NO TO US INVOLVEMENT IN NIGERIA'S SHARI'AH MATTERS– MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

‎Date: 4^th December, 2025

PRESS RELEASE

NO TO US INVOLVEMENT IN NIGERIA'S SHARI'AH MATTERS– MURIC

‎‎A Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Ebenezer Obadare, has urged the United States to pressurize President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to outlaw Shari'ah and the hisbah. 

‎‎However, an islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has rejected the call. In a statement issued on Thursday, 4th December, 2025 by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group described Obadare's call as crossing the red line. It also added that the call raises more questions than answers about the intention of the United States.

‎‎The statement continues:

‎"A Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Ebenezer Obadare, has urged the United States to pressurize President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to outlaw Shari'ah and the hisbah (https://www.channelstv.com/2025/12/02/at-us-congress-briefing-obadare-calls-for-sharia-law-to-be-declared-unconstitutional/).

‎"The call was made during a joint House briefing in response to US President Donald Trump’s directive and designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.

‎‎"This call raises more questions than answers and casts doubts on the intention of the United States in its interest in Nigeria's war on terror. It amounts to surrendering Nigeria's sovereignty. It constitutes an affront on the Nigerian constitution, our grund norm. It is therefore a no go area for either the US or the Nigerian government.

‎‎"Obadare's call is mischievous, reactionary and outlandish. It is also undemocratic, neocolonial and imperialistic. As usual, Nigerian Christians who opposed the Shari'ah ab initio and were defeated in due process have now gone through the backdoor to use the US to abolish it. It will not happen. Obadare's approach is not only cowardly, it is immoral and despicable.

‎‎"Shari'ah is the Muslims’ way of life. It cannot be separated ftom Islam. We fought hard to establish it and its foundation is deeply entrenched in legality, constitutionality and democratic values. The moment anyone attempts to touch our Shari'ah, we begin to see him seeking to eliminate Islam in its totality. Our advise is this: don't go there. It is the red line.

‎‎"The greatest challenge our government will face when it starts tampering with Shari'ah is that it will lose the support of liberal and mainstream Muslims who have been opposing the terrorists. Ditto for the hisbah.

‎‎"The United States in particular must not allow doubts to be cast in its interest in Nigeria's war on terror. Is the US fighting terror or fighting Islam? This is a critical question for a Western power that has declared its intention to protect Nigerian Christians. 

‎‎"Nigerian Muslims will continue to support President Tinubu in his war on terrorist groups as long as there are clear lines of demarcation. But Nigerian Muslims are not fools. The story will definitely change if any government, local or foreign, makes any attempt to outlaw our hard earned Shari'ah.

‎‎"Every nation has its own legitimate institutions. Democracy itself has no particular tabula rasa. The system of government which is approved by the people is its own democracy. Interestingly, Shari'ah is an integral part of our system and it was not introduced by force. Something terrible has gone wrong the moment a government starts tampering with the Constitution to favour a minority group.

‎‎"Any attempt to tie the Shari'ah to the war against terrorism will cost both the US and the Nigerian government the cooperation of Nigerian Muslims in all spheres. That is when we will see an existential threat with microscopic accuracy. Obadare's call has crossed the red line. The call also raises more questions than answers about the intention of the United States in the war against terrorism. Is the US fighting terror or fighting Islam? That is our question."

‎‎#NoToAmericaOnShariah

‎#FightTerrorismNotShariah

‎#OnShariahWeStand

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). 

 

‎‎ DACHOMO EXHIBITED SUPERFLUOUS PARANOIA ON CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

 

‎Date: 2^nd December, 2025

‎‎ DACHOMO EXHIBITED SUPERFLUOUS PARANOIA ON CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE - MURIC

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‎Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, Regional Leader of the Church of Christ in Nations, cried out on national television yesterday that it amounts to Christian genocide for the Nigerian president and his vice to be Muslims. 

‎‎Reacting to this assertion, a faith-based Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused the Christian cleric of being obsessed with hyperbolic articulation. MURIC argued that Dachomo went to the extreme in his outburst.

‎Going further, MURIC said:

‎‎"A new twist was thrown into the Christian genocide debate yesterday, Monday, 1^st December, 2025 when the Regional Leader of the Church of Christ in Nations, Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, exploded on national television alleging that the Muslim-Muslim ticket is equal to Christian genocide.

