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TheNiceGuy:
SHARI’AH: MAKINDE NEEDS BRIEFING – MURIC

27th December, 2024
PRESS RELEASE:

The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, recently spoke against the Shari’ah. However, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has criticized the governor for failing to receive proper briefing before opposing Shari’ah.

According to a statement issued by the Executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Friday, 27th December, 2024, the group said Makinde spoke in ignorance of the true situation on ground. The group advised government officials to get adequate briefing before commenting on issues particularly sensitive matters like religion.

The full statement reads:

“Engr. Seyi Makinde, the executive governor of Oyo State, recently spoke against the Shari’ah in Oyo State. It is quite obvious that the governor was not properly briefed before coming out publicly to make scathing remarks about Shari’ah.

“Makinde spoke from a position of ignorance about the subject matter, particularly about the true situation on ground. It is advisable for government officials to get adequate briefing before commenting on issues particularly sensitive matters like religion.

“This is so because neither Muslims nor Christians can allow anyone, not even a governor, to ridicule their religion. That is why any government that does not want to be embarrassed should not make frivolous statements that can be debunked even by children in kindergarten classes.

“To this end, it has come to our knowledge that shortly after some uninformed and misguided Yoruba youths declared publicly that they did not want Shari’ah in Yorubaland, Governor Makinde announced in a viral video clip that Shari’ah was not in the constitution which he swore to defend.

“But Makinde lied. Shariah is in the constitution. It is either the governor feigned ignorance of it for reasons best known to him or he was not properly briefed. We expected the governor to have consulted the legal arm of his government before uttering that fallacious statement.

“Section 275(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria allows the states to establish Shari’ah Courts of Appeal. It says inter alia, ‘There shall be for any state that desires it a Shari’ah Court of Appeal for that state’. This is the reality on ground unless the governor is saying that Oyo State has been carved out of the entity called Nigeria or that his own constitution is different from what Nigerians are using.

“We find the governor leveraging on a typographical error committed by the organisers of the Shari’ah programme in Oyo town who wrote ‘the word ‘Court’ instead of ‘Panel’ in the invitation sent out which reads: ‘Inauguration Ceremony of Shariah Court in Oyo Town and its Environs’ but should have read: ‘Inauguration Ceremony of Shariah Panel in Oyo Town and its Environs’.

“The governor deliberately exploited the typographical error because we know that he cannot claim to be unaware of the existence of many Shari’ah panels in Yorubaland.

“A Shariah Panel has been sitting at the Central Mosque in Oja Oba, established since 1st May, 2002 to date. Makinde met the panel there and it will still be there when he leaves office in 2027. There is nothing he can do about that.

“Shari’ah panels are spread all over Yorubaland. It has been in Lagos since 1993. Ogun State got its own Shari’ah panel on 17th January, 2018 and its first sitting took place on 2nd February of the same year at the Egba Muslims Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta.

“Oshogbo got a taste of the Shari’ah panel in 2005 and it is on record that conventional courts in Osun refer Imamate and inheritance cases to the Shari’ah panel. The latest and newest is the 11-member Ekiti State Shari’ah Arbitration Panel which was sworn in on Friday, 1st November, 2024 (https://independent.ng/ekiti-sharia-arbitration-panel-shall-dispense-justice-to-all-grand-qadi/; https://dailytrust.com/kwara-grand-kadi-inaugurates-ekiti-shariah-arbitration-panel/)

“Makinde is just grandstanding. He cannot say he is unaware of all these Shari’ah panels which are everywhere in Yorubaland. It is just that politicians cannot stop making political statements. It is semantics. Makinde simply played tricks with the words ‘court’ and ‘panel’. He knew the organisers of that event meant to write ‘panel’.

“These Shari’ah panels were established as alternative dispute settlement centres for Muslims. They are not conventional courts per se but channels for Muslims to ventilate family disputes and vehicles for tackling Muslim civil matters like inheritance, marriage and divorce which can only be understood and satisfactorily resolved by experts in Islamic law.

“Makinde just shot himself in the foot anyway. This is the same governor who is warming up for Aso Rock. After talking about our Shari’ah in this manner, we wonder how he will navigate the tortuous and windy road to the presidency in a country demographically skewed in favour of Muslims. He should remember that even Peter Obi’s ‘Yes Daddy’ mantra was to no avail.

