₦airaland Forum

20th March, 2025

PRESS RELEASE:

MURIC SLAMS ADELEKE UNIVERSITY FOR DISRUPTING FASTING

An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has alleged that Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, has been disrupting Ramadan activities of its Muslim students. The organization also accused the tertiary institution of forcing Muslim students to attend church programmes.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday, 20th March, 2025 by the Executive Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

He said:

“The headquarters of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has received several complaints of attempts to tactically de-Islamise and forcefully christianise Muslim students in Adeleke University, Ede.

“The methods adopted by the university to achieve this objective include compelling attendance of all students (including the Muslims among them) at the university’s church programmes. The supererogatory prayer held in Ramadan evenings (tarawih) was reportedly disrupted two days ago and the students were warned never to try it again.

“These are signs of religious intolerance. We have said it times without number that Christians in the South weaponize education to convert Muslims. As far back as year 2019, MURIC leveled serious allegation of religious persecution against Adeleke University. We also asked the National Universities Commission (NUC) to investigate the allegation.

“We said, ‘Adeleke University is a serial violator of Allah-given fundamental rights of Muslim students. This institution forces Muslim students to attend church on Sundays. It makes it mandatory for students living in the hostel to attend church every Wednesday and Saturday.

“We continued, ‘The practice of any other faith on campus except Christianity is banned. Muslim students must not be seen observing Salat. Hijab is a taboo in Adeleke University. Yet all these Islamophobic practices are smartly hidden from prospective students of the institution until they have paid the exorbitant school fees and can no longer withdraw.’

“‘In particular, we invite NUC to take a look at the students’ handbook of this institution, especially pages 7, 49, 50, 56 and 60. These pages, to our mind, contain rules that infringe on the religious freedom of Muslim students. As a regulating body, NUC has a duty to intervene in this matter as part of its oversight function on Nigeria’s universities’, our 2019 statement added (https://dailypost.ng/2019/06/18/adeleke-university-accused-forcing-muslims-attend-church/).

“We are deeply worried that five years down the line, Adeleke University continues to victimize, stereotype and traumatize Muslim students. Though not all, other private universities in the South are also neck deep into these obnoxious and ignoble practices and MURIC has cried out against them before.

“In other climes, mere exposure of this kind of inhuman and denigrating treatment in the media is enough to spur the relevant agencies to action. Why is that of Nigeria different? What are the public affairs of those agencies doing? What is NUC waiting for? This issue is already in the public domain and NUC is part of this larger society. The Muslim parents who reported are taxpayers. They want this investigated.

“We remind Muslim parents and Muslim students of our warning issued in 2022 asking them to avoid Christian private universities (https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/muric-warns-muslims-to-avoid-christian-owned-private-universities/).

“We are aware that Christian private universities deceive Muslim students into committing themselves to their institutions by hiding their religious prejudices until the Muslim students pay school fees and are fully registered. This is an area in which oversight authorities should show interest. Private universities must manifest transparency and this should begin from showing their religious inclination.”

Sagtop:
https://nigerianbulletin.com/ams/muric-accuses-adeleke-university-of-religious-discrimination-against-muslim-students.13532/

seborrhic:
He said Muric has publicly been warning Muslim students from attending Adeleke university for 5 years,yet they still go to the school.That should tell Muric something

Austin4lif:
Lots of federal universities in the north don't have a church on campus. The university will not give land to Christians to build church. We only use class rooms. At a point they wanted to ban christians from using class rooms so that we can continue under mango trees. Islam is victimizing more of the Christians. Adeleke is a private university, Is not a must to attend.

OfficialMURIC:
The above post justified our statement that Islam and Christianity do not share a common interest. One (Islam) preaches peace and tolerance, while the other breeds hatred and violence.

Nothing will change MURIC's view: Christians are bent on blocking the rise of Islam.

We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other).

Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.

SenatePresdo:
They should hurry up and pass Sharia law bill in Yoruba land, the oppression of Muslims in Yoruba land is getting out of hand.

IamAsiri:
And what does it have to do with enforcing Muslims to comply with rules laid down by a Christian university? I thought you said that having Sharia law in the SW has no impact on Christians whatsoever.

OfficialMURIC:
The above post justified our statement that Islam and Christianity do not share a common interest. One (Islam) preaches peace and tolerance, while the other breeds hatred and violence.

Nothing will change MURIC's view: Christians are bent on blocking the rise of Islam.

Sagtop:
And the Federal Universities In South East and South South Get Mosque Abi?