porka:


It's not a safe practice though.

Not safe for the child, whether in the north or west.

ephemm:
if u don't understand someone's tradition/culture/belief, their actions may seem foolish in your eyes.

I had a discussion with an Indian colleague of mine and he criticised the way woman carry children in Africa, either in front (chest) or behind (back), his point is that, the way our women carry children limits the vision of the child, but that in India, their women carry their children strapped with wrapper by the side, such that the child can see what's happening in front or behind - that's his opinion.

the child in the picture above can breath very well...
you just won't understand

omowolewa:
May be its cold

porka:


The child is innocent.

You wouldn't even cover up a goat's face, would you?

It's about the child's health.

Do you know whether the person who post this is a Muslim?

Let's respect human being's life.

rebelXYZ:
don't mind them.. the problem that's happening around the world today is because we lack the ability to accept one another's beliefs, culture and way of life. I don't know why the op is shocked about this.

ephemm:
if u don't understand someone's tradition/culture/belief, their actions may seem foolish in your eyes.

I had a discussion with an Indian colleague of mine and he criticised the way woman carry children in Africa, either in front (chest) or behind (back), his point is that, the way our women carry children limits the vision of the child, but that in India, their women carry their children strapped with wrapper by the side, such that the child can see what's happening in front or behind - that's his opinion.

the child in the picture above can breath very well...
you just won't understand

tolustx:
Op. So because u wn enta FP for NL, u dey snap photo for banking hall? Try m next tym make dem cash u. Ur own go pass Nnamdi Kanu own. And since pple no sabi u like Kanu, dem go just forget u for prison.

Guy, no try am again o. It is considered as a method of security breach.

porka:


No tradition should be encouraged to endanger the life of a child.

This child could suffocate.

carinmom:
What is shocking about the way she carried her child Don't u know this is very normal among Muslims particularly in the north? If you don't know all these then i must say that Op is a local champion who is only familiar with his local environment.

carinmom:


Don't worry at all. You don't need to take Panadol for another's headache. This culture has been going on for ages and it is safe. Had it been it has any health implications, doctors would have advised women to stop. This is how the children are brought up, so no big deal.

irondome:


And the irony is ---" the mum herself didn't fully cover her own face and breathing nose in the name of culture & religion". Why subject a baby to such ordeal?

porka:


'Dr. Mrs' Carinmom, because infant mortality has been high 'for ages' does not mean they should remain high.

Infant mortality is a big deal.

aresa:




Has there been any public health outcry by any authority in Nigeria regarding what's in that picture or how many kids have died in the process? Do you have any credible and official stats indicating that this is in anyway is responsible for infant morality anywhere on the surface of the earth?

Let me answer the question for you. The answer in big CAPITAL NO.

Infant mortality is high based on many issues like lack of antenatal or pre natal care, after birth care like lack of vaccines, vitamin deficiency, waterborne and communicable disease, these are the issues we really should be talking about and never what's in that picture.

You are talking based on your own personal and made up judgement which is OK, but let it remain there and please do away with the compound statements that you can not back up with anything but your own personal judgement.

The OP is of course ignorant and grossly bigoted which is synonymous with his kind on NL so why help promote such ignorance and bigotry?

aresa:




Has there been any public health outcry by any authority in Nigeria regarding what's in that picture or how many kids have died in the process? Do you have any credible and official stats indicating that this is in anyway is responsible for infant morality anywhere on the surface of the earth?

Let me answer the question for you. The answer in big CAPITAL NO.

Infant mortality is high based on many issues like lack of antenatal or pre natal care, after birth care like lack of vaccines, vitamin deficiency, waterborne and communicable disease, these are the issues we really should be talking about and never what's in that picture.

You are talking based on your own personal and made up judgement which is OK, but let it remain there and please do away with the compound statements that you can not back up with anything but your own personal judgement.

