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Sunday 5 July 2015

Early marriage, influence of social media & internet fueling Boko Haram activities in Nigeria says Emir Sanusi

The Emir of Kano Sanusi II says forceful marriage of young girls as well as the exposure of youths to social media and the internet is to a large extent responsible for the increased rate of youths joining the insurgency group, Boko Haram. The Emir said this while delivering his lecture at the 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture organized by Voice of Nigeria (VON), NTA and FRCN in Kaduna yesterday July 4
"Are we still living in the era which father can force their daughters into marriage without their permission? Yes we are. Early marriage, yes we are in Nigeria. And it is hurting and destroying our society. We are the ones to address these social issues because they are problems. And you know from taking her out of school and forcing her into marriage without education result to having a child from her who does not have a mother that can give the child proper training. That is a child that gets on drugs, Indian hemp or joins Boko Haram. All these things are connected. We have to face these challenges. Information technology and emergence of internet and social media, today youth go on the computer and they learn Islam from Facebook and twitter.
They learn Islam from videos, they watch on Facebook and after 14 to 15 hours watching new things, they need to become jihadists. They get up and go to Iraq or Syria or somewhere and join the group. And there are no controls. Right inside your house, your son can be sitting upstairs in the bedroom getting indoctrinated into becoming an extremist without your knowledge. We need to watch what our children watch. And we need to talk to them. If we do not give them the correct Islamic education, they will find the wrong education on the internet" he said

66 comments:

Unknown said...

Pedophiles d lot

Davido's driver said...

Interesting

Allybrownny said...

Kinda true tho

Anonymous said...

these northerners should deal with their own problems themselves. we are tired. you cannot hold the whole country to ransom bcos of ur backwardness. the era of forced marriage hapens mostly in ur territory NOT nigeria. pls get it together

Allybrownny said...

Kinda true though

Anonymous said...

I second sir.... I dont think i wld let my kids into the social media world at an early stage.. Its wrong and wont help them..



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Unknown said...

Emir, sorry to say o! I don't agree with you. Linda take note!

Anonymous said...

We need more of this lecture Emir

Arsenal said...

With all due respect, Sir. Leave social media out of this.

knowurway.com said...

Hmmm I think he is right.

Unknown said...

Gbam! Islam is a curse to the human race very violent religion shikena believe it or not that's your cup of coffee!!!

Unknown said...

Baba go Sidon 4 palace

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

True talk

Abekeiya said...

Seriously? Are you not the one that just married a child? Abegy .. Mtchew

Unknown said...

I totally agree with d old man....

Alero said...

Well said

Unknown said...

That's true

Unknown said...

Shebi this man marry one teenager?

Unknown said...

Well said

Bad_girl_riri 4 life said...

I concur

OSINANL said...

What's this chief sponsor of boko haram saying?

OSINANL said...

What's this chief sponsor of boko haram saying?

Okowright Balaxy said...

Direct that to your Hausa and muslim brothers. Both terrorism and marriage of under age girls is what muslims/hausa people enjoy. I just hope they don't come after you for criticising what they love. Buhari himself will not be happy you said this, he's totally in support of all you said. I pray they don't kill you for this single truth.

Unknown said...

Then educate the youths and ur people in the north. Obviously, the northern youths are the cause of this menace. Eradicate girl-child marriage first of all. Then make education compulsory for every girl-child. That would be a step in the right direction.



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gentle said...

What exactly does he mean by wrong Islamic education on the internet? Is he actually trying to say there are some parts of the Islamic education that supports extremism while some parts do not? Are the kids remote control that any balderdash they see pertaining to Islam on the internet would immeadiately cause them to take leave of their humanity and become walking bombs. For the life of me, Islam is just a very strange religion. I like the togetherness part of Islam, buh every other thing is just strange.

Unknown said...

Don't ever blame Social Media for the increase/rise in terrorist related activities.
The major problem lies in the CLERICS mode of disseminating information and brainwashing the gullible retards to see honour in Jihad/Warfare.
I can vividly recall when Boko Haram started their uprising by killing Christians, no prominent Northerner of the Islamic faith rose to the occasion of condemning them until they started killing other Muslims as well before the mofos started condemning them and screaming that they are not Muslims (so much 4 hypocrisy)
The chicken will always come home to Roost.

Anonymous said...

True talk sir

Kayode Awofeso said...

yh he is right

Anonymous said...

I guess he's referring to the WEAK minded hausa boys? Even if i watch jihadist video for one week,It won't have any influence on me! North = Shame of Nigeria!

