14th September,
2024
PRESS RELEASE:
MURIC
TO SOUN: ALLOW US TO BUILD YOUR PALACE MOSQUE
The Soun of Ogbomoso
recently appointed a palace Imam. Subsequently, an Islamic human rights
organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) questioned the rationale for
this.
In a statement made
on Saturday, 14th September, 2024, the Executive Director of MURIC, Professor
Ishaq Akintola said his group was ready to build a mosque for the Soun if only
the latter would show the space where he intends to site it.
Akintola said:
"The Soun
of Ogbomoso recently appointed Habib Ayilara as his palace Imam. Although we
welcomed this action we still wondered how the palace Imam would function
without a mosque in the palace. We therefore advised the Soun to build a mosque
inside the palace.
"Our advice is a
very sincere one, no satire intended, because such a mosque will benefit
Muslims working inside the palace and those residing there.
"However,
reports reaching us indicate that there has been no sign of any preparation to
build a mosque within the palace up till this moment. The palace Imam needs a
structure where he will be leading both the five daily prayers and the weekly
Jumu'ah prayer for Muslims who live and work inside the palace.
"We
hereby volunteer to build a mosque for the Soun inside the palace. The revered
monarch only needs to show us the portion of land within the palace upon which
he intends to site the mosque. MURIC assures the king that workers and
equipment will be mobilised to the site within 30 days of identifying and
approving the location. It is sheer humanitarian gesture. We mean this, Your
Majesty. Still, no satire on our mind."
#Ogbomoso
#PalaceMosque
Professor Ishaq
Akintola,
Founder/Executive
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC).
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