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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Nobody: 12:07am On Oct 27, 2020
TooMuchStuff:

Southerners are very rational and educated with open mind to assimilate. Northern Muslims are hypocrites and illiterate who exit essentially to dominate others without any case.
#EndSARS protest have proven ur rational and literacy!
Knowledge isn't just on paper but also in attitude that's why after graduation they always tell us we're given certificate based in character and learning and character comes first before learning!

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 12:25am On Oct 27, 2020
Coronabirus:
And why should one idiot come and imposed English language on us too?
Northerners were using Arabic letters (Ajami) to write centuries before Lord Lugard come and give us nonsense colonial language. Which kind of hypocritical secular state do u mean? We accepted everything from u and abandon ours for peace sake now u're telling us secular state, they gave u religion in English and make our country English speaking and u think we're dumb to ignore it?
Most Muslim Northerners can read Arabic!
There are about 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria excluding arabic. The nothern Nigeria is a hausa,fulani and kanuri speaking people. Arab was introduce into the north through the religion jihad of utman danfodio. Now tell me the state presently in Nigeria where arabic is their native and indegenous language. dont be blinded by religion celebrate your cultural heritage

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Ibrahimmrfish(m): 12:41am On Oct 27, 2020
Balismatic:
You can also find the arabic writings on our currency too. A certain lawyer once drag the federal government to court about this matter. Nigeria is a secular state, this is a subtle promotion of islam. Again Arabic is not a spoken language in any trybe of Nigeria
Actually we have Arab speaking Nigerians in Borno.

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 12:44am On Oct 27, 2020
Ibrahimmrfish:
Actually we have Arab speaking Nigerians in Borno.
Good to know. But as at today, arabic is not any of NIGERIA native language
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by tartar9(m): 12:55am On Oct 27, 2020
TooMuchStuff:

U again...! Every demographic data...bla bla bla !
Is demographic data same as religious dichotomy data?
SS 99% Christians
SE 100% Christians
SW 70% Christians
NC 70% Christians
NW 30% Christians
NE 42% Christians

So have you added this "demographic data" too?

Muslims are loud and violent minority who uses any political advantage to advance the course of strictly Muslim domination like Buhari is doing now. While any Christians in power always play fairness and justice to all.
Christians are silent Majority. Take note
Na dem....the ipob bureau of statistics.
"Is demographic data same as religious dichotomy data? " -do you have a clue of what nonsense you're typing grin grin grin
Let the Muslim population be 90% or 50% or 10%,I don't care. I'm merely presenting you the facts. You either face reality or keep deceiving yourself.
Anyone can type figures too...I dare you to present any single reputable source of your data.
I'm waiting sad
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by tartar9(m): 1:07am On Oct 27, 2020
Balismatic:

There are about 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria excluding arabic. The nothern Nigeria is a hausa,fulani and kanuri speaking people. Arab was introduce into the north through the religion jihad of utman danfodio. Now tell me the state presently in Nigeria where arabic is their native and indegenous language. dont be blinded by religion celebrate your cultural heritage
Ajami script and Islam have been there centuries before Uthman Dan fodio or before the imposition of your British colonial language and is part and parcel of their culture.

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by waldigit: 1:28am On Oct 27, 2020
Coronabirus:

Yoruba speakers converted in significant numbers to both Islam and Christianity during the twentieth century. The 1952 census in the area of the present-day states of Ekiti, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo indicated a slightly largerMuslim (43.3 percent) than Christian (38 percent)population.
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article/115/460/541/2195271&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj21eD4rdPsAhVN_aQKHfYDCFkQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw1mHmwktdqKOQOxX-TTFf_v
All these are just speculations. The people in government circle know that why they are scared to allow personal Identity System work. Until NIGERIA is restructure d the northerners in power will not let this country has empirical data because of political gains. Hence there is no figure that is credible from Nigeria sources. This is why international community rely on projection of 1953 census, which is at its best not empirical. But one fact remains Islam mostly spread in Nigeria by natural means while Christianity spreads by both natural and convertion means. This is why the north has opposed to crusade of world renowned evangelists.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by limeta(f): 3:27am On Oct 27, 2020
Taqiyya go full this thread
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by MICHEALADEX(m): 4:07am On Oct 27, 2020
But you also have English letters which stands for the british letters.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Yankee101: 4:08am On Oct 27, 2020
Cos naija as it is set up right now na scam
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Nobody: 8:16am On Oct 27, 2020
waldigit:

