But why will Ayo Oritsejafor’s CAN Surprisingly Deny The Muslims Guarding Church, Cooperation


NewsRescue


"Picture of Kaduna Pastor Buru with Muslims who Guarded Church, Worshiped Together on Christmas Day"


By Ibrahim Mohammad, Kaduna

In an effort to maintain and sustain peaceful co-existence irrespective of religious and ethnic differences, Christians and Muslims in Kaduna  seized the opportunity of Christmas and  New Year celebration to worship together in a Church in state.

It could be recalled that on  Christmas day about 200  Muslims youth also guarded a Church during service within the metropolis.

Pastor Yohanna Buru, Head of Christ Evangelical Church who disclosed this in an interview expressed happiness with the development, saying it was a sign that peace with peaceful coexistence has gradually returned to the state.

The Christian cleric pointed out that there was no dispute between Christian and Islamic books as he lamented the senseless killing of innocent people on the basis of religion, saying in reality, people were from the same root and lineage.

“We are happy to have them in our church to come and worship with us at the same time offer us protection. I am delighted with the development.

“It means that peace, harmony and coexistence  has return to the state and we intend to continue educating our fellow Christians to reciprocate same.

“We call you here not as guests, but as brothers and neighbours.

“We urge Muslims and Christians to reconcile and forgive one another before the re-emergence of the awaited saviours.

“If we don’t reconcile now, I live to see how we can be salvaged by Imam Mahdi and Jesus Christ,” he said.

The presence of Muslims in his Church on Christmas Day, he said, should not be out of place, explaining that it was to celebrate and anticipate the re-emergence of the awaited saviours both religions professed.

It was gathered that majority of the Muslim youths at the Church were members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Kaduna zone.

Responding on behalf of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Dr. Shu’aibu Musa extended a goodwill message from the Leader of the movement, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky to the Christian faithful at Christmas, and called for more collaboration to rid the society of religious extremism.

Both Muslims and Christians, he said, were equally oppressed and therefore had a common enemy. He called for closer ties to salvage the society.

One of the Muslims that participated in protecting the church on that day Allaramma Abdulrahman Abdullahi said this was just the beginning.


“We decided to protect them as they worship to show them love and respect because it  is what our religion Islam teaches us. We intend to continue if possible not only during festivities but even on Sunday’s” he said.

Though the Ayo Oritsejafor-led Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN leadership was unaware and had claimed this benevolent cooperation did not happen, NewsRescue has been able to confirm that it did happen and is the beginning of a new direction in the state used to frequent tensions. The reason for CAN’s denial is not fathomable however by now we are sure the national organization have verified this precedence and are happy to be a part of and promote such peaceful initiatives.

The National Coordinator of Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria,  MMWG, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, in a statement described the action by the Muslim youths as a “wonderful act of brotherhood that would go a long way to promote unity, understanding, tolerance and stability in the state.

“This act depicts the true teachings of Islam that believers should tolerate each other as we worship the same God in different ways.

“We call on true Muslims across the whole country to emulate Kaduna Muslim youths to bring back religious peace and harmony that has been threatened due to activities of some misguided elements among us,” he said.

its good.....

This is what makes me proud and hopeful for Nigeria.

Oritsejafor has made CAN a laughing stock

Imagine a religious head playing political mischief maker

His intolerance towards Muslims in Nigeria is clear wt this denial


Oritsejafor would prefer to see Muslims squaring up against Christians for political and monetary benefits.


may God have mercy on Oritsejafor's being cos using religion as a tool to breed hate is one of the greatest sins

frontpage pls

Very interesting..Could it be that none of the pastors in the north he asked could confirm that some Muslims actually protected Christians on Christmas day?

[size=13pt]In this particular picture I neither see Christians nor Muslims... just human beings![/size]

Lies

See lies.They came to visit him,CAN even confirmed that in their statements.BTW some peeps just had a snapshot with a pastor and that results to protecting the church? Where are the pictures or videos of them protecting the church as stated in the header of this thread?