‎‎"We quote him verbatim: 'Shettima is a Muslim, the president is a Muslim. Is that not complete genocide to Christians in the political world? The way forward is to remove Shettima and I stand on it' (https://dailypost.ng/2025/12/01/tinubu-shettima-muslims-shows-complete-genocide-against-christians-rev-dachomo/)

‎‎"MURIC finds this outburst emotive, explosive and kindergarten. It is articulated religiousity cum religious masturbation. It also amounts to a denial of the principles of democracy and the due process painstakingly taken by Nigerians from the electioneering campaigns down to the elections.

‎‎"It is equally a declaration of lack of faith in the long judicial exercise that followed the election through the appeal court up to the Supreme Court. It is subjudice. How can anyone suggest the removal of the vice president who emerged from a free, fair and credible election? If Dachomo wants to be the vice president of Nigeria, he must bofollow the well known democratic process. He must wait for 2027.

‎"Has our reverend gone paranoia? He sees Muslim-Muslim ticket in his sprawling mansion, in his wardrobe, in television studios and, of course, in the mythical Christian genocide. That is why he believes it amounts to Christian genocide for the Nigerian president and his vice to be Muslims. 

‎‎"But Dachomo's likely schizophrenia has come with the dramatisation and sensationalism which are characteristic of our Christian neighbours when they are pushing an agenda or when they have something to hide. 

‎‎"A whole mass of women in a Jos community came out to protest half nude in September 2018 when they were trying to deceive soldiers who were searching for their missing general, Idris Alkali. Trust the military, they ignored the hocus pocus, continued the search and later found their general inside a deep well.

‎‎"MURIC sees a sea of con artists in the current mass psychosis. We are not unaware that dramatisation is a special course in the curriculum of some religious training institutes.

It also comes with an entitlement mentality regarding what belongs to others by right and by fair play. Our neighbours feel no qualms claiming such things even at the expense of contempt of court. Fair or foul, what they cannot get by the straight must be snatched by the bend.

‎‎"That is why Dachomo and his co-travellers 'believe' that they can snatch the mandate given by a Muslim majority, albeit a silent, voiceless and docile one, under the guise of a false allegation of Christian genocide, particularly if the connivance of arm-twisting Western crusaders is secured.

‎‎"But the wind has blown. We have seen the ruff of the hen. All along, in the past seven or eight weeks, this has been the casus belli. We did not know that all the noise about 'Christian genocide' has to do with a political post. That post has been so important to our neighbours that they were ready to concoct all forms of lies against us.

‎‎"We salute the good Christians in this country. Many of them stood up and they were counted. Many of them spoke out boldly and loudly because they knew the truth and the truth eventually set them free (John 8:32).

‎‎"We reiterate our appeal to the good Christians and the good Muslims of this country. Let us come together to rescue our land from ruthless killers and mindless kidnappers.

“The book of Isaiah 1:18 says, ‘Come, let us reason together’. Similarly, Qur’an 3:64 says, ‘Oh people of the Book, come unto common terms with us…’ We have no scintilla of doubt that the good Muslims and the good Christians can make Nigeria great if they work together.

‎‎"To do this, we must cooperate with the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by exposing the criminals in our midst, no matter their faith or ethnicity. We must not allow our political party, tribe or religious affiliation to becloud our patriotism.  Political party or religion must not be on the table or in the driving seat if we are serious about fighting insecurity.

“Before we sign out, we call attention to Reverend Dachomo’s combative posture during his interview on television. We remind him that religious clerics are models. Our followers watch and emulate us. Unless it is deliberate incitement of Nigerian Christians, Dachomo needs to mellow down.”

‎‎#ChristianGenocide

‎#ReverendDachomo

‎#SuperfluousParanoia

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). 

 

 

AMBASSADORIAL LIST: MURIC CONGRATULATES FANI KAYODE AND RENO OMOKRI

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not ViolAMBASSADORIAL LIST: MURIC CONGRATULATES FANI KAYODE AND RENO OMOKRI

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‎Date: 30^th November 2025

‎‎PRESS RELEASE:

‎‎AMBASSADORIAL LIST: MURIC CONGRATULATES FANI KAYODE AND RENO OMOKRI

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‎President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has released a second list of names of ambassadors. Meanwhile an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has congratulated two of the nominees, namely, Chief Fani Kayode and Reno Omokri. 

