UK Islamic Preacher Under Investigation for Extremist Comments Concerning Chibok Girls
United Kingdom based islamic preacher, Mizanur Rahman, is currently being investigated by the metropolitan police after commending extremist Boko Haram sect over the abduction of about 234 schoolgirls from a Chibok school in Borno state.
According to the Daily Mail, The 31-year-old claimed in an online video-recording that killing non-Muslims was ‘not necessarily a bad thing, while also approving of Boko Haram’s activities and modus operandi; calling it a consequence of the treatment the Nigerian government had meted on the group in the past.
“People want to make it out as though history began on the day these girls were taken from – sorry I should say these women – were taken from this high school in Nigeria.
“They didn’t do to these girls what the Nigerian government had been doing to the Muslims all these years. They didn’t rape anybody. They didn’t torture. They didn’t murder any of these girls”, Rahman said.
Rahman was convicted in 2007 for a murder-related case and bagged a six-year jail sentence. He was released from prison in 2010. His comments have stirred public outrage with UK based Nigerians calling for his arrest on terrorism related charges.