Anonymous said...

Only an african can be exposd to technology and bcome even more babaric

Mrs CJ said...

Well said sir
child marriage is evil.

Unknown said...

Good one

Unknown said...

Hiss! He is so far frm d truth, and reality. Where r d place of poverty, lack of govt provision, development of d state's, education, and all dat in d lives of dis youths were left out by him.

Unknown said...

That's untrue, boko haram group member are barely exposed. They are obviously shallow minded! ...even their videos got no English word in them. Sanusi should redo his thinking all over. No vex.

Mr_SouL Get Naija Twitter/IG followers/7AB109CB said...

I don't think he knows what he is saying

Unknown said...

Emir Sanusi please do not forget covert supports from traditional rulers and top politicians, plus financial supports from Central Bank Governors, and wealthy Northerners.

Unknown said...

Influence of social media, fueling boko haram activities?? Hmm!

Unknown said...

True Baba but som mumu on ds blog will still find a way to fault ur thoughts.its just unfortunate dt kids dt shud still b suckling breast dish out children lik bread from d oven wivout proper education about life,career n religion. I swear som men shud b castrated so dey can't pass on dia stupidity to som1 else

Unknown said...

Gbam #fact

Anonymous said...

Islamic education indeed,is it not the Islamic education that allows paedophile/child marriage ? That's d worst education man...

Unknown said...

GBAM! The north and to some extension the rest of Nigeria need to stop arangee marriage... besides all those imams on youtube are corrupting the minds of young muslims worldwide not just nigeria

ary said...

right

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmmmmm truth dey dis talk,God help us all....

Anonymous said...

Sanusi, give me a holler let us work on this together!!

Cheta said...

you have a good point here His majesty,i pray that parents will listen and monitor their children.

Jasmine Joseph said...

Must u tlk oga Sanusi, everybody just wants to feel relevant dese days

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmmm, true talk. Emir is 100% correct

Anonymous said...

Very true , this he goats called boko haram live off the attention gotten from media

Unknown said...

Their next move is to Ban social media in Nigeria like they do in some arab countries like turkey and Afghanistan , Nigerians be Wise !!!

billybaby said...

This is somebody dat will be getting married to a 17years old girl as a 4th wife talking about early marriage.shame.


Anonymous said...

Nigerians hen.. someone make a valid point and all you see is an agenda behind it. Dis tribal hatred is 2 much.

Anonymous said...

The killer of Gideon Akaluka Emir of Kano Sanusi

Anonymous said...

What Emir Sanusi of Kano can do to assist towards a lasting solution of the problem he has diagnosed, is to, first: spear-head a family planning campaign in which quality of life as oppossed to meaningless number or quantity of children, becomes a thing of the past. Matter of fact, almost all the challenges enumerated are simply off-shoots from the main determinant: poor family planning practices in the given culture.

Anonymous said...

@ debbie damsel, Gbma! islam is curse to human race.. Can you even read at all? how you can translate what he said to islam being a curse to human race is beyond me..

Anonymous said...

Not mostly but only happens in their territory. SS and SE do not marry their children off at the age of 8,9,10......

Anonymous said...

Wat is wrong with dis Juliet? Ur head correct so?

Anonymous said...

DO PEOPLE STILL THINK THAT ISLAM IS A GOOD RELIGION? ONLY THOSE THAT ARE DEATH AND CONSCIENCELESS WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO ISLAM. WE ALL KNOW THAT ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF SATAN

Effects said...

In the past he talked abt revenue sharing formula ws the course of the insurgences and dat they shuld be given amensty

yawanow said...

I'm so disappointed with this man. How can he utter such rubbish when they are the highest offender of pedophiles, insurgents and killings. Its easy to blame the social media as a cover up. mtchewwwwwwwwwww

Ikuku AmStrong said...

Hmmm. So true, and not only with Islamic extremism...

Anonymous said...

Like you are to your entire generation! Anuofia#oloshi#shege Dan iska

zibaintl said...

lier and hypocrite sanusi...now u have changed ur mouth...u said wen GEJ was pres dat it is bcos of unemploymet dat d fed govt is nt investing in the north...now u are saying social media, internet n early marrriage/....LIER,,,,liNDA U can search for d video n play it...

Anonymous said...

Islam is evil

Anonymous said...

If they not Muslims who are they?
These ppl are retard

Anonymous said...

Islam is a blood thirsty religion

Anonymous said...

You are stupid for what you said Ashawo unilag @debbie damsel

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