This
week a video clip authored by unknown persons has gone viral in the
social media, wherein aspersions were cast on the person of Professor
Dahiru Yahya on his recent visit to Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky where
he is being held incommunicado together with his wife since the
military’s attack on his residence last month. In the said video,
various Islamic scholars with different shades of opinion about Islam
were quoted out of context on the massacre that happened in Zaria.
On
viewing the video clip, even those not conversant with the workings of
the Islamic movement, will begin to doubt if it really emanated from us,
as the narrator in Hausa was trying to portray.
We
hereby categorically make it clear that the Islamic movement has no
hand in the making and distribution of the said video clip.
We
on the other hand completely align ourselves with the laudable efforts
of the Nigerian Supreme council for Islamic affairs in dealing with the
issue. We laud its courageous stand as the umbrella of all Muslims,
devoid of sectarian sentiments whatsoever. We support its efforts in
seeing to the peaceful resolution of this unfortunate and avoidable
attack on unarmed Muslims in Zaria by the Nigerian military.
The
Islamic Movement conducts its affairs openly for all to judge. We are
not a sect, but a mass movement of people with different shades of
opinions of Islam and the world view. In whatever statement or
utterances, emanating from us there is proper attribution. But in this
video there is no proper indication of who were the producers.
In
fact, the video in question might be the handiwork of our detractors,
who are in tandem with those who attack the Islamic movement, trying to
sow the seed of discord within the Islamic community on this issue that
all well-meaning Nigerians and the International community rightly
believe we are the victims.
We will not rest on
our oars until and unless our most important demand is met by the
government of Muhammadu Buhari, which is the unconditional release of
our revered leader Sheikh Ibraheem Yaqoub Zakzaky, his wife and other
brothers and sisters who are in detention.
SIGNED BY
IBRAHIM MUSA
PRESIDENT MEDIA FORUM OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT
0805 078 6093
19/01/16
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