Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has cautioned traditionalists
against invading Iwo town, noting that such would be an invitation to chaos and
disregard for the rule of law.
The Traditional Worshippers Association of Osun State are
accusing Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi of disrespecting traditional
religion.
They gave the monarch a 21-day ultimatum to publicly
apologize for his statements against traditionalists or face the consequences.
The worshippers threatened to call for the deposition of the
Oluwo unless he met their demands.
A statement on Monday by MURIC director, Prof Ishaq Akintola
said indigenes were likely to come out in defence of their king, a situation
that may result in a bloody clash.
Akintola insists there is freedom of speech and anyone who
finds Oluwo’s declarations distasteful or defamatory should go to court.
He said Iwo is traditionally known as ‘Ilu Alfa’, meaning
‘city of Islamic scholars’ and that the planned invasion may be seen as “an
attack on the base of Islam in Yorubaland”.
The taditionalists, Atintola stressed, have no right to
insist that a king must be a traditional worshipper.
“The king is the ruler over all subjects in the town and
this includes Christians, Muslims and traditionalists.
“The attempt to restrict the king to traditional worshipping
alone and to attack the Oluwo because he is a Muslim is an exhibition of
religious intolerance.
“MURIC appeals to the Osun State Police Command to take the
threat issued by the traditionalists very seriously. No group has the right to
threaten the peace of the land.”
Akintola charged the police to be proactive in handling the
matter so that “the diabolical plan” of the traditionalists can be nipped in
the bud.
He advised the Osun government not allow itself to be
railroaded into taking any action capable of provoking “the teeming majority
Muslim population of the state”.
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