MUSLIM RIGHTS CONCERN
(MURIC), OYO STATE CHAPTER.
Date: 21st December, 2022
*DSS INVITATION TO AKINTOLA: DO THEY WANT TO
SILENCE US? – MURIC OYO STATE CHAPTER*
The Muslim Rights Concern, Oyo State Chapter,
has pledged to accompany Professor Ishaq Akintola, the Director of the organization,
any time he wants to honour the invitation sent to him by the Department of
State Services (DSS), Ibadan, Oyo State. The invitation is alleged to be over
the organisation’s recent statement on Muslim students in a public school who
were forced to sing Christmas carol last week.
MURIC’s release which was signed by Professor
Akintola and dated December 12, 2022, had accused Governor Seyi Makinde of
aiding and abetting the age long oppression of Muslims in Oyo State through Oyo
State school authorities.
MURIC cited the example of St Annes schools,
Molete, Ibadan, whose principals forced Muslim students and Muslim teachers to
join in the singing of Christmas carol.
MURIC condemned the action as extremist,
feudalistic and provocative.
The attention of Oyo State MURIC has been
drawn to the invitation extended to Professor Ishaq Akintola by Oyo State DSS
office by-passing the state branch of MURIC.
Our Director committed no offence, rather
Governor Makinde should channel his energy in the fight against those
unfairness activities committed under his watch.
MURIC Oyo State chapter endorses the press
statement on what Muslims are going through in Oyo State and we hereby
reproduce part of it. ‘Under Seyi Makinde’s watch, Muslim students were herded
like sheep to attend the crusade of a German Christian crusader, Evangelist
Daniel Kolenda in November 2021. Oyo State public schools were used for the
crusade during school hours.
‘Again under Makinde’s watch, Muslim
applicants attending a screening exercise for appointment were made to answer
questions on the Bible in August 2020. Under Makinde’s watch, Muslim teachers
were forced to attend a screening exercise on Salah day in July 2022. Yet these
are schools using public funds and Muslims are the majority among tax-payers in
the state’.
The DSS should extend her invitation to us at
Oyo State MURIC, not only Professor Akintola, and we will honour it.
Prof Akintola is only Director of MURIC but
there are 36 state chairmen and Abuja chairman. MURIC has come to stop the
oppression of the Muslim that started during colonisation. MURIC is the
voice of oppressed Nigerian Muslims. We will not allow anyone to silence us.
Signed:
Dr Nurudeen Olalekan ỌLỌṢỌ… Chairman
Alhaji Solahudeen Abdul Wasiu (Abu Salim) …
Secretary
Ustadh Ibrahim Agunbiade … MURIC Ambassador
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