The Emir of Kano Sanusi II says forceful marriage of young girls as
well as the exposure of youths to social media and the internet is to a
large extent responsible for the increased rate of youths joining the
insurgency group, Boko Haram.
The Emir said this while delivering his lecture at the 10th Annual
Ramadan Lecture organized by Voice of Nigeria (VON), NTA and FRCN in
Kaduna yesterday July 4
He said:
“Are we still living in the era which father can force their
daughters into marriage without their permission? Yes we are. Early
marriage, yes we are in Nigeria. And it is hurting and destroying our
society. We are the ones to address these social issues because they are
problems. And you know from taking her out of school and forcing her
into marriage without education result to having a child from her who
does not have a mother that can give the child proper training. That is a
child that gets on drugs, Indian hemp or joins Boko Haram. All these
things are connected. We have to face these challenges. Information
technology and emergence of internet and social media, today youth go on
the computer and they learn Islam from Facebook and twitter.
They learn Islam from videos, they watch on Facebook and after
14 to 15 hours watching new things, they need to become jihadists. They
get up and go to Iraq or Syria or somewhere and join the group. And
there are no controls. Right inside your house, your son can be sitting
upstairs in the bedroom getting indoctrinated into becoming an extremist
without your knowledge. We need to watch what our children watch. And
we need to talk to them. If we do not give them the correct Islamic
education, they will find the wrong education on the internet” he said
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