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“RE: Boko haram reflects flaws in islam”

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  • KOFI MUMUI 9 years ago

    Mr. Secretary,did you read about the Afghan girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, a group bent on turning Afghanistan into an Islamic state with Koranic laws? Guess what, they did not want her to go to school. Your bl ...
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  • Truth Teller 9 years ago

    Casely Heyford always speaks as if he's the only educated person in Ghana. It's not his fault but the media. No religion on earth today has more flaws than Christianity. Christians don't even know who they worship(whether God ...
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  • gyan 9 years ago

    Christians worship Great Jehovah through Jesus Christ. Boko haram is a fake group in Islam period. If Islam can not stop boko haram from these things then a big question.

  • zina 9 years ago

    Likewise christianity cannot and could not stop america,britain,france and germany from distroying muslims countries such as iraq,afghanistan just to mention few.Why double standard,re muslims less human beings.Do you have an ...
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  • Jack Brown 9 years ago

    American, Britain, Germany and French governments you mentioned do not represent Christian religion. They are all secular governments. If Christians like to destroy the countries you mentioned, then why would Christians risk ...
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  • JOE 9 years ago

    What religion were the crusaders?

  • Jack Brown 9 years ago

    Muslims always live in the past. That is why Islamic religion is dead and irrelevant. That is why you do what you do and you don't have understanding of anything.

  • The Truth 9 years ago

    Islam took the Holy Land by force in the 7th century [Muslims also took Iran, North Africa, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan and part of India by force aswell]. Christians were the majority in the Holy Land until Muslims co ...
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  • The Truth 9 years ago

    Also, Islam expanded entirely due to warfare. Even Mecca had Muhammad marching on it with 10,000 men. A real profit does not conquer with the sword.

  • ghana 9 years ago

    Another illiterate talking nonsense. The US, UK are secular so don’t bring in Christianity.

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  • kwakuyaw, liverpool 9 years ago

    SO YOU THINK WHAT BOKO HARAM IS DOING , IS WHAT ISLAM TEACHES ? DON'T GET TWISTED ISLAM DOESN'T TEACH ABOUT HATE AND KILLINGS . IT IS THESE IDEOLOGICAL IDIOTS THAT HAS TWISTED ISLAM TO THEIR OWN GAIN . IT MAKES IT HARD FOR P ...
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  • Jack Brown 9 years ago

    Tell the whole world what Islam teaches with regard to girls education? From Pakistan, Afghanistan,Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Egypt and most Islamic countries are against girls education. I am sure you remember what happened to t ...
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  • Dickson 9 years ago

    In Luke 19:28 Jesus said, "...who would not have me reign over them, bring them hither and kill them before me (This pronoun indicates the king that was described in the parable. )"

  • Jack Brown 9 years ago

    "After telling this story, Jesus went on towards Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples." (NLT)

    This is what real Bible says in Luke 19 vs. 28. Don't write what you don't know purposely to distort the truth.

    Shame !! ...
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  • Dickson 9 years ago

    ok luke 19-27

  • Jack Brown 9 years ago

    Majority of Muslims are unreasonable, and I know it their Quran that has made them so. Christians don't force or threatens people that if they don't convert to Christianity they will be killed.

    God has provided redemption ...
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  • mimi 9 years ago

    what you need is to seek a little knowledge of world history and your question would be answered

  • Jack Brown 9 years ago

    My friend called mimi, do you know your Islam history particularly with regard to Africa? Islam past was deadly and satanic, and you are doing the same thing today.

    Tell me if Christianity is killing innocent people like y ...
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  • ABDUR RAUF 9 years ago

    muslims have been livin peaceful in their countries for many years until the intruder use divide and rule method to cause violent in those countries simply because they do not want the muslim unification for their hidden agen ...
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  • The Truth 9 years ago

    Muslims have never been peaceful, dont lie and say otherwise. Your religion has ALWAYS attacked other people, its the entire reason why every area that is Muslim outside of Arabia IS Muslim! Due to warfare, no sane person wou ...
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  • me 9 years ago

    violence is happening in islamic countries because christian countries incited or started it.

