Malawi Islamic body attacks police over arrest of Muslims dubbed ‘Boko Haram’
Malawi police has come under attack over arrest of Muslims who hacked and terrorized villagers who encroached the land believed to belong to an Islamic institution known as Blantyre Islamic mission at Chadzunda area.
A grouping of Muslims hacked and terrorized the villagers on Friday as a way of forcing the them to vacate the disputed land. In a bid to stop such terrorist acts police in Blantyre moved in and arrested several Muslims.
Reacting to the arrest, General Secretary for the Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom, Hassan Chimwala has condemned the police action, describing it as unprofessional.
In a strong-worded and emotional statement made available to Nyasa Times, Chimwala says it is unfair for police to arrest Muslims alone who are reacting in self-defense leaving scot-free the villagers who started terrorizing Muslims on their own land.
“In 2010 some Muslim officials were badly beaten up when they were protecting their land at Blantyre Islamic Mission but no-body was arrested in connection to that saga.
“And this time some Muslims were also victimized earlier in the week to the extent of being hacked as they were still trying to protect the same land which even the ministry of lands officials say it belong to the institution. The victims are still battling with their life in hospitals, but no one has been arrested,” says Chimwala.
Chimwala says he is also deeply concerned with the conduct on the police when some Muslims went to the land on Friday trying to liaise with the villagers on how they should settle the matter.
“The police officers went there and arrested all the Muslims while calling them Boko Haram, and those who victimized and hacked Muslims were left free.
“What type of police officers are we having in this country. Do they teach them racism when conducting their trainings? Do they know who Boko Haram are? Where is justice going? Is the law only applying to Muslims?” queries Chimwala.
Boko Haram militant Islamist group has caused havoc in Africa’s most populous country through a wave of bombings, assassinations and now abductions.
. It was declared a terrorist group by the US in 2013, and is infamous for its use of Sharia law – publishing theft with amputations for example.
Chimwala said Malawi muslims are not party to the Boko Haram and is reminding Malawians that “unprofessionalism of police officers has contributed to causes of civil war in some countries.”
He is asking the authorities to follow up the issue way back from 2010 “and all who did this should face the law.”
Chimwala says his organization is strongly condemning some media houses in the country which are claiming that those who went to protect their land are terrorists.
“This is bringing confusion in the country which would eventually lead to riots.”
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the police be careful we will be back and ull see bcz we muslims we dnt fear anything
Koma apolisi ena ndimawadabwa ndipo sindikhutira ndi magwiridwe awo antchito chifukwa amagwira ntchito ngati sanaphunzitsidwe kagwiridwe ka ntchito yawoyo as a result zipwilikiti zimangochulukira. I descibe them unprofessional police officers because of because of performing below standards.
Bad
No gud
Asilamu amawonjeza.
apolisi akulephera kuthetsa umbavha koma kulimbana ndianthu wamba
Not gud to call all muslims or to asociate them with bokohalam esh that group its too bad and if it can happen that they are here in malawi esh mbola kweleko
It is a pity that people wish to contribute on issues not from the perspective of knowledge but rather from deep rooted prejudices stemming out from their years of continuous and deliberate indoctrination from their religious leaders. Do you know the origins of terrorism? You will be shocked if you had studied terrorism yourselves! Do you even know what it means? If you know then how could you ignorantly say that all terrorists are muslims? Are u telling me that the world terrorism was not there before Islam?
It is politically right that issues involving Malawians should be dealt with within their normal perspective of our municipal law. Since when do the police have a right to call some group or individuals boko haram? Is it that our police are themselves thugs; or they are ignorant; or that they themselve are waging a crusade against moslems? The problem of securitising issues is that it will blind the law enforcers and their disciples to think that issues regarding moslems should be handled with such heavy handedness requiring ultra laws altogether. If you are civilized and knowledgeable enough, you would have known that every person in our country has the same rights to citizenship. What kind of police that think have impunity of taking sides when carrying out their law enforcement activities to the extent of branding people names. Their lack of professionalism is clearly showing in their lack of devising effective long term strategies of reducing crime in the country? How I wish we had an organization called police and behave as one in the Country. May God cure Malawi of diseases of corruption , regionalism, ethnicity, mediocrity, and religious hatred. Amen
Ilove motherland malawi plz take care
This is a deliberate provocation on Muslims,may be you just hear about these wars!! and you want to insinuate them.Muslims will not take it lying down at the end of it all,we will all end up losers. I know Christians from their teachings they are taught to hate Islam but mind you Islam was the first Religion to be introduced in Malawi.And some of the people who call themselves Christians were born from Muslim Families and others have married each others family,so if war erupts it will be brother,brother or sister,sister type of war which it will be very difficult to contain. Ndiye tikamalankhula mopusa also think of the consenques
one interesting factor, not all moslems are terrorists but all terrorists are muslims!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Southern region is always associated with violent tribes especially the mapuyas and chawas. These people are always hacking each other. I don’t know what will happen if these people form one country. It will be a chaotic country. They spend most of their time planning how they are going to hack somebody than going to school and later to cry foul that Northerners are dominating in the universities and quota should be introduced. Shaaa what a region!!!! Don’t spill your violent behaviors to the other two regions which believe in contact and dialogue first b4 the rest.
