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A Charlie Hebdo Publication |
Report By Ibrahim Usman
Lending his voice to the global concern
by Muslims over the blasphemous publication by a Paris-based magazine, Charlie
Hebdo on the personality of the Prophet of Islam, Leader of the Islamic
Movement in Nigeria, His Eminence Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky says, the publication
was another way of striking at the inner core sensibility of Islam and Muslims.
Sheikh Zakzaky was speaking at the
annual Maulud programme organized by the Resource Forum of the Islamic Movement
in Nigeria, which took place at the Hussainiyyah Baqiyyatullah, Zaria on
yesterday.
He explained that, enemies of Islam
have come to realize that, “the Holy Prophet still lives with the rapid
expansion of the divine message he brought and instilled in the hearts of
people, which has become a threat to global arrogance and injustice, and
therefore found a new way of striking at his personality”.
According to him, the unfortunate
action by Charlie Hebdo was Salman Rushdie reincarnate through covert
operation, whereby the perpetrators decided to use their people to instigate
violence and execute the violent action and attributed it to Muslims to justify
their insidious intent of portraying Islam as a religion of terror.
Sheikh Zakzaky further explained that,
the subsequent gathering of world leaders to condemn the planned attack on
staff of the magazine was a clear manifestation of the evil intent, as well as
open support to the blasphemy on Islam. “The global reaction by Muslims has
shown that, the Muslims are fully awakened and hold Islam and its Holy Prophet
in high esteem. Their great concern is the growing number of Muslim converts in
Europe and across the world, and therefore wants to discourage it”.
He pointed out that, such atrocities in
the name of Islam is being witnessed on daily basis in Nigeria with the same
objective. “How could Muslims detonate bombs in mosques, kill fellow Muslims
and destroy their settlements because they want to establish an Islamic state?
This is clear fallacy and ridiculous. This is ridiculing Islam, the message
brought by Prophet Muhammad and the kind of society he established!” he
queried.
His Eminence said, all the reports and
videos on the activities of the faceless Boko Haram terror cell in Nigeria were
presented to the people by government agencies and therefore said, “It is the
same government that is launching the attacks in the name of Islam and
Muslims”.
Sheikh Zakzaky said, the whole aim of
the global misrepresentation of Islam was to ridicule the message brought by
Prophet Muhammad (SAWA), in order to discourage and suppress its spread. “We
are in the era of hope, and therefore all hope is not lost. This religion
brought by this Prophet must triumph against all odds. They may kill and
continue killing, but a time will come when they can kill no more”.
The Leader further explained how Islam
and Muslims were facing challenges in the face of combined plots of enemies
from within and outside, which he said gave room for the sad representation of
Islam by Charlie Hebdo and those culprits before it.
He therefore advised Muslims to be
united and not to give room for division, in order to effectively face the
challenges, and cautioned Muslims on using the same language and manner used by
their enemies to retaliate or respond to any misconduct.
He said, despite the negative
representation of the Holy Prophet, his good and super human attributes and
conduct can never be disputed, against the attempt to portray him as an
ordinary being.
“Historically, the compassion and
sensitivity to human feelings demonstrated by the Prophet of Islam during his
time were unprecedented and exemplary. The world can never be convinced now
that, the religion brought by him is capable of committing such heinous crimes.
Never!”
Sheikh Zakzaky, who narrated historical
conquests by prominent personalities in said, the Holy Prophet of Islam
conquered minds of the people through good conduct and not by sword or force,
as it is being misrepresented
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