After Sanusi urged his followers to fight the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram , the Kano Mosque ( the seat of his emirate ) was bombed in November 2014 ; 150 people were killed . In December 2014 , Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau accused him of deviating from Islam and threatened his life . Sanusi replied that he is " safe with Allah " , and likened Shekau ’s comments ( describing Sufis as unbelievers ) to those of the heretical Islamic preacher Maitatsine
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2014 Kano bombing
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