  • The Truth 9 years ago

    Thats bullshit and you know it. Islamic countries have always been violent, espcially to not non-Muslims. If you were to KNOW Islamic history you would see that...Boko Haram are actually being good Muslims and emulating the p ...
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  • ELINAM 9 years ago

    The Lord Resistant Army has been terrorizing and abducting young males and females for child soldiers and wives for over twenty years in the Congo and Uganda all in the name of Christianity.
    And the on going war in the Centr ...
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  • Adama d'Gharty 9 years ago

    The way most people see it is that Mr Casely-Hayford was merely exercising his right, freedom of expression of his formed opinion about a bunch hooligans bent on causing havoc and distress to mankind in the name of Ala. Boko ...
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  • Visionary 9 years ago

    What is your point ?
    after carefully reading your article I did not find anything sensible in it
    We are in Ghana and what does Egypt and Saudi Arabia have to do with us Ghanaians ?
    Are you saying Islam is not a bllod sucki ...
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  • me 9 years ago

    @leas,afghan,iraq,were peaceful b4 america/christianity invaded it and left in war state.america supprted rebels in libya,syria,and israel with deadly ammunition to kill each others.bombing of japan,vietnam,the two world wars ...
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  • zina 9 years ago

    Thank you my brother for telling them the truth,it seems to me like they see those iraqis,afghans and other muslim countrise as less human being.

  • Arny 9 years ago

    The Taliban in Afganistan was not peaceful before the US and other nations put a stop to their brutality.
    Go back to your caves guys !

  • zina 9 years ago

    Shame on you,wht do u mean by US and other nations put a stop to their brutality.Do u really know wht u re saying or u re just writing something just for writing sakes?go and check well according to US themselves they said it ...
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  • ghana 9 years ago

    Go back to your cave.

  • Issahaku Gausu Baako 9 years ago

    Kofi what is your level of education? Are you saying that they are no girls going to school in Afghanistan going to school or you just want to use the singular event involving the girl to erroneously justify your baseless cla ...
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  • Franl 9 years ago

    IN as much as I somehow agree with you on some of the issues you have raised, it is equally wrong and stupid for an idiot like this Caseley-Hayford you say such things. After all, the christians too have their setbacks. I wis ...
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  • securityman 9 years ago

    In the course of defending your religion be careful not to make the same mistakes that you are accusing Mr Hayford of.

  • SULEMANA SAYIBU 9 years ago

    I want to thank you so much brother Fauzan Shamsudeen for educating more people about the Islam and the need that people should try their best to do serious research into the teaching of Islam. It is reported that Muslims sho ...
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  • tuy 9 years ago

    Your religion is the most violent in the world. I don't understand why people convert to this brutal religion. if a person is born into this unenlightened religion that is ok. But to convert!

  • Dickson 9 years ago

    Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19

  • islam 9 years ago

    I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAME TO BE DECIEVED BY THIS FALSE PROPHET CALLED MUHAMMAD. GOD SPEAKS WITH HIS PROPHETS BUT THIS FALSE PROPHET CLAIM TO HAVE RECIEVED MESSAGES FROM AN ANGEL. AT A POINT THIS FALSE PRO ...
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  • Ahmed Farouk 9 years ago

    But i am sure you understand how millions came to join a bunch of confused ,assfucking priest of Christiandom.Casely Hayford kind of stupid analysis will only spark off unnecessary tension among the two religions in the count ...
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  • Esi 9 years ago

    Nope, there wouldn't be any tension. Your language above is foul as a religious man. Be civil please

  • Kobby 9 years ago

    Excuse me friends out there. Let's be civil and show a little bit of decorum in how we react to people's opinions. I have not read Mr. Casely-Hayford's comments on Boko Haram, but please, insults will not solve the "Boko Hara ...
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  • Justcallme med 9 years ago

    U are a fool.u should have added ur name.u think prophet muhammed [pbuh] is lyk ur usless n stupid father.dont we have christians who are armed robbers?n have u ever complain about that?

  • islam 9 years ago

    Once your prophet was asked by a close friend: why is it that when a woman gives birth, the child turns to look more like their dads or their uncles! guess the answear' He said when the woman during sex had an orgaism first, ...
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  • tellthetruth 9 years ago

    God told Musa Nabhi thru his Ten Commandments- "Thou shalt not steal"-
    Exodus 20:15-

    Wheras Prophet of islam violated God's above commandment by coducting raids on caravans and looting them.

    How can a true prophet vio ...
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  • KEN 9 years ago

    The CHRISTIANS TEN COMMANDMENT , FIRST COMMANDMENT DO NOT KILL , EVERY WAR IN MY LIFE HAS BEEN STARTED BY CHRISTIANS .BOKO HARM IS A TERRORIST GROUP SPONSORED BY MULTINATIONAL COMPANY . AK47= CHRISTIAN
    ALL WMD =CHRISTIANS , ...
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  • mubarik abdallah (Ghana) 9 years ago

    IT MARVEL ME WHEN SOME PEOPLE SAY I READ OR HEARD THIS ON NEWS WITHOUT MAKING THEIR OWN RESEARCH TO GET THE TRUE FACTS.FORMAL SECRETARY OF STATE HILARY CLINTON MADE IT KNOWN PUBLIC THAT THEIR CIA USA TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LAR ...
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  • islam 9 years ago

    You are not reading through the book of the cow very well. Please open your eyes and read through it slowly, you would see loads of hatred toward none muslams.

