Re: [muslimrights] ISLAMIC PARTY WINS IN MOROCCO

Alhamdulilah, inahum yekiiduuna kaydan, wa akiidu kaydan... Surely, the unintended consequences of the Arab Spring orchestrated by the West are proving to be the tolls for Islamic resurgence. We must continue to support these countries as they evolve gradually into a more ideal societies, because it will take time to come out of the decades of repression and oppression. We also have lessons to learn, especially from the painstaking and long-suffering but enduring struggle of the Ikhwan Muslimeen in Egypt, which strong institution and coordination have put it in place to be the ruling party in post-Mubarak Egypt. Yet, they were not in govt and were banned. Where democracy is the rule of majority, we also have strong chance of Islam-focus govt in Nigeria, especially starting from some states. Rather than violence, let's people concentrate on civil coordination, advocacy and political activities and more importantly, by putting trusted brothers forward rather than politicians who only look for their muslim names at the time of election!

Congrats Morocco!

Taofik

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ISLAMIC PARTY WINS IN MOROCCO  We reiterate our stand on the condition of Muslims and the state of Islam in Arab countries under former Muslim rulers. Those rulers were just nominal Muslims. They did not allow Islamic system of government. Neither did they allow parties formed along Islamic lines to operate.  Morocco had its first opportunity to be led by an Islamic party, Justice and Development Party (PJD) today Monday 30th November, 2011. The PJD got 27% of the total number of members of the parliament (395). The Prime Minister must be chosen from the party with the highest majority. Islamic parties were not allowed to participate in elections in Morocco before the Arab spring.  This is one monumental aspect of the Arab revolution. It has opened the eyes of the world to what was happening in Arab countries. Those countries were never really Islamic countries. Now it is just begining. Thanks to the revolution.  But Morocco still has a long way to go before maturing into a full-fledged Islamic country. Despite having Abdullah Bin Kiran as a Prime Minister from an Islamic party, the king of Morocco still retains substantive power. Steps must be taken to reduce the powers of the king. He must become ceremonial while vox populi is given full rein.  Saudi Arabia must take a cue from this development in the Arab world.A situation whereby only one family rules a vast country with enormous resources does not augur well for Islamic democracy. Already, violent uprisings claiming lives have started rearing their ugly heads. The Saudi monarch must not only strike while the iron is hot, he must make the iron hot by striking.Reforms aimed at majority rule and fashioned after Islamic democracy must be initiated now. The king can still be relevant, transferring real power to a prime minister. Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

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ISLAMIC PARTY WINS IN MOROCCO

ISLAMIC PARTY WINS IN MOROCCO  We reiterate our stand on the condition of Muslims and the state of Islam in Arab countries under former Muslim rulers. Those rulers were just nominal Muslims. They did not allow Islamic system of government. Neither did they allow parties formed along Islamic lines to operate.  Morocco had its first opportunity to be led by an Islamic party, Justice and Development Party (PJD) today Monday 30th November, 2011. The PJD got 27% of the total number of members of the parliament (395). The Prime Minister must be chosen from the party with the highest majority. Islamic parties were not allowed to participate in elections in Morocco before the Arab spring.  This is one monumental aspect of the Arab revolution. It has opened the eyes of the world to what was happening in Arab countries. Those countries were never really Islamic countries. Now it is just begining. Thanks to the revolution.  But Morocco still has a long way to go before maturing into a full-fledged Islamic country. Despite having Abdullah Bin Kiran as a Prime Minister from an Islamic party, the king of Morocco still retains substantive power. Steps must be taken to reduce the powers of the king. He must become ceremonial while vox populi is given full rein.  Saudi Arabia must take a cue from this development in the Arab world. A situation whereby only one family rules a vast country with enormous resources does not augur well for Islamic democracy. Already, violent uprisings claiming lives have started rearing their ugly heads. The Saudi monarch must not only strike while the iron is hot, he must make the iron hot by striking. Reforms aimed at majority rule and fashioned after Islamic democracy must be initiated now. The king can still be relevant, transferring real power to a prime minister. Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

