Sudanese President, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, has alleged that the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli national intelligence agency (Mossad) are the responsible for Boko Haram and Islamic State (ISIS) insurgent groups that are terrorizing Africa.
Alleging this while being interviewed by Euronews, al-Bashir asserted that no Muslim could do what the sects do, insinuating that it was the intention of U.S and Israel to increase enmity against Islam, using terrorism as a tool.
According to him, “I said CIA and the Mossad stand behind these organisations; there is no Muslim who would carry out such acts.”
The 71-year-old advised that the battle against ISIS and Boko Haram should not be confronted with military power alone, but also with ideological conversion of the radicals.
“Our policy has been largely successful; after we arrest these young people, we bring a group of young scholars to engage in dialogue with them about their thoughts, and we succeed to bring a lot of them back from their radical ideas,” he said.
Al-Bashir, who has ruled Sudan for 25 years, further reacted to a claims by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that 200 women were raped and abused in Sudan, describing such as “opposition-run and Israel funded”.
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