreted as an attempt to further weaken the movement whose leader Shaikh Ibrahim Zakzaky remains in detention following his shooting and arrest during last December's massacre.
Notes to editors:
Photos of detained 3 year-old girl Salamatu Yunusa are attached and a copy of the letter her mother wrote to the authorities asking for her release.
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Muharram: Shia Killings In Nigeria
Muharram is the name of the first month of the Islamic calendar like January in the Gregorian calendar. Muharram is a very important month to Muslims especially Shia Muslims since the Karbala tragedy that saw the gruesome beheading of the affectionate Grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa), Imam Hussein (as), occurred on the tenth of the month Muharram.
Programs and activities are organize in the first ten days of Muharram to highlight the tragedy and lessons to be learnt. People are encourage to willingly donate Blood to be given to those in need so as to symbolize the massive bloodletting that took place during the Karbala tragedy.
In Nigeria Shia Muslims made preparation for the events which is mourning period and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) under the leadership of His Eminence Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky made Press Release to draw attention to the mourning period of Muharram and the possibility that the Nigerian government is planning to attack the Ashura peaceful processions as an extension of the Zaria massacre that took place last December where the Nigerian President Buhari sent the Nigerian army and they massacred close to one thousand Nigerian civilians and wickedly dumped their dead bodies in mass graves.
Yesterday (12/10/2016) was the tenth of Muharram (Ashura) and peaceful processions were organized in many Nigerian towns. Sadly some of those processions were attacked by Nigerian Security Forces and their allied Wahhabi thugs, Nigerians were killed and properties destroyed. The worst case happened in Funtua in Kastina state where the Nigerian Security Forces killed 15 Shia mourners and injured more than 100. In Kaduna and Jos shootings took place by the Security Forces with Shia Muslims killed and injured. The security Forces gave their allied Wahhabi thugs the cover to burnt down Shia properties and destroyed the buildings as they came ready with tools.
Some Christian friends visited me yesterday evening for condolences of the more than 20 Nigerian Shia Muslims killed on the day of Ashura. I told them that there is certain inclination among Muslims that do not value human lives and that inclination is Wahhabism. I told them that this ideology has inspired all the murderous terrorist groups in the world that are killing innocent people in the name of Islam. Wahhabism inspired ISIS, AlQaeda, Boko Haram, Shabaab etc, these are intolerant murderous terrorist groups who only kill, rape and destroy all in the name of Islam. I told them that it was Wahhabism that inspired the Zaria massacre of Shia Muslims and the same ideology inspired the Shia killings of yesterday.
When the Nigerian massacres were taken place yesterday coincidentally a Saudi Shia brother was sending me pictures of their Ashura programs. I asked him if their security forces are attacking them and he answered negatively, and I told him that is what is happening in my country (Nigeria). We all know that the anti-Shia attacks and state-sponsored terrorism in Nigeria by the present government is tele-guided and orchestrated by the Saudi regime but here we were yesterday the Nigerian security forces killing Shia mourners while their Saudi masters did not do that!
On a final note, killings and destruction have never destroy an Idea but the Wahhabi mindset thinks that is possible and that is why they engage in so much killings and destructions around the world but achieve nothing. What are the achievements of ISIS, AlQaeda and Boko Haram?
Harun Elbinawi
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El-Rufai and his draconian law
By Abdulmumin Giwa
Definitely, going by the rules of natural justice and simple reasoning, El-Rufai lacks the moral standing even as Governor to implement such a rigid and draconian law on the IMN as it only tantamount to being a judge in his own case.
The Kaduna Governor is already guilty of crimes against humanity by playing the role of covering up the crime, sweeping it under the carpet and destroying physical evidences of the Army massive killings of IMN members in Zaria. This includes burying 347 IMN members both dead and living in a mass grave in the middle of the night.
He did not on his own volition reveal the crime he committed during the pogrom when his representative appeared before the Judicial commission of Inquiry (JCI), he was forced to by the Amnesty International (AI) report which indicted him and even produced satellite pictures of the scene of one of the mass graves at Mando Kaduna. The initial plan was to sweep it all under the carpet as the army denied killing IMN members saying they killed only seven instead of over 1000.
He even made efforts to defend his action publicly by miss-presenting the Geneva Convention laws to the public as his reasons for burying human beings alive in a mass grave to hide the crimes committed by the Army.
Imagine how heartless a man could be to burry men, women children and infants, dead and living in the same mass grave without observing their religious rights to be buried as provided.
Sources even have it that one of the victims of the mass burial, a lady that was only injured and was begging to be killed before being buried but they refused to kill her saying they were not ordered to kill them but to bury them.
As an extension of the Zaria massacre those who protested the massacre in Kaduna were ordered to be killed by the governor and 15 more people were killed by the mobile police force on the 15th of December in Kaduna while several others were arrested and are still in Kaduna prison at the moment.
He was the one that set up the Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) to look into the Zaria massacre and the JCI had no choice than to indict him in its report that he violated religious, state and international laws by mass burying IMN members in the middle of the night.
He is also the one that used his position as governor with impunity to demolish the sites where the soldiers used very heavy weapons like rocket propelled grenades on unarmed civilians, men, women and children just to help cover up crimes. He even packed away the rubbles from the scene after the demolition. This man is a war criminal of the highest standing.
Yet the IMN he is fabricating lies against, claiming that they are violent without any genuine proof took the steps of seeking redress without resorting to any breakdown of law and order. They engage in peaceful protests and rallies as well as media campaigns calling for the release of their leader. They have avoided all attempts by the perpetrators of the Zaria massacre to be pushed into any form lawlessness.
The IMN also took its case before the Federal High Court seeking the enforcement of the rights of their leader who has been in illegal detention without any charge after being shot severally, three of his sons murdered by the Army in his presence, his wife shot in the womb, his elder sister burned alive and his residence set ablaze by the Army and later demolished by the Governor.
It also took its case to the International Criminal Court ICC seeking redress and one of those indicted in the case is El-Rufai and the same was mentioned before a side panel at the United Nations.
The bone of contention here is that the IMN has completely avoided violence and mob action while seeking redress through peaceful means. It has also remained focused and resolute and refused to be pushed to the wall. The perpetrators of the Zaria massacre have made all efforts to ensure that they attribute violence to the IMN but all to no avail. They have fabricated fake tales to demonize the Movement without any evidence.
They claim the IMN is being sponsored by Iran but have failed to produce any evidence of financial transactions whatsoever, they claim that the IMN is armed but have failed to produce the arms and they also claim that the IMN is running a government within a government but have no evidence as well as the IMN members hold Nigerian passports and they took their case before Nigerian court and not take up arms to defend themselves. The IMN has also never declared any territory for itself or produced its own currency flag or anthem.
The Governor himself lied to Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky during the pogrom when he called him saying he was coming to Zaria to stop the Nigerian Army from the killing spree at Hussainiyya but he never did. Instead they used the call he made to the IMN leader as their evidence before the JCI that the IMN leader was called upon to stop his followers from what they were doing but he refused to stop them which is a blatant lie. No wonder former President Obasanjo described him as a pathological liar.
The IMN was denied right to fair hearing before the JCI during its sitting. The soldiers including the General Officer that led the killing spree made their presentations before the JCI, sponsored groups and anonymous organizations as well as rival Islamic sects mostly Wahhabis and others were all present before the JCI to make their submissions.
On the other hand they pushed the IMN away, refused to bring the IMN leader and primary victim of the attack before the JCI or even allow access to him even as they were keeping him in illegal detention. There were almost 200 IMN members in Prison most of whom were arrested at the scenes of the killings whose sides of the stories were never sorted. Despite these discrepancies the JCI sat and produced a report that is totally in conflict with the recommendations it made.
The report indicted the Governor on mass burial but the recommendation overlooked the indictment. The report also indicted the Army and recommended that the culprits be prosecuted but they were not arrested or detained or even invited for briefing.
Also the report looked for a way and indicted the IMN but the Governor took immediate steps against the IMN to the extent of implementing a controversial draconian law against it.
He did not address his own crimes against humanity as indicted by the report, he did not address the crimes of the Army that killed and injured the 347 IMN members he buried dead and alive but he is quick at clamping down on the IMN that is crying for justice to be done. This is oppressive, tyrannical and draconian. It is a violation of civility and good reasoning because it simply shows how desperate the governor is.
This implies that declaring IMN an “illegal society” is not done in the interest of the state but in the personal greedy interest of El-Rufai. Hence, he is guilty of abuse of office for using public office to satisfy his personal whim.
We are aware that this project of eliminating the IMN is not actually directly the initiative of the government but a contract from some foreign imperialist powers. These powers include Saudi Arabia, United States and Israel with each one having its own interest and role.
The Saudis who are flag bearers of the imperialist invented form of Islam called Wahhabism, who have founded terrorist organizations like ISIL, DAESH, AL-QAEDA, BOKO HARAM and others, are desperately struggling to wipe out the rival Shiite ideology by all means. They view Shiite Islam as a threat to the existence of their Wahhabi ideology.
The Americans see the IMN as a threat to their interest as well because to them it shows growing Iranian influence in the largest black nation of the world. In order to impose its own interest it has to eliminate the IMN. It has spent billions of dollars to demonize Iran across the world because it is implementing a rival system of government that is totally independent of their control and this is a serious blow on their imperialist interest. IMN is identified as being influenced by Iran.
Israel is a direct opponent of Iran in the world. It is Iran that has empowered the weak Arabs the Israelis are suppressing especially in Palestine and Lebanon. Iran supports Hamas in their fight for the freedom of Palestinian lands that are being illegally occupied by the Israelis. Iran also supports the Hizbullah of Lebanon that has blocked the Israelis from occupying their lands. Iran has also organized global Pro-Palestinian sensitization and awareness. The IMN identifies with this in the annual Quds Day processions. For this and others the Israelis also have their stake in it.
The trio supported the coming of the coming of the current Nigerian regime into power with one of the conditions being that the IMN be banned, its leader be killed and the members forcefully dispersed. This they accepted and were brought into power. Nigerians know that if former President Goodluck Jonathan had wanted to continue he would have continued as president. The only thing he needed to do would have been to manage post-election crises and that’s all. But because there was imperialists interest he was made to congratulate President Buhari before the elections result were announced.
In fulfillment of the conditions given him by the imperialist powers he ordered the killing of Shi’ites some months after being sworn-in. El-Rufai on his side, seeking relevance, he gave into the deal so that he could succeed Buhari as President. He is working to see that he gains relevance in the eyes of Israel America and Saudi Arabia.
Nothing of the entire crises is in the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians but the personal caprices of the perpetrators, that is why one would notice the desperation on the side of the government. There are a lot of groups including Boko Haram that are doing worse harms to the existence of Nigeria that have not faced this ban in Nigeria which will definitely tell you that there is an interest.
Their intention with this draconian law is to provoke the IMN members into reactions that would lead to violence and to also use it as an opportunity to frame the IMN with further flag-up operations in the name of IMN.
Anyway, this law will not see the light of the day because it is a mad thought, weak and partial in nature. And its true, “When God wants to destroy a man He starts by making him mad”.