ON THE ELECTION IN EGYPT

ON THE ELECTION IN EGYPT Ignoring the teleguided demonstrators in Tahrir Square, Egyptians trooped out in their millions today to vote in parliamentary elections. The Muslim Brotherhood is expected to sweep the polls in view of its recent popularity and its proactive stance. The Islamic Salafi party is also rated next to the Muslim Brotherhood. What is not clear to many is that most of those who occupy Tahrir Square at present were encouraged to do so in order to prevent  today's elections from taking place. It  is becoming clear to the demonstrators that Islamic parties are becoming very popular in Egypt. So they decided to doctor developments and railroad the military into a premature handover of power to a handpicked 5-man committee made up of Muslims and Christian Copts.  They were fully aware that the Islamic parties were most likely to sweep the polls. They  therefore resolved to gain by the bends what they cannot gain in the straights.  The message is clear. Husni Mubarak had kept the activities of Islamic activists at bay for decades. Thousands of those who demanded Shari'ah languished in jail. The West looked the other way because the Egyptian tyrant was doing the West's bidding.  We await the next gameplan of the West now that it is obvious the Egyptians are voting for Islamic parties. We are not too sure that NATO's murderous bombers will not descend on Egyptians for daring to vote for 'terrorists'.  The emerging facts tend to confirm our thesis: that whereas the Muslims in the Arab world craved Islamic rule, the West dictated something else to Arab leaders. Now the same West is shedding crocodile tears over the atrocities committed by leaders like Mubarak in Egypt, Saleh in Yemen, Buteflika in Algeria, Zayin al-Abideen Bin Ali in Tunisia, etc.  We watched in the past few days how attempts were made to paint the exercise in Egypt in secular colours. Popular international cable networks (including Al-Jazeerah) made frantic efforts to play down the popularity of the Islamic parties. Interviews granted by them were focussed on minority Christian Copts who wasted no time bashing the Muslim Brotherhood. The impression was being created that Egyptians did not want any religious party to take over from the military. We reject this irresponsible, deceitful and misleading doctoring of the electoral process. We call on the Muslims of Egypt to use their indubitable majority to assert their right to good Islamic governance. If democracy is trully a game of numbers, then the majority Muslims of Egypt should be able to determine where the political pendulum should swing.  For durable peace in the world, the West must learn to leave the Muslims alone. Let the Muslims establish the system of government of their choice where they are in the majority. To continue to sponsor the cause of a non-Muslim minority is a crime against freedom and a disservice to true democracy. Let the Muslims go! Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

SET NIGERIANS FREE

25th November, 2011 HIJRAH MESSAGE: SET THE POOR FREE   Today Friday 25th November, 2011 (29th Dhul-Hijjah, 1432) marks the end of the Islamic Hijrah calendar. The new Islamic year starts tomorrow Saturday, 1st Muharram, 1433. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) congratulates Nigerians in particular and the rest of the world for witnessing this year's new Islamic calendar.     The Islamic calendar started in year 622. It signifies the migration of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Makkah where he suffered severe persecution with his followers in the hands of reactionary elements who were non-Muslims. Though he left Makkah as a fugitive, he arrived into the warm embrace of the freedom-loving people of Madinah.   The prophet's hijrah strengthened his struggle for the liberation of the jamaheer (poor masses). It gave him the much-needed foot-soldiers to launch his revolution for the installation of a just, orderly and egalitarian society even at an age when injustice, barbarism and inequality were commonplace. His message was very simple: "Set the poor free".   This simple message has been the crux of Islam's liberation theology for centuries. Nigerian leaders must bridge the apparent disconnect between them and the jamaheer. Nigeria is a land of milk and honey but the jamaheer languish in acute poverty, disease and ignorance due to the tyranny of an infinitesimal minority who has arrogated to themselves all the resources in the land. There is therefore an urgent need to reengineer Nigeria's socio-economic mechanism.   The Qur'an affirms that Allah has given us enough resources which can go round such that nobody suffers from hunger, homelessness or disease (20:118-119). Furthermore, the Qur'an commands leaders to distribute these resources equitably (17:26-27), "Give the poor their rights, the way farer and the kindred but do not be wasteful". It is a command. But have our leaders obeyed? The Qur'an warns that leaders who are insensitive to the plight of the jamaheer will face double punishment yawm al-Qiyamah (in the Hereafter, Qur'an 33:67-68).   The failure of Nigerian leaders to implement this directive is responsible for the poverty in the land, the comatose in the economy, the rickety educational structure, the militarization of the youth and the attendant preponderance of crime in society. Our leaders are the architects of our woes.   MURIC's message to Nigerian leaders is therefore very simple. Just as Prophet Muhammad told the oppressors of Makkah, we ask our leaders to "Set the poor free", "Let Nigerians go" and "Save yourselves from the incessant curses of the weak and the oppressed as well as from the double castigation which Almighty Allah has reserved for you".   Dr. Is-haq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) 234-818-211-9714 234-803-346-4974   Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

