KANO, Nigeria— In a room next to the open-air student mosque at Bayero University, Abubakar Imam Ali-Agan nudged his red felt cap up off his forehead. A Koran, the edges of its pages blackened from use, lay on the table before him. ''We ought to be a Moslem state,'' he declared. ''Inshallah,'' murmured the two dozen students crowding around Mr. Ali-Agan. ''God willing.'' Here in the northern heartland of Nigeria, agitated demands for the gradual Islamization of the country are impassioned and growing louder. Calls to impose Islamic sharia courts in the largely Christian and animist south have been increasing.
And the same voices are urging the Government to accept membership in the Islamic Conference
Organization, a 45-member group of
predominantly Islamic countries. Islam binds this section of the country together,
crossing ethnic and linguistic boundaries, defining
the soul of the north. But across the south, from the
eastern Ibo to the preserve of the Yorubas around
Lagos, Islam is seen as a shadow spilling across
Nigeria's shaky secularism. 'Potential to Destabilize' ''This really does have the potential to destabilize
the country,'' said a banker here who is to move to
Lagos soon. ''I think it is fair to say there is tension.
It has always been there, but it's been on a more
subdued level. It's always been there, but it's never
been the real issue it is now in Nigeria.'' Most experts on Nigeria agree that Moslems
constitute close to half of the total population of
more than 80 million and that Christians make up
roughly one third. Most of the rest are animists. The
experts acknowledge that census information is
not reliable and is out of date. In Lagos, anxiety over the burst of Islamic fervor is
acute. ''It's a dangerous, explosive trend,'' said Dele
Giwa, editor of the influential weekly magazine
News Watch. ''In the worst case, I see a situation
where die-hard Christians and die-hard Moslems
are fighting in the streets.'' For more than a month, northern religious leaders
and traditional rulers, editorial writers and students
have been campaigning for the establishment of
sharia courts - religious courts for settling disputes
between Moslems according to the dictates of the
Koran - in the country's south. Already, sharia courts in the north hear some civil
and domestic matters. Criminal cases remain the
province of government courts. 'Part and Parcel of
Our Life' ''Sharia is part and parcel of our life,'' said Mr. Ali-
Agan, who is the secretary of the Moslem Students
of Nigeria at Bayero University. ''If you tell me there
is no sharia, then I have no right to live here. If you
are telling me sharia has no right to come to
Nigeria, I cannot live in Nigeria as a Moslem.'' When Arab traders first started journeying by camel
across the Sahara, one of the desert's tracks ended
in what is now Kano. With them, the traders
brought architectural styles and a flare for
commerce. They also brought Islam. Today the small modern portion of the city is
jigsawed by sweeping boulevards intersecting in
huge ''roundabouts'' echoing British colonial road
design. Vespa drivers, the sleeves of their white
robes billowing in the wind, dart between battered
taxicabs. City workers in long pink cotton shirts sweep the gutters. But it is behind 10-foot-high ocher-colored mud
walls that the old city lies, the center of Kano life.
Inside the old city, the ancient Kano market is still
the scene of trading, a place where craftsmen
embroider the multicolored pillbox hats, or fula,
typical of this area, where money-changers squatting on mats will accept Swiss francs,
Japanese yen or Canadian dollars, where metal
workers under low mud arcades hammer silver
stirrups and bridles. The Call to Prayer Every day at 1 P.M., the call of the muezzin
summoning Moslems to prayer strains faintly from
the mosques scattered about. Trading slows.
Women with jugs of water balanced on their heads
trundle through the alleys that channel among the
shops. Plastic prayer mats, made at a factory in town
owned by an Indian, are rolled out in darkened
shops, next to piles of vegetables. In narrow side
streets, thousands of faithful turn eastward and
touch their foreheads to the ground. ''If you are looking for a perfect typical Hausa city, a
Moslem city, it's Kano,'' said Abba Dabo, the
managing director of The Triumph, the only daily
newspaper published here. ''Here is a more
traditional town, an older town.'' There is a widespread feeling here that the south
has somehow sprinted ahead of the north in
education, business and industry, that the south has made greater strides in escaping the restraints of tradition and that it is, as a consequence, unfairly prospering. ''Historically, the Hausa have not embraced Western education,'' Mr. Dabo said, referring to the ethnic group that dominates the north. ''Even here, so many people have come from villages to urban areas. They see that the reality is you have to speak English to get decent work. You have to have your education to get a job. They come from their
villages and hate it. There was a tendency not to
follow the rest of the country.'' Leaders Are From
the North
Despite this, nearly all of Nigeria's leaders have
come from the north, and nearly all have been
Moslems. Under the Government of the previous President, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari, many Christian schools were taken over by the state, and permits to build churches were held up while the construction of mosques was stepped up.
Nonetheless, Mr. Dabo said, there is still a sense of insecurity and inadequacy here.
www.nytimes.com/1986/02/21/world/a-burst-of-moslem-fervor-in-nigeria-the-north-stirs-and-the-south-frets.html

Islamization of Naija keee? I go com dey use turban?