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Elrufai: A Governor and also a criminal
Nasir Elrufai is the Governor of Kaduna state in Nigeria and to further remind us the inhuman Zaria massacre of Shia Muslims by the Nigerian army that took place last December took place in Kaduna state. In the massacre the Nigerian army mass-murdered close to one thousand Nigerian civilians that included women, children and the aged and dumped their bodies in mass graves. To this day no single person is arrested by the Nigerian government for this inhuman massacre. In fact it was those who survived the massacre most of them with bullet wounds that were arrested and were subjected to trump-up charges by the Kaduna state government.
Governor Nasir Elrufai shocked peace loving Nigerians and activists when yesterday (07/10/2016) he announced the banning of the peaceful IMN in Kaduna state and described it as "unlawful society". His claim that he took that action for the " peace and security " of Kaduna state did not convinced Nigerians since Nigerians are aware of the fact that for close to 40 years of its existence the IMN under the leadership of His Eminence Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky have been peaceful in all its programs and activities. Even after the brutal massacre of close to one thousand of its members and the raining of bullets on their leader and his family by the Nigerian army, IMN have been conducting all its protests and activities peacefully. Then why the ban by Governor Elrufai?
The Nigerian President Buhari ordered the inhuman Zaria massacre and that is the main reason why no body was arrested for the brutal slaughter of close to one thousand Nigerians and dumped their bodies in mass graves. Governor Elrufai is part of the murderous gang of the Nigerian President Buhari that executed the Zaria massacre. Governor Elrufai as he himself confessed in the kangaroo commission that he created that he collected 347 dead bodies of the victims of the massacre and buried them in a single mass grave at the middle of the night. This is a heinous war crime. Governor Elrufai immediately destroyed all the physical evidences of the massacre and according to the Rome status that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) to destroy evidences of war criminal is itself war crime.
The Zaria massacre was an evil imperialist agenda that has the Saudi Wahhabi regime as a front. Nigeria is not the first country that the bloodthirsty Savage Saudi rulers approached with the contract of destroying Shia Islam. They also approached Malaysia and paid close to $700 million dollars into the account of the Malaysia PM. The Malaysian PM did not kill a single Shia Muslim to please the Saudi Savages but in Nigeria President Buhari and his murderous gang murdered close to one thousand Nigerians to please the Saudi Savages. And the Savages were indeed pleased as the Saudi King Salman immediately called the Nigerian President Buhari to congratulate him after the massacre.
The Zaria massacre and the present action of Governor Elrufai is not a Sunni agenda against Shia Islam. Sunni Islam condemned inhuman massacres and the slaughter of defenseless civilians. The Zaria massacre and all the subsequent actions is a Wahhabi agenda. The same mindset that guides all the murderous terrorist groups of the world. ISIS, AlQaeda, Boko Haram etc and that is why all the utterances of the executors of the Zaria massacre against IMN and Shia Islam are the same with all the pronouncements of the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau.
On a final note, it is a duty on all Nigerians not to allow this evil agenda to succeed. Nigeria has no business tobe part of the Saudi vs Iran rivalry, Nigeria should be a free and independent country. Nigerian leader should not mass-murdered his own people just to please a Savage Saudi King. Most Sunni-majority countries refused to be involve in the Saudi vs Iran rivalry and Malaysia is a good example. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is on a visit to Malaysia as I write.
Harun Elbinawi
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The proclamation of Kaduna State governor Nasiru elRufai of banning the Islamic Movement in Kaduna has becoming clearer that the #ZariaMassacre was preplanned attacks on the peaceful IMN and kill its leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and when that failed they inaugurated a kangaroo commission made up of anti-shiites elements to fashion out the way they will further exterminate the movement and that what prompted the the recent proclamation.
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It is important to note that #Buhari_elRufai do not have any National Agenda that included all,they do not have a regional agenda.Their agenda is dangerous narrow Pro-Saudi that has all imprints of being sponsored by the regime of Saudi Arabia. This proclamation was clearly aimed at ongoing Ashura programmes which is taking place and have significant impacts on the all those who seek for justice, the proclamation also aimed to attack the oncoming Arbaeen Symbolic Trek.
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In Allah we depend, our Protector and Sustainer
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#FreeZakzaky.
#GodProtectZakzaky.

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Fourth day of Ashura mourning Session in Kano:

The steadfastness of the companions of Imam Husaini was the secret behind the success of the revolutionBefore the special guest speaker arrived, Malam Sunusi Abdulqadir started by quoting some Ahadiths on the exalted position of the progeny of the Holy Prophet, Ahl bayt.
The Special guest speaker was none but Mal Ismail who is studying in Iran and came to Nigeria for a brief break.  Mal Ismail started by quoting the saying of Imam Husain regarding his testimony on his companions. Imam said "I  have never seen more trustworthy companions than my companions"
On 9th muharram Imam gathered his companions and gave them an option of exit from the plains of Karbala because certainly the enemies were bent on exterminating them.
The members of the family of Aba Abdullah and other companions there present all affirmed their unshakeable position of staying together with Imam Husain against all odds. Mal Ismail asserted to the audience that Sheikh Zakzaky is an embodiment of the spirit of sacrifice similar to that offered by the companions of Imam. ElZakzaky sacrificed all: His children, his family, Husainiyya Baqiyyatullah, Gyallesu residence in order to respond to the call of Imam Husain: Is there any helper to assist us?
The speaker continued by elaborating on the individual virtues, courage, bravery and steadfastness Of the companions of Imam Husain up to the time of their martyrdom.
Imam Husain came out to reform the Muslim community. The companions together with members of prophets household who were together with the Imam knew that they would be slain yet were undeterred. The speaker  mentioned about the calamities of Sayyida Zainab who witnessed the slain of her Three children plus Her brother in addition to previous calamities of the martyrdom of her mother and father and brother. The speaker then transmitted the  tragedy that befell Imam Husain at the plains of Karbala: His brutal Slaughter while in acute thirst, his mutilation, Racing of horses over his body and lots more.
The session ended and Magrib prayer was said after which the routine dua were recited and all were discharged back home.

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Third day of Ashura Mourning session at Kano: The status of the progeny of the Prophet in Quran and Sunnah
In continuation of the Ashura sessions conducted at Fagge Mosque in Kano, Mal Sunusi Abdulqadir quoted several verses from the holy Quran which indicate the exalted position of Imam Ali bn Abi Talib and other members of the Prophet's household (Ahlul bayt ). He explained that upholding the esteemed leadership position of Ahl bayt after the Prophet is part of the trust which the human beings promised to uphold on the Earth. He elaborated further that every individual will be asked about the blessing bestowed upon him on this Earth. This blessing is the exalted position of leadership of the Ahl bayt. The Leader after the Prophet Was categorically declared by the Prophet based on injunction from Allah. Not only that leaders after Imam Ali up to the final one Imam Mahdi were stated. In continuation of his remarks, Sheikh Sunusi Abdulqadir tried to assert the fact that denial of the loyalty to the leadership of Ahl bayt culminated in the tragedy of Karbala. Imam Husain, the third in the divinely appointed leadership position of Muslims Was mercilessly massacred by the same people who profess the religion of his grandfather.
The session ended after magrib prayers with duas.

