Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Mahmoud Gumi has raised an eyebrow over the Nigerian government’s decision to send troops to fight on the side of France against so-called “Islamic terrorists” in Mali which he warns “…can seriously be dangerous for the nation and more so for the government.”
In a post Facebook post yesterday, the cleric argued that there was no justifiable reason to send troops.
He wrote:
“Today Nigerian troops are committed in Mali to fight ‘Islamic terrorists’ without intellectually looking at the repercussion of such an adventure. We all know that the ‘War against terror’ which Islam also fights can easily be turned into war against Islam. There is a thin line between the two. And if caution is not taken, the situation can seriously be dangerous for the nation and more so for the government.
“One thing is very clear. No nation on earth can fight Islam and succeed.” Sheik Gumi then went down memory lane to recount the Soviet Union’s fight against the Mujahideen for almost 13 years in Afghanistan which left the former soviet power disintegrated. Also, he recalled how the U.S was warned against invading Iraq, “a sovereign nation” , and noted that “the end result has been stringent monitoring and restriction of the flow of money in and out of the country. A self-imposed umbilical stenosis, a self-imposed strangulation. Nobody will again trust the USA, therefore people now prefer Asia for their business, medical care and even education.”
Bringing the experiences of those two countries’ to bear on the Nigerian government’s decision to send troops to Mali, Sheik Gumi said:
“As for Nigeria, we can see a parallel when in the late 60’s Maj. Nzeogwu assassinated the Northern premier and the Biafran War ensued. Ojukwu, in his declaration of war,said bluntly that he was fighting Islam and the menace of Arabs which he claimed. The end results were that he destroyed lives, went into exile and to date Biafra ceases to exist except of course in the mind of its proponents.
“And worse still for him, Islam has reached the shores of the Delta. This brief description of a chain of events should be a clear counsel to people leading Nigeria today; no one can fight Islam or the Muslims and succeed. It is futile to attempt it. They will only destroy their own lives and cause untold hardship to others. They will be cursed not only by people they injured but by their own people as Bush Jr is regarded now in America. Therefore if the government has such plans or are deceived by some Islamaphobes in their circles they should reverse their policies immediately.
“There is no border sharing between Nigeria and Mali. There is Niger republic, Burkina Faso and Togo in between. All these nations did not report terrorism and yet suddenly we read in the news that ‘the Army Chief of Staff (COAS) Azubuike Ihejirika, who did not offer evidence, claimed that terrorists trained in Mali had already arrived on Nigerian shores. See: http://saharareporters.com/news-page/‘terrorists’-mali-seen-nigeria-…, Posted: January 17, 2013 – 22:19.
“If what he said is true, then Nigeria is unnecessarily plunging itself into a War that will have a grievous consequence on our security without any foreseen benefit.
“Let us encourage the Malians to tackle their insurgency peacefully, and not by taking sides. If however, the SS&SE (COAS) wants to use the volatile situation to build on what his predecessor Azazi implanted, then we leave him to posterity. Time will tell. All we do is to urge Muslims to be calm, prayerful and watchful.”
What make dis monster & supporter of terrorism think he can advice nigerian govt. I advice d bigot to save his advice for his co-jihadist in northern nigeria, mali, sudan etc. God is exposing d wicked.
@ Silk. U are d pathetic, insolent, obnoxious, sentimental numskull of d year. Congrats 4 being wat u are. D Shikh’s assertion is d truth & notin but d truth. But can only b seeing by d Objective folks & also those dat are rightly guided.
@Abdulmalik, shut up you imbecile. You abokis are the scum of the earth with your terrorist religion. Both you and osama wannabe Gumi are scum. The world would be a better place without the likes of you.
Must the rantings of every confused individual be published? Stop making idiots feel important!!!
Look at Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Punjab India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Mali, Northern Nigeria. What do they have in common? Religion should be for peace and not for killing innocent people. No body created a human being and no body has the right to take away the life of another human being. It pains me when people use religion as a cover for their homicidal tendencies. A murderer is a murderer even if he commits murder in the name of Krishna, pope, bishop or whatever he worships. Let love reign for the survival of humanity.
in as much as I love respecting other people,s rights, religion, and believes. Any action that had to do with killing other humans is totally wrong. I think the real moslems should start to speak up against these so called moslem sadists. If you allow the voice of the wicked ones to be heard always and you keep quiet then all of you will be lumped together. The shiek is just being irresponsible with his statement.
This is not worth publishing. Where was he when the so call vagabonds were terminating the lives of Muslims and Christians in Nigeria?
Anybody created by almighty who perpetrated evil on his fellow humans in the name of religion shall meet an abrupt end. AMIN.
