MSSN advises Kwara on religious freedom in schools

Date: 2019-07-05

The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, has called on the state government to prevail on the management of all public schools to allow pupils of different religious backgrounds to observe morning assembly prayers according to the dictates of their faith.

The society said the call was necessary to forestall a breakdown of law and order in public schools.

The MSSN call came in the wake of a recent incident at Bishop Smith College in Ilorin, capital of the state, in which the school's Imam was allegedly molested by some members of the school's staff when he attempted to pray in the Islamic way, immediately after the Christian prayers were said at the school's assembly ground.

The incident, according to a statement signed by the MSSN Chairman, Nurudeen Ibrahim, occurred on Friday, June 21, 2019.

"The Muslim-dominated city of Ilorin is one of the most peaceful cities in Nigeria. Muslims in Ilorin are accommodating and tolerant. But our tolerance and peace-loving nature is exploited as a basis for the desecration and infringement of our rights.

"Thus, we received the above devastating news with a mix of umbrage and shock. We state that forceful proselytisation of students and assault on Muslims in a public academic institution is not only condemnable and below the minimum standards of tolerance or civility expected in a democratic society, but it is also a violation of the fundamental human rights. It is equally a violation of Section 38 the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Orisa Bridge     Damilola Yusuf     Aliyu U. Tilde     Ifelodun     Offa Grammer School     FOMWAN     Abikan     Tunji Moronfoye     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Bolakale Ayo     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Monkey Pox     Gbugbu     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Alimi     Lithium     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Kwara Metro Park     Segun Abifarin     Face Masks     Jamiu Oyawoye     Saka Saadu     Abiodun Oyedepo     Olatomiwa Williams     Bola Sagaya     Adekunle David Dunmade     Kazeem Adekanye     The Herald     Arca Santa     Fatimoh Lawal     Henry Makinwa     Oko-Olowo     Kannike     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Atunwa     Segun Adeniyi     Erin-ile     Bolakale Kawu     Aliyu Umar     Bamidele Adegoke     Gobir Organization Foundation     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Marufat Oladosu     Amos Justus Sayo     Bareke     Presidential Election     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     National Pilot     Wahab Agbaje     Suleiman Ajadi     Omoniyi Ayinla     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Durbar     General Hospital, Offa     Balogun Gambari     Okiki     Adaramaja     Valsolar Consultoria     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Sulyman Tejidini     Sherif Shagaya     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Kwara TV     Michael Nzwekwe     Iqra Books     Assayomo     National Broadcasting Commission     Ibrahim Labaika     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Ayinde Oyepitan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olatunde Jare     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Offa Poly     Garba Ayodele Wahab     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     TETFUND     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Abdulazeez Arowona     Abegunde Goke     Adeniyi Ojo     Florence Saraki     Salami Adekunle     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Ilofa     Oke-Odo     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Quarry Royal Valley     Yaru     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Abubakar Atiku     Sarkin Malamai     Seed Technologies     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Joseph Bamigboye     African Democratic Congress     Tunji Folami     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Amada Jidda     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Gani Saadu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Sherif Shagaya     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Maimunat Oniyangi     Ayinde Oki     Oniwa     Abdulwahab Oba     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Assayomo     Rasheed Jimoh     Abubakar B.M     Shuaib Olarongbe     Idi-Ape     EFCC     Alagbado     Rafiu Olasile     Saliu Mustapha     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Galland Marcias     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Tunde Akanbi     Ballah     Okin Biscuit     IsDB     Mohammed Saidu     Hussein Olokooba     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Matthew Okedare     Ndama Al-hassan     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Isin     Oluranti Idowu     Bank Of Industry     Kazeem Oladepo     Aliyu Muyideen     Amuda Aluko     Bilikisu Gambari     Shero     Abdulfatai Baakini     Salihu Ajia     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf