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.

Arik     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Mutawalle     Afolayan     Voices Of Tomorrow     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Omupo     Ita-Ore     Isiaka Yusuf     Rotimi Atere     Yusuf Lawal     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Folashade Omoniyi     Oko Erin     Abubakar Baba     Rotimi Oyedepo     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Suleiman Ajadi     Tunde Yusuf     Alikinla     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Okeose Christian Cementary     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Ndama Al-hassan     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     SDP     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     AbdulHamid Adi     Funmi Salau     Hakeem Idris     Yaman     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     AbdulRauf Keji     Tuesday Assayomo     Tunji Oyawoye     Yusuf Aiyedun     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Sa\'adu Gambari     AGILE Programme     Wole Oke     Taofeek Ibraheem     Apaokagi     Muhammad Yahya     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Azeez Bello     Salaudeen Oyewale     Vasolar     National Information Technology Development Agency     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Ali Ahmad     UNIFEMGA     Ajeigbe     Ileloke     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Abdulfatai Baakini     Abdulazeez Uthman     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Elekoyangan     Musa Yeketi     Student Learning Support Helpline     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Lateef Alagbonsi     Oke-Ode     Olayinka Olaogun     Salman Suleiman     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Haleeman Salman     Baruten     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Oluwole Dupe     Saraki     Bashiru Makama     Dairo Kunle Paul     KWIRS     SSA Youth Engagement     Yahaya Jibril Usman    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Congress For National Consensus     Village Alive Development Association     Olohungbebe     Olupako Of Share     Amos Bajeh     Ariyo     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Aremu Odolaye     United Nigeria Airline     Yoonus Lawal     Tafida     Maigida     Doyin Agbamu     Lukman Adeloyin     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Paul Odama     Albert Ogunsola     Kwara 2019     Quareeb     Sadiq Buhari     Kwara State Television     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Shonga Farm Project     Gbemi Saraki     Yusuf A. Usman     Abdulazeez Uthman     Na\'Allah     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     PharmAccess Foundation     Share/Tsaragi     KSIRS     Maigidasanma     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     UITH     Femi Ogunsola     Adedeji Onimago     Dorcas Afeniforo     IQRA College     Ilorin East     Omupo     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Bola Sagaya     Sobi     Musbau A. Akanji     TETFUND     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Moses Afolayan     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Alore     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Riskat Opakunle     Rotimi Oyedepo     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Hassan A. Saliu     Hijaab     Ramadhan     Ilorin General Hospital     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Jide Ashonibare     Baba Idris     Peculiar Allowance     Tunji Moronfoye     Sabi     KWASEIC     UTME     Muhammed Akanbi     New Naira Notes     Ganmo     Alanamu     Adanla-Irese     IYA ALFA NLA     Quareeb Islamic Association     Abdulkadir Jimoh