Deploying Islamic Scholars To Preach To Bandits Would Have Yielded Tremendous Success— Gumi

MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said there would have been tremendous success if more Islamic scholars had been deployed to preach to bandits in the North-West.

Gumi, who made the assertion in a post on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, said the results of such sustained engagement could potentially complement and, in some cases, reduce the need for a predominantly kinetic approach.

He noted that only a few people seem to understand that many of the bandits are themselves products of ignorance, deprivation and social neglect that have allowed the crisis to flourish.

According to him, almost six years since they began preaching to bandits in 2021, one cannot help but imagine what could have been achieved if many credible Islamic scholars had been systematically deployed to engage bandits across the region.

He said the aim is to teach the bandits the sanctity of human life, the inviolability of people’s property, and the Islamic prohibition of killing and oppression.

“People are the victims of their own prejudice,” he wrote.