Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has condemned the so-called Islamic cleric who called for the killing of the Wife of the President – Oluremi Tinubu because she is a Christian.
Gatekeepers News reports that this was against the backdrop of a viral video circulating in the social media space.
The group described him as one of the bad elements in Nigerian Society and not a true Scholar of Islam.
The National Coordinator of the Group, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, in a statement on Saturday, the Group called on the Security Agencies in the Country to immediately fish the Islamic cleric out within the next 24 hours and get him arrested and prosecuted without further delay.
Alhaji Ibrahim further noted with grave concern that at this trying period of the Nation, some irresponsible, incorrigible and unpatriotic elements must not be allowed to use religion to cause chaos in Nigeria
Reflecting on the teaching of Islam as regards Jews and Christians, the Group stated categorically that the Holy Qur’an revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) described them as Ahlul-Kitab, meaning ‘The People of the Book’ and Muslims are urged to live with them in peace and tranquillity.
According to the Group, ‘The People of the Book’ means those who believe in the book revealed to Prophet Moses (i.e. Al-Taorah) and Jesus Christ (i.e. Injil, i.e. The Bible).”
The statement read, “The Group maintained that there is nowhere in the Holy Qur’an or Hadith where harming or killing of Jews, Christians and even unbelievers was permitted, adding that God said we should continue to live together in peace and harmony.
“The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria also stated that in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet Muhammad in Madina, the Holy Prophet allowed the Christians to worship in their way in his Mosque during the cause of a Community meeting which brought Muslims and Christians together.
“The Group, therefore, appealed to the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to set necessary machinery in motion to deal with erring Islamic preachers anywhere in the Country to restore sanity to Islamic propagation in the Country, adding that Muslim Leaders should use the corrective mechanism in the Apex Islamic Body to check recklessness of some undesirable elements parading themselves as Islamic Preachers.”
The Media Group, therefore, urged President Bola Tinubu and his beloved wife, Oluremi Tinubu, not to be distracted by “the provocative, irresponsible, and condemnable vituperations of the preacher, but to note that there are ‘bad eggs’ in every Society; and the law prevailing in the System is capable of dealing with the charlatans and their collaborators for maintenance of peace in the Society.”
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria is a Body of Muslim Professionals in various fields – notably Media, Public Administration, Public Relations, Arabic & Islamic Studies, Medicine, Engineering, Teaching Profession and other fields of human endeavour.
Established in 2006 and registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as an NGO, it seeks, among other things, to enhance the quality of Islamic broadcast everywhere and in all media spaces, correct misrepresentations and misinterpretations of Islam to the people and increase Islamic Media representations in Media Organizations, promotion of religious understanding among various Religious Bodies irrespective of affiliations among other laudable objectives.
It currently has Branches in 22 States of the Federation.
