The Chief Imam of Lekki Central Mosque in Lagos, Ridwanullah Jamiu, has said the “Jesus Christ is Not God” banner placed on the fence of the mosque was not intended to provoke anybody.

The banner became a source of controversy after a picture of it was shared on social media, with many calling it an attack on the Christian faith.

Addressing his congregation, Jamiu said the banner was displayed to educate Muslims.

He said, “When you come to Lekki Central Mosque, at least you should learn something. You pass by the banners outside, you look here and there, you learn something because Islam treasures knowledge.”

The Imam said all the banners displayed outside the mosque contain Quran and Hadith verses.

He said after a photo of one of the banners went viral, he “received calls from the government, local government, and area command appealing to us to please remove the banners because of the festive period.”

He said the display of the banners was not to provoke anyone, noting that there’s a difference between propagation of Islam and provocation.

“It was not placed there just yesterday. It has been there for about two months or thereabout. We are peace loving people, we don’t provoke anyone. We only propagate our name,” he said.

Jamiu further stated that nobody can monopolise Jesus because Muslims also have what they believe about him as backed by the Quran which calls him Isah.

“If you don’t believe in Jesus, you are not a Muslim. We are Muslims and anything we believe must be in consonant with the Quran and the Quran says Jesus Christ is not God, he’s a messenger of God. We quoted this verse in the banner. Is there anything wrong if we paste what we believe on our territory to educate our congregation? It’s a verse of the Quran. This is freedom of religion, freedom of speech,” he said.

On the removal of the banner, Jamiu said he received multiple calls ascribing the gesture as cowardice.

“It is not cowardice. We removed it to let peace reign, to obey our government because we are peace-loving people and also because we know it’s a festive period, people may think it was actually calculated to enrage others. We are going to modify it and put it back. We are not cowards,” he said.

The banner has since been replaced with another which says “Allah is the lord of Jesus .”

Maxymilliano:



https://guardian.ng/news/why-we-displayed-jesus-christ-is-not-god-banner-at-lekki-mosque-imam/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHUq-BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTu40R9Bqu2CxJmhYBFu-PanZGAPwwnYkwF_Wqf0i00E-FgMHkQVqaaaGw_aem_w3ODw5X6hc23kDYq0romoA

The banner has since been replaced with another which says “Allah is the lord of Jesus

Maxymilliano:



https://guardian.ng/news/why-we-displayed-jesus-christ-is-not-god-banner-at-lekki-mosque-imam/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHUq-BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTu40R9Bqu2CxJmhYBFu-PanZGAPwwnYkwF_Wqf0i00E-FgMHkQVqaaaGw_aem_w3ODw5X6hc23kDYq0romoA

G0Oodharddick:
This is exactly same as writing " prophet Muhammed S.A.W is a pedophile"

And watch the northerners declare jihad against the entire country.

The earlier Nigeria is separated, the better for us all

Softmirror:

Do you have any Bible verse to back up your claim. The Imam has refered to the Quran.
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givedemwotowoto:


It’s not good to disrespect peace loving people. Nobody has monopoly of madness and the problem is that when it starts, you can’t be the referee of how far it should go or when it should stop. Israel Hamas is an example

jmoore:
Qur'an is an adulterated plagiarized copy of the bible.

Example: The bible says that Jehovah showed a ram to Abraham when he tested him to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it.
Qur'an copied it, adulterated it by removing Isaac in the story. They replaced it with Ishmael.

The ridiculous thing about the whole thing is that Muslims believe Qur'an is a revelation given to Mohammed.

Why would a revelation be an adulterated copy of an existing story?

mrvitalis:
This is in Lagos Sha... If it happened in my state

I would place a banner over the mosque saying

Jesus is God
Mohammed is not the last prophet we are all prophets greater than prophets of the past like Mohammed

And a pedophile can not lead you to heaven

Since we all want to be crazy

I am not religious but if you handle Muslims with soft hands they would deal with you

Watch I can bet you they would do worse soon

The dream of every Muslim is to dominate and force all the world to be Muslims by force they are not doing it now because they can't

G0Oodharddick:
This is exactly same as writing " prophet Muhammed S.A.W is a pedophile"

And watch the northerners declare jihad against the entire country.

The earlier Nigeria is separated, the better for us all

Softmirror:


Are you a Jehovah witness? That name Jehovah is not even acceptable by all who follow Christ. Can you see the complexity?

jmoore:


Dodging tactics! Quran is a scam. I wonder what substance Mohammed was high on for him to claim Quran was a revelation given to him.

I am not a Jehovah witness. I don't know any Igbo Christian that doesn't know and sing 'Jehovah I bu dike n'agha', so keeq quiet cos you know nothing about Christianity.

Softmirror:


Kindly prove how the Quran is a scam. Now I am not dodging as you claim.

Like I said not all Christians subscribe to the name 'Jehovah' which you have by yourself limited it to Igbos to prove my point.