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Academic Forum of Islamic Movement in Nigeria Kano Chapter stage a Rally demanding the Immediate Release of Shiekh Zakzaky. They Carried Banners and Posters Chanting down the Federal Goverment for violating the Basic human Rights of Sheikh Zakzaky after Executing the Zaria Massacre. They also reitarating the release of Zaria Girls Abducted by the Nigerian Army more than 50 Young Girlls who are Mostly Undergraduate of Schools of highter learning. Saying Bringback our Zaria Girls. The Demonstration started at Zaria Road Opposite Aliyu BN Abu Talib Friday Mosque and ended at Gyadi-gyadi Opposite Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital at the Premises of National Human Rights Commission. Where they stage a Rally drawing the attention of the Human Rights Civils activist against the Violations of Basic Human Rights and Naigerian Constitution by Nigerian Army and the Govermnent. The Official were lectutant to attend the demand of the Student by giveng Flimsy execuses which were reject by the students.

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WROTE BY SUNNI BROTHER Sunusi Umar Sadiq
What happens to our humanity and collective conscience? This is the question I asked myself this evening as I passed by BUK Road by Danagundi and saw members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (a.k.a. Shi'ites) leading a demonstration calling for the release of their leader who has been in detention since December last year following the now historic Zaria Massacre.
I feel ashamed that before getting the details of what happened on that day, 12th day of December, I was a little happy with the incident for, methought, it would at least bring to an end the arrogance and total disregard for the rights, convenience and welfare of others brazenly displayed by members of the IMN whenever they carry out any of their activities and programs. It took the tenacity of Mallam Ibrahim Sanyi-Sanyi and further inquiries before I summoned back my humanity and conscience, and see the incident in the proper perspective it should be considered.
I am not interested in going into the substance of what happened, who is to be blamed or even what the government should do with regard to the matter. My concern in this piece is to condemn the attitude and reaction expressed by the majority of the non-Shi'ites Muslims.
I have always subscribed to the view that the so-called Sunni and Shiite antagonism has nothing to do with religion. The two are factions or, more appropriately, political parties that emerged among Muslims following the death of the Prophet and more prominently subsequent to the assassination of Othman bin Affan and the ascension of Ali bin Abiy Talib to the leadership of the nascent Muslim Ummah.
It's unfortunate that gullible and less or even non-informed Muslims have been programmed to believe that the Sunni-Shiite rift is religious. The hatred of the Shi'ites is consequently implanted in the heart of an average non-Shiite Muslim so much so that hating them has almost become a part and parcel of the so-called Sunni Path.
We, the 'Sunnis', are traditionally taught not to delve into the dirty things that happened among the Sahabas. History is disfigured and distorted; atrocities justified, excused or covered up. The Shi'ites refuse to follow suit and insist on exploiting history to showcase and drive home the genuineness of their claim and the nature and extent of their perennial persecution. Their hatred is therefore instilled into the minds of the younger generations by labeling them as those who curse and insult some of the Prophet's wives and his many companions.
This stereotyping and brainwashing made many Muslims greet the persecution of the Shi'ites in Nigeria, from the dark era of Abacha, with either indifference or outright acceptance, which is invariably followed by jubilation. This deep rooted hatred has completely blurred our sense of humanity and justice.
Instead of seeing that it is innocent lives, the sacredness of which the Quran constantly reiterates, that were brought to an end extra-judically, we see it as the crushing of a mortal enemy, the hater of the companions of the Prophet and his wives. We even see it as a visitation from God and a divine punishment against them, something they deserve.
The hatred the so-called Sunnis in Nigeria visited on the Shi'ites is largely based upon ignorance handed down to them by the self-proclaimed ulama that are still stuck in the reading of Seerah without moving on or graduating to the study of tarikh.
Will any reasonable person tell me with all sincerity that the atrocities perpetrated against unarmed children, young men and women on that day is justifiable or acceptable to a good conscience? The Quran, in Surah Ma'ida, teaches us, nay demands us, not let the grudges we have against people to swerve us from the cause of justice.
On 12th December 2015 fathers, mothers and children were exterminated in the most brutal manner imaginable. Parents were made childless, children were orphaned and wives widowed. People that are by law presumed to be innocent have since been detained, separated from what remains of their families and friends, and allegedly without the necessary facilities needed to take care of their failing health.
Under our laws treason and treasonable felony, the highest crime one can commit against a commonwealth, is among the exceptional criminal offenses that are subject to statute ofblimitations. It must be prosecuted within six months from the day of its alleged commission. But here we are with a person detained for almost ten months without having the opportunity to have his day in court. And here we are, the supposed best Ummah ever evolved for mankind for the singular quality of standing for justice and against oppression, saying nothing and doing nothing about it.
Injustice is an evil worth fighting against regardless of who its perpetrator or victim is. I am neither Sunni nor Shi'ite. I am a Muslim Modernist that is concerned with humanity. I feel obligated to speak against the apparent injustice against the Shi'ites though I am not one. If we opt to remain mute over this, then similar atrocity may one day be committed against the Tijjanis when they are celebrating the Maulud of Baye Inyas, the Qadiris when going for their Maukibi or the Izalas when attending their Wa'azin Kasa. If I remain mute when all these groups suffer prosecution, I am pretty sure no one will remain there to speak for me when somebody decides to launch a crusade against modernists like me.
No religion is ever founded on hatred. In fact, all religions came about to alleviate the suffering of mankind, give hope to the hopeless and provide direction to a people that lacks any.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE
Nigeria: Crackdown on journalists and assault on protests shrinking civic space
Immediate release: Wednesday 28 September 2016
The continuing spate of arrests and detentions of journalists and bloggers amid the security forces’ violent disruption of peaceful protests underscores how the Nigerian government appears determined to crush dissent and suffocate freedom of expression, said Amnesty International today.
The organization is calling for the authorities to ensure the rights of Nigerians to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, as guaranteed by international human rights law and the Nigerian Constitution.
“The escalation in the intimidation of journalists and bloggers over recent months seems to be little more than a barefaced attempt by the Nigerian government to muzzle dissenting voices in the country,” said Makmid Kamara, Interim Country Director at Amnesty International Nigeria.
“Alongside the security forces’ violent assault on peaceful protesters, this crackdown constitutes a growing threat to human rights enshrined in international law and the Nigerian constitution.”

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Ultimatum and threats of violence not in our character.
It has become expedient to make this clarification that the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has never employed the use of ultimatum or the issuance of threats of violence in its entire four decades of existence to anyone, group or authority. This is not about to change. A recent media campaign allegedly claims that “ultimatum” was issued.
The security forces appear to be bent on carrying out series of attacks and subsequently attribute same to the IMN at the expiration of the alleged ultimatum so that they could achieve what they have so far failed to do, which is associate the peaceful campaigns to free Sheikh Zakzaky with violence in order to swing public opinion against the IMN and justify the December massacre. We are aware of this two-faced machination of the enemy to pretend they are working to free our leader while in fact they mean evil. They have kept Sheikh Zakzaky in incommunicado detention without access to his lawyers or medical attention while they claim to keep him in protective custody.
We wish to once again reject any suggestion of threats of violence in our name. IMN is not and will not be responsible for any breech of peace or violence that will result from any false-flag plots. We will continue to employ all lawful, legal and constitutional means to achieve our goals, and would not be blackmailed into submission or surrender. Our timely rallies, processions and campaign activities will continue as at when due and in our ways without fear of intimidation. We will also continue to seek redress in national and international courts of justice as we have done in the past nine months.
Finally, we use this opportunity to call all people of conscience to intensify pressure on the Nigerian regime to unconditionally release Sheikh Zakzaky for medical attention.
SIGNED BY
IBRAHIM MUSA
PRESIDENT MEDIA FORUM OF IMN
0805 078 6093
29/09/16

