The Sultan spoke in Benin City at the General Assembly and Executive National Council Meeting of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).
Abubakar said though Christians were not believed to be terrorists but they committed wicked crimes against humanity.
He added: “Nigeria is a multi religious state, not a singular state. And being a multi-religious state, we must allow the various religions to go on but we must not trample on each other’s right, which means I must be allowed to practice my religion the way I believe as ordered me by the Holy Quran and nothing else.
“So when we get this done, the issue of hijab and so many other things affecting Islam, I believe is our right, not a privilege, unless the Constitution is changed.”
On bad elements in Islam, he said: “Those bad people among us, like in other religions, we should pick them out and teach them the tenets of Islam.
“If they refuse to change, that is their own problem. We will meet with the creator on the judgement day.
“In any society, there are many terribly bad people. So many, who are not Muslims but carry out criminal activities with some Muslim organisations in America, France and even in Nigeria.
“Those people doing negative things should be called criminals or terrorists but not Muslims.
“I’ve never heard of Christian terrorists but we have heard of so many Christians or followers of other religions who committed heinous crimes against humanity.
“But they didn’t claim to do it for their religions and we did not hold them against their religions.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Really? So when my religion is to kill everybody, it's permissible in a moral world huh! I agree with you sir, to pick out the bad elements in our religion, but do we still use d word pick out when it's obviously a larger percentage of the populace? Let every religion go on,but let's not have one kill the other in the name of religion
ReplyDeleteIn as much as we know u are d. Spiritual head of Muslims in nigeria, we will take exceptions 2 u equating us wit d barbarism associated wit Islam. Pls Mr sultan ur duty is 2 educate ur subjects 2 be law abiding and also acknowledge d sanctity of human life. Xtians are real role models and it's appropriate u acknowledge dat pls MR sultan.
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