Re: Preach and be damned?

Unlike the writer of the above titled article, Mohammed Haruna, I strongly believe that it takes only a scholar to know the scholar, thus there is no way a politician like Nasir El-Rufai – who is popularly known to be Maxist and has never had any record of religious scholarship to impose such law on […]

Unlike the writer of the above titled article, Mohammed Haruna, I strongly believe that it takes only a scholar to know the scholar, thus there is no way a politician like Nasir El-Rufai – who is popularly known to be Maxist and has never had any record of religious scholarship to impose such law on religious preaching; a law that was enacted since 1984, when some of present day religious groups were not in place.
No one can deny the fact that JNI is highly dominated by Wahhabi Muslims followers who reject and disregard any other Muslims different from them, more especially the followers of Shiism and their Ash’ariyya counterparts as well. And it seems that they do not know Shiism as they read it from the books of non-Shias usually, not to talk of the requirement of being a scholar in Shiism.
And if the things go like this, I don’t think justice will be done to those who have no representation among the regulating bodies (JNI/CAN) and have different interest with those governing regulating bodies. Contrary to El Rufa’i and Mohammed Haruna’s mindest, some of the groups/individuals that may be denied access to religious preaching are registered with the Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission and are expected to exercise their freedom of religion as it is enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And what is the stand of their registration? Has it expired? Why were they registered initially? Where have their fundamental rights gone?
What has happened regarding the brutal massacre of Shiites in Zaria last December and how the members of Wahhabism – who take the charge of JNI, have been celebrating on is a crucial evidence to how maltreat and regard the Islamisation of Shiites – who, I don’t think, if have any representative in JNI.
It is good to have a law guiding and regulating the religious preaching not only in Kaduna state but in the whole nation, but the objection is, it is not possible to handle the issue with Jama’atul Nasrul Islam (JNI), which is highly dominated by Wahhabites and very few Sufee Followers and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) – which also has an interest and is not in good terms with some Christian groups, and if care is not taken, their fundamental human right will be violated.
Instead, I suggest El Rufa’i should focus on other developmental projects and not involve himself in ‘controversial issues ranks on top in the country in recent weeks’, said Mohammed; for being wise or capacitated enough to be a governor is quite different from religious scholarship or acting like simply because you are at helm of the peoples affairs. Take a second look please.

Ibrahim Mohammed Aboki, Azare, Bauchi State, [email protected]