Friday, 28 November 2014
Cameroon Against Boko Haram Recruitment.
Cameroonian
Muslim leaders are in a struggle to stop recruitment of its youth by the
dreaded Boko Haram sect.
Deputy Prime Minister Amadou
disclosed in August that some 450 young locals of one town, Kolofata,
joined the insurgents.
Muslim authorities responded with
the “No to Boko Haram” campaign across the region affected by terrorism.
Imam Malloum Baba said:
“We’re raising awareness in our
mosques through Friday prayers. We’re urging people to try to understand true
Islam and to not fall into the trap set by these terrorists. Boko Haram
claims to preach Islam, but they don’t know anything about Islam,” said Baba,
the Muslim leader. The problem here is ignorance. People don’t necessarily
understand our message fully.”
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Two months ago one Amadou
Bachirou, told AFP how his friend had joined the sect.
“He was very poor and he heard Boko
Haram paid well. He told me, ‘If you want, we can go together.’ But I can’t go.
I know he is now sending money to his family.”
Muslim elite started the active
struggle against the “barbarians” through the education of the youth and
delivering the “general message about peace and tolerance”.
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