(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The suspected leader of the Boko Haram sect has issued a threat in a YouTube video over a US-made anti-Islam film that has sparked widespread protests in various cities around the globe.
Abubakar Shekau,the suspected leader, who spoke in Hausa throughout the video, said, "First, insults against the prophet, evil plots against him, making blasphemous movies against him, all these will do no harm to Islam,"
"Anybody plotting this will surely pay for it. Everybody knows what this statement entails. Everybody should wait and see what we will do regarding this."
A number of protests over the anti-Islam film have been held in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north organised by a Shiite Muslim group not connected to Boko Haram, with no violent incidents occurring.
The crudely made "Innocence of Muslims" movie, produced by US-based extremist Christians, has however sparked anger and times violent demonstrations across various Muslim populated regions.
In the nine-minute video, Shekau denied the government's claim of talks with the group. The government had claimed to have engaged in back-channel talks with the Islamists in a bid to end the violence. Shekau denied this in the video, while accusing authorities of arresting members' wives and threatening to take revenge.
"We have never sat down with anyone in the name of dialogue. Our people are being killed and humiliated, while on the other hand people are being deceived with the issue of dialogue," he says.
"By God, there is nothing like dialogue. They are only killing us. We will never abandon our faith because of that."
The leader threatened the the Nigerian authorities and further ascertained he preparedness to die. He said, he will "slit your throat."
He said: "I'm alive, well and hearty. Nothing has happened to me,I'm even longing for death, you vagabond."
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Abubakar Shekau,the suspected leader, who spoke in Hausa throughout the video, said, "First, insults against the prophet, evil plots against him, making blasphemous movies against him, all these will do no harm to Islam,"
"Anybody plotting this will surely pay for it. Everybody knows what this statement entails. Everybody should wait and see what we will do regarding this."
A number of protests over the anti-Islam film have been held in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north organised by a Shiite Muslim group not connected to Boko Haram, with no violent incidents occurring.
The crudely made "Innocence of Muslims" movie, produced by US-based extremist Christians, has however sparked anger and times violent demonstrations across various Muslim populated regions.
In the nine-minute video, Shekau denied the government's claim of talks with the group. The government had claimed to have engaged in back-channel talks with the Islamists in a bid to end the violence. Shekau denied this in the video, while accusing authorities of arresting members' wives and threatening to take revenge.
"We have never sat down with anyone in the name of dialogue. Our people are being killed and humiliated, while on the other hand people are being deceived with the issue of dialogue," he says.
"By God, there is nothing like dialogue. They are only killing us. We will never abandon our faith because of that."
The leader threatened the the Nigerian authorities and further ascertained he preparedness to die. He said, he will "slit your throat."
He said: "I'm alive, well and hearty. Nothing has happened to me,I'm even longing for death, you vagabond."
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