Terrorists use Arabic to blackmail Islam – Coomassie

A former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, said terrorists speak Arabic language to trick people into believing that they are struggling to promote Islam. Coomassie made the assertion in his remarks at the 11th national conference of the Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN), held at the University of Abuja […]

A former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, said terrorists speak Arabic language to trick people into believing that they are struggling to promote Islam.
Coomassie made the assertion in his remarks at the 11th national conference of the Academic Society for Arabic Language and Literature in Nigeria (ASALLIN), held at the University of Abuja on Tuesday.
He said that by speaking Arabic, the terrorists deceived non-Arabic speakers into believing that they were struggling to propagate Islam and that terror attacks were synonymous to Islam.
He said the terrorists use of Arabic as their language of communication when they posted audio or video materials on the internet should not be seen as Islamic.
“Terrorists speak Arabic language which is the richest language in the world and through which the Holy Qur’an was revealed. Some thought that terrorist activities prompted non-speakers of the language to believe, though wrongly, that Arabic is synonymous with terrorism.
“This is because these terrorists use it as their medium of communication when they post any audio or video materials on the internet on their nefarious activities,” he stated.
Also speaking, the President of ASALLIN, Dr. M. U. Ndagi, described the association as a professional academic society that brings together lecturers of Arabic language, literature and linguistics from tertiary institutions in the country.
Dr. Ndagi who is a senior lecturer with the Department of Linguistics and African Languages of the University of Abuja, stated that the association encourages research in the field of Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics.
He said the aims of the association are to promote the study of Arabic at all levels of the country’s education system and make efforts in finding solutions to challenges militating against Arabic Language in the country among others.
He called on the federal government to include Arabic in the curriculum of the Police Academy, Wudil in Kano State.