6th May, 2019
RAMADAN MESSAGE:
PRAY FOR LEAH SHARIBU, CHIBOK
GIRLS,
PEACE & SECURITY
Nigerian Muslims joined their counterparts
all over the world in commencing this year’s Ramadan fast on Monday 6th
May, 2019. The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme
Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, announced the
sighting of the Ramadan crescent on Monday evening.
Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC) has felicitated with the Sultan of Sokoto and leaders of all Islamic
organisations in the country. MURIC also congratulated President Muhammadu
Buhari and all state governors for witnessing the commencement of the month of
Ramadan.
In a
press statement issued on Monday, 6th May, 2019, the Islamic human
rights organization called on Nigerian Muslims to seize the opportunity of the
holy month and the spiritual power which Allah has endowed fasting Muslims to supplicate
for the freedom of Christian girls like Leah Sharibu and the Chibok girls who
are still in the hands of Boko Haram. The statement was signed by Professor
Ishaq Akintola, Founder and Director of the organization.
“We must admit that the continued stay
of Leah Sharibu and the Chibok girls in Boko Haram’s detention camp is a dark
spot on Nigeria’s white linen.
“Whereas the Federal Government (FG),
the Muslim Ummah and its leadership desire freedom for those innocent girls,
the insurgents are keeping them in captivity in order to achieve their
diabolical aims, namely, to embarrass FG, to use them as human shields, to
boost their negotiation power and to use them as a tool for setting Nigerian Christians
and their Muslim compatriots against each other.
“The overall objective of Boko Haram is
to ignite a religious war. That was why they started attacking places of
worship. It was when that ploy failed that they resorted to abducting Christian
girls with the hope of provoking Christiandom. This is why Nigeria’s religious
leaders must exercise extra patience. They must not play into the hands of the
insurgents. They must refrain from emotional outbursts. Instead, they must sink
their differences and come together in the name of humanity to fight the evil
in their midst. We reiterate that terrorists have no religion.
“This
is why Nigerian Muslims must use prayers to defeat the enemy and secure freedom
for our daughters. We feel their absence in our midst. We feel the pain of
their closest relations. Our hearts go out to them wherever they may be. Prayer
is the sword of the believer and a family that fasts together evolves and retains
an unbreakable spiritual bond. Nigerian Muslims must invoke the incomparable spiritual
might of Ramadan to neutralize the supposedly invincible power of Boko Haram to set Leah Sharibu and the Chibok girls free.”
MURIC also called for prayers for peace,
security, political stability and economic buoyance for Nigeria.
“Furthermore,
we must use that special spiritual power of Ramadan to crush all powers of
darkness and all agents of evil who are behind the incessant killings and kidnappings
in Nigeria. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘When
Ramadan comes, Shaytan is put in chains’. It is high time Nigerian Muslims utilized
this Islamic truism to destroy killers and kidnappers.
“Before we stop hitting the keyboard, we
call on fasting Muslims to make freedom for Leah Sharibu and the Chibok girls their
prayer points during this Ramadan. Pray that Nigeria is emancipated from
ruthless killers and kidnappers. Pray for the exposure of rebellious subjects
and enemies of peace. Pray for total security. Pray also for economic buoyancy
and political stability”.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
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