Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has
rejected the timetable of the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate
Examinations (WASSCE).
The body said the dates clashed
with Muslims’ Friday prayers.
The examination will commence on
the 17th August, 2020.
MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq
Akintola, in a statement on Monday accused WAEC of creating a wedge between
young Muslims and the mosque.
“There are at least three clashes
between examination periods and Muslim prayers on Fridays: Management-in-Living
(2 pm, Friday 14th August, 2020); Literature-in-English (2 pm, Friday 21st
August); Health Science (1.30 pm, Friday, 4th September),” he said.
MURIC said the timetable is
exclusive, sectional, parochial, insensitive and provocative.
It called the schedule an
invitation to anarchy, designed to cause pain to Muslim candidates.
“It is the handiwork of sadists
and anarchists. It smirks of an anti-Muslim machinery oiled by the passion for
hate and injustice. This is in spite of efforts made by us to guard against
this kind of clash,” he added.
MURIC insisted that Muslim
candidates must be given three hours every Friday.
Akintola added that Nigerian
Muslims will liberate themselves from slavery, serfdom and religious apartheid
if government is lackadaisical.
“Our message to WAEC is very
clear and simple: Adjust your timetable and stop provoking Muslims forthwith”,
he warned.
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