The Christian Association of
Nigeria on Tuesday warned some Muslim leaders in the country against continued
promotion of violence and trouble to avoid throwing the nation into religious
uprising.
While calling on the security
agencies to caution and prevent any group of people whose actions could lead to
religious and social crises and violence in the country, the organisation
regretted that all over the Nigeria, there had been some actions that were
being taken by some Islamic leaders to provoke their Christian counterparts to
anger.
The General Secretary of CAN,
Joseph Daramola, issued the warning in a statement titled ‘Muslims should stop
stirring up religious crisis in Nigeria’.
He said, “We are worried and
disappointed with the activities of some Islamic extremists in the country
whose pastime is how to trigger religious crises and violence and throw the
already nervous country into utter confusion.
“All over the country, there are
some actions that are being taken by some Islamic leaders who are out to
provoke their Christian counterparts to anger. CAN has been working behind the
scene to nip such ungodly actions in the bud.
“In Kwara State, for example, CAN is still
trying to curb the violence occasioned by the governor’s directive to mission
schools to allow the wearing of hijab. Some extremists have built Ummul Khair
Central Mosque and Islamic Centre beside Catholic Bishop’s House and the
Secretariat primarily to tempt peace-loving Christians into a religious crisis.
“Will Islamic schools allow Catholics or
Christian women who are their students dress to the school premises in their
cassocks? To compound the problem, one Imam Abubakar Ali-Agan and the General
Manager, Kwara State Physical Planning Authority, are claiming that there was a
Memorandum of Understanding between the Catholic Bishop of Ilorin and the
owners of the Ummul Khair Central Mosque before they built the two buildings,
whereas, it was absolute falsehood and misinformation.
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