Nigeria: Which Islam does Shekau profess?

By Abdulrazaq Magaji

 

The game did not begin today. Since the creation of man, criminals and swindlers have consistently invoked the name of God in perpetrating evil. It is commonplace to hear con men, impostors and outright evildoers claiming God spoke to them or they received some dubious vision to rationalise the perpetration of an evil act. The way people claim to relate to God, one would think the end of the world was here. And, if you thought God is about to strike people who break His laws or drop His name to perpetrate evil, then wait until you hear Abubakar Shekau, the tempestuous leader of Boko Haram.