“MURIC advises government officials and the general public in Yorubaland to understand the concept of civil Shari’ah. Yoruba youths in particular should not allow themselves to be misled by Muslim haters. Like Nigeria, Yorubaland belongs to us all. Nobody is going anywhere for anybody.

“Muslims, Christians and traditionalists must learn to peacefully coexist. We must learn to tolerate Muslim civil Shari’ah just as the Muslims have been tolerating Christian laws and their courts for decades.

“We should not allow trouble-makers, rabble-rousers and irredentists to lead us by the nose. The Muslim Shari’ah panel is for Muslims alone and it is only to settle disagreements among Muslims. No Christian can appear in our Shariah panel. It is not even a court and it has no power of enforcement in any form.

“Yoruba people must not listen to those inciting them against their Muslim neighbours. There is nothing to fear in ordinary Shari’ah panel. Beware, the Bible warns: ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee …’ (Hosea 4:6).

“We appeal to Muslims in Oyo State in particular and Yorubaland in general to ignore all forms of provocations. Islam is a religion based on knowledge and peaceful behaviour. We must therefore manifest patience and maturity at all times.”

#ShariahIsInTheConstitution
#ShariahPanelNotShariahCourt

Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Founder/Executive Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

One cannot but wonder how Ishaq Akintola became a Profeasor with this shallow level of thinking. How nice to try to use the Constitution to support an action that is in violation of the Constitution.

1. The section of the Constitution he quoted spoke about a Shariah Court of Appeal and vested power to do that in the State Government and House of Assembly. However, Akintola and Co are supporting a group seeking to inaugurate a Shariah Court without authorization of the State Government or House of Assembly.

2. Akintola in his write-up later he claims it is a typographical error and they intended to inaugurate a Shariah Panel and not a Sariah Court thatnis clearly stated on their invitation cards. How convenient and stupid an excuse particularly when the group behind the idea have not come out publicly to make such clarification orally or in writing.

3. Those clamoring for Shariah in Nigeria should realize that Sharia cannot co-exist with the Nigerian Constitution or any secular Constitution at that. Shariah Laws on Apostacy and Blaphemy are clear violations of freedom of speech and relevant sections of the Nigerian Constitution such as Section 38(1) which provides that every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief.

Southerners are particularly wary because Muslims in the North (i.e.Kano, Zamfara, Sokoloff, etc) have not seen anything wrong in using State resources to foster Islam as a State Religion in violation of Section 10 of the Nigerian Constitution which provides that the Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State religion.

The governor deliberately exploited the typographical error because we know that he cannot claim to be unaware of the existence of many Shari’ah panels in Yorubaland.

Ok

Seems it's here to stay. My Ibadan is gone. Beauty of democracy

Tell us how your own Ibadan is gone because you're just hearing now that it has been in existence for decades. Tell us

Chubhie:
Seems it's here to stay. My Ibadan is gone. Beauty of democracy

The texts of the Sunnah and the consensus of the ummah indicate that it is prohibited to prostrate to anyone other than Allah according to the law brought by our Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), whether by way of greeting or worship, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade

@Theniceguy

Una no go destroy our tradition!

Thesame Yoruba adage says "Ìdòbálè kìí se'wà"

If that act which is solely for Allah is destruction of your so called tradition to you, so be it. We're happy with it

StaffofOrayan:
The texts of the Sunnah and the consensus of the ummah indicate that it is prohibited to prostrate to anyone other than Allah according to the law brought by our Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), whether by way of greeting or worship, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade

@Theniceguy

Una no go destroy our tradition!

TheNiceGuy:
Tell us how your own Ibadan is gone because you're just hearing now that it has been in existence for decades. Tell us

Ur papi

You inherited your foolishness. It's obvious

Chubhie:
Ur papi

TheNiceGuy:
You inherited your foolishness. It's obvious

Keep it moving....

Muric needs flogging

MURIC is being used by some unseen forces to destroy Yoruba land, it's cultural heritage and traditions.

*Ilorin > Fully gone
*Oyo > about to be gone.
*Ife > Next.

Well, time will tell.