All these are just speculations. The people in government circle know that why they are scared to allow personal Identity System work. Until NIGERIA is restructure d the northerners in power will not let this country has empirical data because of political gains. Hence there is no figure that is credible from Nigeria sources. This is why international community rely on projection of 1953 census, which is at its best not empirical. But one fact remains Islam mostly spread in Nigeria by natural means while Christianity spreads by both natural and convertion means. This is why the north has opposed to crusade of world renowned evangelists.
Hmmm...the only thing u know is cooking unfounded allegations. I don't know why religious believers always believe the word of their leaders without any effort of verification. Try to rescue urself from mental slavery and know more.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Nobody: 8:18am On Oct 27, 2020
Balismatic:

There are about 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria excluding arabic. The nothern Nigeria is a hausa,fulani and kanuri speaking people. Arab was introduce into the north through the religion jihad of utman danfodio. Now tell me the state presently in Nigeria where arabic is their native and indegenous language. dont be blinded by religion celebrate your cultural heritage
Why you people are very ignorant about history? 500years before Usman Danfodio was born there was Islam in Nigeria. I didn't say North was using Arabic, North was using Arabic letters to communicate in their native languages. Can u tell me which state uses English as their native language?

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by waldigit: 8:24am On Oct 27, 2020
Coronabirus:
Hmmm...the only thing u know is cooking unfounded allegations. I don't know why religious believers always believe the word of their leaders without any effort of verification. Try to rescue urself from mental slavery and know more.
Why not put forward contrary verifiable position, so that we can discuss it. Truths hurts indeed.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by TooMuchStuff: 8:49am On Oct 27, 2020
tartar9:

Na dem....the ipob bureau of statistics.
"Is demographic data same as religious dichotomy data? " -do you have a clue of what nonsense you're typing grin grin grin
Let the Muslim population be 90% or 50% or 10%,I don't care. I'm merely presenting you the facts. You either face reality or keep deceiving yourself.
Anyone can type figures too...I dare you to present any single reputable source of your data.
I'm waiting sad
This is how a minority screams when told some hard to accept truth. Las Las you go dey alright
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by stonemasonn: 8:52am On Oct 27, 2020
HRHQueenPhil:
Nigeria recognises arabic and french as an acceptable foreign language so leave it be
99.9% of the population don't even know what is written there, so what's the use.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Cyberterror: 8:58am On Oct 27, 2020
If you don't like the Arabic on our naira notes, abeg stop collecting the money. One idiot will just open a mumu thread to showcase his idiocy.

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Morenikeji070: 9:09am On Oct 27, 2020
Stupid analysis who told u sw is 70 percent Christian ode like you... sw has no christain or muslim state we are freedom people.. Muslim, christain, traditionalist period
leksite120:
Aren't u ashamed of what u posted as statistic over there, it's obvious you're bias, very obvious.
SW 70%christian, I laff. Muslims are even slightly more than Christians in SW or equal. And look at ur NC, you're just disgracing yourself, aw can NC be 70% Christians where Kwara , kogi and abuja dey.

look at ur SS again, 99%, u mean freaking 99%? abeg delete am.

And look at how u exposed yourself, NW is 30% Christian and SS is 99%, lol.. if SS is 99%, then NW is also 99%.

Also how can u say NE is 42% Christian, haba.

