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Baning Of Hijab Is Not The Solution :muslim Right Concern (muric) by Cyojunior(m): 7:05pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
30th December 2015,
PRESS RELEASE:
REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA CHAT:
BANNING HIJAB IS ESCAPIST, SCAPEGOATISM
President Muhammadu Buhari this evening hosted media
executives to a presidential media chat. The president
hinted on the possibility of imposing a ban on hijab in the
near future if the bombings continue.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) rejects any idea of
imposing a ban on hijab. It is escapist. It is scapegoatism. It
will open the floodgates of anarchy. Instead of solving
Nigeria’s security problems, it is most likely to compound it.
If army and police uniforms are not banned although they
are often used by bandits, why should we ban hijab?
Security agents know how they often fish out hoodlums
who use police and soldiers’ uniforms to commit atrocities.
The same method should be used to prevent the use of
hijab for bombing.
What crime have Nigerian Muslim women committed that
they should be derobed in public? Without their hijab,
Muslim women feel as if they are naked. Users of hijab are
in all walks of life. They are civil servants, business women,
teachers, etc. Most importantly, they are tax payers and
voters. They voted Buhari into power. Is Buhari’s
government warming up to encroach on Allah-given
fundamental rights of Muslim women? Is this an
appropriate pay-back?
Another dimension in the idea of banning hijab is the
geographical area likely to be involved in the ban? Will it be
limited to the three troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe? Will it extend to the whole North East or will the ban
cover the whole of Nigeria?
The question also arises, Mr. President, if you ban hijab,
what is the time frame? When will you deban it? Are we not
likely to experience more religious upheavals after the ban
as some religious zealots will want to capitalize on the ban
by maltreating Muslim women? Will these religious fanatics
who use the period of the ban to oppress Muslim women
stop their repression even after hijab has been de-
proscribed?
Has President Buhari pondered over the impact of the
imposition of a state of emergency on those three states by
the past administration? Did it stop insurgency? We posit
that Boko Haram handlers will simply shift to other
methods to conduct their nefarious activities. Already they
have introduced suicide bombing by children. Is Buhari
going to ban children from going out to the streets?
MURIC appreciates Mr. President’s dilemma. We
understand that Boko Haram must be defeated. But
Muslim women must not be the scape goats. Nigerian
Muslims will not succumb to a policy that dehumanizes
their mothers, wives, daughters and sisters. Banning hijab
tantamounts to institutionalizing the stereotyping of
Muslim women. This is unacceptable.
Hijab is more than a covering for female Muslims. It is a
unique identity for Muslim women. It is a mark of dignity
and a symbol of piety. Hijab is an integral part of Islam, a
microcosm in a macro. Whoever bans hijab has fired a shot
at the religion of Islam. We therefore advise Mr. President
to tread softly.
Hijab also represents chastity and innocence. By banning
hijab, Nigeria will be pronouncing its hypocrisy to the
international community as a country which claims to be
fighting HIV and AIDS yet it has failed to protect chastity
and innocence. Whoever bans hijab has given unbridled
licence to indecent dressing among women, its attendant
sexual licenciousness and the exposure of society to its
aftereffects.
Buhari and his security chiefs must therefore find other
means of stopping the bombings. They should leave Muslim
women alone. Nigeria’s security agencies must sit up and
device other means. There must be new initiatives and
fresh ideas. Armchair crime-fighting is an anachronism.
They must not use Muslim women as scapegoats. They
must step up their intelligence gathering gimmicks.
On a final note, we opine that banning hijab will be a mark
of victory for Boko Haram. The insurgents will celebrate
their success in causing so much confusion and such wide
division between the government and its Muslim citizenry.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) |
Re: Baning Of Hijab Is Not The Solution :muslim Right Concern (muric) by Cyojunior(m): 7:06pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
I always imagine where on earth would a human feel to intimidate a muslim sister |
Re: Baning Of Hijab Is Not The Solution :muslim Right Concern (muric) by Redoil: 7:31pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
Cyojunior:i hope this will not lead to violent killing and decapitating of innocent people |
Re: Baning Of Hijab Is Not The Solution :muslim Right Concern (muric) by TI1919(m): 7:34pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
Repent and accept Christ for your salvation |
Re: Baning Of Hijab Is Not The Solution :muslim Right Concern (muric) by Cyojunior(m): 8:33pm On Dec 31, 2015 |
Redoil: Having d same thought of senses |
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