  • Saeed Abubakar Donshe 9 years ago

    Thank you brother Fauzan for the brilliant submission. I think every body should be bold to go for, and stand by the truth and not to cowardly hide behind expression of opinions.

    I however pray for the lives and return of ...
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  • GIDEON ATONGO 9 years ago

    As usual of Muslims, we see in their response a fallacious comparison being made to justify why boko haram cannot be Islamic. The defense as presented is that boko haram has only a few Muslims as members, whereas the majority ...
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  • zina 9 years ago

    Haahhahaha,u guys sometimes make me laugh,do u know what Gorge Bush said when they asked him why did he invaded iraq?He said God told him to do tht,do u know tht population of america?abt 360 million christians and nobody cou ...
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  • Racson 9 years ago

    Boko Haram has just anounced the kidnaped girls have converted to islam. My question is would the muslim community recognise these conversions and claim the girls are muslims?

  • free knowledge 9 years ago

    Gideon if your criticizm is about organized religion then i could bear with you but if its criticism of islam in favour of the judeo christan faith then please read about the history of the catholic church for starters and th ...
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  • truthalone 9 years ago

    God thru His Prophet Musa nabhi, revealed His Eternal Law, The Ten Commandments!! One of the commandments is, Exodus 20:15- “THOU SHALL NOT STEAL ”.

    Prophet of Islam violated the above commandment by conducting raids ...
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  • me 9 years ago

    u'd have educated people more if u throw more light on circumstances that led to the siege.jesus u claim is peaceful,but when he entered the temple and saw illegalities going on,didnt he use violence to disperse them,is viol ...
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  • truth out 9 years ago

    since when did he become an authority on religion.

  • TheOne 9 years ago

    Great work Mr Secretary but the credit goes to Mr Casely-Hayford! had he not written his article you wouldn't raise your voice against Boko Haram. I think the flaws of Islam is not Boko Haram but Good Muslims (Imams, Muslim c ...
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  • free knowledge 9 years ago

    The one please go read about Albani of zaria and jaafar mahmoud who had warned the Nigerian government of the dangers of boko haram long before they stared killing. The have criticized and debated muhammed yusuf ( the boko ha ...
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  • zina 9 years ago

    Haahhahaha,u guys sometimes make me laugh,do u know what Gorge Bush said when they asked him why did he invaded iraq?He said God told him to do tht,do u know tht population of america?abt 360 million christians and nobody co ...
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  • Abdu Razak 9 years ago

    Casely Hayford is a cheap opportunistic attention seeking person who want to use this incident to make himself popular

  • JB DANKWA 9 years ago

    this half cast guy is stupid,moron n bastard....anytime he is given the platform to contribute he only pour rubbish..no wonder ghana is sinking with this kind of bastard at the helm of affairs...

  • Braimah. 9 years ago

    This man needs to be educated to appreciate that the deviant behaviour of boko haram is unislamic. It his type of attitude that those people have and are behsvong like that lnfact by hos actions, hr is a bpkp haram.

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    No one need a rocket technology to that Islamic religion is inhuman and especially do demean the dignity of women. In Islam women must cover their face and head and wear robes that must cover their feet. It is nothing far fro ...
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  • Burhan 9 years ago

    Allah Bless You Secretary, Your Group and any such groups that propagate Islam the way Prophet Mohammed S.A.W thought. Ameeeen

  • USMAN. 9 years ago

    Shamsudeen should have directed Casely-Hayford to the Qur'an and the Hadiths but nay, he rather directed them to the Islamic Scholars who normally use sugar quoted tongues to deceive the unsuspecting public. He is using this ...
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  • Imam Faisal 9 years ago

    My borther; despite that this comment of yours is not worth reading or commenting on, I presume you are a Christian and preharps "educated" and hence you know what false or nonsense is. For lack of knowledge people perish. Du ...
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  • GIDEON ATONGO 9 years ago

    The hebrew name of Jesus is Yeshua, which means God saves. It is never Esau as you claim. It is Jesus in Greek because the Greek alphabets lack the letter "Y". The deciples did not see anything wrong with presenting Him as Je ...
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  • Imam Faisal 9 years ago

    Brother Gideon, I want to use this opportunity to lecture you on the flaws of some of your belief system. Talking about the first miracle of Jesus Christ, we are told in the Quran that Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, ...
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  • KK 9 years ago

    The worse thing to happen to humanity is that Paedophile who married a 9 year old Ayesha. Muhammad the rapist and murderer, may his soul burn in hell

  • Bala 9 years ago

    It is a good initiative that someone took the time and wrote this article to correct the mischievous comments of the guy Casely-Hayford. Islam is the religion of perfect peace with humanity.