Buhari is a religious fanatic:

https://www.nairaland.com/2109252/general-buhari-calls-total-sharia

https://www.nairaland.com/2109211/buhari-voted-niger-republic-over

https://www.nairaland.com/2095243/stop-killing-boko-haram-members

PDP please give us the locations of the 250 Almajiri schools you claiming GEJ built, they all went mute. Awon opuro oshi."

PDP lie effortlessly

We already know buhari has a hidden agenda.

Aderupoko2:
PDP lie effortlessly

That is a 1986 article by an American paper.
PDP wasn't in existence then.

Aderupoko2:
PDP lie effortlessly

This means PDP have mastered time travel as they were able to go back to 1986 and get the New York Times to write an article that doesn't paint Buhari in a positive light.

Na wash wash, Nigerians should open their eyes and vote wise rather than voting for a clueless propagandist administration. PDP should focus more on issue based campaign rather than propaganda!!

Liars! GEJout 2015.

Sai Buhari

what a waste

To be frank with you, I couldn't see, in that whole article, where it was said that Buhari was master-minding Islamization of Nigeria.

So I wonder why this thread has a misleading title.

nobilis:
To be frank with you, I couldn't see, in that whole article, where it was said that Buhari was master-minding Islamization of Nigeria.

So I wonder why this thread has a misleading title.

You didn't see the part in bold too?

sCun:

You didn't see the part in bold too?

That Christian schools were taken over by the government; permits to build churches were held up while there was zealous building of mosques??

Does that equate to Islamization of Nigeria?
Is that definition of Islamization?

Na wa oo.

nobilis:


That Christian schools were taken over by the government; permits to build churches were held up while there was zealous building of mosques??

Does that equate to Islamization of Nigeria?
Is that definition of Islamization?

Na wa oo.

If that is not Islamization, what is?
You think it is by coming to flog you to convert to Islam?
You are so dull.
It is a gradual and tactical process.
How do I begin to explain the significance of slowing down the growth of churches and speeding up the proliferation of mosques to you?

Under the Government of the previous President, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari, many Christian schools were taken over by the state, and permits to build churches were held up while the construction of mosques was stepped up.


Need anyone say more?

Those shouting Sai have never gone through their history books.

You said that this man is clueless, weak, confused, corrupt, religious bigot, etc.Ok, I agree with you, let’s see how he got to this level of character.

These are part of projects started and completed by President Goodluck.

1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States.

2. 27 Special girls school.

3. 12 New Federal Universities.

4. 34 new NCE awarding institutions.

5. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and development.

6. 10 Million increase in Basic education enrollment (UBEC)

7. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math and English.

8. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed.

9. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate studies home and abroad.

10. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated.

11. Doubled increase on Education allocation.

12. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship award and were asked to apply to study in any of the top 25 universities in the world approved for the
scheme for their Phd.

LIST OF GEJ Universities:

1] Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. - North Central.

2] Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. - North Central.

3] Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State. - North East.

4] Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. - North East.

5] Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. - North West.

6] Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State. - North West.

7] Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. - South South.

8] Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State. - South East.

9] Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State. - South West.

Roads:
The following roads are either reconstructed of nearing completion:

1. Apapa - Oshodi Expressway

2. Benin-Ore-Sgaga mu Highway

3.Enugu-Port harcourt Dual carriage way

The following roads are undergoing dualisation:

1. Kano - Maiduguri Road

2. Abuja-Abaji-Lok oja Road

3. Oweto Bridge across River Benue

The Following Roads are fully done:

1. Onitsha-Owerri Road

2. Vom-Manchok Road

3. Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu Gateway) which Gov Obi did and got federal refund

The following roads are under construction or reconstruction:

1. Onitsha - Enugu Road

2. Lokoja - Benin Road

3. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

4. Mokwa-Bida Road

5. Akure-Ilesha Road

6. East-West Road

7. Sokoto-Tambuwal -Jega Road

8. Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road

9. Ogoja - Ikom Road

10. Vandekiya-Obudu Road

Bridge
The following bridge was concessioned to Juluis Berger and early works have commenced: Second Niger Bridge

Aviation:
1. National Aviation Master plan and Road map was developed and is being implemented

2. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age navigational aids and Instruments Landing Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar Coverage (TRACON)

3. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports are being remodelled and renovated.

4. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's food baskets designed to transport perishables.

5. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.

6. Certification - US Category 1 Certification attained.

Industries:
1. Under GEJ, Nigeria has two automobile industries manufacturing vehicles, Innoson in Nnewi and Nissan in Lagos.

2. Nigeria exports cement

Housing:
1. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable 200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at affordable interest rate.

2. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in six geographical zones.

Sports:

1. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)

2. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)

3. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No medal since 2000)

Rail Transport:
Over 15 years, Rail transport has been deserted, it took GEJ less than 2 years to put it back on track and commissioned.

6 New Air-condition Trains in Lagos.

The following root came alive.

1. Lagos-Kano Rail

2. Kano-Maiduguri, under construction

3. Lagos-Portharcourt

Under construction:

1. Kaduna-Abuja

2. Abuja axis

Power:

Privatised PHCN and Power Generating Plants undergoing constructions in different states.

Economy:
Nigeria became biggest economy in African overtaken South Africa. Sentiment Apart and don't be bias, Which past Nigeria President/Head of state has recorded these in 3 years.

2. POLITICS:
a)He promised Nigerians credible election where the peoples votes will count. He demonstrated this in Edo, Anambara, Ekiti and Osun states, where international and local observers gave him pass mark. 
b) He made sure that PDP’s candidate for various position emerged through party primaries, which was why Fayose and Omisore made it in Ekiti and Osun respectively despite the fact that pundits think otherwise.
3. Finally those criticizing and discrediting Jonathan, are mostly born out of jealousy and outright mischief, because what they could not achieve or do not have the opportunity to try, he has done with relative ease.

4. OBJ it was alleged went on his knees begging Atiku to allow him second term, and failed woefully in an attempt to try a third term from the back yard.

5. IBB made two attempts to come back the second time but failed,

6. El-Rufai, after all the noise and bragadosio, ended up as one of the contestant at for Kano Governorship.

7. Governor Kwankwanso’s name has suddenly disappeared from APC Presidential candidates hopeful.

8. Rotimi Amaechi is gradually becoming history.

9. Ribadu repented and was forgiven, now is just one of PDP new comers.

9.Atiku is not finding it funny after he ported to APC,

10. Buhari is having a sleepless night because forces in the APC have adjudged him not marketable.

11. Rochas Okoracha does not know if he is still in APC, because his name is not on the list to be considered.

12. Lamido endorsed Jonathan from the comfort of his house.

13. PDP Governors endorsed Jonathan without a single request.

14. PDP BOT unanimously endorsed Jonathan.

15. PDP’s Central working Committee endorsed Jonathan.

16. Endorsement in view: Northern Elders forum, Ohaneze ndi Igbo, Afenifere, Yoruba Elders council. In short MOSSAB, OPC, AYC. NANS, NUPENG, CAN, MUSLIM COUNCIL OF NIGERIA, ETC.

This clueless and weak man, achieved all this without violence, abeg, if you can’t beat Oga Jona a bloody civilian that beat retired Generals, better stop and ask yourself what is wrong with you. See you in FEBRUARY 14 to crown him the king of Nigeria Politics.
GEJ till 2019

sCun:

If that is not Islamization, what is?
You think it is by coming to flog you to convert to Islam?
You are so dull.
It is a gradual and tactical process.
How do I begin to explain the significance of slowing down the growth of churches and speeding up the proliferation of mosques to you?

I am so dull.
I agree.

nellyjohn:
You said that this man is clueless, weak, confused, corrupt, religious bigot, etc.Ok, I agree with you, let’s see how he got to this level of character.

These are part of projects started and completed by President Goodluck.

1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States.

2. 27 Special girls school.

3. 12 New Federal Universities.

4. 34 new NCE awarding institutions.

5. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and development.

6. 10 Million increase in Basic education enrollment (UBEC)

7. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math and English.

8. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed.

9. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate studies home and abroad.

10. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated.

11. Doubled increase on Education allocation.

12. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship award and were asked to apply to study in any of the top 25 universities in the world approved for the
scheme for their Phd.

LIST OF GEJ Universities:

1] Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. - North Central.

2] Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. - North Central.

3] Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State. - North East.

4] Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. - North East.

5] Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. - North West.

6] Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State. - North West.

7] Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. - South South.

8] Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State. - South East.

9] Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State. - South West.