‎‎The congratulatory message was circulated to the media on Sunday, 30th November, 2025 by the group's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola. 

‎‎The message reads:

‎‎"President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today released a second list of ambassador nominees which included Chief Femi Fani Kayode and Reno Omokri.

‎‎"The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) hereby heartily congratulates the duo. Theirs are well deserved nominations as they both share common attributes: fearlessness, objectivity and patriotism.  They are proud sons of Nigeria who are eminently qualified for the job. 

‎‎"We are particularly happy for them because they have both distinguished themselves as reliable and genuine Christian team players who are ready to provide places at the table for all regardless of faith. We have no doubt that they will represent Nigeria adequately."

‎‎#AmbassadorialList

‎#FaniKayode

‎#RenoOmokri

‎#Congratulations

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). 

 

DANGOTE REFINERY HAS RIGHT TO SANCTION WORKERS FOR SABOTAGE - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

DATE: 29^th November, 2025

‎PRESS RELEASE:

DANGOTE REFINERY HAS RIGHT TO SANCTION WORKERS FOR SABOTAGE - MURIC

The management of Dangote Refinery recently alleged that some of its Nigerian workers attempted to sabotage its facilities. Reacting to the allegation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has opined that the management of the refinery has inalienable right to sanction workers found to have engaged in such a disgraceful act.

‎‎MURIC said further:

‎‎"Dangote Refinery recently alleged that some of its Nigerian workers attempted to sabotage its facilities 22 times. According to the refinery, the incidents include triggering fires, manipulating machines and other mischievous attempts though all the attempts were foiled by the refinery’s advanced control and monitoring system (https://opr.news/260ec5e8251125en_ng?link=1&client=news).

‎‎"MURIC is disturbed by this disclosure. It beats us hollow that at a time when many find themselves among the army of unemployed Nigerians, some people who should consider themselves lucky to be employed in one of the highest paying companies in the country diverted their attention to sabotaging the same company that puts bread on their table. It amounts to biting the finger that feeds them.

‎‎"This new refinery and its management do not deserve this. It is irresponsible, disappointing, unpatriotic and immoral.

‎‎"Moreso in a refinery that has become the cynosure of all eyes, not only in Nigeria but across the world, earning the much needed foreign exchange from all corners of the globe as its top ten importers include the USA, Spain, France, South Korea, Singapore, etc (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/dangote-refinery-usa-spain-france-south-korea-singapore-others-make-top-10-importers/; https://businessday.ng/business-economy/article/these-4-african-countries-buy-petrol-from-dangote-refineries/).

“Nigerians have suffered enough. From days of fuel scarcity, long queues and sleeping at petrol stations for days, Dangote Refinery propelled the Nigerian petroleum ecosystem to the present season of fuel abundance, lower price and total absence of black market practice.

“It will be an unprecedented fall from grace to grass if we allow a few greedy and unpatriotic Nigerians to force this country back to the days of suffering. With our oil reserve capacity at a proven 38 billion barrels, our natural gas reserves of 210 Tscf and as the leading oil producing country in Africa churning out 1.549 million barrels per day as at November 2025, we deserve steady availability of fuel at the lowest price.

“It must also be added that Nigeria has attained self-sufficiency in fuel supply as the output from Dangote Refinery has reached 1.4 million barrels per day whereas the total daily consumption of fuel in Nigeria is between 48 and 50 million litres of fuel as at 2024 and 2025. This means we are going to be very comfortable in the oil sector for a long time as long as we do not allow disruption via sabotage or radical and irresponsible unionism within Dangote Refinery.

‎‎"As in all other private establishments, the management of the refinery has inalienable right to sanction workers found to have engaged in such a disgraceful act bearing in mind that sabotage was partly responsible for the fall of Nigeria’s three refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna.

‎‎"Any attempt from any quarter to vindicate the culprits or extenuate their diabolical action must be condemned. Indiscipline must not be condoned in such a sensitive department of the economy. The system must be sanitized. We assert very strongly that Dangote Refinery has the inalienable right to sanction saboteur workers."

