get more news at davesblog.over-blog.com Sa’ad Abubakar III, the
Sultan of Sokoto has
defended the act of
putting on hijab – The Sultan says wearing
hijab is a privilege for all
Muslims – Sa’ad Abubakar III said
Christians commit more
wicked crimes than
terrorists The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad
Abubakar III has said that
though Christians were not
believed to be terrorists but
they commit wicked crimes
against humanity. Sultan of Sokoto with
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of
Edo state Sultan of Sokoto with Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state Sa’ad Abubakar III spoke in
Benin City at the General
Assembly and Executive National
Council Meeting of the Nigeria
Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs (NSCIA). Abubakar, however, hailed the
Pope for making a very strong
statement defending Islam as a
religion of peace. On the hijab controversy, he
stated that putting on hijab is
a right and not a privilege for
Muslims across the nation. The Sultan said: “Hijab is our
right not a privilege. It is not a
favour to us. It is our right. READ ALSO: Momodu writes on job creation – ”I do not envy
Buhari” “And we hold on to the
Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria that
guarantees freedom of worship. “That is why we don’t disturb
anybody who wants to go and
worship the way he wants.” He added: “Nigeria is a multi
religious state, not a singular
state. And being a multi-
religious state, we must allow
the various religions to go on
but we must not trample on each other’s right, which
means I must be allowed to
practice my religion the way I
believe as ordered me by the
Holy Quran and nothing else. “So when we get this done,
the issue of hijab and so many
other things affecting Islam, I
believe is our right, not a
privilege, unless the Constitution
is changed.” On bad elements in Islam, he
said: “Those bad people among
us, like in other religions, we
should pick them out and teach
them the tenets of Islam. “If they refuse to change, that
is their own problem. We will
meet with the creator on the
judgement day. “In any society, there are
many terribly bad people. So
many, who are not Muslims but
carry out criminal activities with
some Muslim organisations in
America, France and even in Nigeria. “Those people doing negative
things should be called criminals
or terrorists but not Muslims. “I’ve never heard of Christian
terrorists but we have heard
of so many Christians or
followers of other religions who
committed heinous crimes
against humanity. “But they didn’t claim to do it
for their religions and we did
not hold them against their
religions.” In the same vein, the Sultan of
Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar
III, has called on political parties
and their candidates in the
September 10 gubernatorial
election in Edo state to place the interest of the voters
above all other
considerations as they campaign
for votes. Alhaji Abubakar, who is in Benin
to attend the annual general
meeting of the Nigeria Supreme
Council for Islamic Affairs, made
the call during a courtesy visit
to Governor Adams Oshiomhole at the government house. Though 18 candidates and
political parties are in the race,
the election is believed to be
majorly between Osagie Ize-
Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) and Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress
(APC). He also cautioned them to avoid
any act that could lead to
violence before, during and
after the election, noting that
campaigns are supposed to be
issue-based, and not opportunity to confuse the
people .

Another bad talk,Edo ppl beware islamisation of Edo on point n Benin emirate a task(oshiomole a gender working)