Roads:
The following roads are either reconstructed of nearing completion:

1. Apapa - Oshodi Expressway

2. Benin-Ore-Sgaga mu Highway

3.Enugu-Port harcourt Dual carriage way

The following roads are undergoing dualisation:

1. Kano - Maiduguri Road

2. Abuja-Abaji-Lok oja Road

3. Oweto Bridge across River Benue

The Following Roads are fully done:

1. Onitsha-Owerri Road

2. Vom-Manchok Road

3. Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu Gateway) which Gov Obi did and got federal refund

The following roads are under construction or reconstruction:

1. Onitsha - Enugu Road

2. Lokoja - Benin Road

3. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

4. Mokwa-Bida Road

5. Akure-Ilesha Road

6. East-West Road

7. Sokoto-Tambuwal -Jega Road

8. Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road

9. Ogoja - Ikom Road

10. Vandekiya-Obudu Road

Bridge
The following bridge was concessioned to Juluis Berger and early works have commenced: Second Niger Bridge

Aviation:
1. National Aviation Master plan and Road map was developed and is being implemented

2. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age navigational aids and Instruments Landing Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar Coverage (TRACON)

3. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports are being remodelled and renovated.

4. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's food baskets designed to transport perishables.

5. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.

6. Certification - US Category 1 Certification attained.

Industries:
1. Under GEJ, Nigeria has two automobile industries manufacturing vehicles, Innoson in Nnewi and Nissan in Lagos.

2. Nigeria exports cement

Housing:
1. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable 200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at affordable interest rate.

2. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in six geographical zones.

Sports:

1. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)

2. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)

3. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No medal since 2000)

Rail Transport:
Over 15 years, Rail transport has been deserted, it took GEJ less than 2 years to put it back on track and commissioned.

6 New Air-condition Trains in Lagos.

The following root came alive.

1. Lagos-Kano Rail

2. Kano-Maiduguri, under construction

3. Lagos-Portharcourt

Under construction:

1. Kaduna-Abuja

2. Abuja axis

Power:

Privatised PHCN and Power Generating Plants undergoing constructions in different states.

Economy:
Nigeria became biggest economy in African overtaken South Africa. Sentiment Apart and don't be bias, Which past Nigeria President/Head of state has recorded these in 3 years.

2. POLITICS:
a)He promised Nigerians credible election where the peoples votes will count. He demonstrated this in Edo, Anambara, Ekiti and Osun states, where international and local observers gave him pass mark. 
b) He made sure that PDP’s candidate for various position emerged through party primaries, which was why Fayose and Omisore made it in Ekiti and Osun respectively despite the fact that pundits think otherwise.
3. Finally those criticizing and discrediting Jonathan, are mostly born out of jealousy and outright mischief, because what they could not achieve or do not have the opportunity to try, he has done with relative ease.

4. OBJ it was alleged went on his knees begging Atiku to allow him second term, and failed woefully in an attempt to try a third term from the back yard.

5. IBB made two attempts to come back the second time but failed,

6. El-Rufai, after all the noise and bragadosio, ended up as one of the contestant at for Kano Governorship.

7. Governor Kwankwanso’s name has suddenly disappeared from APC Presidential candidates hopeful.

8. Rotimi Amaechi is gradually becoming history.

9. Ribadu repented and was forgiven, now is just one of PDP new comers.

9.Atiku is not finding it funny after he ported to APC,

10. Buhari is having a sleepless night because forces in the APC have adjudged him not marketable.

11. Rochas Okoracha does not know if he is still in APC, because his name is not on the list to be considered.

12. Lamido endorsed Jonathan from the comfort of his house.

13. PDP Governors endorsed Jonathan without a single request.

14. PDP BOT unanimously endorsed Jonathan.

15. PDP’s Central working Committee endorsed Jonathan.

16. Endorsement in view: Northern Elders forum, Ohaneze ndi Igbo, Afenifere, Yoruba Elders council. In short MOSSAB, OPC, AYC. NANS, NUPENG, CAN, MUSLIM COUNCIL OF NIGERIA, ETC.

This clueless and weak man, achieved all this without violence, abeg, if you can’t beat Oga Jona a bloody civilian that beat retired Generals, better stop and ask yourself what is wrong with you. See you in FEBRUARY 14 to crown him the king of Nigeria Politics.
GEJ till 2019

You just wasted the whole space wey I for booked down with your nonsense post...

Feb 1: B
Feb 2: U
Feb 3: H
Feb 4: A
Feb 5: R
Feb 6: I
Feb 7: O
Feb 8: S
Feb 9: I
Feb 10: N
Feb 11: B
Feb 12: A
Feb 13: J
Feb 14: O

I bet this thread will make FP. but the one on how he defeated matstine sect is lying hidden
https://www.nairaland.com/2109811/buhari-defeated-maitatsine-islamic-sect

Ali Agan never tried to support imposition of Sharia on christians