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SHEKAU’s SCAM:
A NEW PLOT TO ATTACK SHEIKH ZAKZAKY
The 40 minutes new video released by the spectre leader of the group Boko Haram happens to be nothing but a scam and a new plot in the making to attack the incarcerated leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria.
Earlier on Sunday 25th September 2016, it was BBC, an indigenous foreign broadcasting outlet that first published the new Shekau’s scam on their website. The BBC report was what drew the attention of many people to the new clip, especially their emphases on the part where Shekau was referring to the Islamic movement in Nigeria and its leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
Willingly or unwillingly, The BBC Hausa service report serves as a background to the exposed plot of the Nigerian government to attack the leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria. Part of the reason for the above allegation is that, after the published news of the Shekau’s clip, BBC went ahead to made a thorough analysis under the caption ‘Boko Haram da Shi’a’, in which they boldly explained incidences of the Boko Haram attacks on members of the Islamic movement, and the group’s previous threats on IMN.
At this juncture, we strongly condemn the role played by BBC Hausa service, whether they did it intentionally or without intent. Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, has never believe in the existence of a fighter group ‘Boko Haram’, in the philosophy of the IMN, Boko Haram is nothing but a scam created as a tool used by the government to suppress truth and further subjugate the masses.
The exposed plot of the Nigerian government is initiated towards the use of some elements in launching series of attacks on various locations in the country, which would serve as a practical reaction of the Shekau’s new message. They planned to attack the DSS destination where the leader of the Islamic movement is detained and blame the attack on Shekau and his group.
A reliable source confirmed the exposed plot which we view as a serious scenario and a nonsensical decision of a government claiming to be democratic. A government that is expected to protect the life of its citizens, a government that claimed providing a ‘Protective Custody’ to Sheikh Zakzaky is on the move to end his life through any available opportunity.
With these exposed evil plot, whatever incident of attack would happen to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and our leader, Sheikh Zakzaky, our accused finger will be pointed at the Nigerian authority, not any scam group.
SIGNED:
ABULFADL FOUNDATION,
Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria
imnig.org
26/09/2016Islamic Movement in Nigeria
PRESS STATEMENT: Sheikh El-Zakzaky Deserves Release Not Trial Posted by Aliyu Suleiman on Monday, 26 September 2016 Our attention has been drawn to an editorial by the respected national newspaper Sunday Trust of 25/09/16, wherein a call for the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria...
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Eid-e-Mubahila
The Historical Occasion of the Triumphant Victory of Islam over Christianity
During his stay in Madina, the Holy Prophet (SAW) had sent letters to the heads of different countries inviting them to Islam. One such letter was addressed to the Christians of Najaran. It read: "In the Name of the God of Ibrahim, Ishaaq and Ya'qub. This letter is from Muhammad, the Prophet and Messenger of Allah to the Asqaf (Bishop) of Najran. Praise be to the God of Ibrahim, Ishaaq and Ya'qub. I invite you to worship Allah instead of (His) servants. I invite you to come out of the rule of the servants of Allah and into the rule of Allah Himself."
By using the names of the ancient Prophets (AS), the Holy Prophet (SAW) wanted to let the Christians of Najran know that the belief in One God he was teaching was the same as that preached by the previous Prophets Ibrahim, Ishaaq and Ya'qub (AS), in whom they also believed. It is also mentioned that the Holy Prophet (SAW) included the following verse of the Holy Qur'an in the letter: "Say, (O Muhammad), ‘O people of the Book (Bible), come to an agreement between us and you; that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall claim no partner to Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords besides Allah.' And if they turn away, then say, ‘Bear witness that we are Muslims (those who have surrendered to Allah)'" [3:64].
Christian Pontiffs in Madinah
When this message was delivered to Abu Haris, who was the Asqaf and leader of the Church, he read it carefully and then appointed a committee of some religious and wise people to decide on the matter. One of them, who was an experienced and intelligent person, advised that a group representing the people of Najran should go to Madinah to study the claim of Prophethood by the Holy Prophet (SAW). Sixty people, considered the most wise and knowledgeable from the people of Najran, were elected. Three of their pontiffs led the Christian high-level delegation. The Holy Prophet (SAW) received them with a warm welcome. Before they entered into a discussion, they requested permission to say their prayers and this was granted. They were assigned a section of the mosque where they could pray with ease and comfort.
Then the following conversation took place:
The Holy Prophet (SAW): I invite you towards the belief of Tawhid and the worship of One God and submission to His will. (Then he recited verse 64 of Surah Aali Imran.)
Christian Pontiff: If Islam means faith in the One God of the Universe, we already believe in Him and follow His Commands.
The Holy Prophet (SAW): Islam has a few signs and some of your actions show that you have not accepted true Islam. How do you claim worship of One God when you worship the cross and do not abstain from eating pork and believe that God has a son?
Christian Pontiff: Certainly he [Isa (AS)] was the son of God because his mother Mary [Maryam (A.S.)] had given birth to him without marrying anyone in this world. Therefore, obviously his father is the God of this Universe. We also believe in Jesus [Isa (AS)] as God because he used to bring the dead back to life, cure the sick and create birds from clay and make them fly. All this points to the fact that he is God.
The Holy Prophet (SAW): No, he was the servant and creature of God, and placed in the womb of his mother Maryam (AS). God granted power and strength to him. At this time, Angel Jibraeel (AS) brought the following verse of the Holy Qur'an from Allah: "Surely the example of Isa to Allah is like that of Adam; He created him from dust, and then said to him, ‘Be!' and he was" [Surah Aali Imran, 3:59]. This meant that if Isa (AS) could be called the son of God because of the fact he was born without a father, then Adam (AS) deserved this title more, because he was born without a father or mother.
The Christian Pontiffs could not reply to this argument but they continued to argue out of obstinacy. Then the following verse of the Holy Qur'an was revealed: "And whoever argues with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowled

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Contradictions in El-Rufai's personality, by Eze Peter Ogbonna -
Prof. Chinua Achebe of blessed memory once gave an insight on the situation of Nigeria leadership and its decaying condition. Achebe said: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership, that there is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. That the Nigerian problem is simply the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership.” Nigerians need not be told of the level of truthfulness in the erudite scholar’s assertion.
On July 1, 2015, being Wednesday, the Union newspaper had a headline report that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, had declared his assets. The report had it that the Governor is worth N90 billion, with ownership of 40 mansions in Abuja. The Governor’s assets declaration nonetheless came as a very big shock to the good people of Kaduna State and drew the attention of many Nigerians. However, the Governor, through his aide, refuted the claims of the report but refused to give details. He went further to break the iceberg by claiming to have been a dollar millionaire since his twenties.
This claim however, did not go down well with many and was probably for those who might have suspicion on the source of his new financial status. The claims and counter claims subsequently sent cold shivers to many quarters across the nation who in their wildest imagination has neither expected nor imagined of a suddenly turned dollar millionaire cum probable naira billionaire Nasir El-Rufai in his twenties. Despite this controversies, the Governor, whose humble beginning is well known, will always receive unequivocal commendation and appreciation for his rare insight into the intricacies of Nigerian governance, especially during his days as a Director General in the Bureau for Public Enterprise and Minister of Federal Capital territory consecutively
Good followers of Nigerian events should recall that in 2013, Nasir El-Rufai had put forward a provocative autobiography entitled: “Accidental Public Servant.” In the book, he drew the attention of several Nigerians, especially those outside the tight power circle of the happenings in the highest echelon of power, politics and decision making in the government. His ability to divulge and reveal the inner workings of governance at the federal level, naming and shaming the corrupt kings in our nation was truly refreshing and commendable.
However, with his antecedent as a self seeking righteous man, he never failed to accuse everyone he worked with of one atrocity or the other except himself and himself alone. One would equally recall the criticisms that followed the publication of the book which was widely believed to have a silent motive. The 627 paged book was seen by some critics as a means of not only seeking attention as most Nigerian politicians do especially when the workings are no longer in their favour but to also launder and massage his personal ego and pronounce himself indispensable in the affairs of the nation. His open vindictiveness of late president Musa Yar’dua and his then deputy, Goodluck Jonathan, as mediocres, was noticeably uncalled for. He did not equally spare the practices of government officials, especially the former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deluty, Atiku Abubakar, their travails, misunderstandings and battle for supremacy, which he benefitted from and was almost acting in a defacto vice president capacity, was also detailed. El-Rufai’s message of obsession to look different from others and be an outstanding, incorruptible public servant in the history of the nation was very conspicuous as he continued to lampoon his benefactors, the people he willingly ate with, dined with and dished from the same pot of as being the cause of the grief of this nation, but it is very surprising that he only remembered all this things when the pack of cards had already crashed. This action takes us to earlier belief that Nigerian Leaders are the only set of politicians that would take part in enjoying the proceeds of corruption, directly or indirectly but turns around at any slightest misunderstanding to slandering, vindictiveness and callousness but never fails to exonerate themselves by giving us one thousand and one reasons why they shouldn’t have participated in such clannish act.
Prof. Chinua Achebe would always be remembered for his popular rejection of National Award that he felt was coming from people who have raped and milked the nation of its resources, people that lacked the integrity and character to confer on another an honourary award. Since Nasir El-Rufai is at pains to put and show himself as a man of honour, wouldn’t it have been far honourable to either stay away from those he clearly knew were flirting with dishonor or inform Nigerians about it then before turning to stories for the birds of the air? well, that’s a story for another day. We can vividly remember that on the launching of the said book which he was unavoidable absent as he latter apologized, he had forwarded a speech in which in which he pleaded with the public to please buy the book so as to enable him raise some money to finance his children’s education. His request raised wild controversy as some people perceived it to be a mere insinuation of sympathy while some others felt he was trying to manipulate himself to the calibre of likes of President Muhamadu Buhari whom amidst his numerous years in public office was still unable to take care of some of his bills. Nasir El-Rufai’s inconsistent claims in his “Accidental Public Servant” was believed to have been instigated by interests and ego. Today he has taken the pursuit of ego to another level, his recent claims of a dollar millionaire in his twenties and the reports of his asset worth of N90 billion and 40 mansions in Abuja is a food for thought. This is enough to cause a moment pause and ask the reasons why men with modest imagination, originality and creative depth on creation changes immediately when transposed to a high public offices and assume their thinking and idiosyncrasies to be existential social reality and consequently invade the public space with bequiled controversies and questionable issues. If the major essence of asset declaration is to invigilate and checkmate public office holders, so as to know when the sweetness of power has overwhelmed them which can even lead to the temptation of probable conversion of a government lodge to a personal lodge, then the essence must have outlived its usefulness, since anticipatory declaration has taken the order of the day.
I am not holding brief for anyone but for the sake of conscience and history, we cannot deny the fact that most of our elites were already stupendously rich and successful before holding any public office whereas many others had their bread buttered in the course of their call to service through looting and illicit means. It is very few with sense of reason and conscience that still part with what is rightfully due to them and Nigerians are not blind to identify and remember this set of rare credible Nigerians. Nobody can unjustly gain such recognition from behind through tactical antics. Good students of history will not forget in a hurry that among the few wealthy and lucky ones that were ostentatiously rich before seeking for or being elected into public office in different capacities were Chief M.K.O. Abiola of blessed memory; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president; Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, the former Abia State Governor, who apart from being the youngest governor ever, was already running a conglomerate in his early twenties and by 1999, he was the highest financier/donor of his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party. Also among the list is the newly sworn-in Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, whose family was recently listed by Forbes magazine as one of the richest not only in Nigeria but also in Africa.
In my own opinion, Nasir El-Rufai has not said anything new, since most Nigerian politicians resort to various claims as to their assets. This I prefer to call “anticipatory assets from the public coffers”. In Nigeria today, the only remarkable asset declaration by a public office holder is that of the late former President Musa Yar’dua. The ex-president once blazed a trail by declaring that he owns assets worth N856 million and inadvertently submitted himself to public scrutiny during and after his presidency. This was a man that had served in various capacities in public office. He was from a very influential and well to do family and was governor for good eight years. Yet he did not declare to have owned an asset equal to two years budget of some states.
Since our leaders have made it practically impossible to believe them and their utterances, since they can always see reasons to openly deny, accept, confuse, connive, convince and re-convince us again to accept their claims and counter claims. The best way to judge them, if necessary, is through their actions and not words and allowing posterity to take care of the rest. If Governor El-Rufai’s asset declaration was “accidental” just as he was an accidental public servant. He should please better present to the public the un-accidental asset, otherwise it will be taken in good faith that he either acquired those assets and mansions through the most dubious and illicit way ever or that the declaration is for a “planned occurrence” or futuristic looting that has never been heard of or imagined.
In whichever way, he should heed to the popular advice of a former Governor in the South East who had admonished his successor to “govern the state with his conscience”. In so doing, we will hope that Kaduna state and Nigeria will be safe in the end; if not, then it’s not the end.
Ogbonna sent this article via ezekingV15@yahoo

