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Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)

Islamist terrorist leader (–)

For other people with the same name, see Mohammad Yousuf.

Mohammed Yusuf (29 January – 30 July ), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian militant who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in He was its leader until he was killed during the Boko Haram uprising.[1]

Born in Girgi village, in Jakusko, present-day Yobe State, Nigeria, Yusuf received a University education.[2] Later he studied more of Islam and became a Salafi.[3]

Education and beliefs

According to scholar Paul Lubeck of the University of California at Santa Cruz, as a young man Yusuf was instructed in Shiasm and associated with Salafism and the teachings of Ibn Taymiyyah.[4] He had the equivalent of a graduate education, according to Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria.

Biography of zakari mohammed yusuf and wife Yusuf had four wives and 12 children, [ 7 ] one of them being Abu Musab al-Barnawi , who claimed since to be the rightful leader of Boko Haram, opposing Abubakar Shekau. Nahuce M. Sokoto's delegation in Nigeria's National Assembly. Atiku Liman Gande.

Yusuf was never as proficient in English as was reported. He believed in the strict application of Islamic law, which represented his ideal of justice according to the teachings of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Boko Haram hitmen would murder members of other Muslim sects like the Salafist Izala and the SufiTidjaniyya and Qadiriya fraternities.[5] In a BBC interview, Yusuf stated his belief that the concept of a spherical Earth is contrary to Islamic teaching and should be rejected.

He also rejected Darwinian evolution, and the concept of the condensation cycle that produces rain.[6] In the interview he said:

There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam, he said.

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    • Like rain. We believe it is a creation of God rather than an evaporation caused by the sun that condenses and becomes rain.

    Like saying the world is a sphere. If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it.

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    We also reject the theory of Darwinism.

    Personal life

    Yusuf had four wives and 12 children,[7] one of them being Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who claimed since to be the rightful leader of Boko Haram, opposing Abubakar Shekau.[8]

    He was reported as living a lavish lifestyle, supposedly owning a Mercedes-Benz.[6]

    Death

    Following the July Boko Haram uprising, the Nigerian military captured Yusuf.

    They transferred him to the custody of the Nigerian police force.[9] The police summarily executed Yusuf in public view outside the police headquarters in Maiduguri.[10][11][12] Police officials initially claimed either that Yusuf was shot while trying to escape or died of wounds he sustained during a gun battle with the military.[11][12]

    References

    1. ^Boko Haram: The Emerging Jihadist Threat in West Africa – Background, Anti-Defamation League, 12 December
    2. ^Militancy and Violence in West Africa: Religion, politics and radicalisation edited by James Gow, Funmi Olonisakin, Ernst Dijxhoorn, ISBN&#;, via , page 74
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    4. ^Johnson, Toni (27 December ). "Backgrounder – Boko Haram". . Council of Foreign Relations. Retrieved 12 March
    5. ^Vicky, Alain (1 April ).

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      11. "Aux origines de la secte Boko Haram". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 4 December

    11. ^ ab"Nigeria's 'Taliban' enigma". BBC News. 28 July Retrieved 28 July
    12. ^"Nigeria sect head dies in custody".

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    13. ^"Shekau Resurfaces, Accuses New Boko Haram Leader al-Barnawi Of Attempted Coup". nobs. 4 August Archived from the original on 17 July Retrieved 16 July
    14. ^"Nigeria row over militant killing". BBC News. 31 July Retrieved 27 June
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      Kirkpatrick (7 May ). "Abduction of Girls an Act Not Even Al Qaeda Can Condone". The New York Times.

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    16. ^ abHuman Rights Watch (11 October ). "Spiraling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 27 June
    17. ^ ab"Video shows Nigeria 'executions'".

      Al Jazeera. 9 February Retrieved 27 June

    External links

    • Al Jazeera (9 February ), Video shows Nigeria 'executions'
    • Duodu, Cameron (6 August ), "Mohammed Yusuf's final days", The Guardian
    • Human Rights Watch (), "Spiraling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria", 11 October
    • Murtada, Ahmad (), Boko Haram: Its Beginnings, Principles and Activities in Nigeria, Islamic Studies Department, University of Bayero, Kano, Nigeria