TheNiceGuy:
Thesame Yoruba adage says "Ìdòbálè kìí se'wà"

If that act which is solely for Allah is destruction of your so called tradition to you, so be it. We're happy with it

I can bet you are from Ilorin

They 'like' sharia but you hardly find them in sharia countries. Their children are in the US, Canada, Europe and other Christian countries life's good. But they want to bring sharia to Southwest to cause division and destroy the relative peace we enjoy in Yorubaland. Awon olori buruku.

johannu:
They "like" sharia but you hardly find them in sharia countries. Their children are in the US, Canada, Europe and other Christian countries they enjoy good life. But they want to bring sharia to Southwest to cause division and destroy the relative peace we enjoy in Yorubaland. Awon olori buruku.

They also want to destroy Yoruba traditions.

TheNiceGuy:
Thesame Yoruba adage says "Ìdòbálè kìí se'wà"

If that act which is solely for Allah is destruction of your so called tradition to you, so be it. We're happy with it

Tajikistan
Tajikistan has banned the wearing of hijabs in public spaces, along with other clothing that is considered "foreign to Tajik culture". The ban is part of a series of reforms by the government to "protect national cultural values" and prevent extremism.

These are smart people, but you see black people and their self hate.....it knows no bounds!

When I told some ignorant that Sharia has been practiced in the West, they thought I was joking. Go to Oja-oba in Ibadan and see for yourself. We don't do things to like and share on social media. Oyo will inaugurate their own Sharia panel too, nobody can stop it

So if I'm from Ilorin, anything bad about that?

Is Ilorin not Yorubaland again? Myopic reasoning

I'm bonafide Osun indigene

StaffofOrayan:
I can bet you are from Ilorin

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When we talk about culture, we only take culture that goes with our Faith, once it's against it, we leave it. ..

The hereafter is worthwhile than whatever you can think of.
Check this Olowo of Iwo's picture below.

StaffofOrayan:
Tajikistan
Tajikistan has banned the wearing of hijabs in public spaces, along with other clothing that is considered "foreign to Tajik culture". The ban is part of a series of reforms by the government to "protect national cultural values" and prevent extremism.

These are smart people, but you see black people and their self hate.....it knows no bounds!

Re

Why spamming this thread with your jargons?

Can't you see no one is responding to you

UncleAyo:
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WesleyPepper:
According to Akintola, it is only the state that can decide if they want a sharia panel or otherwise .
He should tell his co travelers to follow the right path .
You can’t sit somewhere in your bedroom and declare the inauguration of a sharia panel without express permission of those the law empowered to do so .

The Constitution says states can allow Sharia. That is only possible if the states permits it through their state house of assembly.

my organisation that sets up Sharia without the house of assembly passing it into law will be arrested.

MURIC talking about Sharia panels are just being cunning. Anybody can sit in his living room and declare Sharia panel. But calling it court and passing judgement is where problem will start for them.

Kick Sharia out of Nigeria Now

TheNiceGuy:
Thesame Yoruba adage says "Ìdòbálè kìí se'wà"

If that act which is solely for Allah is destruction of your so called tradition to you, so be it. We're happy with it

What happened to yoruba first? So it's all a face saving cliche.

TheNiceGuy:
When we talk about culture, we only take culture that goes with our Faith, once it's against it, we leave it. ..

The hereafter is worthwhile than whatever you can think of.
Check this Olowo of Iwo's picture below.

Oluwo of Iwo hehehehehe
Abeg no make me laugh, Rashidi is getting mula from the Arabs

TheNiceGuy:
When we talk about culture, we only take culture that goes with our Faith, once it's against it, we leave it. ..

The hereafter is worthwhile than whatever you can think of.
Check this Olowo of Iwo's picture below.

Is the Olowo a Muslim?

presido11:
It's bad to call Allah blood thirsty demon. Pls retract that statement.

I only called him by his name.

Who told you Yoruba first? Àwon olobeeyo musulumi nìyen.

I'm Muslim before Yoruba. Islam before ethnicity. My afterlife before life.

presido11:
What happened to yoruba first? So it's all a face saving cliche.

StaffofOrayan:
Oluwo of Iwo hehehehehe
Abeg no make me laugh, Rashidi is getting mula from the Arabs

Does this make sense to you? You'll be paid by anyone to practice your religion exactly how it is?

presido11:
Is the Olowo a Muslim?

Is Oluwo a Christian?