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Nigerian government and the many lives of Shekau.
By Abdulmumin Giwa
It is becoming more and more glaring to the world that terrorism is a tool in the hands of global imperialism used as weapon of flag up operations to achieve political, social, economic and even diplomatic goals.
Definitely, there is no place you will find a conventional terrorist organization operating and terrorizing humanity that you will see or hear America, Israel or Saudi Arabia featuring in one way or the other.
The terrorist organizations receive technical and terror guidance from America and Israel while they receive funds and ideological guidance from Saudi Arabia.
Terrorism is a form of psychological warfare used in instilling fear and insecurity as well as dispersing and destabilizing people and communities. It is with the use of terrorism that nations relegate their security strength to the control of the imperialists who use it to control the victim states.
In Nigeria, it is not any different as even the government is meant to play a role in the whole saga and those in charge of security votes have their field days looting public coffers in the name of fighting terrorism. Many billionaires have been produced as a result from the political and military classes among Nigerians.
They deceive the public by making them believe that a terror group exists that is striving to establish the Islamic government. The only thing that is heard of such terror group is bombing of Churches, Mosques, Market places, schools and other public places. They abduct people and attack villages and set them ablaze thereby blackmailing and miss-presenting Islam as a religion of terror.

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BUHARI YA YI YUNKURIN SAKE KISAN KIYASHI A ABUJA.

Tunda sanyi safiya ne muna akan hanyar mu ta zuwa Abuja mu ke samun labarai cewa Sojoji sun datse hanyoyin tafiya zuwa Abuja suna binciken ababan Hawa, duk wanda suka gani da wata alama ta cewa shi Mabiya Shiekh Zakzaky ne suna tsare shi idan kuma Mota ce cike da Yan Uwa da yawa suna tsare Motar ne ko su tilasta musu komawa Garin da suka fito, wasu kuma kamar A Jos an kaisu ne Barakin Sojoji aka tsare. Don ne haka wasu sun kiramu cewa ga halin da ake ciki don mu kiyaye yadda za mu shiga Birnin Abuja.

Cikin Ikon Allah mun sauka lafiya a Abuja har wajen da tsayar na taruwa. Muna ajiye Motarmu ana hawa akan Sahu akan Junction na Nicon da kan Hanyar Nnamdi Azikwe. Nan da nan sai ganin Yan uwa nake suna ta fitowa ta ko'ina suna shiga Sahu, yan Uwa Mata kuma sai sake Shiga suke suna Juyewa zuwa Cikakken Sistoci. Mun Kama hanya alami lafiya ana Kabbara ana Government Free Our Leader! Wasu na Free Zakzaky Dole. A ka dau Sahu duk minti daya yawan Yan uwa karuwa yake saboda masu zuwa ta koina su shiga Sahu. Postocin Hotunan Sheikh Zakzaky suke Mamaye Titin Shehu Shagari.Ana tafiya masu Motoci na bin gefe suna shigewa.

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How  Nigerian Police and the Army attacked Members of  IMN on 22/09/2016 in Abuja Federal Capital Territory.
During a Peaceful Procession demanding for the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky in ABUJA.The Protest started from Nicon Junction along Nnamdi Azikwe Expressway followed Shehu Shagari Way Passing along St, Mattew Anglican Church, CBN, International Training Institute, PDP legacy Houseand MTN Office, Turned to IBB Way passing along British Council then to Aguinyi Ironsi Way Passing along Puplic Complaints Commission, NUC, Merit House and finally National Human Rights Commission were the demonstration was Concluded.
Police set up Three road blocks in their efforts to stopped Protesters reaching the National Human Rights Commission. Without any or Warning they were suddenly came under attacked by Police in order to Provoked them. They were heavily attacked with Tear Gas which falls on their Heads like Rainfall. Some of Brothers and Sisters felled down unconsciously. But despite all these they did not achieved what they want from them, that is to turned the Peaceful Protest into Violent, so that they will used it as a pretext to open fire on Protesters to repeat what they did at Zaria. They were able to reached their destination despite all the odd they encounter on their Way to National Human Rights Commission at Aguinyi Ironsi Way.
A short Public lectures was delivered at National Human Rights Commission in which the demand of the Members of the Islamic Movement was reiterated which is immediate release of Sheikh Zakzaky and his followers. A closing prayers was conducted by Malam Abduhamid Bello and that Marked the end of the Protest. The Members disperse Peacefuly to their Various Destination. FREE ZAKZAKY!!!

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OUR ZARIA GIRLS ARE CRYING FOR HELP *THIS JUST HAPPENED TO GIRLS LIKE ME*
I'm writing this with tears of sadness and sorrow.....Nigerian Army took away our happiness since last year December, 2015. Our friends & sisters were kidnapped by the Nigerian Army whose responsibility is to protect the lives, properties and dignity of civilians.
Since after the disastrous #ZariaMassacre, Our #ZariaGirls are nowhere to be found. They were Abducted by the Nigerian Army who claim to be the defenders of Democracy. More than 100+ girls of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria were Abducted, some were raped and burnt to death by the Nigerian Army. About 80-90% of this girls are future Doctors, Engineers, Nurses, Pharmacist, Sociologist, Journalist, human right activists, And above all FUTURE MOTHERS .
They are law abiding citizens, girls with brave mind and prescience, possessing personalities worth copying. They can fearlessly stand even at the espy of danger.
Our #ZariaGirls are not street girls, they are girls of moral characters, good background and sound values. They all have plans and aims to achieve in future, they are students of various tertiary institutions across the country, but they lost a complete session in their various institution now. Nigerian Army why do want to ruin their lives??? What is their crime for goodness sake??? None of this girls have ever been found in any criminal act. In fact they are role models to the society which they have to learn from them. "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"! Our #ZariaGirls must be released, they did nothing wrong to you, they are victims of oppression. Their freedom is mandatory, so free our girls now! "WE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE ". *We MUST clean our National psyche from all manifestation of evil, be it kidnapping, militancy, insurgency, murder or assassinations*. #BringBackOurZariaGirls
#ZariaMassacre
#FreeZakzaky
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Our ZariaGirls are not street girls but intellectuals of impeachable moral characters and descent background and sound values. This nation surely need them for its revivalism. All people of conscience must therefore not keep mute about their abduction and psychological trauma they have been subjected to by the military ought to have been their guards! Let's speak out and loudly in condemning their brutal raid, abduction and further incarceration.
We must demand unconditionally the release of their leader and all of them safe and in good health! # BringBackOurZariaGirls —

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Our Girls most of them Undergraduate were abducted and taken to unknown destination by Nigerian Army during Zaria Shi'a Progrom under order of  the President Muhammad Buhari. 