You said Muslims are just politically violence and loud, so Oyo that's a Muslim major has a Christian Governor, should that be so if we should go by ur analysis, Look at Ogun too.

And u said Christians lead with justice and fairness, my friend , go back and sleep, so Orji Uzor Kalu, Ikpeazu, Jonathan, Obasanjo, are all Muslims abi.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Morenikeji070: 9:10am On Oct 27, 2020
Stupid analysis who told u sw is 70 percent Christian ode like you... sw has no christain or muslim state we are freedom people.. Muslim, christain, traditionalist period
TooMuchStuff:

U again...! Every demographic data...bla bla bla !
Is demographic data same as religious dichotomy data?
SS 99% Christians
SE 100% Christians
SW 70% Christians
NC 70% Christians
NW 30% Christians
NE 42% Christians

So have you added this "demographic data" too?

Muslims are loud and violent minority who uses any political advantage to advance the course of strictly Muslim domination like Buhari is doing now. While any Christians in power always play fairness and justice to all.
Christians are silent Majority. Take note
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by leksite120(m): 10:04am On Oct 27, 2020
Morenikeji070:
Stupid analysis who told u sw is 70 percent Christian ode like you... sw has no christain or muslim state we are freedom people.. Muslim, christain, traditionalist period
I don't need to talk to u since u lack courtesy, Or do u wanto talk to Ode?
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by leksite120(m): 10:10am On Oct 27, 2020
waldigit:

All these are just speculations. The people in government circle know that why they are scared to allow personal Identity System work. Until NIGERIA is restructure d the northerners in power will not let this country has empirical data because of political gains. Hence there is no figure that is credible from Nigeria sources. This is why international community rely on projection of 1953 census, which is at its best not empirical. But one fact remains Islam mostly spread in Nigeria by natural means while Christianity spreads by both natural and convertion means. This is why the north has opposed to crusade of world renowned evangelists.
There's no credible figure from cos of northerners are in Nigeria abi, but ur own figure which is an assumption is more credible, be deceiving ursef
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 11:01am On Oct 27, 2020
MICHEALADEX:
But you also have English letters which stands for the british letters.
No sir, ENGLISH LANGUAGE is not the language of christians. It should eigther be greek,aramic or latin. Colonialism brought ENGLISH LANGUAGE to Nigeria.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by FriendNG: 11:10am On Oct 27, 2020
Balismatic:

No sir, ENGLISH LANGUAGE is not the language of christians. It should eigther be greek,aramic or latin. Colonialism brought ENGLISH LANGUAGE to Nigeria.

Likewise arab traders taught Hausas arabic alphabet and how to write Hausa using it, a thousand years before colonialism.

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Morenikeji070: 11:24am On Oct 27, 2020
Abeg fuckoff we yoruba ain't have time for religion bullshits
leksite120:
I don't need to talk to u since u lack courtesy, Or do u wanto talk to Ode?
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 11:44am On Oct 27, 2020
Coronabirus:
Why you people are very ignorant about history? 500years before Usman Danfodio was born there was Islam in Nigeria. I didn't say North was using Arabic, North was using Arabic letters to communicate in their native languages. Can u tell me which state uses English as their native language?
Going by your submission, if the north were using ARABIC letters in their native language, that means we ought to have ARABIC speaking native and indegins of the northern Nigeria such as igbo,yoruba and hausa. Now, why is HAUSA language wildly spoken in the north instead of ARABIC?. i tell you sir, English is not the religious languge of christians. We speak English by colonialism. Greek,latin and Aramic are original languages of the christian, by translation we speak curtesy of colonialism. That means, we worship God in our native languages. The Bible is translated to all native languages in the world. Now Arabic is imposed on islamic religion.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 11:54am On Oct 27, 2020
FriendNG:


Likewise arab traders taught Hausas arabic alphabet and how to write Hausa using it, a thousand years before colonialism.
Good one, ENGLISH and ARAB are borrowed languages. it is not a credit to christianity that we speak English in Nigeria but by colonialism and not by religious line
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 12:02pm On Oct 27, 2020
HRHQueenPhil:
because 51 percent of Nigerians are Muslim and their language is arabic.
Arabic is not the native language of the Nigerian muslims. they recite arabic in worship only. do they speak arabic in their homes and communities?
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by NaijirianKing: 12:12pm On Oct 27, 2020
Interesting.

Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by mollymotion(m): 12:14pm On Oct 27, 2020
Positivepoint:


Let correct u ignorance

NE adamawa 60% muslims 40% christians
Taraba christians 55% muslims 45%
Gombe Muslims 90% christians 10%
Bauchi 95% muslims 5% christians.
BORNO 90% muslims 10% christians


Nw kano 100% muslims
Katsina 100% muslims
Jigawa 100%muslims
Sokoto 100% muslims
Kebbi 90% muslims 10% christians
Zamfara 100% muslims
Kaduna 70% muslims 30% christians


Nc
Niger 80% muslims 20% christians
Kogi 70% muslims 30% christians
Benue 80% christians 20% muslims
Nasarawa 60% muslims 40% christians
Plateau 75% christians 25% muslims
Kwarai 90% muslims 10% christians

South west
Lagos 60% muslims 40% christians
Oyo 80% muslims 20% christians
Ekiti 70% christians 30% muslims
Ondo 65% christians 35% muslims
Osun 65% muslims 35% christians
Ogun 60% muslims 40% christians

Only 3 states in the north have slightly majority christians

If Christians in Adamawa are more than Christians in Taraba then your Data is seriously wrong Even Gombe 90% Muslims Haba nah wait have u been to Gombe? U mean Tangale’s mostly Christians are not up to 10% aside waja and other manority tribes.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by FriendNG: 12:16pm On Oct 27, 2020
Balismatic:

Arabic is not the native language of the Nigerian muslims. they recite arabic in worship only. do they speak arabic in their homes and communities?

But they originally write Hausa using Arabic alphabet (Ajami). Even when the colonialist came the Hausa can read and write Hausa using Arabic alphabets.
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Jackmj(m): 12:37pm On Oct 27, 2020
[quote author=mollymotion post=95391389][/quote]
Muslims in benue are not up to 3%
Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Nobody: 2:00pm On Oct 27, 2020
Balismatic:

Going by your submission, if the north were using ARABIC letters in their native language, that means we ought to have ARABIC speaking native and indegins of the northern Nigeria such as igbo,yoruba and hausa. Now, why is HAUSA language wildly spoken in the north instead of ARABIC?. i tell you sir, English is not the religious languge of christians. We speak English by colonialism. Greek,latin and Aramic are original languages of the christian, by translation we speak curtesy of colonialism. That means, we worship God in our native languages. The Bible is translated to all native languages in the world. Now Arabic is imposed on islamic religion.
That's why foul is always in ur talk because u say what u don't know. Using Arabic letters to write is different from speaking Arabic. Nobody imposed Arabic or Islam on Northerners, the religion was brought by traders many centuries.
Arabic letters were used for correspondence in native language. Those years Kanuri, Hausa, Fulani used the same Arabic letters in their native languages which can be read by all the tribes but can't be understood by non native speakers.

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Re: Why Is Arabic On Most Nigeria Symbols by Balismatic(m): 2:10pm On Oct 27, 2020
Coronabirus:
That's why foul is always in ur talk because u say what u don't know. Using Arabic letters to write is different from speaking Arabic. Nobody imposed Arabic or Islam on Northerners, the religion was brought by traders many centuries.
Arabic letters were used for correspondence in native language. Those years Kanuri, Hausa, Fulani used the same Arabic letters in their native languages which can be read by all the tribes but can't be understood by non native speakers.
Noted sir!

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