Nigerian security should lookout for that shiek of a man he must know and sponsor a lot of these terrorist in the country and I wounder what and why such people should not be thrown into prison and he should say how he got the information, OBJ gave birth to all these rubbish.
What is Obj has to do with sheik gumi or boko haram? We all know that gumi is one of their sponsorers but adding Obj’s name to this is nothin but bull shit.
Sheik Gumi should be arrested and tried for sponsoring terrorist .it is a shame that his views do not represent the views of geniue muslims.May your soul rest in HELL
So what is dis man insinuating? When d french sent their troops to mali, will he say dat he was blind when dey arrived, if truely he claims dat islam z also fighting against terrorism, will it nt b a thing of joy for d nigerian army to help a country arraignd by terrorist? 4 any meaningful christian he|she should know dat dis place [world] z no home 4d righteous.
Everybody should sit tight cos, it seems the world is coming to an end. May the good lord have mercy on us Amen
There is no doubt that this man aids boko haram. I think the government should investigate him.
Take a look at the world today, what is known with Islam: violence, killings, nothing else! Killing innocent people struggling to survive on their own. Why can’t they just leave the rest of the world that are not muslims alone and make their lives useful. Worse they are so poor, why can’t they be busy making their living conditions better as every other normal human? If I were a muslim I would be ashamed because this religion has brought nothing but pain and suffering on the rest of the world, nothing positive, nothing good. We are all humans please muslims make una leave us alone. There is a saying everyday 4 the thief one day for the owner! There is a God in heaven and he is the owner of life and soon he would rise up and a force greater than islam will destroy those who have no regard for human life, look at this one here talking nonsence you all will be put to shame very soon, because una cup done full.
Gumi or whatever u called urself,,u must be a bozo 4 wot u said….where re u wen ur so called islamist are terrorizing dis country??To hell wit u nd ur fucking islam terrorist
hmmm, y not silent over wot u hav no knowledge abt. Some wil implicate ursef wt ur tongue. Pls try 2 be guided
U dont know what islam means thats why you are disblievers.that so called CAN president are the ones trying to blackmail islam bcos the did juju on ur head so dat they can turn ur mind.why is the western countries are engaging in the muslims countries?if u didnt attack my house why on earth will i attack you.further more many christians are deparing to islam latest is a traditional ruler in the south.Have ever see a muslim in ur church accepting christianity?ALLAH is 1 &jesus(peace be upon him)hs massenger
Guy u don’t understand wat u are saying do red about this that there is a family Egyt that convert to christain and they been jail after doing that. U nid to format ur memory, ok.
SAIF do u ve to be sentimental about this. why not cal a spade a spade. must u guys supt evil becos it is a Muslim that commits it.GOD PASS YOU. don’t forget that.
he said there s a thin line between fighting terror and fighting islam, meaning that they ar almost the same thing. If this statement is true, then i m disappointd with islam.
I am Suspecting this Dude. Where was he when the french started the attack? Where was he when west african leaders where negotiating with them?
The last time i checked the meaning of Islam in an Arabic dictionary means PEACE but its so unfortunate that acclaimed advocates of the said peace are the most troublesome in our society. sheik where were you when African leaders including Nigeria president called for dialogue in Mali, now u want to justify the future trouble your pets are planning,you will never succeed. People like you should be thoroughly investigated because you sound like a father of BOKO ARAM… Sheik 1s again i think u are mad with no apologies. hug transformer as Nija aoldier want go kill Islamist terrorist
so sorry gumi! We sent d army to mali to kill d new recruit dats been traind by u. Ur jst so faustrated coz u knw
u’v lost d battl. For ur nformatn we are stil sendn mor troops.
I read most of d comment made all hav no significant to d nation insecurity. d so called nig. army cant even show one boko haram cought but went ahead to fight others in there country to rescue there citizen.our leaders are sick jeopardising d life of its people.b/cos none of there children are part of d rescue mission.God dey
9ja,,,na so we go de dey
Sheik am ashamed of u and islam… I wish i was Neva a muslim. U ur likes n cohots should rot in Jail.. U ar a criminal
Hauzubillahi min abdulsalami. From ur statement i tink u ar deviated frm islam, and i nw ur problem is lack of islamic knowledge which u have to go and seek for. In the case of gumi‘s comment mashallah he is sayin notin but d truth. And for d ignorant once donnot b overwhelmed by d so callled press bcus dey ar d evil of the century.
