Following the BBC released a report that ISIS in the latest
issue of their magazine announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as Boko Haram's new leader;
Abubakar Shekau yesterday released an audio debunking the claim. He insisted in
the audio that he is still the leader of the sect and accused al-Barnawi of
trying to stage a coup against him.
Read the excerpts of Shekau’s words in Hausa:
"All blessings be
to Almighty Allah, and his His Prophet SAW.
I am Imam Abubakar
Shekau. This is the message to the world, to those who can understand Hausa and
any other languages it can be translated for a clear understanding of the
message, which is why we are sending this message to the world.
The content of my
message goes thus. We have heard news going round and attributed to people we
had earlier pledge allegiance to. Even though we are not against them base on
the message we heard in the world radio but we are still onour ideology. We
know those we differ with, and I have written on this long ago. All we wrote
have been documented with me, some eight pages and some nine pages stating
their kind of ideology. Because I stated it clear that I am against the
principle where someone will dwell in the society with the infidels without
making public his opposition or anger against infidels publicly as it is stated
in the Quran. Anyone doing such can't be a real Muslim thick and thin. This is
what our ideology proved. And that is where I am, to them, a Muslim can dwell
in the society and do his marketing compromising core foundations.
I want the world to
know that we are still holding our ideology and tied with the Quran, we will
not derail and will not revolt but will continue to remain in the cause of
Allah. Following Prophet SAW is compulsory for us, and we will follow it to the
end. This is our stand, and we are still in the cause of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah
li-Da’awati wal-Jihad and Allah will help us.
May Allah strengthen
us to remain in this cause. We are still members of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah
li-Da’awati wal-Jihad, no matter what they call us, we remain what we are. No
matter what we have our basis in Quran. No matter what they call us, what we
aspire is to justify our ideology in the Quran which is ultimate because we
have not derailed. We are on and in the future, we will not accept any emissary
except the one we can attest he is sincere and truthful for Allah and His
cause.
In the first place, we
sat and I was deceived, they said I should write my ideology to be taken if
there is a mistake they will point out and bring back. They now deceive me, and
it is based on some authorities and today I found out that there is one who is
following principles of infidel which they want me to follow, and Prophet has
stopped us against such.
We are still in the
cause of Allah and will never depart in the struggle to establish an Islamic
caliphate and standing by Islam. We will continue to work for the cause of
Allah no going back. Anyone that caused this, no problem, if it's possible may
Allah show him the correct path and if it is not so may Allah protect us from
his mischief.”
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