**WSHERA: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq on Monday said that he had played a
role in the
release of the
girls who were
kidnapped by militant group
Boko Haram in Nigeria.
The Nigerian government an**unced that 82 of the
girls who had been taken from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, had been released in exchange for handing over six suspected militants to
Boko Haram. The JUI-S welcomed the agreement between the
Boko Haram and Nigerian government, which helped secure the
release of 82
girls aged between 16-18 years abducted by the militant group in April 2014.
In a statement issued to the media, the JUI-F chief hoped that the remaining abducted
girls would be set free after meaningful negotiations. The Nigerian government had then approached Maulana Samiul Haq and requested him to use his influence over the militant organisation and play his
role in securing the safe
release of the abducted girls. Later, the Maulana had recorded a video message in Arabic language in which he called upon the militant organisation to
release the abducted girls.
“Islam bars its followers from causing any harm to women and children,” the statement quoted him as telling the militants. The Maulana **ted that war was ** solution to any problem and hoped that the Nigerian government and
Boko Haram would solve their differences through negotiations.
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