Koachdee: DO NOT BE DECEIVED! HIS SOUL CAN ONLY REST IN PEACE WHEN HE DIES A CHRISTIAN...

warrior01: So this man ended up not dying a christian; may baba GOD have mercy on his soul

ehie: hope someone yawns,when they hear of your death

all dis jst because he said d truth?
D Truth is actually bitter to folks like ya.

toba: just heard on ogtv that Alhaji Lateef Adegbite is dead. he's on till his death Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

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http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/09/28/lateef-adegbite-is-dead/

mikron: lol

toba: just heard on ogtv that Alhaji Lateef Adegbite is dead. he's on till his death Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

[img]http://4.bp..com/-SlQgXPKMxVA/T-NyGA-bgbI/AAAAAAAAEfg/r_-Dad3KleA/s400/adegbite.jpg[/img]


http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/09/28/lateef-adegbite-is-dead/

toba: just heard on ogtv that Alhaji Lateef Adegbite is dead. he's on till his death Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

[img]http://4.bp..com/-SlQgXPKMxVA/T-NyGA-bgbI/AAAAAAAAEfg/r_-Dad3KleA/s400/adegbite.jpg[/img]


http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/09/28/lateef-adegbite-is-dead/

Koachdee: DO NOT BE DECEIVED! HIS SOUL CAN ONLY REST IN PEACE WHEN HE DIES A CHRISTIAN...

warrior01: So this man ended up not dying a christian; may baba GOD have mercy on his soul

warrior01: So this man ended up not dying a christian; may baba GOD have mercy on his soul

warrior01: So this man ended up not dying a christian; may baba GOD have mercy on his soul

Limaoscar:

What Rubbish truth did He say? As a Christian, I am completely ashamed to be associated with people like you. How do you know what the Muslim Leaders' sins where and that He did not make peace with God in His dying bed.

Pukkah was VERY CORRECT and more matured in His comments as a Muslim (I believe He is), He was gracious enough not to go toe-to-toe with your buddy in His fo.olish and insensitive utterance like most others will do.

Kenistry: Never heard of him. Wht's is contributn to dis nation sef? Insignificant as far as am concern, He even made d front page at dat. Tribalism at work here.

VolvoS60: I generally avoid threads on religion because of the intense feelings that come with posts on such threads. But i will make an exception here.


I last heard Alhaji Adegbite speak at a public function late last year. It was clear he was getting on in years but he still attended the event to discuss public policy with other Nigerians.


I must state here that I am not a supporter of some of the views Alhaji Adegbite held while he was alive. The majority of posts here on this thread have been charitable (which is not a bad thing) but in my view a sense of balance or proportion on the life and times of the deceased is lacking. And it is only fair that we put these things in proper perspective.


An example will suffice. Some of us still remember the so-called "Miss World" riots of 2002 and the fatalities from those riots. We still remember the "fatwa" imposed by a Nigerian Islamic cleric on a journalist with Thisday newspapers for comments she made in an article allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. The violence and deaths from those riots (clearly instigated by Islamic preachers in Abuja) should have drawn strong, unequivocal condemnation from Nigeria's Islamic clerics. This did not happen. Instead, Alhaji Adegbite (and others) indirectly made excuses for the perpetrators of the violence. To this day, i am not aware of the prosecution and conviction of those responsible. If anyone has information which proves otherwise, kindly let me know.


Alhaji Adegbite was also remarkably consistent in his description of Nigeria as a multi-religious society rather than a secular one - a distinction he repeatedly made at every opportunity. However, there is nothing to show that this distinction was being made for the common good and not for more sinister reasons. At the heart of Nigeria's problems with religious fundamentalism is the conflict between religious law and Nigeria's constitutional law. The ability of an Islamic cleric to arbitrarily impose a death sentence (without recourse to Nigerian law courts) on a fellow Nigerian (and a non-muslim at that) embodies this struggle for supremacy between muslim law and Nigerian law. And this test of wills will remain a recurring decimal in Nigeria's political equation. It is not going to go away.


In my view, Alhaji Adegbite's constant references to the multi-religious nature of Nigeria were for one reason only: to challenge the primacy of Nigerian constitutional law and subtly present Islamic religious law as a competing alternative with full jurisdiction over the lives of ALL Nigerians. In my book, this places him in the same league as the late Sheik Abubakar Gumi and Dr Datti Ahmad whose views are well known to those who have been following Nigeria's turbulent religious politics for a while.


I expected more from him.

warrior01: So this man ended up not dying a christian; may baba GOD have mercy on his soul