Police have not arrested mosley. .it is a group of suspects .In Germany they don’t ask or report on your religion.dont class them as mosley then class the victims as christians
such reporting initiates violence and decision. Police have arrested suspects the court will judge .The suspects will have to prove their innocence in what they did in law. The court or the law isn’t interested in what religion they are. Irresponsible reporting
Ngati khothi linagamula kuti malowo ndi anzathu a chisilamu bwanji iwo sanapite kukhothiko kukadandaula kuti anthu omwe analuza aja sakuchoka ikanakhala ntchito ya khothi kuwachotsa anthuwo osakhala assilamuwo Anzathuwo samalemekeza ntchito za aanzawo amakonda madulira amawona ngati akadziwa zambiri za korani kapena za madrassa ndiye kuti adziwa zonse. Ndichifukwa chake timakhala ndi bvuto nthawi zones ndi anzathu a chisilamu mu dziko muno
PICK A PART SHOP ,MAY POLICE START INVESTIGATION FROM THERE IF INDEED YOUNGSTERS WERE RECRUITED AND LATER PAID THE THREE THOUSANDS EACH IF IT IS TRUE AS REPORTED.PLS LETS FISH OUT SPONSERS OF TERROR. THEY PAY YOUNGSTERS WHO LATER MAY LOSE THEIR LIVES FOR PEANUTS. MALAWIANS LETS LOVE LIFE MORE THAN MONEY
the difference between right and wrong is clear. no matter how you comment, the truth from the article is clear.
by the way, ever wondered why good and evil do not coexist???????? truth indeed washes away falsehood for sure. Unfortunately, nkhaniyi ayilemba muchizungu, ndiye kumva kwathuku ndi kosiyana. Therefore don’t be surprised with some of the comments in the article.
Akuti msilamu akafa akuchita jihad (nkhondo ya chipembedzo), amapita straight ku paradiso komwe amakapeza atamusingira anamwali 12 okuti azigona nawo . Can you imagine that? Kumapanga za uchigawenga, cholinga akagone ndi anamwali 12! Why kumangoganiza za chigololo nthawi zonse? Is this why ku Northern Nigeria munaba ana aakazi kukalowa nawo m’thengo , osawamvera chisoni makolo ndi abale awo a anawo?
If muslims are not allowed to own land in blantyre then christians are not also allowed to own any land in mangochi..Now ‘christians ‘ prepare for a show down in mangochi. Mwaputa ‘CHITEDZE ‘
Nonse ma muslim, ma villagers a kwa chazunda you are behaving childish and with your stupidness can lead this country to war
Asilamu amenewa aziputa dala. They deserve what they got. Chimene anthu amenewa sakumvesa ndi choti, the land belongs to an institution called Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom, not these indivividual Moslems. Institutions have got their ways of handling such issue; and individuals would handle similar issues differently. Apa midyombayi yalowelela nkhondo ya weni. Apolisi chita naoni ndithu midyombayi mpaka iyele mmaso ndikuyamba kuona zinthu momwe zilili.