‎‎#DangoteRefinery

#NoToSabotageAtDangoteRefinery

 

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

 

CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: TERRORISTS TARGETING CROWDS, NOT CHRISTIANS - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

DATE: 28^th November, 2025

‎PRESS RELEASE:

CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: TERRORISTS TARGETING CROWDS, NOT CHRISTIANS - MURIC

Islamic human rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has propounded a theory of ‘crowd mentality’ to counter the Christian genocide narrative.

In its statement issued on Friday, 28^th November, 2025 by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group insisted that terrorists are targeting crowds, not Christians and not Muslims. The statement added that the aim of terrorists is to kill or kidnap large number of people and to maximise ransom. It is only natural that the only places where they can get crowds is inside mosques, churches and schools.

MURIC’s statement goes further:

“In the midst of a prolonged and extensive national conversation on the controversial Christian genocide narrative, we find it apt to propound a theory of ‘crowd mentality’ to further enrich the national thought process.

“Having engaged in debates severally on the subject matter and deliberated on the motivation for attacks on mosques, churches and schools, we have come to the conclusion that terrorists and bandits are not actually targeting Muslims and their mosques or going after Chriatians and their churches, they have only developed a ‘crowd mentality’.  

“‘Crowd mentality’ is a situation where people look for or feel more comfortable or safer in crowded places either for attacks or entertainment. For terrorists, targeting places where people assemble in large numbers is for the purpose of maximizing ransom or ensuring high death toll. This explains why they often attack mosques, churches and schools. It is not religion. It is the quest for wealth.

“Terrorists are not interested in religion. All they want is to maximise the amount they can collect as ransom when a large number of people are kidnapped and the best place where they can find people in large numbers are mosques, churches and schools. It is ‘crowd mentality’.

“Entertainers and musicians will not show interest in performing where there is no crowd. They lose appetite for singing or dancing in quiet lanes and deserted streets but their spirits rise when the ovasion is loud from the crowded audience. It is ‘crowd mentality’.

“Whereas the Christian genocide narrative is pregnant with emotions, offensive and lacks objectivity, the ‘crowd mentality’ theory is more liberal and less offensive to any group. It admits that Muslims, Christians and even schools are being attacked. Of course no rightful thinking person can deny this.

“Think about this: has any terrorist gone into an empty mosque in Nigeria to attack it? Have they entered an empty church to stage an attack? What of empty schools and classrooms? Have they attacked any school during the holidays or at a weekend? They won’t do that because the school will be empty! The church is not the target. The mosque is not the target. The Muslim is not the target and the Christian is not the target. What they want are human beings for ransom. Think about it.

‎‎"Neither is there any truth behind what is referred to as 'targeted killing of Christians'. What happens is that terrorists have a ‘crowd mentality’.  They look for any place where they can get the largest number of people at a time. They want to attract maximum publicity in order to embarrass the government of the day.

“But at the same time they want to make as much money as they can. It is just natural that mosques, churches and schools come to their minds. These are the places where people must congregate daily and weekly. They want to score the highest casualty figure possible in order to strike terror into the hearts of the people.

“If the theory of crowd mentality sits down well with Nigerians, we will understand what is going on and we will stop accusing one another of targeting each other. Terrorists seek to divide Nigerians along religious lines but we can defeat them by applying better and higher intellect.

“It is a matter that requires the application of our reasoning faculty. We do not need America to do that for us. Let the Federal Government, the Muslims and the Christians sit down together and find a way to make churches, mosques and schools safer. We will run the terrorists out of business in no time at all. ‘Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it’ (Proverbs 13:10).”

‎#ChristianGenocideMyth

‎#TheoryOfCrowdMentality

#SafeChurches

#SafeMosques

#SafeSchools

#SafeCommunities

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

 

MUSLIM IDENTITY OF KIDNAPPED MAGA GIRLS SHATTERS THE MYTH OF CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

DATE: 27^th November, 2025

‎PRESS RELEASE:

MUSLIM IDENTITY OF KIDNAPPED MAGA GIRLS SHATTERS THE MYTH OF CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE

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‎A Nigerian human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has declared that the myth of Christian genocide has been shattered by the disclosure of the Muslim identity of the 24 girls who were kidnapped from a school in Maga,  Kebbi State. 

