Mr. Aliyu made the call at the opening ceremony of a three-day workshop for Chief Imams of North Central Zone of Nigeria in Minna.
“We all know that Islam is a religion of moderation and abhors extremism in all aspects,’’ he said.
Mr. Aliyu described a situation whereby some people linked the “heinous activities” of Boko Haram to Islam as unfortunate.
He said that the activities of the sect negated the basic principles of Islam, stressing that “Muslims do not attack another religion in the name of jihad.”
Gov. Aliyu, however, observed that many Muslims were ignorant of the rudiments of Islam because some parents had abdicated their responsibility of teaching their children the basic tenets of the religion.
He added that schools no longer encouraged moral or religious education.
The governor advised the imams “to mould and reform the society through wise preaching, sincere and honest admonitions, spiritual advice and community support at all times.”
“You are entrusted with the guidance of everybody in the society; the leaders and the led, the rich and the poor, young and the old, father and son, husband and wife, that you see as servants of God.
“The imams should also be in the vanguard of mutual understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims; similarly, the imams should serve as guides to political leaders.
“They should reach out to the youth, inspire them in peaceful pursuits and teach them the correct understanding of Islam, to avoid them resorting violence,” he said.
He also appealed to the gathering to advise the government on whether the imams should be paid allowance or depend on charity.
The governor, who said that the advice should also include the method of selecting the imams and the location of Juma’at Mosque within a community, said the effort was necessary to avoid conflict.
The Chairman of Niger League of Imams, Ibrahim Fari, called for unity among the Muslim community to ensure better understanding and advancement of Islam and in the interest of the larger society.
He also called for adherence to the true teaching of Islamic tenets, obey the leaders and avoid abusing them for failure to tackle the problems confronting the country and its citizens.
About 210 imams from Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue, Abuja and the host state were participating in the workshop.
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well mr Governor we dont "all know". Since they fight to instate an Islamic Nigeria,and report says most of the muslim northern governors are sponsores, what do you expect us to think?.
ReplyDeletePlus we don't hear much conddemnations about the killings from northern leaders. They rather scream out for amnesty, just as a way to get big consessions from the government. They know the sponsors in their mist so they should expose them first.
ReplyDelete@ Kaduna gal. My thoughts exactly! And not only that, the quran makes explicit statements that command "Muslims to attack another religion in the name of Jihad" such as my favourite; surah 9:29 "Fight those who do not believe in Allah...".
ReplyDeleteI don't know who these people keep trying to fool, they must think we have IQs in the negative domain. mmmmttttsssccccchhhhhheeeewwww!
THIS IS A MAD GOVERNOR. IS IT NOW U ARE JUST KNOWING? AFTER U FOOLS HAVE SUPPORTED THEM WITH UR ILL GOTTEN WEALTH. HAUSA BANZA.
ReplyDelete@walt@9jguy' u guys r biger fooool'na urs mother father dat goat @ urs village is banza'bastard
ReplyDeleteYou ar a mad guy dat is why u no fit put ur name. Ur father, mother and ur entire race are bastards. Foolish mallRAMS. Nonsense, hausas think like the cattle they rear. Hausa Banza.
DeleteYou ar afraid dat is why u hid ur name. The entire hausa race including ur papa and mama ar bastards. You mallRAMS think like thoe goats and cows you are known for. Hausa banza. You dey mad
DeleteMy brothers and my sisters, this is not an issue to quarrel over...Islam has done the world more harm than good, from Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Iran, to Pakistan, to Sudan, to Egypt, etc, now down to once peaceful Nigeria.... They preach peace, but deep in their heart is this huge violence....they call for love, but deep in their heart is this unending hatred. They donot have tolerance, and no value for lives and properties... But I really don't blame them, cos the bible says love your neighbor as yourself, meaning if Ʊ don't love yourself, Ʊ cannot love another...an average northern muslim don't love himself, that's why he can conveniently use leg and trek from Ojueleba to Costain, in the name of polishing shoes, or doing Mai Ruwa... Same people sleep in mechanic workshops, uncompleted building and beg on our roads, and sleep under the bridge, and when Ʊ approach them, would tell Ʊ that Allah permits alms begging and suffering...so Ʊ see God was right, not until Ʊ love and place a value on your own self, Ʊ can't love and value another... Now Ʊ see how they destroy lives and properties...cos to them, they can always live in hardship...they have been brain washed... Their big men are so selfish, to their welfare, but can sponsor their stupidity and waywardness... My advice is after 2014, for which Nigeria becomes 100 years in Almagation, the south should leave the North to their whims...let us go our separate ways... Afterall, Northern and Southern Sudan did it amicably...but tell all the northerners in Nigeria... I see suffering and big doom for them all! Mark my word!!!
ReplyDelete9jaguy March 31, 2013 at 3:09 AM what you said is logical and ur speech has inportand implication we muslim we have liberties to attack those who didnt blieving Allah and his messenger but Go back and read the numerious surah. clearly in other to undastand wht they Almagty Allah said
ReplyDeletenw we ar sceptical of wht u said
walts05 March 31, 2013 at 6:06 AM u are pure illitrately gormless slackness you worship pointless futile notwistanding muslim is the only way to salvation stop wested ur time for worship idol wawa kawa kafurin banza
because you people do not hv Christ, dat is why you are in crises. Hausas hv made islam popular thru violence. You will all rot in hell if you do not accept Christ. Bastard Nigerians. FoolsN
DeleteAliyu Babangida is a crafty,corny,and a self-self politician. He is only after his interest not even for the north.$
ReplyDeleteI keep wondering if all this educated northerner's who used to comment on NE has ever asked their self, ''all the while the north has been in power close to 40years what have we been able to achieve''
Now the northerner's are creating a very wrong impression that GEJ is sponsoring Boko haram just to remain in office, what a Confusionnist,what a Barbarians,
let me tell you southerners we have done our best for this people called northerners that will never appreciate good. Most NYSC members go as far as knocking on their door just to tell them is time for school, yet they kill NYSC members, they own over 80% oil well in Niger-delta even though they don't have oil,yet they continue to aid terror.
Is time to divide this nation, don't be too wise we cannot continue with the north.they are planing another evil come 2015. Let us promote this Slogan
'''LET THE CATTLE REARER'S GO'''
NE, why give time to all the commentators above? They are all short sighted as they are deprived of any useful contributions to make towards resolving issues. They all have failed to realize that crime against humanity (killings, corruption, robbery, rape, moral decadence etc.) is worst in "the christian world" than the "Muslim world", do we now say "Christianity encourages such crime?". One needs not list them here, the governor is saying the right thing yet some uneducated fellows who think they are Christians are here making useless contributions.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 7:28... I'm sorry, but your english is too terrible for me to take you seriously.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 9:54. Well, so you agree with me, followers of Islam are allowed to attack other religions. Well, you have heard it form the horse's mouth folks, i hope we can now all agree on the issue.
@Yany. That's a good point you raise, not a difficult point, but a good one nonetheless. If you notice, I did not say that muslims are called to violence because we see muslims committing violent acts all over the world, every single day (although, this is true)! No. I said muslims are called to violence because the quran tells them to do so, as in, their religion tells them to. Every one can do good and bad things irrespective of their religion, the problem is if that religion actually encourages what they are doing. In the case of christianity, Jesus has commanded us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us, while the quran says fight those who don't believe in allah. You see the difference?
Are you sure crimes against humanity are worse in the christian world? Really? Do you really want to go there...
people reading adulterated book called ..... is not expected to be humanbeing. Islam is bigger than this forum. Muslims cannot be compared to people of the interpolated book. by 2015 we shall see who owns Naija.
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