Islam came to Malawi coz of slave trade that’s why most Moslems, boko haram are found in mangochi and khotakota. When they say religion of I laugh sizinaokenso. Now they are killing each other in many countries and it makes me happy. They marry many wives ATI apitilire Christians ifetu apwanga God fights for us. Mukufuna zaku Central Africa republic eti. Tiye nazoni tione. Boko haram agalu inu. Mukadzalawa ganda mudzasiya chibwana inu
How did zambia, zim & mozambq manage to have very few moslems? Atleast they are safe from home grown terrorists
In Mozambigue, Zambia and Zimbabwe, any black moslem found there then know that he or she is Malawian. Only Indians and Pakistanis are moslem there. Now go figure why iliteracy levels are so high in Malawi and we are poorer than our neighbourss
MR CHIMWALA,MOB JUSTICE IS NOT DIPLOMACY.MAY BE THE VILLAGERS ALSO HAVE THEIR SIDE OF CLAIM ON THE LAND WHO KNOWS? SO BE A MAN OF PEACE IF U R A TRUE MOSLEM-USE DIPLOMACY GO SUMMON THE VILLAGE HEAD TO COURT(POLICE).THEN PROVE IN COURT THAT THE LAND BELONGS TO U. THE COURT WILL DECIDE WHO OWNS DE LAND DEPENDING ON EVIDENCE AND GIVE PROPER ORDERS.PLS DO NOT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD.DIPLOMACY GOES WITH WISDOM , BE WISE.THE POLICE MUST ALSO ARREST THE LEADER OF THESE PANGA HAPPY GUYZ.WE WANT PEACE IN MALAWI. IS ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE? I REMEMBER BAKILI MULUZI (MOSLEM) LEADER).WHEN HE PUSHED 4 3RD TERM HE MATCHED FROM OLD TOWNHALL (BT) THRU NANDOS WITH THUGS CARYING PANGA KNIVES AND BEAT PEOPLE WITH STICKS AND CLUBS.MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE INJURED.IS ISLAM A RELIGION OF TERROR??
Mitu yanu nonse amene mukunyoza chislam ndikakupea ndikupha.
Boko haram style. This could be the beginning of more heinous events to come. Police better nip it in the bud or else you will not be successful later. Borrow a leaf from the struggle Nigeria is expericing
Please don’t start this about book harm shit in malawi because you when you talk likes this your not Malawian because we Malawian Muslim s are peace loving as all the fiats in this country So find the facts before you talk
Akhristu nonse amene mukulemba ma komenti a uchitsiru shatapu zanu. You hear that the land legally belongs to the Muslims still you can’t appreciate it. A satana omwa magazi inu. Oooo, indeed you drank Jesus blood, you want to continue drinking blood. Satanic at its best. Don’t take Muslims as second class citizens, no! After all Christianity came second after Islam had already existed in Malawi. It is you the Christians who are second class citizens here in Malawi. Tidzakutoperanitu! Ubve tho kuyenda ndi manyi m’mapanti. Fore skin madeya okha-okha.
foolish people u r not good people as l know this is malawi not nigeria
warning this is malawi not nigeria musatiyambe dala tikuswani foolish people.
mwandimvetsa chisoni ophikira madzi otsukira mtembo.adanena palibe njira ina kma ine ndekha.(yesu)y d u hate pigs n dogs zidadya mtumiki? abale mmaona ngati atupele akakadziphatkiza kwa pitala nanu muzilamula mwakhaula.akunyetsani nde pitala ameneyo.kumayankhula za fedral mati akutameneni.kakhaleni mma shp amwenye ena mmakonde mwamwenye daily kuthamanga kumakafika kusouth africa(utelala) kagulitseni bonya kasankheni kaunjika wankulu mukachepetse mkusoka ma pant ana mkupanga belo yanu.
Chipembedzo cha Satana zochitika zake za nkhanza zokhazokha nthawi zonse. Mulungu amene amapembedza anthu amenewa sitikumudziwa woti angalandire zingawenga zopha anzawo. Mbuzi you have no one to back you in Malawi
ZIGANDANGA ZIMENEZI ZIKAFERE KUNDENDE KOMWEKO!
Listen guyz, this muslim body came to Blantyre town and hired ‘ana a masikini’ and loaded them in four high roofed monibuses. They were chanting ” TIYENI TIKAGWILE NTCHITO GUYZ!!!”. Ask me I was there and I saw them. Hours later they came bak and received their pay of K3000 each. However not all of them recvd their pay bcoz some didnt make it back as they were arrested. This was happening behind PICK A PART shop here in Blantyre. Dont think that all those that terrorised chazunda were muslims, no! but were these gangsterz in town. Instead of respecting your religion, people will be afraid of it because of these horrible conducts. You are using the most dangerous youngsters/ gangsterzin town… SHAME ON YU FOR USING CHILD CRIMINALS IN THE NAME OF RELIGION!!! Watch out AZAKUYALUTSANI one day!!
No wonder these idiots are underpaid,are they so dumb to understand that Boko Haram is the brain-child of America (CIA)? here’s the link http://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,115323.0.html
It has become a “norm” worldwide provoking Muslims with intention that when they react you start calling them names ` let alone associating them with these unfounded groups
We’re demanding follow up on this issue and the policemen responsible for uttering those provocative/ racist remarks should be dismissed ASAP!
