Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi equates Shia Islam with terrorist cults like maitasine and Boko haram.

Another malicious insinuation of Emir Sanusi is equating Shia Islam with murderous terrorist cults like Maitatsine and Boko Haram that are offshoots of Sunni Islam. These terrorist groups, from day one were hell bent in killing innocent civilians; they are murderous entities that only know how to kill people and they are not offshoots of Shia Islam. There is no where in the world where Shia Muslims are terrorists, terrorism has no place in Shia Islam because the Shia religious references will never approve it. Sheikh Zakzaky started his call more than 37 years ago, and no single innocent person had been killed. He and his Islamic Movement are completely peaceful and they promote the unity of Muslims and peaceful coexistence with Christians. The Islamic Movement is the only Muslim organisation in Nigeria that invites Christians to all its programmes and also attends Christian programmes when invited. Sheikh Zakzaky in other to promote unity among Muslims had forbidden his millions of followers to build mosques. He ask them to always pray in the Sunni mosques available.
Emir Sanusi and these corrupt Northern elites must understand that the Nigerian constitution guarantees freedom of worship for all Nigerians. Their attempt to suppress and crackdown on Nigerian Shia Muslims is unconstitutional and wicked. What is wrong with Sunni Islam today is not that millions are abandoning is for Shia Islam; what is wrong is that it has been contaminated by Wahhabism and infiltrated by it. Today the face of Sunni Islam contaminated by Wahhabism is hate and terrorism. The real Sunni Islam rubbed soldiers with Shia Islam but the Sunni Islam contaminated by Wahhabism is inferior to the high values of Shia Islam and this is the main reason today why millions of Sunni Muslims are becoming Shia Muslims.
Go to all these Wahhabi infested mosques in northern Nigeria, they only promote hatred for Shias and Christians. This is what their preachers do everyday. They do not teach people tolerance, love, mercy, kindness, generosity and peaceful coexistence. What they teach their followers is to hate Shia Islam and Christianity. That was why when the Nigerian Army brutally killed defenceless Shia Muslims in Zaria, they were happy and jubilating. One day if Christians are also massacred in the same way, they would celebrate as they are doing presently.
My advice to these corrupt Northern elites is that they should please allow peace and security to rein in Nigeria. There are tens of thousands of Shia Muslims in South-West Nigeria, and has anyone ever heard of them clashing or killing? They are accepted, tolerated and considered part of the society. This is because Islam in the South is based on sincerity, while Islam in the North is contaminated. This corrupt Northern elites must understand that faith can never be imposed or forced. They will never succeed in forcing Shia Muslims to return to Sunni Islam. If they want to halt this slide they must return to the real Sunni Islam of Sheikh Uthman Ibn Fodio (ra) who was tolerant and celebrated the twelve Imams of Shia Islam.
The corrupt Northern elites should understand that we know that the Wahhabi regime of Saudi Arabia gave them this contract to inflame sectarianism in Nigeria and target the peaceful followers of Shia Islam in Nigeria. In the past they had received millions of dollars yearly from Saudi Arabia to spread Shiaphobia but they woefully failed. The more they spread Shia hate, the more Nigerians turn to Shia Islam. Is it not time for them to repent and allow peace to rein? They are trying to demonise and humiliate Sheikh Zakzaky who has always been an advocate of peace, unity and mutual respect, but who they have succeeded in doing this to, making the world aware of him his message. Today thousands come to my websites to know more about Sheikh Zakzaky and his Movement, and 60 percent of these people are from the West.
Finally, my last word to all Nigerians is that we should reject hate preachers. We should reject political and religious leaders who promote hate and have hate propagation as an agenda. Hate will never benefit Nigeria, hate will only breed wars, conflicts and senseless killings. Nigeria is the only country we have, if we allow evil and corrupt leaders like this corrupt Northern elites to destroy our country then we will live to regret that. #GodProtectZakzaky