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The fight against insecurity will be overcome by a spirit of reconciliation
1. Nigeria: SNC - CAN wants Truth, Reconciliation Commission
2. Nigeria: 'Boko Haram is not islamic'
3. Muslims urged to lead fight against insecurity
1. Nigeria: SNC - CAN wants Truth, Reconciliation Commission
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204100511.html
Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday endorsed the call for Sovereign National Conference, saying, however, that a truth and reconciliation commission be established as a precursor to the conference.
In an Easter Monday press conference at the CAN Secretariat in Kaduna, Reverend Kujiyat said they believed truth, justice, forgiveness, reconciliation and peace are very essential today for building up mutual trust, unity, harmony and peaceful co-existence not only in Kaduna but Nigeria at large. "It is my strong conviction that what we need first in preparation to Sovereign National Conference as a matter of urgency is the setting up of Truth and Reconciliation Commission by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan," he said.
"The time has come for the people of Kaduna State, the whole of the northern states and all Nigerians to face our problems headlong with all sincerity and truth. In spite of the zealous display of religious piety in churches or mosques, selfishness, greed, falsehood, deceit, lies, blackmail and all forms of corruption have continued as the very fabric of our existence.
"Truth has perished and buried in our Nigerian society that nobody feels accountable to anybody as political appointments are looked upon as a means of plundering the treasury of the government or any employer. No matter how much truth has been muddled by all kinds of lies and falsehood that man finds it impossible to know and discern the truth that does not confuse God as to not know the truth," Rev. Kujiyat noted.
The CAN chairman expressed concern that widespread insecurity, bombing of worship places, shooting and killing of innocent people in the state has necessitated yet another cancellation of the Easter Monday rally. Kujiyat also reiterated that the constitution of CAN does not have any provision for northern or southern states CAN, stressing that it is illegal to continue to harbour a northern states CAN on their premises.
Kujiyat who is also the Chairman Kaduna State chapter of CAN, lamented that despite housing the Northern States CAN for years, yet they have been working against them. "Constitutionally, it is illegal to continue to habour Northern states CAN on our premises, and also security wise because right under our watchful eyes they have worked against us for over seven years, trying our tolerance to its limit," he said.
2. Nigeria: 'Boko Haram is not islamic'
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204130158.html
The Vice Chairman of the Muslims Pilgrim Welfare Board in Cross River State, Sheikh Bature Abdulkadir has said that activities of the Boko Haram sect are criminal and un-Islamic.
Sheikh Abdulkadir, who is also the chief imam of the mosque in the University of Calabar said, "How can members of this group say that everything from the West is bad or un-Islamic.
How can they condemn Western education when Prophet Mohammed urged the early followers of Islam to go all the way even up to China which was not even an Islamic country to obtain education? If they condemn everything from the West, what of the phones they are using to communicate, the bombs they detonate to destroy lives and property, and the cars they drive."
3. Muslims urged to lead fight against insecurity
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A lecturer at Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Na'iya Sada, says Nigerian Muslims as the single largest group in the country, cannot afford to be mere onlookers or spectators but should be at the forefront of tackling insecurity and other challenges facing the country.
Sada told newsmen in Abuja that Muslims across the country must be active participants in reversing the degenerating trends in the country. He was speaking ahead of the Coalition of Muslim Organisations' two-day national conference on "Nigerian Muslims and Democracy," billed for weekend at the conference hall of the National Mosque, Abuja. He said the conference, among others, is to address some of the pressing issues in the country with the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, as special guest of honour.
According to Daily Trust other participants at the conference include Muslim state governors, traditional rulers, federal and state lawmakers, ministers, politicians, Islamic clerics, lawyers, journalists and students.
He listed the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria (FOMWAN), Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Nasrul-lahi-l-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), Muslim Intellectuals and Cultural Association, Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria, Muslim Professionals and Intellectuals Organisation and National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO) among others as organising members of the conference.
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