A suicide bomber has killed five people at a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, security officials say. Maiduguri is the stronghold of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

BBC Nigeria analyst Jimeh Saleh says the group has not targeted a mosque before, but it is known to have assassinated Muslim leaders.

Just over a year ago, Boko Haram claimed responsibility for assassinating the a dignatary’s younger brother in Maiduguri.

At the time a sect spokesman said traditional institutions would come in for attack for colluding with the authorities.

Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden” in the Hausa language, seeks to overthrow Nigeria’s government and establish an Islamic state.   »»» BBC News

According to respected scholars of Islam, the followers of the Boko Haram sect are heretics, blasphemers and renegades. Muslims who kill other Muslims are guilty of spreading unrest. Forcing your religion upon others and destroying places of worship is forbidden in Islam. There is no room for coercion in Islam and no one can be forced to convert. Destroying the places of worship of non-Muslims located in Muslim-majority areas is fobidden.

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