Ademola Adeyemo
1 October 2001
Ibadan — The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) yesterday appealed to the United States government to be cautious in retaliating the September 11, terrorist attack just as it predicted hell fire for the suicide terrorists.
The council which rose from its zonal consultative meeting in Ibadan stated that "the United States of America has the right to retaliate but it should be cautious in its reaction so as not to kill innocent people unjustly."
The council,' in a communque which was read by its vice-president, Alhaji Abdul Rashed Thadiyyallah, also condemned the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York describing them as "Un Islamic because Islam abhors suicide attacks."
"We do not support terrorist at all . We detest terrorist attack. Islam is for peace," the councilsaid. But the council advised that if the terrorist issue was not handled with care, "it might spark off third world war."
However, the council blamed America for the growing incidents of terrorism alleging that America had burnt its own monsters by training various terrorists who are now turning their instrument against the United States.
It also advised Afghanistan to abide by the global code of ethics which forbids aiding and abetting international terrorism.
"By aiding and abetting international terrorist, it means you are harbouring time bomb in your own house," the council said. The Shariah council further declared that it was unIslamic to kill innocent souls in the name of Jihad "To even commit suicide is a sin to God and those who kill innocent people and even take their own life will be punished by hell fire.
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