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John Kery visit to Nigeria. Mr Kerry Visited the Sultan of Sokoto and discussed Religious Issues and Terrorism. Mr Kerry also remain Nigerian Prisident Muhammad Buhari about the Contiuation of Detentaining Shiekh Zakzaky and Kanu without any legal support. He remained him that U.S.A is not happy about that because Nigeria is democratic Country not under Military Rule.

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#ZariaMassacre: WHO WILL RESCUE FATIMA GASHUWA
By Muhammad Darazo
Fatima Ahmad Gashuwa was born on 25th of August, 1995. She is the only daughter to her mother, Malama Maryam Sani. She attended Buks International School Zaria, for her Nursery and Primary School studies, from 2000 to 2007. She attended Hallmark International School Zaria, for her Junior Secondary School studies, from 2007 to 2010. For her Senior Secondary Studies, she attended Federal Government Girls College Zaria, from 2010 to 2013. She is presently a student of Usman Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS). She is popularly known as "Famzie" to her Secondary School mates.

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Internet Forum of the Islamic movement Honoured Shaheed Muhammad Murtadha :

Shaheed Muhammad Murtadha was among tenths of dedicated writers of the Islamic Movement martyred at Husainiyyah during during Zaria pogrom. He was among those sprayed with grenade which caused one of his hands get amputated and the swelling up of his stomach.
He was dragged from Husainiyyah to Gyallesu by the notorious army and get martyred. May Allah make paradise to be his final abode.

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Zaria Massacre: Human Rights Organizations award Sheikh Zakzaky
By Abdulmumin Giwa
The Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs) comprising of 12 human and civil rights organizations in the Southeast have adopted Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, the revered leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) with Prisoner-Of-Conscience POS prestigious award whether dead or alive.
The coalition of Human Rights organizations named the leader of the movement on account of his long detention without trial and no traces of individual or group violence linked to his name against government and people of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This is contained in a statement signed by the leader of the Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights Organizations Emeka Umeagbalasi titled “The Collusion of Nigerian Print, Broadcast Media With Buhari’s Genocidal Regime”
The award which is based on the United Nations principles of non-violence and pacifism is also renewable as long as fair trial and fair hearing is not given to him and also revocable if there is any evidence he has advocated for or resorted to violence of widespread or group nature.
The battered and lacerated revered leader of the IMN, the group observed, had been detained by President Muhammadu Buhari dead or alive for over 240 days or 8 months without trial and public appearance.
The group also observed the violation of the rights of Sheikh Zakzaky by the Buhari regime by violating the process of trial as determined by the rules of justice that entails a proceeding preceding issuance of judicial notice about intended legal claims and accompanying evidence through formal judicial examination.
The activists also submitted that where such legal processes are violated through non-observance of the mentioned fundamentals of justice it simply becomes trial-by-ordeal or jungle-justice.
SBCHROs also lamented the collusion of the Nigerian print and broadcast media with what they described as Buhari’s genocidal regime. 
The group also renewed the POS for Citizen Nnamdi Kanu the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra IPOB for being in detention for 300 days or 10 months without trial.
It would be recalled that the leader of the IMN was abducted by the Nigerian Army claiming that his followers blocked the convoy of the COAS in December last year after they fatally shot him and his wife severally, killed three of his sons, and over 1000 of his followers of which they buried 347 in a mass grave in Kaduna to hide the crime.

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*Nigeria: Between observing the rule of law and being an imperialist proxy*

_By Dauda Nalado, PhD_

It is believed that two thirds of World resources abound in Africa. As colonization became old fashioned, the New World Order has adopted false flag terror in the name of Islam as a form of neo colonization to grab and control resources.

Thanks to the extremist Wahhabi doctrine which the imperial powers find handy and created Alqaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram & Co. In Nigeria the highly resourceful areas (Lake Chad Basin, Borno trough and the Zamfara plains) which are rich in oil, gold, platinum, diamond and Uranium, are targeted. The CIA- MOSSAD hub, in collaboration with other imperial security outfits, facilitates the clandestine operations. They had earlier hinted categorically on what they called revolutionary trends in Africa to assert Iranian influence. They have specifically mentioned the name of Ibraheem El Zakzaky of Nigeria.

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Shi’ites: Humans, Nigerians or what?

By Ralph Egbu
— 14th August 2016

Sheik Zakzaky with Peace

Engr. Dr Bala Abdullahi

Since after the Zaria pogrom in December, 2015, which left 1000+ innocent Nigerians either killed or injured, several campaign of calumny was insinuated by the perpetrators to cover their heinous crime against humanity. On the other hand campaign of free Zakzaky was launched by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and other patriotic citizens to inform the world what actually transpired between the IMN and the Nigerian Army in December, 2015. Among the activities of the campaign is inscribing of “FREE ZAKZAKY” on walls in some strategic places in the country. But some people were paid to change the mission of the IMN by adding “DON’T” before the original statement which changed it to read as “don’t free Zakzaky”.
Having realizing this unreasonable distortion of the mission of good people of Nigeria, the members of IMN patiently used to add “WHY” (to the added “DON’T” ) with question mark at the end to read “WHY DON’T FREE ZAKZAKY?” . One of the answer of the sponsored hooligans gave to such question in one location in Kano, drew my attention to this piece. The answer was simply given as “BECAUSE HE IS THREAT TO PEACE”. The answer will surely sound ironical to any right thinking citizen who’s conscious is not for sell and independent in his or her thinking. I personally asked myself whether the writer know the meaning of the word “PEACE”. Also apart from the paid individuals who were hired to propagate lies, they are some citizens that were misled either by media or some commercial clerics on the actual mission of the Islamic movement in Nigeria (IMN) led by Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky. Some of those cleric did so out of envy due to the growing number of the membership of IMN or seeking for recognition in the authority or both. Unfortunately, we are living in a country where most of its citizens didn’t follow the happenings in their own society. Most of them depends on someone or some media (both national and international) to tell them what is happening in their own society.
From the little I know about the generosity and patriotism of this gentle and humble scholar as well as the activities of IMN, I can proudly say that there is no cleric in our country that preaches peace, unity and harmony as Sheik Zakzaky is doing. And there is no movement or group of Nigerians that conduct activities that accommodate all citizens of Nigeria as IMN is doing. The following few points buttress my points:

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PRESS STATEMENT
COMPLICITY OF PRESIDENCY IN ZARIA MASSACRE AND DETENTION OF SHAIKH ZAKZAKY IS NOT IN DOUBT AND CANNOT BE WISHED AWAY
Following a Press Conference by the Free Zakzaky Campaign Committee in Kaduna in which the position of the IMN with regards to the published report and recommendations of the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) was made clear, the Presidency swiftly responded by trying to deny any involvement in the brutal Zaria massacre.

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Zakzaky’s Detention: Cruelty Looms Large

By Mukhtar Abdul-Rahman

Amidst our long-drawn-out and seemingly never-ending dirge in the wake of the horrendous massacre in Zaria last year, there came a heartrending missive through the primogeniture and the one and only surviving son of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sayyid Muhammad Ibraheem courtesy of their visit – of late – to his father, Allamah Zakzaky [h].

By virtue of the rigours of the vicious slaughter of more than a thousand defenceless, unarmed Nigerian citizens at large in seventeen months, his six consanguineous brothers inclusive but in threes and on two different occasions, July 25, 2014 and December 14, 2015, and; to crown it all, the continuous but unlawful incarceration of his parents, Sayyed Muhammad alludes to what devolves upon revolutionary brothers and sisters and people of conscience in an earnest quest for Allamah Zakzaky’s [h] release for effective treatment in any place of his choice and his being freed unconditionally from the ferocious, savage and cruel hostage he has since been illegally taken to and insidiously held in.

That Saturday, December 12 attack on the iconic Hussainiyya and subsequent, enormous onslaughts on Gyallesu, Dar al-Rahma, Fudiyyah Islamic Centre, Jushi Area of the tomb of Allamah Zakzaky’s [h] mother, and beyond must be classified as the saddest and most sadistic and one without equal in the annals of Nigerian army’s violation of human rights – and that should also be the last. Hundreds of families have been distressed: hundreds of widows, orphans and bereaved persons are yet grieving in unbroken mourning, sad laments and abject discomfort.