The name that is above all other names. Philipians 2:8-11
So people do not compromise with that name. Put politics aside. Infact Christianity is not a religion as some people and other religious quarters think. it’s about eternal life.
You can not pray in the name of Jesus and Muhammad together. That’s religious prayer and it’s void and unanswered. Shalom! Shalom!
WE ARE TIRED OF THEM, MBULI ZIMENEZI ZAZOLOWERA KWABASI, THIS IS NOT AN ISLAMIC STATE.
Muslims need to be nipped in the bud. They are really dangerous creatures if not handled properly. They use dangerous tactics especially suicide missions. We have Boko Haram and Al Shabab in Africa and I S in Iraq and Syria. Dangerous animals. I S have beheaded a fifth western national.
There is nothing like islamic land in malawi Dont start things that you dont understand.Moslems are very arogant and I HATE them
Musayese Ku Nigeria Kuno!! Tikuswani Nonse Asatana Inu Mukumabisala Kuseli Kwa Chipembedzo Muli Zigandanga Zotheratu!! To Hell With You Satanists!!
JUST IMAGINE@mutabaruka. SAYS ‘mabulutu’.A language so Uncivilized and senstive.Yet nobody can be irritated.He is very free as a christian!
You can imagine, a civilized mutabaruka says ‘mabulutu’. A language so uncivilized and senstive. But it’s okay since he is a christian.MALAWI!
Racesim rules. No social protection for Moslems.We aren’t blind enough to see.Some uncivilized quarters even wish we never existed for apparently no reason.
This issue needs to be properly handled . These moslem morons can be dangerous . Chipembedzo cha nkhanza ichi . Cha mabulutu .
Nanunso koma mukumva zomwe zikunenedwaz kapena mwangofuna kulimbana nd midyombayo?
Nde akhilisitu amenewo kwawo nkulimbana nd asilamu bas. Mukhaula chisilamu nde chikumka nakwera kwerabe.
islamophobic at its worst in malawi, when villagers hacks a muslim its a self defence but when it happens another way round its called terrorist act.
Koma midyomba kukonda nkhondo,,inudi ndi Boko Halam sakukunamizirani. Shupiti zanu kuzolowera kusetera madzi basi
If the ministry of land says the land is owned by the Islamic organisation then there is no reason for riots. Just leave the Muslims alone with there land and all will be fine. Why would it be disputed land when the even the ministry knows who the owner is?
pajamumafuna zonse zikhale zanu mungolandila YESU AKHALE MBUYE NDI MPULUMUTSI Wanu mukatele mtima walupanga udzakuchokani
Pepani anzathu osokela a Chinasala umachenjera pa
Malawi pano
zikugwilizana chani ndi racism.koma midyomba abale
I would suggest that we leave the Police to do a professional job, for some reason it seems certain religious groups feel they should not be touched, that’s not right, nodoby is above the law
kodi a POLICE A KUMALAWI BOKO HALAM mukuidziwa bwino osamangoyankhula mwa umbuli. anzanu ku nigeria akuvutika nayo mpaka kumakana kukamenyana nayo. nde inu akachasu mzolozolo, mtopwa mungachite chiyan. shame on you
So in other words you Mr Chimwala are condoning what your fellow muslims did in organising this attack? This is pathetic and I think ad the debate on federalism goes on your Commission should join and press for the establishment of am islamic state in Mangochi where you should be free to organise such terror attacks willy nilly.
Is unfortunate and a big mistake to link malawi Muslim community and out side world, I don’t think even a non believer can point out one incident that was occurred in our country that was caused by Muslims like what is currently happening in other countries. I think the media you have a huge responsibilities to diffuse the tension when is on the rise, instead of fueling with funny comments.
Muslims are becoming dangerous – they want to use force to take over where they test and see people to be fearful of them. Please, please let us not smile at this stupidity! Why are they dictating that we eat Halal foods – this is a Christian Country and we are watching you!!!!
Muslims have no room in MW, MW is a Christian nation.
Akhristu amachida chisilamu bcoz amadziwa kuti is a original religion,asiyeni bcoz Allah is watching.
APOLI KUMENEKO NDIYE KUBWERA.INUYO MUMAKHWANA! NDIPO ASILAMU NDIKUUZENI,DZIKO LINO SI LA ASILAMU & IF U WANT AN ISLAMIC STATE GO 2LIBYA.ITS BETTER TO LIVE WITH THE ADAMANT TUMBUKA’S THAN YOU BOKO HARAMU.FUCK U!