Nigeria is Gods own country, Sheik or what ever you call urself, there is Nothing you can do about it, keep your advice to yoursef you fanatic, God have a way of exposing EVIL people, All what you are doing, time will come U will regret it and you must be purnished. Mind you ALL of you EVIL people will be eliminated from Nigeria soon
A lot of contributors on this and other similar discourse including some misguided muslims are doing so out of ignorance or sheer miss-chief. As for the agnostics athiests and christian contributors we should not expect anything less,due to their preconcieved mind set of islamaphorbia and hate preaches by their clergy against islam. If anybody should touch our revered,honest and learned scholar for merely speaking the truth as it is,then the nation will be on the verge of a catastrophe of unimaginable proportion. Be aware and rest assured that no good muslim will take it lying low.
Ahmed are you saying that to be a good Muslim means to be a terrorist?
Islam does not mean peace, islam means SUBMISSION in arabic
u guys r all angry wit, som1s idea. y not share out yr own opinion instead of abusing? may God provide peace on us
Must everything be published for goodness sake. Even an obscured man’s comment in his obscured FB page. Who cares about his opinion. its not worth the headline. Infact, the person who published this is more guilty than the so called sheik.
Devil get behind us, killers, blood suckers, i hate ur blood suckin religion. The worst religion to befall humanity.
Ahmad salil na mouth u dey make we are ready to fuck all of una up send u bastards to hell were u all belong, look at the whole middle east in rubbles, poverty sickness, what are u muslims doin about it other than causing problems everywhere else, for ur info no church preaches hate, it is in ur mosques that u bastards are brainwashed and told to hate whoever is not a muslim and u know it, una cup done full no worries una sins will soon catch up wit una
I’m proude 2 b a Muslim nd Nigerian, Islam is d best religion so far nd i wil remain a Muslim 2d rest of my Life. Islam dnt taught us hw 2 b a terror it only teach us hw 2 live in Peace 2 worship only 1 God, nt 2 or 3. Bt i wil assure u dat d sponsor of Boko Haram leader is a Christiam he is a reveren, in order 2 tarnish d image of Islam. I believe dat one day d truth wil reveal itself (Insha Allah) nd as 4 true Muslim we hav nothing 2 do wt Boko Haram or Terrorist.
Moron!
The light of Islam rekindles everyday the unbelievers, the christian cannot extinguist it. God has perfected His light(Islami) even though they(christains) detasted it.
In the world today, Islam is fastest growing religion…you muslims are poor, the life of christains is deceiptful one, just dangling in a pitch darkness, they allow the life of this world to deceive them
Allah said “O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should feared and die not except in the state of Islam”
God has taken Islam above any other religions..
You can say anything with your mouth, your tongue would be remove on the day of accountability and tied on a red-hot hanger and suspend you swinging like pendulum in hellfire.
Nobody fights Islam and ‘lafiya’ watch it.
gumi should be arrested and tried for treason.he is the most stupid islamic cleric of our time.
The light of Islam rekindles everyday the unbelievers, the christian cannot extinguist it. God has perfected His light(Islami) even though they(christains) detasted it.
In the world today, Islam is the fastest growing religion…you said muslims are poor, the life of christains is deceiptful one, just dangling in a pitch darkness, they allow the life of this world to deceive them. A believer(muslims) take this life as hell, but christians take it as heaven.
Allah said “O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should feared and die not except in the state of Islam”
God has taken Islam above any other religions..
You can say anything with your mouth, your tongue would be remove on the day of accountability and tied on a red-hot hanger and suspend you swinging like pendulum in hellfire.
Nobody fights Islam and ‘lafiya’ watch it.
Wen wind blow foul yash go open! Keep to ur faith! In God we trust
Look at them bloody hypocrites, they hate western world but use their inventions, facebook is from western world, the means which that brainwashed one is using to proclaim a religion that believes in violence is western, you people should go back and live in the stone age. Or invent your own thins…. Hypocrites
This man is threatening the gov’t read his statement
This man is one of the leader of Boko Haram in this country. Is Mr. President said Boko Haram is faceless? This is one face in a million. He is a terrorist and he is inciting moslems to fight Christians.
A thin line between Islam and terror????? Haba get real. They r 2 very different things.
This really a serious matter,well what ever the govt does about the troop in Mali is of little concern to me
What is important is that no one can fight for God,so let muslims and christians be very reasonable in their quest for upstanding thier various religion.One thing I wish all could do is to stand by what we believe,do so not in violence,let live a live of freedom.Let coexist in peace if truely we know that we are all from God and that we are going back to God. Inaddition, let’s remove completely in our mind struggle that is, I must fight for my religion…religion cannot save!
This man should be arrested for sponsoring terrorism in this country.
This man is confused. I can see alots of contradictions in most of his statments on terrorism.
Nigerians mind ur language.stop abusing each other nd think of solutions to our common problem(terrorism) not islam.