9th May, 2022
PRESS
RELEASE
LEAVE
POLICE ACADEMY COMMANDANT ALONE
The Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC) has come out in stout defence of the Commandant of the Police
Academy, Wudil, AbdurRahman Ahmad, who has currently been under siege from
critics. The Islamic human rights organization accused his traducers of
Islamophobia, witch-hunting and Muslim-bashing.
MURIC spoke through
it's director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, 9th May 2022.
Akintola said,
"We are not surprised that the Commandant of the Police Academy, Wudil, AbdurRahman
Ahmad, has come under a barrage of criticisms. It is in the character of the
Lagos axis of the Nigerian media and the Christo-Western elites to find faults
in Muslims in public positions.
“They are
particularly interested in bringing down Muslims whom they see as devoted to
their faith. They will quickly activate the bring-him-down syndrome in them by
whipping up anti-Muslim sentiments. However, they are quite comfortable
with Muslims who do not know their rights from their left in matters of
religion.
“Can you imagine some
people questioning the reason behind organising separate meals for fasting
Muslims in an institution in this 21st century? Are there people anywhere in
the world who do not know that Muslims eat twice a day during Ramadan?
"Muslims who are
fasting in Ramadan must eat between 4 am and 5 am and break their fasts
approximately by 7 am. Even 5-star hotels around the world know this. Is it
reasonable to serve the meals of those Muslims and non-Muslims together?
"The complainants
have no pointable point. It is only if the practice of serving separate meals
continue after Ramadan that they can complain. Nigerians must learn to live
with and respect our diverse cultures. In fact, Muslims should complain of
inconvenience if the Police Academy fails to do this for them during Ramadan or
if they have not been doing it before. The Commandant did the right
thing.
"The critics also
made a mountain out of a molehill when they complained about enhanced dinner
for the Muslims. It is common knowledge that fasting Muslims do not take lunch.
It is only logical and reasonable if their dinner is enhanced after missing
lunch. By the way, the lunch is everyone's right and the Muslims could have
chosen to collect it in the afternoon and kept it till they break their fast at
7 pm. But the meal would have become unhygienic by that time. Would the critics
prefer that?
Has religious
disharmony gotten to that level? Is your hatred for your Muslim neighbour so
pathological? Is it so irredeemable that you would prefer their food wasted
than consumed?
"Neither do the
critics have any valid point in their complaint about the use of hijab by
female Muslims in the academy in view of the fact that hijab has been approved
by the Nigerian Police. It must be noted that the approval stands until a court
of competent jurisdiction says otherwise. Of course MURIC is standing by to
pursue such a case up to the highest court in the land.
"We can
see Islamophobia, witch-hunting and Muslim-bashing boldly printed on the
foreheads of those who are complaining against the Commandant. We advise them
to eschew hatred of their fellowmen. Let us love and tolerate one another.
There is enough space for all birds to fly in the sky.
“We appeal to
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to
ignore the rantings of these haters. Their complaints are ill-motivated,
baseless and therefore untenable.
Professor
Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC)
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