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A United Kingdom-based Islamic preacher, Mizanur Rahman, is being investigated by police after a video showed him praising Boko Haram for kidnapping over 200 schoolgirls.
In the video posted online, the 31-year-old Rahman claimed that killing non-Muslims was ‘not necessarily a bad thing.’
According to reports, Rahman also praised the terror group for its activities.
“People want to make it out as though
history began on the day these girls were taken from – sorry I should
say these women – were taken from this high school in Nigeria.
“They didn’t do to these girls what the
Nigerian government had been doing to the Muslims all these years. They
didn’t rape anybody. They didn’t torture. They didn’t murder any of
these girls.”
The preacher was quoted to have
described the terrorist group as being “full of good messages,”
including its support for al-Qaeda.
Rahman, said to be a follower of a
firebrand preacher, Anjem Choudary, was convicted in 2007 for a
murder-related case and bagged a six-year jail sentence. He was released
from prison in 2010.
Choudary, who set up the banned Al
Muhajiroun organisation with exiled Omar Bakri Muhammad, however, said
Rahman was a ‘good friend’ who had given a measured response to the
crisis.
He said, “I believe if you look at what
he was saying it was very measured. You just have to look at the
atrocities that, especially in 2011 and 2012, that were carried out
against the women and child of Al Mujahideen by the Nigerian government.
“That story has not been told, and this
is retaliation for that. The Americans are only interested in Nigeria
because of its oil reserves. Otherwise, they would not be bothered.”
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said,
“We are aware of the video and we are assessing its contents. We are not
prepared to discuss this further.”
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