Emir Sanusi: Northern #Nigeria Needs Economic "Marshall Plan"

From Max Siollun's Website Tue Sep 16 2014, 18:34:34

Interview with the new Emir of Kano Muhammed Sanusi II (AKA Sanusi Lamido Sanusi) about the Boko Haram insurgency in northern Nigeria. Key points made by Sanusi: Islam "preaches education for all adherents". Marrying young Muslim girls off at a young age is actually a cultural (not Islamic) practice "that is not consistent with the [...]

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