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JAARA Group

[J. @jaleeel_jay]

@abdoulazeez_ @SirJarus Thank you, this is well noted.

[J. @jaleeel_jay]

@SirJarus Sir🙌🏾, we met (4 of us) earlier today at the Mall, the brief meeting was inspiring, especially because we just started our construction company too. Thank you for giving us your time and attention, and for being so welcoming.

[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

Nice meeting you guys.

[J. @jaleeel_jay]

Education:

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

What do you want more of in your life right now?

[J. @jaleeel_jay]

@Sudays_jay

[J. @jaleeel_jay]

@SirJarus Sir🙌🏾, we met (4 of us) earlier today at the Mall, the brief meeting was inspiring, especially because we just started our construction company too. Thank you for giving us your time and attention, and for being so welcoming.

[Elnathan John @elnathan_john]

Repeated claims like this show how little Nigerians know about their own country. There is enough scholarship on these issues to not make broad and widely debunked claims like this.

First: The claim that the almajiri system functions as a conveyor belt to terrorism and banditry is contested by the most rigorous scholarly work on the subject and there is the work of Dr. Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman @dj_kere whose doctoral research "The Men They Become": Northern Nigeria's Former Almajirai: Analysing Representational Discourses of Identity, Knowledge and Education (2018), involved years of fieldwork and direct engagement with former almajirai. Assuming I read her work correctly, she found that the mainstream representation of the system (which has been repeated in the tweet below) is only "one possible set of articulations and that alternative meanings exist." Other research she has done found no operational extension of say Boko Haram in almajiri Qur'anic schools, and that almajiris themselves "vehemently rejected any moves to join Boko Haram activities." @dj_kere has also argued that the almajiri system's deterioration, is a product of colonial disruption and post-colonial governance failure, not an inherent feature of Qur'anic education itself.

Even in the case of Boko Haram, where the almajiri connection is most often asserted, the evidence does not support a direct causal line. We have the work of @HannahHoechner for example. She has argued in this piece here (https://t.co/XuohhpnSfN) about this. In the article she mentions that "correlation is not proof of causation: That almajirai joined does not automatically mean that almajirci made them join." There is also the 2017 paper, "The Almajiri System and Insurgency in Northern Nigeria: A Reconstruction of the Existing Narratives for Policy Direction," where research shows that "the Almajiri system in itself does not radicalize the Almajirai cohort," but that decades of bad governance have produced a large, alienated, and economically destitute youth cohort who become targets for recruitment — a crucial distinction between vulnerability and causation.

Meanwhile, Boko Haram's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, was not himself a product of the street almajiri system: according to Hussain Zakaria (for example in the US Institute of Peace report "Why Do Youth Join Boko Haram?", 2014), Yusuf had the equivalent of a graduate-level education, having studied theology at the University of Medina in Saudi Arabia, where he absorbed Salafi-jihadist ideology from transnational networks — not from classical Qur'anic schooling.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the conflation of Fulani banditry with the almajiri system is especially unsupported. There is ample research here. For example, in "The Other Insurgency: Northwest Nigeria's Worsening Bandit Crisis" (published in Security and Defence Quarterly 2021), the research establishes that that northwest banditry is driven by land-use conflict, Fulani pastoralist "grievances" (quotes mine- you can call it something else), climate-driven competition over grazing routes, and governance collapse — not by Qur'anic schooling of any kind.

Added to that, the Fulani ethnic militia phenomenon has its own distinct social base. If you read the War on the Rocks analysis by @jh_barnett and Murtala Rufai, they have noted that "the majority of bandits have shown little interest in adopting" jihadist ideology, with alleged cooperation between bandits and jihadists being "less meaningful than many observers assume." You can read that analysis here: https://t.co/YM22c3fPhn

As for Boko Haram's actual membership profile, the documentary record points in the opposite direction from the almajiri narrative. Again I urge people to read the USIP report "Why Do Youth Join Boko Haram?" of 2014 which documents that as early as 2004, "students, especially in tertiary institutions in Borno and Yobe states, withdrew from school, tore up their certificates, and joined the group." This account is corroborated by Human Rights Watch in "They Set the Classrooms on Fire": Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria (2016), which records testimony of a local imam urging believers to destroy their educational documents, with university graduates complying publicly. @HannahHoechner's own work confirms that "some members of the group used to be university graduates who tore their university certificates at the beginning of the Boko Haram propaganda" — a fact that fundamentally complicates any simple narrative linking Islamic street education to the rise of the insurgency.

Please people, read, read, read. Especially at a time like this when people are angry and making broad claims.

[Dr. Mallam Nasiru “Abou-l-banaat”👧💃🥰 @Nasir1on1]

I agree, some Northern Governors have “misplaced” priorities.
But what do the Southern Governors have? No priorities? 🤔

Can someone please tell me what the Governors of all those silent Southern states have been doing with their federal allocations.

Kano despite the mass weddings have better roads more than 5 southern states combined!!!
And yes, Kano is more secure than most Southern States.

Please stop the hating! Drink beer make I drink Kunu please and let’s live in peace.

[𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. @Realoilsheikh]

Hi Yemi,

Your post demonstrates precisely why knowledge must come before commentary. Yours is a double jeopardy; ignorance and rancor. You're sick and only knowledge can't heal you. But I will educate you, and for the rancor, you go home & get it resolved.

