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29 Ramadan, 1430,A.H (September 18. 2009)        Vol.3: No 80

Welcome to The Pointer Express,  The Views Expressed in this news paper are not necessarily the official view of the Islamic movement in Nigeria.
 

Sheikh Zakzaky's Response On Government's Plan To Assassinate Him

Sheikh ZakzakySince about seven to ten days of the commencement of the fasting, we have been hearing stories. We have heard stories that we are going to be attacked any time during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan. It is said that the Shi'ites are going to be attacked. It was after that that we heard, to be specific, on the fifteenth night of Ramadan that some so-called scholars were gathered by the authorities and informed that the Boko Haram members are going to stage a protest and that the government will not take it lightly with them; that they are going to be killed.

The government called on the so-called scholars to preach to the public not to sympathize with them in event of the attack. We wonder what they are referring to as Boko Haram.

We presume that they are planning an onslaught on the Islamic Movement in the name of Boko Haram; that they want to exploit the silence of the Muslims over the extra-judicial killings of Muslims they perpetrated in the name of Boko Haram in the past few weeks.

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Announcement Of International Quds Day

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

For many years, I have been notifying the Muslims of the danger posed by the usurper Israel which today has intensified its savage attacks against the Palestinian brothers and sisters, and which, in the south of Lebanon in particular, is continually bombing Palestinian homes in the hope of crushing the Palestinian struggle. Click


Muslim Students Criticize Niger Over NAFEST

Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSS) Niger State chapter yesterday in a statement criticized the state government over plans to host the forthcoming NAFEST.  Click

Wealthy Muslims Urged To Do More For The Masses

Wealthy Muslims have been urged to do more for the masses to foster unity of the adherents in the interest of the nation.

National missioner of Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society of Nigeria, Imam Fuad Adeyemi gave the advice yesterday in Abuja at the daily Iftar (breaking of fast) joint feeding programme of the society.  Click


Hajj: Pilgrims Risk Jail For Overstaying

Pilgrims who overstay in the Holy land after both Umrah and Hajj operations would be sent to prison by the Saudi Arabian authorities, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said.  Click

Police Set To Sack Shiites

A tense atmosphere reigned in Zaria City's old Gyallesu Quarters in Kaduna State yesterday when rumours swept the area that the Federal Government was about to visit the Darul Islam treatment on members of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky's Islamic Movement, better known as Shiites.  Click


Boko-Haram Members Arraigned In Bauchi

The Bauchi state police command has arraigned 160 members of the Book-Haram at a magistrate court along Gombe road in the Bauchi. While reciting charges against them before the court, the prosecution counsel ASP S.A. Bandawa said that the sect members are charged for criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide punishable by death, treason, unlawful possessions of fire arms, inciting disturbances and unlawful assembly, all punishable under sections 221,411, 412, and sections 3, 79, 102, 248 and 114 of the penal code of the northern states of Nigeria.  Click

Reflections On Ramadan

The series of ayaat (2:183188) that outline the Muslims' obligation to fast during the month of Ramadan conclude with the following ayah:
And devour not one another's possessions wrongfully while taking it all the way to the decision-makers to [at the end] devour a portion of people's possessions sinfully all the while you are aware of this [unbecoming act] (2:188).; Click


9/11: Mysterious Collapse Of Third Building

Eight years after the spectacular attacks of September 11, widespread skepticism continues to exit regarding the official version put out by the US government.  Click


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