BOKO HARAM

Despite all the development in the world, there are some people who refuse to believe what is proven and hang on to things which they feel are correct. They are entitled to believe whatever they want, but when they take the gun to prove to others that they are correct, they would be going against humanity. Boko Haram is one such outfit. I read about its recent kidnapping of the girls and thought I should know a little more about it. I went to Wikipedia and also some other reports on the net for the purpose. Such outfits are against world peace and should be fought by all the countries together.  

The terror group has kidnapped 276 Schoolgirls from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School and The groups.Present leader Abu Bakar Shekau threatens to sell them in the market as slaves.They have already murdered 59 schoolboys in February this year. 

Like all schools in Borno state of Nigeria, Chibok, an elite academy of both Muslim and Christian girls, had been closed because of increasingly deadly attacks by Boko Haram. It had reopened to allow final-year students to take exams. That is when the kidnappings took place.

Boko Haram took to violence in the year 2009. Violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency has resulted in an estimated 10,000 deaths between 2002 and 2013, most of them between 2009 and 2013. Boko Haram has killed more than 1500 people in 2013.

Boko Haram  is an Islamic group and militant and terrorist organization based inNigeria, North Cameroon and Niger and it is founded by Mohammed Yusuf.

Boko means Western Education in the local Hausa language and Haram means sinful. This translates to Western Education is sinful. Boko Haram proposes that the contact with Western civilization be forbidden and opposes both the Muslim establishment and the Government of Nigeria.

 The members of the group do not interact with the local Muslim population and have carried out assassinations in the past of anyone who criticizes it, including Muslim clerics.

The Sultan of Sokoto, a spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims, has called the sect "anti-Islamic" and, "an embarrassment to Islam".

The Coalition of Muslim Clerics in Nigeria (CMCN) have called on the Boko Haram to disarm and embrace peace.

 Founded by Mohammed Yusuf in 2002, the organization seeks to establish a "pure" Islamic state ruled by sharia, putting a stop to what it deems"Westernization".

The group is known for attacking Christians and government targets, bombing churches, schools and police stations, and kidnapping western tourists, but it has also assassinated members of the Islamic establishment.

In a 2009 BBC interview, Mohammed Yusuf, stated his belief that the fact of a spherical Earth is contrary to Islamic teaching and should be rejected, along with Darwinian evolution and the fact of rain originating from water evaporated by thesun. Despite his antagonism to everything in the west Yusuf lived lavishly and drove in a Mercedes Benz.

Before his death, Yusuf reiterated the group's objective of changing the current education system and rejecting democracy.

WHY DO I WANT MODI TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER?

I have a liking for Modi as the PM’s candidate. So I thought I should sum up his weaknesses and strengths as I see and should write why I want to vote for him.

WEAKNESSES:

           1. He has the blemish of Post Godhra riots of 2002 on him.

           2. He is a person from the RSS which is perceived as a religious outf

           3. He is very acerbic in his speeches

           4. He is dictatorial in the party and does not let dissidence flourish.              

           5. He helps big business houses like Ambanis and Adanis.

STRENGTHS:

1. He has been a great administrator and Gujarat flourished during his term at the helm.
2. Gujarat’s people have elected him 3 consecutive times without any loss of vote.  This has never happened in Gujarat’s history. No Chief Minster has ruled Gujarat 2 consecutive times ever except for Modi.  Although Chimanbhai Patel was CM of Gujarat twice (both times in 1990), that was with the help of Congress legislators after he split the coalition with BJP and not by re election.  This means that Modi has delivered to the Guajarati people something that no other CM of Gujarat ever could. His re election time and again proves that he has the complete confidence of the Gujarati people.
3. Despite the many allegations of post Godhra, he never appealed to either religion or caste in any of his speeches. When he won in Gujarat he said he would help the people of Gujarat and not any community or religion as Congress always does. He now promises that he would deliver development to India as a whole and not just to some communities or castes.
4. He does not buy peoples vote by promises of free doles as many other politicians do. His slogan is empowerment of the people and not to make them into beggars and be dependent on state doles.
5. He is the only politician who says that development is his main agenda.
6. He is tough and does have tendencies of firmness and ability to suppress opposition in his party successfully.  People think that this is against democracy, but I personally feel that with the type of politicians we have in India who are self cantered and think nothing about the country, this attitude is a big plus to him. What we need is an effective and firm leadership and not a leadership that debates every issue and finally gets blocked and does nothing.
7. Since independence Gujarat was a highly sensitive state and there were a number of communal riots that have taken place. However, from the time of post Godhra in 2002, it is to Modi’s credit that not a single communal riot has taken place in Gujarat. People say that he is an RSS man, but after 2002, there is not a single incident where he has been partisan to a particular community or caste.
8. Development would naturally help the business houses, yes but one should not forget it helps each and every individual in the country and is not exclusive of anyone.
9. As against him the politicians we have on offer for PM are utterly no match for him.

As I see from this list, his strengths outnumber his weaknesses and he should certainly be given a chance to be the PM.  No doubt Modi has weaknesses but then which person on this earth is perfect? One cannot be sure if he would certainly be successful, but the policies he has adopted in Gujarat are right and are worth trying.  That is why I prefer him to the other candidates.