Alwaght- The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria and leader of Shiite Muslims Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, has been arrested by Nigerian troops, following a siege on his residence in Zaria town in the northern state of Kaduna.
Sources say a top leader of the movement, Muhammadu Turi, and the head of the medical team of the sect, Mustapha Saidu, and several others were killed during the siege on Sunday.
The Nigerian Army and members of the Islamic Movement have accused each other of instigating attacks that led to the death of members of the movement on Sunday.
While the Army accused the Shiite Muslims of attempting to assassinate Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, the Islamic movement said soldiers simply decided to attack defenseless people.
It was gathered that the Nigerian troops sustained a crackdown on the members of the movement on Saturday night as heavy shootings and sounds of explosions were heard in Gellesu and Sokoto Road, where Hussainiyya Baqiyatullah hall is located.
Residents of the area say they saw armoured tanks demolishing the Hussainiyya and the residence of the leader of Sheikh Zakzaky.
Authorities accuse the Shiitea cleric of trying to assassinate the Nigerian army chief, a charge that he has vehemently denied.
In an interview with Press TV, Zakzaky said that the military attacks are unjustified, adding that the government has “framed a kind of lies.”
“They came to my house and then there was shooting constantly,” he said.
The cleric said the Nigerian troops are “bent on” continuing their attacks which, he said, have left about 30 people dead. "Only Allah can protect us," said al-Zakzaky. Unconfirmed reports indicate that over 70 Muslims have been killed since the army began its crackdown on the movement in Saturday.
The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission IHRC has contacted eyewitnesses who say the army attacks are well organized and planned to be a response to a threat to the general. Photographs from the scene show troops kneeling down in a field and firing at protestors in a way that suggests they were not under attack in any way.
As news of the army attacks spread, people in cities all over Nigeria took to the streets to demand a halt to the killings. In London human rights activists held an impromptu demonstration outside the Nigerian embassy.
The Islamic Movement has mass support across Nigeria and is renowned as a peaceful group that has never been implicated in any violence. It is strongly opposed to Boko Haram.
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
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Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
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Taliban
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Wahhabism & Extremism
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Kurds
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NATO
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Islamic Awakening
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