‎‎MURIC made the claim in a statement issued on Thursday, 27^th November, 2025 by the group's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

‎‎The full statement reads:

‎‎"The myth of a Christian genocide in Nigeria was finally shattered yesterday when pictures of the kidnapped Maga girls surfaced online and on various television stations. All the girls were clad in hijab thereby revealing their Islamic faith. 

‎‎"It will be recalled that a United States Congressman, Rep. Riley M. Moore, had prematurely declared that the incident occurred in a Christian enclave of Kebbi State. Of course he was trying to persuade the world that the victims were Christians (https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/18/us-lawmaker-we-know-terrorists-abducted-nigerian-schoolgirls-christian-enclave-kebbi).

‎‎"It later turned out that the school was situated in a community entirely dominated by Muslims. This cements the fact that those describing killings in Nigeria as Christian genocide are acting on negative mindset and an arrogant commitment to stereotype Muslims and their religion. At the same time, it amplifies the fact that even the US which has threatened to invade Nigeria is either acting on the basis of wrong information or a predetermined and hidden agenda. 

‎‎Besides, the girl's names as released by the Federal Government (FG) belied the claim of Christian genocide and the so called 'targeted Christian attacks' as no single Christian name featured on the list (https://businessday-ng.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/businessday.ng/news/article/kebbi-governor-says-manga-not-a-christian-enclave-as-fg-releases-names-of-abducted-schoolgirls/).

‎‎"We therefore assert clearly, categorically and unequivocally that the use of the term 'Christian genocide' as far as what is presently going on in Nigeria is concerned is a myth, a mirage, a phantom and a sham. It does not exist. The scenario gravitates only in the imagination of its fabricators while the phrase surfaces only in the vocabulary of Islamophobes and Muslim haters. 

“As we prepare to dot our ‘i’s and cross our ‘t’s in this episode, we assure our Christian neighbours that the generality of Nigerian Muslims nurse no sinister thoughts towards them. Muslims are also being killed as they are being killed. It is just that we have been quiet about our own victims. We are enveloped in agony on two sides: Muslims who were killed or kidnapped as well as the false accusation that we are killing Christians. It has been salt upon injury.

‎‎"Nigerians must deduce one or two lessons from this stereotype scenario. America would have committed a grievous mistake if it had ordered a strike or an invasion of Nigeria on the basis of a false alarm by Rep Moore the same way it  invaded Iraq over a false 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) claim.

‎‎"The interesting part is that the US would still not have apologised for mistakenly killing innocent Nigerians the same way it is yet to own up decades after its invasion of Iraq.

‎‎"Our hypothesis is this: if America can be wrong about Iraq's WMD (and it was), if it can be wrong about the faith of Nigeria's Maga girls (and it is), it can also be absolutely misled about this Christian genocide narrative in Nigeria.

‎‎"The honourable path for the US to toe, therefore, is to check, cross-check and double-check this Christian genocide contraption so that it would not be misled into a Nigerian gunboat campaign that may end up with the War Secretary screaming like Paul Warfield Tibbets and Charles W. Sweeney did after dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 'My God!  What have we done?'"

‎#KidnappedMagaGirlsAreMuslims

‎#ChristianGenocideIsAMyth

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Founder/Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

 

CAN'S INVITATION, FASTING, PRAYERS TO BRING US TROOPS TO NIGERIA CALLOUS, NAIVE - MURIC

 

MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN (MURIC)

‎هيئة حقوق المسلمين

‎Motto: Dialogue, Not Violence

‎26^th November, 2025

‎PRESS RELEASE:

‎CAN'S INVITATION, FASTING, PRAYERS TO BRING US TROOPS TO NIGERIA CALLOUS, NAIVE - MURIC

‎The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the insistence of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on calling the current state of insecurity in Nigeria as Christian genocide and its endorsement of a prospective US invasion of Nigeria as callous, mean, petty and naive. 