Campaign of propaganda. These are the same people who will tell you GEJ started corruption and GEJ cannot secure the lives of people. Very lame post. Try to understand that the only people that believe this propaganda is APC fans

I once thought Gej was God sent in 2011 but am sure everybody know who our saviour is GMB can't wait till c may 29 when u will be taking over as our president

ONE LOVE

Ordinary fake pic, protecting church from their fellow muslims abi atheists. This pic doesn't prove that

she is an angel.

This post is deceiving.The muslim faithfuls went to celebrate christmas with the christains not protect neither to guard them.People in kaduna know that Sabo is 99.9% christain,the muslims that will enter there to start something are on their own apart from security men that are on duties every Sunday.Pls this is a cheap publicity stunt,i go wit CAN President on this for the first time. Let me see the oneness in this by them going to protect ECWA Church,Tudun Wada during Sunday Service or Shiloh Baptist church,Samaru Zaria.

Religion is and was never the problem of Nigeria.
It is politics politics politics.

Nigeria is a country full of good pple!

We are yearning for change for decades. That change will come... Ameen

Just an observation though, the picture uploaded above looks like some bunch of people taking pictures together...

And not some people protecting one another, i was expecting to see a picture indicating that and not people taking "selfies"

Poor journalism the picture doesn't show/prove a thing about some muslim youths protecting christians on christmas day...

With what did they protect the church ? No weapons and they intend to face the same sect our soldiers dread so much even with guns in their hand .OP tell us another thing

person wey dey protect dey get time to take pinshure

Muslims lie not because they are liars by nature but by choice. Systematic lying as a religious policy is deadly, and if our politicians do not understand this, thousands could die.
Muslims lie when it is in their interest to do so and “Allah” will not hold them accountable for lying when it is beneficial to the cause of Islam. They can lie without any guilt or fear of accountability or retribution. A lie in the defense of Islam is approved even applauded in their “holy” books.
Muslims are permitted to lie: (1) to save their lives, (2) to reconcile a husband and wife, (3) to persuade a woman into a bedroom and (4) to facilitate one on his journey. Muslims are even permitted to disavow Islam and Mohammed if it is not a genuine heart-felt rejection. Muslims will tell you that concealment of a truth is not an abandonment of that truth if it benefits Islam.
Mohammed gave permission for a follower to lie in order to kill a Jewish poet who had offended Mohammed. I could provide many examples of permissible lying from the Koran and Hadith and will do so when my critics accuse me of hatred and bigotry because of this column. My motives are not important but the truth is. However, many unprincipled people do not consider truth important. It is political correctness that sits on the throne to be worshiped.
Muslims may appear very sincere; in fact, they are sincere, when they lie for their own protection or in the cause of Islam. They have permission to lie. Yes, Christians have also lied but never are they given permission to lie. However, a Muslim has no guilt since the Koran and Hadith permit his deception.
Unlike Christians who are saved once for all by the grace of God through faith in Christ’s propitiatory death, no Muslim knows for sure if his works are good enough for Heaven. The only Muslim who knows for sure that his eternal destiny is secure and he will drop into a delightful garden filled with 72 virgins on soft green cushions is the one who dies while “taking out” unbelievers in Islam.
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Islam is Peace
Islam is PEACE
Muslims are not terrorist
Therefore, BOKO HARAM are not Muslim
One Nigeria

Op

Protection with bare hands.


What kind of protection is that

So snapping a picture with christians,is a prove that the muslim actual secured the christian premises,or existence of cordial relationship?

Op,this is cheap propaganda..try harder.

K

Wonder what Oritsejafor-led CAN will say after seeing this picture now. That guy brought nothing to CAN but separation.

Taqqiya

Becasue election is at hand abi? And they want us to vote Buhari? To hell with them!

For Gej to win. he has to use d divide and rule tactics. North must be against south and Christians against Muslims. So I'm not surprised CAN, which is a wing of PDP are against any form of unity between Nigerians but them don fail. Nigeria Sai Buhari

Whether muslims protected christians or christians protected muslims on Christmas day,my happiness is that no Church was bombed on that day.

Even some ppl here are not ready and happy to read news about the two religions uniting...
smh for CAN pressy and his likes on here..