9th May,
2022
PRESS RELEASE
LEAVE POLICE ACADEMY COMMANDANT ALONE
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has come out
in stout defence of the Commandant of the Police Academy, Wudil, AbdurRahman
Ahmad, who has currently been under siege from critics. The Islamic human
rights organization accused his traducers of Islamophobia, witch-hunting and
Muslim-bashing.
MURIC spoke through it's director, Professor
Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, 9th May 2022.
Akintola said, "We are not surprised that
the Commandant of the Police Academy, Wudil, AbdurRahman Ahmad, has come under
a barrage of criticisms. It is in the character of the Lagos axis of the
Nigerian media and the Christo-Western elites to find faults in Muslims in
public positions.
“They are particularly interested in bringing
down Muslims whom they see as devoted to their faith. They will quickly
activate the bring-him-down syndrome in them by whipping up anti-Muslim
sentiments. However, they are quite comfortable with Muslims who do not
know their rights from their left in matters of religion.
“Can you imagine some people questioning the
reason behind organising separate meals for fasting Muslims in an institution
in this 21st century? Are there people anywhere in the world who do not know
that Muslims eat twice a day during Ramadan?
"Muslims who are fasting in Ramadan must
eat between 4 am and 5 am and break their fasts approximately by 7 am. Even
5-star hotels around the world know this. Is it reasonable to serve the meals
of those Muslims and non-Muslims together?
"The complainants have no pointable
point. It is only if the practice of serving separate meals continue after
Ramadan that they can complain. Nigerians must learn to live with and respect
our diverse cultures. In fact, Muslims should complain of inconvenience if the
Police Academy fails to do this for them during Ramadan or if they have not
been doing it before. The Commandant did the right thing.
"The critics also made a mountain out of
a molehill when they complained about enhanced dinner for the Muslims. It is
common knowledge that fasting Muslims do not take lunch. It is only logical and
reasonable if their dinner is enhanced after missing lunch. By the way, the
lunch is everyone's right and the Muslims could have chosen to collect it in
the afternoon and kept it till they break their fast at 7 pm. But the meal
would have become unhygienic by that time. Would the critics prefer that?
Has religious disharmony gotten to that level?
Is your hatred for your Muslim neighbour so pathological? Is it so irredeemable
that you would prefer their food wasted than consumed?
"Neither do the critics have any valid
point in their complaint about the use of hijab by female Muslims in the
academy in view of the fact that hijab has been approved by the Nigerian
Police. It must be noted that the approval stands until a court of competent
jurisdiction says otherwise. Of course MURIC is standing by to pursue such a
case up to the highest court in the land.
"We can see Islamophobia, witch-hunting
and Muslim-bashing boldly printed on the foreheads of those who are complaining
against the Commandant. We advise them to eschew hatred of their fellowmen. Let
us love and tolerate one another. There is enough space for all birds to fly in
the sky.
“We appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari and
the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to ignore the rantings of these
haters. Their complaints are ill-motivated, baseless and therefore untenable.
Professor Ishaq
Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC)
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