  • tuy 9 years ago

    Islam is a violent religion. Everybody knows that. Why do you guys have fatwa?

  • tellthetruth 9 years ago

    Jehovah, God of Ibrahim Nabhi thru His prophet Musa Nabi gave divorce law as below in Tohra.
    Deuteronomy 24
    American Standard Version (ASV)
    24 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no ...
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  • Earl Jones 9 years ago

    Would it be fair to say the Catholic Church projects the weakness/flaws in Christianity because its priests abuse children?
    Answer: YES

    You can only begin to strengthen your faith if you admit Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram and ...
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  • IBRAHIM MAHAMA 9 years ago

    Execellent write up from Shamudeen and his group. Casely Hayford is against Islam and was waiting for an opportunity to attack Islam.Ignorant as he is,he used the wrong scenario to execute is malicious intention.Unfortunately ...
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  • ONE VOICE 9 years ago

    some of us believe there's something fundamentally wrong with the religion called Islam. Eventhough my parents are muslims, i never dveloped any likeness for it. i used to follow them to the mosque when i was young and truth ...
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  • mr amin 9 years ago

    those of u who are very very ignorant about the teachings of islam should make A reseach in to lslam, l bet u, you will end up being a moslem. not all Quranic verses can be activated. some latter came to replace others. the ...
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  • Hamdan 9 years ago

    foolish foolish foolish and foolish again

  • (Yaw Benson (Canada) 9 years ago

    Most African Has No idea About Islam, they were the first people to started black African slaves, to white a religion that accept killings in other to force u into it , I was force in to it thank God that he has givining ch ...
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  • DR. 9 years ago

    ISLAM DOES NOT MEAN PEAC BUT SUBMISSION AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT TO A SO CALLED ALLAH A NON EXOSTING ENTITY-IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY FALSE AND MOST DANGEROUS AGGREGRATE OF 1.5 BILLION POOR MISINFORME ...
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  • ( Dan (Canada) 9 years ago

    PLEASE ISLAM IS NOT THE WAY TO HEAVEN ITS A FALSE RELIGION AND I WAS A MEMBER BERFORE, IT TEACHES OF HATES TO JEWS AND CHRISTIANS AND LIED ABOUT THE TRUE HOLY BOOK OF THE THE BIBLE, THEY LIED THAT THE BIBLE HAS BEEN MIX INT ...
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  • Imam Faisal 9 years ago

    My borther/sister; despite that this comment of yours is not worth reading or commenting on, I presume you are christian and preharps "educated" and hence you know what nonsense is. for lack of knowledge people perish. Due to ...
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  • Joe 9 years ago

    My dear brother,
    Thank you very much for the detail explanation, maturity and professionalism you have demonstrated on the Boko Haram issue. That man might be suffering from professional religious myopia. Instaed of uniting ...
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  • Masaa Jafaa 9 years ago

    Come to Romes libraries and read the history of christianity then you can what ever you like abt islam .

  • Big D 9 years ago

    hell

  • k nkrumah 9 years ago

    translate into Asante, this saying; paul who came last... travelled the farthest.

  • Dickson 9 years ago

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  • Dickson 9 years ago

    If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or f ...
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  • Ama Buoh 9 years ago

    Talk is cheap, Fauzan Shamsudeen. A lot of the practices of muslim dominated countries support what Mr. Casely-Hayford describes here. In Saudi Arabia for instance, women are not allowed to drive & forbidden from exposing the ...
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  • Dickson 9 years ago

    another hater

  • kk 9 years ago

    what happen to the malaysia plane,muslems the killers

  • Nii Gbante 9 years ago

    Ah !!these guys should use swords and arrows to prove they debunk western education.

  • Nii Gbante 9 years ago

    Ah !!these guys should use swords and arrows to prove they debunk western education.

  • ( Dan (Canada) 9 years ago

    BOKO H HAS TURNED THESE GIRLS TO ISLAM, TELL ME IMAM F WHAT IS THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN ISLAM AND BOKO H.?

  • Kojo Yankee 9 years ago

    This book story is a classic false flag operation,nigerian govt in conjunction with the cia and mossad