Zahrau Babangida 13 years old A teenage girl forced by her own biological father to commit suicide and mass murder. All in the name of Jihad in the way of Allah as he believed. The problem then is not of the poor little girl whose childish innocence was capitalized on. Its the problem of the society that venerate ignorance. Ours -I mean the northern Muslims especially- is a case of self-anihilation. Worst still we dont enjoy the only virtue of ignorance which is to accept you dont know hence you seek for proper knowledge. Our ignorance is compound. We dont know that we dont know. Talk less of seeking for knowledge. The religion we claim to know is the first that condemns us. We are heretics, superstitious and many of us heathens. We can only bark, revile, abuse and foam. In the end we commit suicide. All because we refuse to learn and accord knowledge the reverence it deserves. Imagine people annihilating themselves by refusing vaccination. Even if the majority has agreed, the point is that it lacks the leadership dexterity to convince or forces the others into doing the proper thing. We are now the shame of mankind. From among us the polio virus has an abode and a settlement to reinfect humanity again. We can refuse Banks on flimsy shabby religious knowledge whereas all sorts of conventional banks operate in Makka and Madinah the cities protected against Dajjal and where Islam will hibernate in the end of times . We fanatically adhere to rulings of others to the core even if its detrimental to our survival while the Quran is categorical that necessity negates all interdictions. For long we rejected modern education -I dare call it western- where as Islam was the precursor and catalyst of modernism. Name it medicine, law, Astronomy, mathematics etc. Even if the majority has accepted it, the point is that we lack the leadership acumen to divert most of our resources to augment education. We spend billions on entra Hajj and Umra and polygamous male chauvinistic stunts than pay attention to want is more preferential to our religious obligations and worldy achievements. Our choice is seldom anything but sentimental. Our temperament is reactionary not proactive. Our ignorance has become the honeycomb of our leaders, religious or otherwise. If not how can the poor illetrates be convinved to make a trek miles in scorching sun seeking for blessings without Divine counsel? How can people cling to false hopes for salvation, crimes and criminals for emancipation? You dont kill if you want to survive and you dont deceive if you dont want to be deceived. This is the golden rule of life. In this people, Zahrau Babangida was born13 years ago. So there is little or no wonder. We have to be true to ourselves. If its poverty that is tormenting to us stupidity let us know that the poverty is because of our doing. We had enough resources to build our selves but our priority is somewhere else. We have geniuses, doctors, engineers, teachers etc but they all are under the spell of an ignorant people. Their strategy is just Shut up! to save your skin. But I say No speak up to save a nation. Let us properly educate ourselves. Its the only lasting remedy to our predicament. May Allah protect us all from the evil of our ignorance. Amin
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:02:00 +0000
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