APOLICE OKONDELA KOMA ECONOMY YA MW IKUKWERA NDI A BOKO HARAM NDI MA TAXS MUTIUZE BWINO.KAPENA MUKWAFUNA.PITANIKONKO.
Uku nde kutiyamba ife tilowa thengo ngati sapasulidwa within 48 hours
Achawa MKUTANI KWA CHADZUNDAko??? KULOWELERA BWANJI ??? MESA MUMATHAMaNGISA WANTHU KU MANGOCHI INU ???
This shows stupidity, foolishness, unprffesional and uchindere of our Mw police service. Whatwver you do bit will not STOP the spread of islam.
Zitsiru za police zomwe zinapita kukamanga anthuwo azafa infa yowawa zedi. Mbuli za police. Abwampini
Munaberekana ngati mchenga uko ku South moti nkhani za malo zikhala zochuluka. You cannot fight Boko Haram. Boko Haram go on that is your rightful land. If it means sending some infidels to the early grave so be it. Where is family planning services in the south? Sterilize all men
Chimwala who are you trying to scare? You are talking about civil war and shit yet you are the one who started it all, how can you say your people were defending their property yet we have police and courts where you can lodge your complaints when someone has wronged you?, and you decided to do it all by yourself in Boko Haram style and you are blaming the police. The best way to sort your problem is suing those people and not terrorising local people. And never try to scare us with words of war coz we can kick your asses back to stone age.
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nanunso kabeni akazi 200 muzikawanyenga. Mwina aidzie Boko Haram yeni yeni. Kkkkkk
No one likes Muslims. Anyone know why? Maybe because all terrorists are muslim?
Muslims didn’t follow the right channel on attacking Villagers, the authorities were responsible to solve this issue. “WE DONT WANT FIGHTS IN OUR PEACEFUL COUNTRY” We are all one. Religius should not DIVIDE us, in the name of JESUS & MOHAMED I PRAY, Amen.
Muslims are problems in every country i hav stayed. Out of 100 countries where there iz war 99 are muslim countries. The Police did their work Professionally here. Muslims are like Tumbukas they never want peace but war. They are indeed Boko Haram meant to terrorise innocent People and we will not allow that to happen in Malawi.
Amene afe ndithu anayamba ndikale kunzunza anthu akwa chazunda sipaja ndiomwewo anaphwanya secondary school ya nankumba komweko kwa chazunda apo biii asamuka asamatizunguze
This vindicates what people say about Islam being a violent religion. Granted the land belongs to the Muslim Association and the villagers are squatters, what kind of God would condone his followers to actually, willfully take up arms to go and attack the villagers just because the villagers attacked first? Is this defense, technically? The villagers attack when the officials from the association go to the land. The solution would be for the association to depend on the law makers to remove the squatters from the land on their behalf.
we are ready to start BOCOHARAM if malawi police ther ready two
Aaaaaa you Islam what kind of people are you. you really Boko haram
If there are problems in Palestine it was cos of the system like this! If Malawi have to be a free nation the so called security people have to free these self defenders! If a Muslim is attacked no body echoes a word but if it is the other side then he is boko haram is this fairness? I hate this stupid and unprofessional police!
Be carefull when reporting these religeous issue YOU nyasatimes you can easily sparkle fire
Not a good development for our country.
Malawi Police, please tread carefully. don’t be used for political reasons.
W love our country and religion too much.
This Police they wrong to arrest people they fight for on their own Land. They could listen propery before they arrest Muslims. For what they just did they make sweet Malawi to sour and divided. President P. Munthalika he must do something about this
Mukanalemba Chichewa kapena chiyao, otherwise sizikumveka
That was 2010 but this is 2014 whereby Bokoharam is in control of such terrorism thus y we r saying u r Malawiz Bokoharam.
Mr chimwala your people took law in their hands, that is illegal. You do not need to protect your land yourself. It is role of police to maintain law and order. All what your institution and people could had done is to report the matter to police, not to fight the encroachers yourselves. What typology of justice does your institution stands for? It seems your organization needs induction. It does not know and understand its role in secular and democratic society. In secular setting its role of police to maintain law and order not the victims. As for previous issues, your organization needs to follow-up with relevant institutions. Police, ministry of internal affairs office of the ombudsman and judiciary may handle some elements of the issues depending on how things proceeded and where they are. On the alleged discriminately arrests you may have a point but its your people who instigated violence and resultant woundings. The encroachers may have cases to answer but their cases are related trespassing and encroaching. All your institution need to do is to take up matter will relevant administrative institutions or initiate court proceedings against encroachers and even the police. Don’t overprotect criminal acts of your people.