“Take the law into your hands… You need not report to any authority to kill any blasphemer!” I was shocked to the marrow when an Imam, during a Juma’at service in one of the mosques in Abuja, ordered his followers to engage in extra-judicial killing. As a Muslim, not only by birth but also by training and practice, I would be terribly disturbed if anyone disparages my religion or the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) whom we the faithful hold in very high esteem. Yet, in that aggrieved state…
Tag: Sokoto Protest
SOKOTO PROTEST: MURIC appeals for calm
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…