MURIC CONDOLES IBRU'S FAMILY

22nd November, 2011 PRESS RELEASE: DEATH OF ALEX IBRU: CONDOLENCE MESSAGE   The media yesterday announced the death of Chief Alex Ibru, business mogul and publisher of The Guardian newspaper. Alex Ibru died on Sunday, 20th November after a 21-day illness. He was 66.   Ibru was a staunch promoter of freedom of the press. Unlike his peers in the media business, he gave unfettered free hand to journalists working for his newspaper and restrained himself from the temptation to censor journalists' reports before publications or rebuking them for news reports which did not suit his own taste.   He will be remembered for his unflinching support for the cause of freedom and democracy. Ibru consistently denounced the military junta of late General Sani Abacha. A fearless champion of Rousseau's General Will, he fought military dictatorship to a standstill and promoted the ideals of liberty and the rule of law.   Ibru's demise is the exit of a colossus.   The condolences of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) go to the family of Chief Alex Ibru. We also commiserate with the Nigerian civil society on the loss of this strong pillar. We pray that Almighty Allah will give family and friends of the deceased the strength to bear the loss.   Dr. Is-haq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) 234-818-211-9714 234-803-346-4974     Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

MURIC CONDEMNS PDP PRIMARIES IN BAYELSA

22nd November, 2011 PRESS RELEASE BAYELSA PDP PRIMARIES IS HOCUS-POCUS The People's Democratic Party (PDP) ignored a court order restraining it from conducting fresh gubernatorial primaries in Bayelsa State at the weekend. The court order which was obtained by Governor Timipre Sylva was conspicuously pasted by the court bailiff at the gate of the PDP headquarters, Wadata House, Abuja, last Wednesday 16th November, 2011. Even the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) washed its hands off the exercise on the basis of the court pronouncement.  Yet the PDP went ahead to conduct the primaries.         This action of Nigeria's ruling party has sent the wrong signals to observers of Nigeria's nascent democracy at both local and international levels. The PDP is now seen as an arrogant and intolerant party led by a power-drunk oligarchy. This party appears bent on taking Nigeria to a vicious dictatorship. Any institution, group or individual that has no respect for the rule of law has no business playing a central role in a democracy. It is important to note that the Bayelsa experience is a case study in political maturity and tolerance. The PDP has failed this test. Bayelsa is the home of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Therefore, only the best democratic practices are good enough for Bayelsa. But what we witnessed in the PDP primaries during the weekend was politics of exclusion, belligerence and naked aggression. President Jonathan practically took Governor Sylva to the cleaners. The president did not hide his personal involvement in the Bayelsa affair as hundreds of soldiers and policemen were drafted to the state for the primaries. This is uncalled for, unconventional and unacceptable. Why must soldiers be involved in ordinary state primaries? It was an overkill.   Jonathan killed a fly with a sledge hammer. What are Nigerians to expect during the real gubernatorial election if an intra-party primaries is treated like World World III? The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) calls on INEC to reject the outcome of the PDP primaries in Bayelsa. It was not free and fair. It was unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional exercise. It was sheer hocus-pocus. The PDP national executives acted ultra vires.  We therefore urge INEC to declare the election null and void. The exclusion of Timipre Sylva, a sitting governor, shows that our politicians have learnt no lesson at all. It also shows that PDP as a party is an enemy of democracy. Whereas Nigeria's constitution allows every citizen to vote and be voted for, PDP demonstrated its disgust for the fundamental human rights of Governor Sylva. This is an affront on the Nigerian constitution. If they can do it to a whole governor, then there is no hope for an ordinary citizen getting his right under a PDP government. Dr. Is-haq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) 234-818-211-9714 234-803-346-4974   Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