You seem to believe that photographs of people praying are proof that they are the true representatives of Islam. Had outward displays of worship been sufficient evidence, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would never have warned us about the Khawarij. A little research should help you who they're.

The Messenger of Allah Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam said:

"There will emerge among you a people. You will trivialise your prayer compared to their prayer, your fasting compared to their fasting, and your deeds compared to their deeds. They will recite the Qur'an, but it will not go beyond their throats (or collarbones). They will exit out of the religion as an arrow passes through the game. One looks at its arrowhead and sees nothing on it; then he looks at its shaft and sees nothing on it; then he looks at its feathers and sees nothing on it. The arrow has passed through so quickly that no trace remains."

In another authentic narration, the Prophet said:

"...If I were to meet them, I would kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed."

And in another narration, he said:

"They are the dogs of Hellfire."

Notice that the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi Wasallam did not describe them as people who abandoned prayer. He did not describe them as people who never read the Qur'an. He did not describe them as people lacking outward religiosity. Rather, he described people whose worship would be so abundant that ordinary Muslims would consider their own worship inferior by comparison.

That is exactly why your argument is so astonishingly & deeply ognorant. The very evidence you are presenting; people praying, reciting Qur'an and displaying religiosity, is among the signs that the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi Wasallam told us would deceive the ignorant. People like you.

More than fourteen centuries ago, the Messenger of Allah Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam identified, described and warned against such people. Therefore, one Yemi living in the twenty-first century, empty in head and with dark heart cannot overturn that judgement by posting photographs and declaring them the "real Muslims."

I know why you are deceived. You follow a religion that is measured by dramatic displays of worship. Singing and dancing. The one who shout the loudest and danced the most is the one that is most religious. Islam is not like that. Islam is measured by adherence to the Qur'an, the Sunnah and the understanding of the righteous predecessors. Even if you carry every symbol but don't adhere to the teachings, you're not a Muslim, or not among the good ones. The Khawarij were known for worship, yet the Prophet condemned them in the strongest terms and warned the Ummah against them.

Before using photographs of extremists praying as proof of righteousness, first learn what the Prophet said about people whose prayers, fasting and recitation impressed observers while their beliefs and actions led them far from the truth.

[𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. @Realoilsheikh]

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝘂’𝗮𝗵.

𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁, 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵𝘂 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗵𝗶 𝗪𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺❤️.

[𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. @Realoilsheikh]

َا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

🤲🤲🤲

[Aisha Shuaibu @SuperwomanAisha]

The silence of the Arab world is a disgrace.

[missfalasteenia @missfalsteenia]

At first, I thought each square represented one child killed in Gaza.

But each square actually represents TEN children.

[Abu Rayyan @Abdulrahmanleme]

Hasbunallahu wani’imal wakeel

[Abu Rayyan @Abdulrahmanleme]

La hawla wala quwata illa billah

[elamin_eya @mumtazin]

We are so close🤞. Please tag @NGRSenate and @MDCNOfficial to remind them🙏🏻.

Retweet and ask others to retweet as well🙏🏻.

Distinguished senator @SenatorYaradua sir, we sincerely appreciate all your efforts and those of your colleagues in the @NGRSenate to bring sanity in the working conditions of the health workforce in Nigeria, particularly the Nigerian doctors. The excessive working hours of Nigerian doctors has been a nightmare and has caused many, their lives. It has also stood as a strong cause for outrage migration of many Nigerian doctors to other countries to practice.

Mr presidents @officialABAT renewed hope in Nigerias healthcare system which is been facilitated by the able minister @muhammadpate cannot be fully accomplished without a strong health workforce. This underscores the importance of targeting the root cause for this out migration of health workforce, which is the working condition.

This is why we are calling on @NGRSenate to expadiate the hearing of the motion laid by @SenatorYaradua on regulating the working hours of Nigerian doctors and abolition of the practice of continued work after a 24 hour in hospital call.

The healthcare we desire is possible 💯🙏🏻.

#abolish32hrsworkeverycallday

[ابـن الـمــديـنــي @abdurraheem_iv]

there is no place where your maximum composure is as important as it is in prayers.

from walking to the mosque to the prayer itself, never pray hastefully... take your time and be calm

[𝐍𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐌. 👑 @Nawas_masood]

When the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ left this world, Bilal (RA) left Madinah and went to Sham because he couldn’t live in Madinah without seeing Rasūlullāh. One night, he saw the Beloved in his dream who said, "Bilal you haven’t visited us in so long!" He got up and tirelessly rode until he got to Madinah.

When he made the adhan on that day after many years, Madinah shook and every man and woman wept in remembrance of the Habib. When he reached, ‘Ashahadu ana Muhammad…’ he fell on the floor in tears because he couldn’t bear to make the adhan without seeing Rasūlullāh ﷺ.

When Bilal (RA) was on his deathbed, he said, ‘What a day of happiness! Tomorrow I will meet Muhammad ﷺ and his Companions.’

May Allāh grant us a drop from the ocean of his loyalty to Rasulallah ﷺ

[MAJ @maryam_Jidayi]

May Allah's guidance and blessings always be with you. Jumma Mubarak!

[Abduljalal Musa Aliyu @AbduljalaalMusa]

Every single thing she said here can easily be refuted by mere logic.

You know why a muslim woman cannot marry a christian man? Because Allaah says so.

Islam is a belief system, and belief doesn’t give two cents about logic.

A good muslim always says: I hear, and I obey.