I did not write this guys, and I know it is very long... but please read if you are open minded and not just some biased hate spreading person, thank you.

Boko Haram- Muslim Army?
June 18, 2012 7:26 pm
My aim is not to apologize for my
religion; I will not write as one who is
ashamed of my way of life, and before
youshout ‘Southern Muslim!’ like I’m
certain you’re probably already
thinking, let me inform you that
Muslims all over the world are one and
the same.
Once, the Prophet (PBUH) was asked
‘who is a Muslim?’, his reply made it
clear that anyone who believes in the
Oneness of God and offers as-salat
(prayers) regularly is a Muslim; I call
thisthe ‘minimum requirement(s) into
the school of Islam’, a School of which
I’m a proud student. I have faith in
the Onenessof God, I observe as-salat,
I give Zakat (charity), I fast during
Ramadan, and I hope to go on
pilgrimage soon. Muslim, I am, and I
will die as one (Insha Allah).
Many times, I’ve had cause to dispel
rumours about my religion (I do not
conform to any form of stereotype, so
I’ve had the privilege of hearing a lot
of lies and conjecture). Once, on a bus
from Enugu to Lagos, a preacher
decided to get the attention of his
‘mobile congregation’ by misquoting
and murdering verses from the Holy
Qur’an. I respectfully waited for him
to end his hateful sermon, then
produced my Quran and read the
actual verses to everyone in the bus. I
even took time to explain what Jihad
means, what it entails, and what led to
it. Yes, I’m a woman; No, I’m not a
scholar. But do you have to be male or
a Reverend to understand the Bible?
As you most probably already know,
Jihadmeans Holy War. There are two
forms of Jihad- the one you fight
within yourself (this entails choosing
between what’s right and what’s wrong)
, and actual warfare.
Now, what led to it?
When the Prophet (PBUH) began to
spread the message of Islam, the
unbelievers (pagans, idol worshippers)
of that time decided that Muslims
didn’t deserve to live; they attacked
Muslims, took over their properties,
killed them. Muslims were oppressed.
Initially, they were asked to ignore the
pagans and maintain peace, but when
the situation became unbearable, God
asked them to fight back.
The first verse revealed with respect to
Jihad (V 2:190) says ‘ And fight in the
way of Allah those who fight you, but
transgress not the limits. Truly, Allah
likes not the transgressors ‘. This verse
is the ‘foundation’ of Jihad, it
prescribes THE standard for warfare in
the name of God.
Fight against those who fight against
you; God did not say ‘fight against
those who piss you off’, He didn’t say
‘fight against those who you don’t like’.
‘Fight against those who fight against
you’ means self-defence is the ONLY
form of violence that’s permitted.
‘But do not transgress limits’; self-
defencewas the previously established
limit. ‘Transgression’ would then mean
fighting people who didn’t attack you
first. This istermed ‘irjaf’. Irjaf and
Jihad are two extremely different
things.
Before you judge the over one billion
Muslims in the world by the actions of
some hell-bound transgressors, kindly
permit me to draw your attention to
the Muslim Capital of the World; Saudi
Arabia. Do Christians live there or not?
How many times has a suicide bombing
occurred there? How many times have
some obviously deluded, highly
misguided maniacs demanded that
they all revert to Islam?
This brings me to another issue-
suicide. My Qur’an tells me that suicide
is a one-way ticket to Hell. Couple that
with aggression, and tell me what the
outcome would be.
This brings me, inevitably, to Boko
Haram. Personally, I believe what
happened in this case was a deliberate
move by government to hijack a
problem that should have been solved
at inception, and turn it to a political
tool for division.
Nigerians have always had a penchant
for tribalism&