The brutish killing of people, particularly, women, children and the aged and the hurling of their corpses all in a mass grave is as most senselessly iniquitous and felonious as it was not based on any acceptable, fitting rationalization or any law of the land. After the entire bombing and arson spree, binge killings, ruthless cremation of dead bodies and some people alive and the orgy of destructions of both movable and immovable property which all amounts to crime against humanity as well as war crime, the fielded soldiers arrayed themselves and lavished their ammunitions on Allamah Zakzaky [h] and his wife and yet abducted both of them.

Ever since then, despite the multiple gunshot wounds he sustained, he was maliciously denied access to his doctors and there has not been specialized medical attention assigned to him in spite of the urgent need and his health condition is deteriorating and failing day by day; hitherto, they remain mute. Nevertheless, taking care of one’s health is his bounden duty to fix and Allamah Zakzaky [h] has aptly said it all to Comrade Femi Falana [SAN] on April 1, 2016: “They say they are looking after my health. Am I to look after my health or those that ordered for me to be killed?”

Humanity is said to have known no boundary – except the superposition of ignorance over it owing to insolent nuisance of an ignoramus or the exaggeratedly amenable supersedence of an extremist through inordinate intolerance. But, that accommodating altar is being compromised as hardened criminals walk the earth with utmost impunity whereas the extremely oppressed Allamah Zakzaky [h] is slowly going blind, partially sighted, and crippled in both arm and leg under the illicit detention of DSS.

Perhaps the perpetrators of the massacre, those who had preplanned, coordinated and executed it are really known full well but yet sheltered. Is it the oppressor or the oppressed that is supposed to be under “protective” or otherwise custody? The most primary of the fabrics binding all human communities throughout the world has been, on a sustained basis, of the security of life and of its means. In stark contrast, there is almost absolute pervasion of such provisions in Nigeria as there is downright leeway to those often employed for national security that are every so often being deployed to either silence or kill victims of their ferocity at will, and there is deliberate miscarriage of justice everywhere.

One of the most important facts but largely neglected by previous and contemporary governments is that Allamah Zakzaky [h] has long become an “Ummah”; for, he has built and consolidated one on fairness, justice and dignity. And it is evident that he has torn the curtain of sectarianism and overwhelmed its custodians and stands tall among all school of thoughts. As the eminent leader of the blazed trail, he had conquered the loathsome forces of bigotry and ripped their blinkers down and has been and still is manifestly in the vanguard for unity and peaceful co-existence.

In this ocean of turbulent and decadent morality, Allamah Zakzaky’s [h] unshakable faith in Allah [swt] has brought into being a revolutionary island of integrated emancipation, peace, equanimity, decorum and sorts of Islamic chivalry that no tidal tornadoes can sweep away to cronyism. He is a much loved, charismatic leader in and outside Nigeria and also has the admiration and support of people across all faiths – something the so-called, however, dubious primus-inter-pares could not even consider let alone to mull over.

Though a government would prefer that its people remained so soaked in ignorance of its intricate artifice and be steeped in dissemination of its mysterious bundle of evilness and the entrenchment of hostility to one another so that it exploits their schism, dissension and acrimony, even so mawkishly. And this was the clear-cut outlook of the colonial enterprise of yore; though, it is in spite of everything inspired through Zionism and the interference of the Great Satan, the USA from coasts to coasts across continents. This disgusting source of global arrogance, irrationalism and violence is always out to pit a state against a portion of its citizenry and is not bothered by those running the gauntlet.

At the jaws of their ruthlessly wicked savagery in Zaria, the Chief of Army Staff [COAS] Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai has snatched a haunting defeat, and there is a sudden off-the-cuff reaction. His relentless and vicious sponsored propaganda and smear campaigns of calumny in his attempt to demonize the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are no more than crying shame. Several efforts to want to nip their atrocities in the sophist bud of outrageous allegations of “assassination attempt”, “road blockade”, “creating a state within a state”, etc. were remarkably exposed as camouflage of hatred in sophistry.

All these enmity and fabrications of distasteful pretexts are, no doubt, the result of the straight defiance and open noncooperation of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and its leadership to succumb to injustice and oppression against humanity altogether. Then, the masses – even with their nauseating disposition of enslavement – would want to know the government’s lookout that has since loosened its tongue without frankness and honesty.

While this is going on at this point in time, it is indeed our bounden responsibility to protest the illegal detention of our leader in a bold, open but civilized manner and to demonstrate in addition, from every nook to every cranny and yonder, our strong disapproval of the unceasing violation of Allamah Zakzaky’s [h] basic and fundamental human rights. Because, failure of our collective reaction to the great injustice that has been meted out against him may most likely result to having ourselves to blame in time to come soon.

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Re: Supreme Council for Sharia describes Shiites group as hypocritesBy Muhammad Mahdi Garba

Yesterday, while surfing the internet for news I came across two news items on Leadership and Nigerian Tribune newspapers. Two they appear but share mutual contents. The first report was titled “Supreme Council for Sharia describes Shiites group as hypocrites” while the later was headlined “Zaria Clash: Indicted Shiites must not go unpunished-Sharia Council”.

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MEMBERS OF IMN TREKKING TO ABUJA TO DEMAND FREEDOM OF SHEIKH ZAKZAKY ARE PEACEFUL.

Reports reaching us indicate that some security operatives are planning to attack a handful of youths trekking from Zaria to Abuja demanding for the release of our Leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, who has been in illegal detention for the past eight months.

Details of this sinister plan show that the unsuspecting youths will be attacked by some unscrupulous security operatives as they approach Abuja and some weapons will be claimed to have been found on them. These security agents will then rush to town to accuse the Islamic Movement of planning to launch an attack on the Capital in a bid to forcibly release Sheikh Zakzaky.

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Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeri stage a rally today 1/08/2016, demanding the Immediate release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky the Leader of IMN who was incarcerated by the Nigerian Government after the Army has massacre his his Families and followers and killed over 1000 people within period of 48 hours. The Army later on demolished the religion center own the Movement and the house of Sheikh Zakzaky desecrates his mother grave and Sch. Islamic center. The Students called on the fed. Govt. to meet their demand immediately which are the Release of the Leader, his followers and release the Bodies of those killed by the Army for Proper Islamic Burial and payments of compensation for the properties own by the Movement which was destroyed by the Army. The rally was held at Hadejia road roundabout in Kano city.

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International Quds day conference Organized by IMN in Commemoration of Nigerian Army Attacked on Peaceful Demonstration In solidarity with the Palestinian people in 2014. on 31/07/2016. Many distinguished Personality attended and made some remarks. Those that Speak at the occasion were HON. Chief Ebenezer Oyantakin and Abdullahi Wase a Internation Security Expert. And deputy of Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria follow by Boman Ogo Nije-Delt PRO. and Prof. Chidi Odinkalu former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission. Mss Ndi Kato also a Civil Rights activist speak at the Occasion. Dr Isa Waziri Gwantu who lost 4 Children and Malama Jumma'a Ahamd Karofi who lost 5 Children and Suffered Sustained several gunshots with 8 bullets and now is Sick due brutality, the also speech  and her speech move many people to tears and share thier sadness. Miss Suhaila Zakzaky the daughter of Sheikh Zakzaky who were together with the her Father the army Raided thier homes killed over 1000 people and Burned their Home and Shot and killed her 3 brothers. She and her Parents were Shot  Severally, her parent were Arrested and kept at DSS Custody for 8 months without Charges. 

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Iran: Nigerian gov’t committing genocide against Sheikh Zakzaky’s family

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Iran’s FM Has Urged Abuja to Release Sheikh Zakzaky, Cleric SaysIran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed concern over the health conditions of top Nigerian Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and called for his release, a member of a delegation accompanying Zarif in his visit to Nigeria said.

Hojatoleslam Ali Fallah-Zaroumi said that in his meetings with Nigerian officials, including President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama, Zarif has expressed serious worries about the physical and health conditions of the Shiite cleric.
The Iranian foreign minister has also called for the release of Sheikh Zakzaky, who has invited all Islamic schools of thought to unity, Hojatoleslam Fallah-Zaroumi added.

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Doing Justice

O you who believe, be persistently firm for Allah, witnesses in justice and do not let hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.
Holy Qur'an, Surat Maida,5:8

This week I have decided to venture into one of those zones you just know will cause you some discomfort, but not going there will be worse than the consequences of going. Three related developments are responsible for my taking on issues today over which I expect a lot of flack. The first was the strong critique of the Nigerian judiciary which President Buhari laid publicly right before its top echelons at a conference, reeling out its ills, weaknesses and liabilities in the fight against corruption. The second was a document dripping with passion and indignation written to the public by the only surviving son of Sheikh Ibrahim El- Zakzaki, leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria(IMN),pleading for his father to be allowed access to better medical facilities, his family and lawyers because, he is going blind and his incarceration is illegal. The third is the latest attempt by Colonel Sambo Dasuki(rtd),the former National Security Adviser to gain legal reprieve from detention. You could add the case of Nnamdi Kanu and Boko Haram suspects who are not being processed for prosecution to this list. At the risk of receiving painful reactions and sundry insinuations, we must not walk away from these issues. The day we all walk away, we not only abandon those for whom we should speak up, but we abandon our rights to live under the humanizing qualities of justice and the right to correct what is wrong.