SALAH MESSAGE: POST-JAMB SCREENING IS SINE QUA NON

5th November, 2011 ID AL-KABIR MESSAGE:  POST-JAMB SCREENING IS SINE QUA NON   There is no gainsaying the fact that the standard of education has fallen in Nigeria. Worse still, examination malpractice appears to be the norm, not the exception. Yet in view of the fact that education is the indispensable launching-pad for economic growth, sound health and technological breakthrough of any nation, we as a people cannot afford to ignore the need for quality control as an essential roadmap to qualitative education.   Until recently, the Joint Admissions Matriculations Board (JAMB) was solely responsible for the conduct of entrance examinations into Nigerian universities. It played this role creditably well ab initio. But unhealthy developments soon crept in as allegations of massive fraud were made regarding JAMB. Candidates' marks were allegedly swapped. Students who were known to be brilliant got low marks while average and dull students surprisingly received scandalously high marks. Allegations of JAMB officials selling marks were rife. All kinds of thugs and riff-raffs found their ways into the universities so long as they (or their parents) had the money to throw around.   The fallout of this embarrassing situation was the poor performance of students in the university. It led to idleness, absenteeism and cultism among students. Undergraduates could not write simple letters. Their spoken English became the poorest in the West-African sub-region. The standard of education fell to an all time low and stakeholders were quick to finger JAMB as the main culprit. It was discovered that admission was being offered by JAMB to candidates who did not merit it in any way. As a corollary to this, graduates of Nigerian universities could no longer perform the duties expected of them. Our building engineers could not build ordinary nests for birds, our surgeons left scissors and needles inside patients' stomachs while our economists and political scientists could not proffer solutions to Nigeria's hydra-headed socio-economic problems. That is why we are where we are today.   It was against this background that the universities in the country put their heads under the same umbrella and designed what is now called the post-JAMB screening examination. This exercise is intended to separate the wheat from the chaff. It is indubitable that it has succeeded in weeding out undeserving elements since it was introduced about three years ago. It has ensured that only genuinely interested candidates are admitted into universities. Cultism and other anti-social practices have reduced among students.   MURIC appeals to members of the National Assembly to leave the post-JAMB examinations as they are. The universities know the stuff to expect from their candidates. JAMB is already over-pampered and over-bloated. It has outlived both its relevance and usefulness. The staff in JAMB bear no sense of belonging to any university. They have nothing at stake so they can stomach corruption in the system. The universities are keen on getting the best materials into their institutions. We therefore urge the NASS to listen to the universities. Any attempt to scrap the post-JAMB sceening examinations being conducted by the universities will definitely drag the education sector back to the Stone Age.     Dr. Is-haq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) 234-818-211-9714 234-803-346-4974 Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

POST-JAMB SCREENING IS SINE QUA NON

5th November, 2011 ID AL-KABIR MESSAGE:  POST-JAMB SCREENING IS SINE QUA NON   There is no gainsaying the fact that the standard of education has fallen in Nigeria. Worse still, examination malpractice appears to be the norm, not the exception. Yet in view of the fact that education is the indispensable launching-pad for economic growth, sound health and technological breakthrough of any nation, we as a people cannot afford to ignore the need for quality control as an essential roadmap to qualitative education.   Until recently, the Joint Admissions Matriculations Board (JAMB) was solely responsible for the conduct of entrance examinations into Nigerian universities. It played this role creditably well ab initio. But unhealthy developments soon crept in as allegations of massive fraud were made regarding JAMB. Candidates' marks were allegedly swapped. Students who were known to be brilliant got low marks while average and dull students surprisingly received scandalously high marks. Allegations of JAMB officials selling marks were rife. All kinds of thugs and riff-raffs found their ways into the universities so long as they (or their parents) had the money to throw around.   The fallout of this embarrassing situation was the poor performance of students in the university. It led to idleness, absenteeism and cultism among students. Undergraduates could not write simple letters. Their spoken English became the poorest in the West-African sub-region. The standard of education fell to an all time low and stakeholders were quick to finger JAMB as the main culprit. It was discovered that admission was being offered by JAMB to candidates who did not merit it in any way. As a corollary to this, graduates of Nigerian universities could no longer perform the duties expected of them. Our building engineers could not build ordinary nests for birds, our surgeons left scissors and needles inside patients' stomachs while our economists and political scientists could not proffer solutions to Nigeria's hydra-headed socio-economic problems. That is why we are where we are today.   It was against this background that the universities in the country put their heads under the same umbrella and designed what is now called the post-JAMB screening examination. This exercise is intended to separate the wheat from the chaff. It is indubitable that it has succeeded in weeding out undeserving elements since it was introduced about three years ago. It has ensured that only genuinely interested candidates are admitted into universities. Cultism and other anti-social practices have reduced among students.   MURIC appeals to members of the National Assembly to leave the post-JAMB examinations as they are. The universities know the stuff to expect from their candidates. JAMB is already over-pampered and over-bloated. It has outlived both its relevance and usefulness. The staff in JAMB bear no sense of belonging to any university. They have nothing at stake so they can stomach corruption in the system. The universities are keen on getting the best materials into their institutions. We therefore urge the NASS to listen to the universities. Any attempt to scrap the post-JAMB sceening examinations being conducted by the universities will definitely drag the education sector back to the Stone Age.     Dr. Is-haq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) 234-818-211-9714 234-803-346-4974 Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace