Boko Haram: The Greatest Security Threat to the Sovereignty of Nigeria
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The greatest security threat to the sovereignty of Nigeria today is the Boko Haram insurgency. The terrorist have carried their campaign of terror up to the police force headquarters. These developments led to the belief in many circles that Islam and terrorism are synonymous. The paper in its attempt to capture the issue of National security in Islam describes the Qur’anic schools that intend to produce self-disciplined citizens socially integrated in their community. The Qur’anic education is not an activity separated from other aspects of society. Success was of course, important, but failure did not turn the individual into a useless burden on society. It was the British administration that labeled the system of education they brought as Western education, while the other one was identified as religious education. Thus in attempt to resist the cultural invasion Muslim leaders clustered around the Qur’anic schools, this explains the reason why the vast majority of Muslims remained hostile to western education. The paper however, holds that ‘fasa’d’ used in the Qur’an is very comprehensive in its context. Thus Islam does not only condemn ‘fasa’d’ in all forms, but prescribes appropriate punishments for all acts of terrorism. The paper concludes that ‘terrorism’ applies to acts of terror, attempts to cause bomb explosions, etc. and to all excess restrictive and punitive measures taken by a government to suppress oppositions as well. Islam does not provide any cover or justification for acts of terrorism, be it committed by an individual, a group or a government.
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