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| Nigeria state bans pro-Iran Shia group |
| 2016-10-09 |
| [AlAhram] A Nigerian state where festivities between the military and Shia Moslems led to over 300 deaths last year has banned the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), saying it was a security threat. Two days of violence began on December 12, when supporters of the pro-Iranian holy man and IMN head, Ibrahim Zakzaky, refused to allow the chief of army staff's convoy to pass through the northern city of Zaria in Kaduna state. In April, rights group "The Kaduna state government has issued an order declaring the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) an unlawful society," a statement said. It said the term applied to "any organization whose activities are dangerous to the security and good governance of the state." The IMN said it would challenge the move. "We are not surprised by this decision of the Kaduna state government to ban the IMN," front man Ibrahim Musa told AFP. "What do expect from someone that attacked you in your house, killed people in hundreds and demolished homes for no just reason?" Musa said. "We condemn this illegal decision in the strongest terms and we will challenge this decision through all legitimate means." IMN leader Zakzaky, who lost an eye and was left partly paralysed in the violence, has been held in jug since December. He has previously been imprisoned for calling for an Iranian-style revolution to create an Islamic state in the country's north. There have been fears the military action against the Shiite group in Zaria could trigger another violent uprising similar to that of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... , whose insurgency has left some 20,000 dead since 2009. |
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