‎‎In a press release signed by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Wednesday, 26th November, 2025, the group warned that CAN was pushing Nigeria into a dangerous phase by instigating the invasion of Nigeria by a crusading Western force.‎

‎MURIC's statement further said:‎

‎"Despite all evidence pointing to the killing of both Muslims and Christians by criminals, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has insisted on calling the current state of insecurity in Nigeria Christian genocide (https://punchng-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/punchng.com/there-is-christian-genocide-in-nigeria-can-insists/).‎

‎"Nay and more than that, CAN has implicitly endorsed US invasion of Nigeria. All those who wrote petitions to the US about Christian genocide are their members, and that includes Professor Joash Amupitan, the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  

“Even if there is no official statement on such invitation by CAN, at least there is evidence that a former president of the national Christian body, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, expressly endorsed US invasion of Nigeria about two weeks ago (https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1682497-ayokunle-accuses-government-neglecting-citizens-rising-killingsd/). Ayokunle’s endorsement has neither been debunked nor denied by CAN. This attitude is not only callous, it is mean, petty and naive. 

‎‎"The callousness and meanness arise from failure to think about country and fellow compatriots while its naivety springs from its shortsightedness and its exhibition of stark ignorance of international affairs particularly regarding the consideration of comparative implications with other countries the US has invaded before.

‎‎"CAN's insistence on labelling it 'Christian genocide' was again epitomized in a letter from its national headquarters dated 20th November, 2025 captioned 'Declaration of a One-Day Nationwide Prayer Against Christian Genocide in Nigeria'. 

‎"This prayer reminds us of CAN's countless prayers in the Jonathan days which culminated in the accusation by one of their prominent members that CAN  leadership collected seven billion naira from former President Goodluck Jonathan for prayers (https://www.nairaland.com/7246438/pastor-insists-jonathan-bribed-7). Only Allah knows how many billions CAN is eyeing with another round of prayers between now and February 2027.

‎‎"Recipients of the letter were urged to 'Kindly ensure that this prayer is taken with all fervency'. We are constrained to submit that CAN's choice of words like 'fervency' instigated its followers to take extreme measures. That was why a Christian cleric appeared in a video clip praying for the invasion of Nigeria by American troops. This is the height of religious bigotry, educated ignorance and certificated self-destruction.

‎‎"Advocates of American invasion of Nigeria cannot see beyond their noses. History recounts how the US invaded Mexico (1846-1848), the Philippines (1898-1910), Cuba (1898-1902), Iraq (1990-1991 and 2003-2011), Vietnam (1954; 1960-1975), Panama (1989), Grenada (1983-1984), Afghanistan (2001-2021), etc.

‎‎"How did those invasions benefit the countries? How will American invasion of Nigeria benefit Nigerians? We are still waiting to see if US troops will force Nigerian Muslims to convert to Christianity at gunpoint after CAN's fair and foul methods have failed to make the dream of 'Nigeria for Jesus' a fait accompli since all these years. Desperation, sometimes, can push people to extremes. 

‎‎"MURIC's greatest concern is that US invasion may radicalize and militarize hitherto disciplined and peace-loving Muslim youths in the country. That will be a sad development because we as a group and more than 95 percent of Muslims in Nigeria believe in dialogue.

‎‎"We warn that CAN is pushing Nigeria into a dangerous phase by instigating the invasion of the country by a crusading Western force.

‎‎"Nigerian Muslims condemn terrorism and detest all forms of violence. We are ready and willing to peacefully coexist with all other compatriots regardless of their faith or ethnicity. This is what we have been doing all along.

‎‎"It is absolutely wrong to judge the mainstream and larger group with the attitude of a misinformed, misguided and infinitesimally small minority that is waging terror attacks on innocent people as well as the larger group.

‎‎"We charge Nigerian Muslims and other right-thinking Nigerians to pray for peace, political stability and economic prosperity. We appeal to hitherto peaceful and law-abiding Muslim youths to remain good ambassadors of Islam. We pray that Allah should give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the wisdom as well as the moral and spiritual absorber mechanisms to navigate the stormy waters of present-day Nigeria. 

‎‎#CANPrayer

‎#CANPrayingForUSInvasion

‎#PrayForPeace

#PrayForNigeria

‎

‎Professor Ishaq Akintola,

‎Executive Director,

‎Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).