Former Governor of Lagos State and Senior Advocate
of Nigeria, Babatunde Fashola, has said acts of
terrorism currently perpetrated by Boko Haram and
other insurgents in the country have nothing to do
with Islam or its tenets.
Speaking at the public presentation of a book,
‘Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Africa’, written
by Dr. Yinka Olomojobi, held on Monday at the
MUSON Centre, Lagos, Fashola noted that a religion,
whose foundation was peace, such as Islam, could not
be the foundation or excuse for acts of murder, rape,
savagery, pillaging and terror.
Commending the author of the book for
intellectualising the ongoing discourse on the real
identities and motives of terrorists masquerading as
promoters of the Islamic faith, he urged Muslims and
other Nigerians not to accept any reason given by
the criminals to explain their actions.
Fashola said, “It is sheer propaganda to fool the
general public and to deceive people in the name of a
faith whose tenets they themselves breach and violate.
The simple truth is that we have allowed the voices of
a few criminals to rise above that of billions of law
abiding global citizens.
“What we are dealing with is a new wave of crime by
criminals who seem to have an edge because of the
need for a new global order and the gaps created by
globalisation.”
The former Lagos State governor warned that guns
alone nor nuclear weapons would not defeat
terrorists nor wipe away terrorism.
He said a solution was possible through a collective
agreement that terrorism had nothing to with
religion as well as a collective decision to stop
helping to promote the brands of insurgents by
calling their names.
“That will expose them for what and who they are
and help us to defeat them,” he said.
The event also had in attendance Governor Rauf
Aregbesola of Osun State, who was represented by Dr.
Adeleke Ipaye; Pastor Tunde Bakare; the Executive
Secretary of Muslim Ummah in South-West, Prof. Daud
Noibi; Chairman of Safari Books Limited, Chief Joop
Berkhout and Chief Lekan Alabi, among others.

Source : www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-terrorism-not-about-islam-fashola/

Islam has no connection with terrorism. At the same time It's not the religion that creates terrorists, it's the politics.

This cheap political piont of distancing bokoharam from islamic religion is only achievement APC has made to win this war. I guess this is their new campaign stratege!

Sure Fashola nd the posters above have leaking brain..

How can u take away Islam frm terrorism..

It's jst like taking away Jesus frm the Bible..

if its not about terrorism its about what ?

madridguy:
Islam has no connection with terrorism. At the same time It's not the religion that creates terrorists, it's the politics.

If its the politics of the religion, then the religion contributes too!

Whatever. A religion in which the founder faught wars and even justifies it can never be dissociated from violence.

Thank God there is no GEJ to blame again..
Dear north, pls deal with the monsters u guys created by urselves..

Yasirarafat:
Former Governor of Lagos State and Senior Advocate
of Nigeria, Babatunde Fashola, has said acts of
terrorism currently perpetrated by Boko Haram and
other insurgents in the country have nothing to do
with Islam or its tenets.
Speaking at the public presentation of a book,
‘Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Africa’, written
by Dr. Yinka Olomojobi, held on Monday at the
MUSON Centre, Lagos, Fashola noted that a religion,
whose foundation was peace, such as Islam, could not
be the foundation or excuse for acts of murder, rape,
savagery, pillaging and terror.
Commending the author of the book for
intellectualising the ongoing discourse on the real
identities and motives of terrorists masquerading as
promoters of the Islamic faith, he urged Muslims and
other Nigerians not to accept any reason given by
the criminals to explain their actions.
Fashola said, “It is sheer propaganda to fool the
general public and to deceive people in the name of a
faith whose tenets they themselves breach and violate.
The simple truth is that we have allowed the voices of
a few criminals to rise above that of billions of law
abiding global citizens.
“What we are dealing with is a new wave of crime by
criminals who seem to have an edge because of the
need for a new global order and the gaps created by
globalisation.”
The former Lagos State governor warned that guns
alone nor nuclear weapons would not defeat
terrorists nor wipe away terrorism.
He said a solution was possible through a collective
agreement that terrorism had nothing to with
religion as well as a collective decision to stop
helping to promote the brands of insurgents by
calling their names.
“That will expose them for what and who they are
and help us to defeat them,” he said.
The event also had in attendance Governor Rauf
Aregbesola of Osun State, who was represented by Dr.
Adeleke Ipaye; Pastor Tunde Bakare; the Executive
Secretary of Muslim Ummah in South-West, Prof. Daud
Noibi; Chairman of Safari Books Limited, Chief Joop
Berkhout and Chief Lekan Alabi, among others.

Source : www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-terrorism-not-about-islam-fashola/

check fasola brain is blocked by koran and made him to reason like baffoon let him tell this to isis or taliban.

Islam has everything to do with terror

madridguy:
Islam has no connection with terrorism. At the same time It's not the religion that creates terrorists, it's the politics.

U can't indict the politics in the religion.. While exonerating the religion itself..
Fact remains dat muhammed fought wars... Killed many so called infidels.. Married underaged girls.. Why won't islamists all over the world copy wat their prophet did many years ago.. As education and technology pushes humanity forward ...islam on the other hand remains static with sharia....

bugzbunny:
Islam has everything to do with terror

do you know the Christians fought the Muslims to regain Jerusalem?

pucci:
do you know the Christians fought the Muslims to regain Jerusalem?

yes. which pope john paul apologised for. tell me which muslim leader has apologised for the countless war faught by the muslim army?