As Nigeria celebrate her 55 Independence
anniversary on Thursday, the Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC) has urged the Federal
Government to immediately return the Arabic
Ajami script removed from the nation's naira
notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Director of MURIC Prof. Isiaq Akintola made the
call on Wednesday in his independence
anniversary message to felicitate with the
government and Nigerians.
"We call for the reinstatement of the Arabic
Anjami which was removed from the naira by
the last administration of Dr. Goodluck
Jonathan after subterranean pressure from
some unpatriotic religious leaders. Nigerian
Muslims regard the removal as an act of
hostility taken to spite Muslims. We consider it
as a step taken to satisfy a section of Christians
who had been secretly agitating for the removal
of Arabic graphics from some official emblems
used in Nigeria.

"We see the removal of Arabic from the naira as
absolutely unnecessary and an action taken by
Jonathan to spite Nigerian Muslims. We hereby
state without any fear of contradiction that the
use of Arabic as part of the graphics on our
emblems does not in any way portray the
imposition of Islam or its landmarks on
Nigerians. This is so because Arabic stands parri
pasu with English graphics wherever the former is
used. “English graphics represent Westo-
Christian civilisation while Arabic graphics
symbolise Islamic culture. Those who insist that
Arabic must be removed from our emblems nurse
an agenda of domination by elimination,"
Akintola said.

He said that whoever insists on the removal of
Arabic Anjami from the naira and from other
emblems must accept the equal removal of
English graphics from the same materials,
adding that after all English is the language of
the Bible as it is known in Nigeria and it is on
the nation's naira and all other emblems.
He added: "By the way, apart from massaging
the ego of Goodluck Jonathan and satisfying
the narrow interest of Muslim-haters, what has
Nigeria gained from removing Arabic from the
naira? We appeal to the Federal Government to
redress this wrong."


http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/independence-fg-urged-to-return-arabic-ajami-to-naira-notes/113115.html

Forward Ever, Backward never.....

Some religions just hate peace (not calling names sha)
But how will that bring back all the money Diezani and Jonathan's administration stole?

What rubbish is this?

Is this for real?

By the way, who told them that English is the original language used in writing the Bible? Why brew trouble when there's no need for it? Must Arabic language be inscribed on the NGN? Oh I gave up for Nigeria if the muslims insists that the absence of the Arabic language on the NGN is domination by the Christian faith.

No

I miss jonathan