Covfefe Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Shekau suddenly woke up one morning to tell his roommates that he received a message from Allah, this was after months of boycotting classes with the claim that the Islamic scholars in the school all taught adulterated truth from the Koran, and all deserved to be killed. Nobody paid heed to his claim, since he was popular in the hostel for his eccentricity, exaggerated sense of over-importance, and drama. He would claim to have visited places and met with different ‘true’ scholars of the Koran, when everybody knows he never leaves the room. He would stay in all day and read his Koran often forgetting to groom himself. Sometimes, he would stay up all night to yap with his imaginary friend, Waheed. Talking in English, Fulani, Arabic, and in Hausa. But he preferred talking to Waheed in English, even though he hates the native speakers. Shekau’s story about himself was always changing; today he would claim to have originally been born in Sudan, only to be abducted and taken to Nigeria, other times, it would be that his father was an Iraqi national that got married to a Kanuri woman and he was born. Since virtually everyone knew him too well, his stories were often for new students, or people who wanted to entertain themselves. He believes that they all talk about him behind his back, and he doesn’t trust any of them. And how he related with the girls was disturbing. He would tell his roommates that forcing himself on girls would make them like him better, that after all he was Allah's true servant. He preached that the best way to get women to be truly devoted to Allah was to abduct them and force them to wear hijab and stay in purdahs. He was soon expelled for attacking a girl who he claimed was naked for not wearing a full-body hijab. It was good riddance to long overdue rubbish, and the needed reason for the school to offload him. His grades were failing, and he was instigating rebellion in the dormitories, but since he was Sheik Tamil’s ward, they couldn’t just expel him like that. But Shekau was not sorry for his actions, but was rather glad to leave what he called a “haven of infidels”. He promised to be back to cleanse the place though, and no one heard anything about Shekau for years. They all thought he had died, until he released a video in July 2010 claiming to be the leader of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted October 30, 2017 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2017 Is this a true account ? Rather troubling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimy Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Shekau the Jihadist with the nine lives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I think she's just trying to say the signs are always there but are more often than not ignored. Overlooked. Waived aside. Not taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farida Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Hawken said: I think she's just trying to say the signs are always there but are more often than not ignored. Overlooked. Waived aside. Not taken seriously. Yea like red flags were ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted October 31, 2017 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2017 As a country Our approach is not in one bit proactive. We rather deal when it has happened which is the more expensive and less wise approach. The signs are there for a lot of issues and in some cases rather obvious but still we wait for it to hit us in the faces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 1 hour ago, kimi said: As a country Our approach is not in one bit proactive. We rather deal when it has happened which is the more expensive and less wise approach. The signs are there for a lot of issues and in some cases rather obvious but still we wait for it to hit us in the faces Yes, "we will cross that bridge if we get there" is our specialty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 5 hours ago, Farida said: Yea like red flags were ignored. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted October 31, 2017 Moderators Share Posted October 31, 2017 I stopped my comment half way. Lol. (A few things came up) Concluding bit: ...this ties in with our culture of silence where we fail to report things that are seemingly amiss. Truth is, this post has inspired in me the zeal to use my voice more effectively. Would you join me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covfefe Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 On 10/30/2017 at 10:16 PM, kimi said: Is this a true account ? Rather troubling Nah. Alternative history. Entirely fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covfefe Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 Was writing on mental health, and i thought about the connection between mental health and terrorism. And it sort of inspired this piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted November 1, 2017 Moderators Share Posted November 1, 2017 Oh I see... Beautiful piece nonetheless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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