The OP is of course ignorant and grossly bigoted which is synonymous with his kind on NL so why help promote such ignorance and bigotry?

Eugenedimgba:
This is nothing with regards to the hijab wearing Muslims.Here in kano,under the scorching sun,the poor child will scream and cry his eyes out due to the heat but the mum will be like "I don't want to offend Allah ".

Women with shawls and veils can breastfeed anywhere without calling attention to themselves, while baby is protected from dust and flies.



http://www.al-islam.org/hijab-muslim-womens-dress-islamic-or-cultural-sayyid-muhammad-rizvi/why-hijab

aresa:




Has there been any public health outcry by any authority in Nigeria regarding what's in that picture or how many kids have died in the process? Do you have any credible and official stats indicating that this is in anyway is responsible for infant morality anywhere on the surface of the earth?

Let me answer the question for you. The answer in big CAPITAL NO.

Infant mortality is high based on many issues like lack of antenatal or pre natal care, after birth care like lack of vaccines, vitamin deficiency, waterborne and communicable disease, these are the issues we really should be talking about and never what's in that picture.

You are talking based on your own personal and made up judgement which is OK, but let it remain there and please do away with the compound statements that you can not back up with anything but your own personal judgement.

The OP is of course ignorant and grossly bigoted which is synonymous with his kind on NL so why help promote such ignorance and bigotry?

funkyibodude:
Bigoted indeed! Did I insult any religion or tribe? I just saw something awkward and displeasing to the human eyes and voiced my concern about a poor child who was even crying when I saw him/ her, and all of a sudden it's bigotry? If that's the way you were brought up as a child then it's unfortunate, but try to understand this that there are such practices that is repulsive to the human eyes like this one I'm seeing

irondome:


Remove that blinding cloak of religion covering your face of reasoning. No human (that has reached a talking age) would be silent and happy with being a victim of this wicked practice. Even a full blown man like yourself would aggressively kick against having a hood over your head al-through the day. This is wicked and insensitive.

sarutobie:
has the public outcry and obvious security risk of women on hijabs strapping bombs on themselves stopped the use of hijabs? Stubborn backward ideologies. The Chadians stopped it,but trust their stubborn Nigerian counterparts.

aresa:



You read it somewhere where it was stated that such offends God or this is just your own bigoted formulation?

They protect their babies from dust and flies unlike the babies others leave exposed to the elements.

aresa:
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Your ignorant post is definitely one of the many odious posts in this unfortunate thread..

aresa:
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What's backward is you and your backward mentality...

irondome:


Simple question -- would you like to spend your whole day with a hood over face? If your answer NO, then, it is wicked and barbaric to subject a voiceless baby to such an unthinkable torture.

M4gunners:
Me myself i am looking at that pic in another perspective. That Child there might be a stolen child. No body is even thinking of that, instead we are talking of Cultures.

Oga abeg leave me this morning oooo.... which kind laugh I dey laugh so?

aresa:



You read it somewhere where it was stated that such offends God or this is just your own bigoted formulation?

They protect their babies from dust and flies unlike the babies others leave exposed to the elements.

irondome:


And what is cultural and religious about choking an innocent, voiceless baby? Like seriously!!! If the woman is bent on covering herself, of course, she can knock herself out and cover every inch of her body. I careless about that, but not the baby. The long term effect of inadequate flow of oxygen to the brain is damaging and irreversible. Why expose or subject a voiceless baby to such a damning condition for life in the name of illiteracy, disguised as religious or cultural practices.

Exmay:
This leads to nothing but Vitamin D deficiency...

Eugenedimgba:
and elements like fresh air and ventilation.

irondome:


Dust and flies indeed!!! what a reasonable alibi!!! Breast feeding, the best of the alibi!!!! What happens to using the veil when you actually need to breast feed. That way, the precious breast of the mother would be shielded from the prying eyes of the world while the mother feeds her baby; and the baby would not be subjected to a life in a perpetual ovum.