Thursday, 23 May 2013

Woolwich Attack: Muslim Association of Nigeria, UK Condemns 'Barbaric Murder'

Woolwich Attack: Muslim Association of Nigeria, UK Condemns 'Barbaric Murder'

Leaders within the Nigerian Muslim community have spoken out against the horrendous killing of a British soldier that took place in Woolwich, southeast London, yesterday.
The brutal attack on 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby was carried out by Michael Adebolaji, 28, and, at present, an unnamed accomplice.
They are both now armed guard.
The off-duty father-of-one was run over with a car and attacked with a large knife as he walked towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in High Street, Woolwich.
British-born Adebolaji, of Nigerian descent, was filmed at the scene with blood on his hands.
He attempted to justify the heinous act by saying: “In our land our women have to see the same.”
However, a spokesman for the Muslim Association of Nigeria UK (MAN) called the action a “barbaric murder”.
“What he did is condemnable,” Idris Eletu, secretary of the Muslim Association of Nigeria UK, told The Voice. “Muslim Nigerians are not like that. Islam is a religion of peace.”
“We are equally horrified by what has happened. No muslim is expected to behave in such way, he added as he urged “all muslims and Nigerians [to] disassociate themselves” from the perpetrators.
Eletu added: “We should not be looking at this on the basis of his nationality but see him as a human being who has done something bad.

Source: The Voice

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