The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Wednesday lamented that
Yoruba Muslims may face persecution in the Southwest if Oduduwa Republic is
actualized.
MURIC, an Islamic rights group, alleged that Muslims in the
Southern part of Nigeria were suffering marginalization.
The group was reacting to a Muslim parent who withdrew his
daughter from the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, following harassment by a
female lecturer for wearing a hijab.
MURIC called on the authorities of OAU to investigate the
circumstances that led to the incident.
A statement by the group’s Director, Professor Ishaq
Akintola, said the harassment was an indication of what Muslim students go
through with Christian civil servants and lecturers in the Southern part of the
country.
The group described the harassment as an ugly situation that
has dented the image of OAU.
The Muslim Rights group accused one of the lecturers of the
University of harassing the female students.
The statement reads: “One of the Obafemi Awolowo
International School (OAUIS) teachers, Mrs. Adeyemo, has allegedly harassed a
female Muslim student of the school. The intimidation has made the girl’s
parents to withdraw her from the school.
“The girl who was in the habit of using her hijab from home
and removing it at the school’s gate was harassed by Mrs. Adeyemo.
“This is another example of the persecution of Muslim
children in the hands of overzealous and intolerant Christian civil servants
and teachers in the South West. It is interesting that Mrs. Adeyemo bears a
Yoruba name. The female Muslim student is also a Yoruba girl.
“Will Yoruba Muslims not face worse persecution in the hands
of Christians if the Yorubas eventually succeed in their plan to secede?
“Will the Muslims of Yorubaland enjoy any religious freedom
if the proposed Oduduwa Republic becomes a reality?
“The interesting thing is that Muslims only suffer like this
in the southern part of Nigeria.”
Lately, there has been some measure of controversies
surrounding the use of hijab by Muslim students in the Southwest.
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