نيجيريا: اغتيال داعية إسلامي

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

تعرض الشيخ "محمد أول آدم ألباني" - أحد الدعاة السلفيين النيجيريين - للاغتيال هو وزوجته؛ مما اعتبرته الحركة الإسلامية في "نيجيريا" خسارة كبيرة؛ حيث يُعرف الداعية - رحمه الله - بتأسيسه لأكاديمية الألباني للعلوم ودار الحديث وأنشطته العلمية المتعددة.

ولم تتوفر بعدُ المعلومات الكافية حول اغتياله؛ حيث اشتَهر بآرائه المناهضة للحكومة، واعتقل مرارًا، ويُعد أحد العلماء الذين يجمعون بين العلم الشرعي والعلوم الغربية، إلى جانب إتقانه لغاتٍ أجنبية، وكان يَشتهِر باسم "ألباني زاريا"؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

يرجى الإشارة إلى المصدر عند نقل الخبر - شبكة الألوكة.

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Nigeria's leading Salafist scholar shot dead

Nigeria's leading Salafist scholar and prominent anti-Boko Haram preacher Sheikh Mohamed Awwal Adam Albani was assassinated Saturday night while returning from one of his routine lectures.

"Sheikh Albani was killed alongside one of his wives in Gaskiya area of Zaria, Kaduna," Ayoku Kayode, a follower of the Salafist scholar, told Anadolu Agency.

"His wife died on the spot while the sheikh made it to Saint Luke Hospital in the metropolis where he was confirmed dead," he added.

"The death of sheikh is a great loss to the Salafist movement across Nigeria and beyond."

Kaduna police spokesman Aminu Lawan told AA there is no official information yet of the scholar's death.

But the social media is already awash with news of the scholar's death, with many claiming he may have been assassinated to suppress his "vociferous voice."

Albani was founder of the Albani Science Academy and Darul-Hadith, both in Gaskiya area of Zaria.

He was an anti-government preacher who had repeatedly been thrown into jail for his fiery commentaries.

Albani was arrested and detained in 2011 following the violence that characterized the outcome of the country's presidential polls during which several persons were killed and properties destroyed.

He was one of the few northern Muslim scholars who combined their Islamic knowledge with solid western education.

Albani spoke flawless English, according to his disciples and some lectures AA has heard in the past.

He was fondly called "the Albani of Zaria" Northern Nigeria for his deep understanding of the hadith - the sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

But Albani is loathed by western-oriented NGOs for his lukewarm attitude on polio vaccination which he once dismissed as part of western conspiracy to harm the Muslim population.