It is a generally accepted conception that in the beginning God created man and gave him dominion over every living thing. It is still unknown to mankind why God gave him dominion over other beings, given that even man is an animal, neither can we speculate that God is ignorant of the overzealous nature of man. What we do know which is undisputable is that man has dominion over all other being/animal. Also it is an acceptable doctrine that God is the alpha and omega even those that do not believe in God accepts that their exists a supreme being. I have tried enough to understand the purpose of life. Because I can not give a meaning to the existence of mankind I therefore settled with the religious concept that those who live are living for God and when they die the die for God. It makes more sense because only God knows the reason of human existence or death. I will leave this part of discussion for our next publication. If man is living for God why then should he denote a bomb to kill others who are living for the same purpose (God)? Could man not have demanded for permission from the master God to kill other creatures? If God created man he must have invested some energy, time and money. The meaning of this is that man is God’s investment. The pursle then is why the omnipotent will allow people to waste his investment or better still his creature? I find answer in the fact that there will be judgement on the last day. Where and how does man connect, relate or interact with God? The answer is religion and we know that no religion preaches violence. If religions do not preach violence and man do not seek permission from the creator God before denoting bomb, we can conclude at this juncture that no body kills in the name of God. Looks strange but I want to believe that, no body kills in the name of God.

The complicity is the complex nature of man. Man is egoistic, self centred, proud, jealous, avarice, greedy, we can go on and on. Pope John Paul was not killed because he was a catholic pope but because he meddled with communism in the eastern bloc. My idol Mahatma Ghandi was not killed because he was a Buddhist but because of his position on Kashmir and the crisis between India and Pakistan. Kwame Nkuruma was not killed because he was president of Ghana but because of his position on the African continent, the same goes for Patrick Lumumba, Sankara, Debius, Luther King, Malcolm, and the two Kennedys etc. For various reasons these men paid the maximum price for there conviction. The stepped on powerful toes and paid for it. The altered powerful interest groups and heaven fell. Until the intervention of the Americans in Iraq there was no terrorist. The same goes for Afghanistan. Pakistan is still a sorry tale of fanatics, all in the name of power.

In the beginning there was nothing like terrorism. It all started during the Iraq and Iran war. The Iran gate scandal is still fresh in our memory. Officially America supported Iraq through the United Nations. There was an embargo then against Iran. Therefore no body was allowed to sell ammunitions to Iran even through a second party. But America had to find a way to fuel the war so it can go on or probably maintain the American interest. The American interest then was the release of the American soldiers held in Lebanon. At that point war was going on in Nicaragua and America was supporting Daniel Ortega the anti Marxist contra against the communist regime. Colonel Oliver North was commission by the white house to use the gains made from the ammunition sold to Iran to supply ammunition to Ortega. They called it Bolland agreement. At the end America was selling ammunition to both Iraq and Iran and that is the Iran gate scandal of the Regan administration. At the end Regan was absolved of any blame and complicity of what happened during his regime, presumably he was not in charge. The war continued but at a point something happened.

Iran was at the point of loosing the battle and the fundamentalist had to do something new. The started convincing their followers that if they die propagating Islam there are twenty one virgins waiting for them in paradise. That was how it all started. So people accepted to blow up their 6 yrs old children because they are going strait to heaven. And when these children blew up, their families will organize parties. The families of the first terrorists in Palestine were paid huge amount of money. Although, Israel may have a genuine cause and argument of sovereignty, their nation was created by a United Nations charter after the Second World War. Before the proclamation of the Security Council the Palestines were there. Therefore terrorism is for Islam but not for Islam. This is because terrorism started for the propagation of Islam but in the true sense they were not propagating Islam but working for their pay masters.

In the beginning Osama told all that cared to know that Americans were defiling Saudi Arabia but when he blew up the twin towers it became clear that the battle is for power and domination and not for Islam or God. Or one will ask what is the relationship between blowing the twin towers and defiling the Saudis. No individual is authorised to trade on ammunition. Even when you buy a military aircraft, ammunition can only be negotiated between governments. The manufactures of ammunition are not common neither can one buy the ammunition at the way side or supermarket. Ammunition can only be traded by the rich and powerful through government and every government knows who are the rich and powerful. They are easily traceable. The fact that all the rich and powerful do not trade on ammunition reduces the number of suspects. The problem is not those that blow up themselves but those that send them. The government should stop this parading of a few people in TV to confuse Nigerians. The problem is too serious to engage in propaganda. The sent could be many but the senders are few. Therefore any serious and determined government can trace them.

Goodluck should know that those throwing bombs in Nigeria are not Boko Harams but his political enemies. It does not take a genius to understand this. With all the information and intelligence available to him he should no who they are. The blood is meant for cleansing and sanctification but whose blood? Must it be the blood of the poor and helpless that has no stake in the crisis. The poor and innocent have sacrificed enough and Nigerians can not afford further blood shed. If they must continue to shed blood let them try the blood of the rich and powerful. Shakespeare said that, “when the poor die nothing is heard but heavens themselves announce forth the death of a prince”. Mr President therefore should intervene and save further bloodletting. It’s a task that must be done.

We must accept that the problem in Nigeria is political and economical and not religious. In the beginning Nigerians were neither Muslims nor Christians. Usman Dan Fodio came through the north and forced them to accept Islam while the Europeans came through the south and forced the southerners to accept Christianity. We must not loose sense of history. Going further religion is the consequences of the circumstances of our birth. If you were born in the north the tendency is that you will become a Muslim and if you were born in the south you will become a Christian. Most Christians were Christians because they were born into Christian families while most Muslims were Muslims because of where they were born. If you are born in Rome possibly you will become a catholic, those who were born in United Kingdom are Protestants while those born in the Middle East are Muslims. Americans are predominantly Pentecostals. Moslems are waiting for Isa on the last day while Christians are waiting for Jesus. Moslems worship Allah while Christians worship God. God and Allah are the same as well as Isa and Jesus (the messiah). Isaac was born by Abraham as well as Ishmael. So Isaac and Ishmael were brothers although it will be difficult for man to determine who is heir to the throne. Ishmael was born before Isaac but Isaac was born to the legitimate wife. Isaac gave root to Christian while Ishmael is the father of Islam. Muslims are working to go to paradise as well as Christians. Therefore Islam, Christian and other religions are simply different routes leading to the same destination. I have no problem that people take different roads to arrive at the same destination. That is my position.

Good time

Paul

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