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PRESS RELEASE - Nigeria: IHRC renews calls for release of IMN members

IHRC is renewing its call on authorities to release the leader of Nigeria's Islamic Movement (IMN) and scores of his followers seven months after they were detained following a bloody military assault on the organisation.

Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat remain in the custody of the country's domestic intelligence agency (DSS). At the same time almost 200 IMN members continue to languish in custody awaiting trial on trumped up charges designed to deflect blame for last December's violence away from the army and onto innocent citizens. Neither Sheikh Zakzaky nor his wife have been charged with any offences.

IHRC understands that many of the detainees still have shrapnel lodged in their bodies since the attack in December 2015 and have not received adequate medical attention. Two victims have already died in custody. Sheikh Zakzaky himself has lost the use of an arm and one of his eyes and he is slowly losing his sight in his other eye due to inadequate medical attention.

IHRC is deeply concerned about the health of Sheikh Zakzaky. Constitutionally, it is mandatory for the Nigerian state and those holding him to release him urgently and unconditionally to enable him seek proper medical care in any place of his choice. Since he is not charged with any crime, he should be freed from what amounts to illegal detention. Holding him hostage is unconstitutional and a clear violation of his basic rights.

The military assault between December 12-14 in the northern Nigerian city of Zaria left more than 1000 people dead and many properties and religious spaces belonging to the IMN and its members destroyed.

A judicial commission of inquiry into the massacre recommended earlier this month that the general behind the savage attack be prosecuted. The panel’s report which has yet to be made public is believed to accuse the General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army’s 1st Division, Adeniyi Oyebade of orchestrating the military operation outside the chain of command.

Earlier this year IHRC called on the International Criminal Court to open a preliminary enquiry into the Zaria massacre.

IHRC is also concerned about the state's attempts to shield the soldiers responsible for the killings. On 26 July the Director of Public Prosecution filed a motion seeking anonymity for troops due to testify against the IMN members on trial on the pretext that they are afraid for their safety.

If it is approved this will mean their evidence will be given in secret. This would be a very disturbing development in that not only would the perpetrators of the violence be testifying against its victims but they would be doing so without allowing their victims to know their identities and hence preventing them from constructing a fair defence.

It is patently unjust for a criminal case to be conducted where the accused does not know who the accuser is or the evidence against them. Such secrecy also erodes any confidence in the states claim that due process is being followed.

Notes to editors:

Last March IHRC called on the International Criminal Court to open a preliminary inquiry into the December 2015 massacre.

Our report which we submitted to the ICC can be found here

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ABOUT 8 MONTHS AFTER ZARIA CARNAGE: WHY SHAIKH IBRAHEEM ZAKZAKY SHOULD BE RELEASED NOW! 
Thursday, 28 July 2016 21:51

By Yusif Abdullahi
As a concerned citizen that contributes his best to the progress of the nation in a multi - faceted dimension, I want use my constitutional right to express my view, and to draw the attention of those in authority on the above subject.

Although, I have read and listened to a lot similar views by people of different geographical and tribal backgrounds which the government seemingly turned a deaf ear to, yet I decided to make my view public in the interest of the nation hoping to be listened in acclaimed democratic setting mandated to respond to the needs and yearnings of the citizenry. Most recent of such calls were those of Dr. Gumi, Shaikh Maraya, Pastor Buru and Shaikh Hamza Lawal among others. As citizens, we should have equal opportunity, as any person might occupy the capacity of any political office holder sooner or later.

Unlike in the ideal situation, where fundamental human rights are protected and human life dignified, in countries like Nigeria the situation is different. I don't intend to be graphical regarding the Zaria massacre or what is popularly referred to Military/Shiite clash in which the former alleged road blockage, assassination attempt and arms possession, which the latter refuted completely referring the attack as predetermined completely. The aim is to ensure rule of law, peaceful coexistence and prevalence of justice in the country. Notwithstanding the fact that the case is before the two Federal High Courts of justice at Kaduna and Abuja, and the International Criminal Court ICC, I see it as a duty to tell the bitter truth with the hope that the authorities will take the right measures for the good of our father land. In contrast to the worst military clamp down on the IMN leader by the Nigerian military, the Shaikh ought to be respected, dignified and protected by the authorities not for his citizenship but his apparent sterling qualities that are instrumental to the unity and peaceful coexistence of the country.

PEACEFUL CO -EXISTENCE

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YUNKURIN GANIN AN SAKI SHAIKH IBRAHEEM ZAKZAKY: Mu yi Karatun Ta Natsu.
Assalamu akaikum 'yan uwa ma'abota wulaya. Na zabi na yi wannan rubutun ne saboda wata rashin fahimta da ake samu nan da can a tsakaninmu. Rashin fahimtar ita ce; wasu na ganin a yi biyayya ga jagoranci, wasu kuma na ganin zasu yi abin da suke ganin shi ne daidai a wurinsu.Tambaya ga masu cewa; su a bar su su yi abin da suke ganin shi ne mafita a gare su, idan abin na yi magana da wadanda Iyayensu suke dadaddu ne a Harka. Yanzu kai a matsayinka na matashi, kana ganin tunaninka ya fi na mahaifinka kyau ne? Ko ka fi shi hankali ne da mujahada? Ibada ka fi shi ko tsoron Allah? Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky yana cewa a wani jawabinsa lokacin Maulidin da Fulani suka shirya; "komai abin ka, mahaifinka ya fi ka, domin shima ya yi kuruciya irin ta ka."

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Free Zakzaky Peaceful Demonstration yesterday in Kano. response to Sheikh Zakzaky's only Surviving Son Letter's which described the Deteriorating health Condition of the Sheikh Zakzaky especially his Eye which was shot by the Nigerian Military during Zaria Massacre. IMN organized a warning Protest to Federal Govt. That the Patient of the followers of Sheikh Zakzaky is almost over. The March was kicked of from Fagge Friday's Mosques and follow the Katsina Road and IBB Road passed along the Kano old Abattoir and shunted back to Katsina Road and stopped near the Federal Govt Sectariat. Dr Sunusi Abdulkadir who lead the Procession made a closed Remarks where he called on the Fed. Govt. to Immediately release Sheikh Zakzaky for Medical Attention, which is his Basic Human rights. He remained the Government about the Atrocities meted on the Members of Islamic Movement without any justifiable reasons but we were calm and and remain Law abiding and it was Proof that there's non any group of people who can tolerate have the Injustice this regime subjected us to it. But there is Limit for what we can endure and the Health and life of our leader is no go area.

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Muhammad Zakzaky’s letter and Buhari’s silence of Conspiracy

By Muhammad Mahdi Garba

Couple of days ago, a letter credited to Sheikh Zakzaky’s only living son, Muhammad has gone viral on the conventional and new media. It’s days now, and the authorities are keeping mute as if the health and life of Sheikh Zakzaky is of little or even frivolous.

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WE DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF
SHAIKH ZAKZAKY FOR APPROPRIATE MEDICAL
ATTENTION
Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
It has become increasingly clear that the Nigerian
authorities are not too bothered about the
survival or health of the leader of the Islamic
Movement in Nigeria, Shaikh Ibraheem Zakzaky.
While they recently cynically told the Federal High
Court sitting in Abuja that they are detaining him
with his consent in protective custody and that
they have spent close to five million Naira on him,
evidence glaringly point to the contrary. The
Shaikh is being held and allowed to gradually
loose his sight and die in detention.
On a very rarely allowed visit by his immediate
family members, the actual condition in which the
Shaikh is being detained once again came in
focus. What is obvious is that his health
condition in general and his sight in particular, is
gradually but rapidly deteriorating. His only
surviving son raised an alarm soon after only the
fourth allowed visit by family members since the
past eight months he is in detention without
charges.

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Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky should be released to seek medical attention abroad

I read the brilliant piece in the popular Nigerian Website Sahara Reporters by the only surviving son of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, Muhammad Ibraheem Zakzaky, thst was titled "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" calling for his father to be release from illegal detention by the Nigerian regime. Muhammad is the only surviving son of Sheikh Zakzaky as his six brothers were brutally murdered extra-judicially by the Nigerian army in less than 18 months. Ahmad, Hameed and Mahmoud were tortured to death by the Nigerian army led by Col. SO Oku who was the then commander of the Bassawa barracks in 2014 during the yearly praceful pro-Palestine Al-Quds Day rally in Zaria. They were all undergraduates in Universities studying various courses. During the ZariaMassacre the Nigerian army murdered Ali Haider, Hammad and Hummaid in the presence of their parents in one of the most brutal and inhuman killings in the history of Nigeria.

After the brutal slaughter by the Nigerian army of 1000+ defenseless and unarmed Nigerians that included 100s of women and children last December by the corrupt military-civilian cabal of Northern Nigeria, these mass-murderers launched massive smear campaigns of calumny and demonization against Sheikh Zakzaky and the IMN to justify the brutal massacre and brainwash Nigerians to accept the inhumanity that was visited on IMN by the Nigerian army.

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