The IMN in a reaction to the calls, said those accusing them of terrorism are misinformed about their ideologies and means of operation.
The president, media forum of the IMN, Ibrahim Musa who made this known to Naija News in a press release on Friday, 7th December, said;
“Reports
from the media indicated that participants at a one day seminar for
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Community Based Organizations
(CBOs), Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) and other critical stakeholders
held in Abuja have recommended prosecution of Islamic Movement in
Nigeria (IMN) Leaders and members for terrorism.”
“A
communique issued at the end of the seminar and signed by Jonathan
Audu, Abubakar Wakil Mohammad and Osita Egbuniwehe said the activities
of IMN members if not urgently checked may constitute another insurgent
war. The event doubled as the launch of a book, “Terror in the
Caliphate: An Exposition of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiites)”
by Sunday Attah.”
“The
organisers of this conference are the latest entry in the race to get
the federal government to join Kaduna state in proscribing the Islamic
Movement in Nigeria and prosecuting its leaders and by no means will
they be the last, because their sponsors are the same criminals that
masterminded and executed the brutal massacre of unarmed civilians in
Zaria, December, 2015.”
“We
have said it times without numbers that the Islamic Movement do not
hold any opinion that borders on extremism, let alone unleash terror on
the populace. An extremist Muslim group will never invite Christians to
all its programs and activities, let alone to protect them during
sectarian clashes. An extremist Shiite group will never invite Sunnis to
its programs and activities, let alone offer assistance to the
community. Therefore the public cannot be deceived into believing that
we are terrorists or about to be, as our antagonist will want them to
believe.”
“Hence those
canvassing for the designation of the Islamic Movement as a terror group
are the real terrorist, judging by the fact that they are supporting
those that killed 1000+ civilians in Zaria and many more in Kano, Kaduna
and Abuja and they are on their payroll. Such civil rights groups will
never be heard talking on the impunity to court orders that this
administration is notorious for and the various predicaments citizens
are forced to live with by this government ranging from hunger,
insecurity and economic improvisation. They are only heard and noticed
if it has to do with rubbishing the Islamic Movement in Nigeria
unjustly.”
“The organisers of
this ill-fated conference couldn’t even hide their identity of being
Wahabi fronts, who are known for their penchant in branding other
Muslims as unbelievers. Instead of addressing our Leader as Sheikh, they
shamelessly addressed him as Mister in their communiqué, something
which is alien to our norms of addressing religious leaders. They have
exposed themselves and their paymasters; hence they cannot deceive the
public by adopting Christian names. They used mostly Christians that
included a Pastor in the conference to cover their tracks and even
launched a book against the Islamic Movement in their act of
desperation. However they should get it in their blocked heads that
Christians are our brothers in humanity.”
“Our
protests against impunity by the federal government against a valid
federal high court order releasing our Leader, Sheikh Zakzaky from
detention and seeking justice to the victims of Zaria massacre of
December, 2015 will continue to be peaceful no matter the sacrifice
needed, for justice cannot be denied, it can only be delayed.”
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