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Wear your Traditional attire to court everyday,MURIC tells Omirhobo:

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A lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, yesterday appeared at the Supreme Court dressed like a traditional doctor. Mr. Omirhobo claimed that he was reacting to the Supreme Court judgement on hijab of Friday, 17th June, 2022.   While reacting to the lawyer’s action,an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has said the lawyer’s behaviour was not only contemptuous of the Supreme Court pronouncement but also provocative, condescending and irreconcilable with the noble profession of law.   MURIC’s position was contained in a statement issued on Saturday, 25th June, 2022…

Why we’re rejoicing over Supreme Court ruling on Hijab – Islamic Welfare Foundation

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Islamic Welfare Foundation has considered the Supreme Court judgement on hijab wearing among female Muslim students in schools in Lagos State as a breakthrough for the Muslim Ummah.   The Foundation in a release jointly signed Dr. Hassan Kalejaiye Dr. Abdulkareem Oloyede,National Coordinator and General Secretary respectively, felicitated with the Muslim Ummah in Lagos, Southwest, and Nigeria in general.   The Foundation particularly congratulated the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) for its fatherly role, Muslim Ummah of South-West Nigeria (MUSWEN) for its guidance, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria…

MURIC urges Nigerian Govt to condemn India for persecuting muslims

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A Nigeria based Islamic human rights organization,the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned the harsh treatment of Indian Muslims by the Indian government. The group asked the Nigerian government to summon the Indian ambassador to Nigeria in order to lodge an official complaint against India and to warn the latter against further escalation.   MURIC’s complaint to the Nigerian government was contained in a statement issued by the director of the group, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Thursday, 26th June, 2022.   The full statement reads:   “The Indian authorities recently…

2023 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES : MURIC congratulates Tinubu, Atiku

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An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has congratulated the winners of the presidential election primaries in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   This was contained in a congratulatory message issued by the Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday, 8th June, 2022.     The message read in part;     “The results of the 2023 presidential election primaries of the two major political parties have shown that two…

Ondo Killing Criminal, Inhuman, not tribal says MURIC

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An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has again condemned the killing of worshippers inside the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State which occurred yesterday, Sunday, 5th June, 2022. MURIC submitted that although the attack was inhuman and criminal, it had no political, tribal or religious motivation. MURIC had also condemned the killing yesterday.       The statement which was signed by Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director of the organization said;   “Reports have reached us of a reprisal attack on the Hausa community in Ogwatoghose…

MURIC condemns gruesome murder of Hausa woman, 3 children in Anambra

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the killing of an Hausa woman along with her three children in Anambra State. The sad incident occurred on Sunday, 22nd May, 2022.   MURIC’s condemnation came on Tuesday, 24th May, 2022 through a statement issued by the group’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola.   The statement read:   “A pregnant Hausa woman was brutally murdered along with her three children in Anambra State on Sunday, 22nd May, 2022.   “We strongly condemn this killing. It is brutish, horrendous and barbaric. No family deserves…

2023: Akintola,others speak at UNIFEMGA National Reunion

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A Human Rights Activist, and Director, Muslim Rights Concern MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Lakin Akintola,will deliver the 2022 annual national reunion Lecture of the Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association (UNIFEMGA) on Saturday 28th May, at Ile-Ife, Osun state.   In a statement by the Chairman Planning Committee of the Re-union, Mohammed Buari and Samsudeen Adenopo, Public Relations Officer, stated that the three- day conference of which the lecture is a part of, would hold at Oduduwa Hall in the institution.   The reunion events will hold at various venues within…

BLASPHEMY: MURIC urges Christian Clerics to shun hate preachings, ….. Warns Muslim faithful against jungle justice, violence

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An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to Christian clerics to desist from delivering hate sermons. The group spoke on the heels of rising incidents of blasphemy around the country.   MURIC’s admonition was delivered on Wednesday, 18th May, 2022 by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.   He said, “It has come to our notice that the root of blasphemy and its proliferation in this country is the licencious indulgence in and permission of hate sermon by Christian clerics and leaders respectively. Our weak…

SOKOTO UNREST: MURIC condemns looting,attacks on churches

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned attacks on churches and the looting of shops which occurred in Sokoto on Saturday, 14th May, 2022.   In a statement signed by the director of the human rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola, late in the evening of Saturday, 14th May, 2022. MURIC said the attacks were the handiwork of hoodlums and unscrupulous elements. He therefore appealed to Nigerians to desist from reprisal attacks on non-indigenes in other parts of the country.   The full statement read:   “The Sokoto imbroglio boiled over…

SOKOTO PROTEST: MURIC appeals for calm

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC has called on residents of Sokoto, especially protesters who were demanding release of those arrested over the killing of a female student,Deborah Yakubu on alleged blasphemy.     There are reports of ongoing demonstrations in Sokoto today, Saturday, 14th May, 2022 over positions taken on the killing on Thursday of Deborah at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.     The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) in a terse, three-paragraph statement issued by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Saturday, 14th May, 2022, appealed…