Some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),
popularly known as Shiites, on Sunday, attended a church service in Kaduna
state to celebrate Christmas with their Christian counterparts.
The prayer session was held at the Church of Brethren in
Nigeria, Sabon Gari, Zaria.
The group also presented a gift to the church to further
show love and boost religious tolerance between the two faiths.
Speaking after the service, Isah Mshelgaru, leader of the
group, said the essence of attending the service was to rejoice with Christians
on the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
He said the visit was to rekindle and cement the existing
relationship between the two faiths, adding that the move was a sign of love
and efforts to strengthen religious tolerance.
“Islam says if someone is not your brother in faith, he is
your brother in humanity and we share this humanity with everybody, either
Muslim, Christian or whatever,’’ Mshelgaru said.
“We decided to attend this church service because today is
Christmas day, a day that the birth of Jesus Christ is being celebrated over
the globe and we feel that we also have our concern to share with them, the
feelings of the day Jesus was born.
“The coming of Jesus
to this world is a blessing to everybody, so we wish that we should come and
celebrate this glorious day with them.”
Mshelgaru said that as Muslims, they considered Christians
as their brothers and sisters in humanity.
He further said the essence of the visit was to “clear all
the unnecessary imaginary boundaries that have been created between Muslims and
Christians”.
“This is important now that the country is facing multiple
security challenges that require all hands to be on deck in order to overcome
them,” he said.
Mshelgaru advised Nigerians to come together irrespective of
religious, tribal or political divide to save the nation.
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