Islam Abhors Protests Against Leaders — Ex-Kwara Grand Khadi

A erstwhile Grand Khadi of the Shari’a Court of Appeal successful Ilorin, Kwara State, Justice Salihu Muhammad, has cautioned Nigerians against nationalist condemnation of their leaders.

The retired jurist and preacher, who spoke with LEADERSHIP successful Ilorin, maintained that Islam prescribed prayers and constructive proposal for leaders, alternatively of staging protests oregon abusing them.

Justice Muhammad who described governmental bureau arsenic a spot from God, said citizens person a work to respect and usher those successful authorization done lawful means.

“Government offices are a spot from Allah and the people. Leaders indispensable discharge them with sincerity. But arsenic followers, our relation is to commune for authorities and usher them with advice. Condemnation and maltreatment are not the mode of Islam,” helium said.

He maintained that adjacent erstwhile authorities fails to conscionable expectations, nationalist protests and criticisms were not sanctioned by Islamic law.

“Peaceful protestation oregon immoderate sanction you telephone it is not recognised successful Islam. You commune for guidance for those successful power,” helium stressed.

Muhammad arsenic urged the authorities to found a regulatory model for spiritual preaching crossed faiths.

“The infinitesimal you tin accidental ‘Allahu Akbar’, radical telephone you Mallam. That is wrong. There indispensable beryllium instrumentality and regularisation for some Christian and Muslim preachers. It should beryllium a nationalist policy,” helium declared.

The UN bid ambassador besides distanced Islam from terrorism, banditry and different convulsive crimes, describing them arsenic signs of the extremity of time.

He urged Nigerians to statesman addressing the menace of convulsive crimes from the household level, by guiding their children early.

Muhammad, who earned his UN bid ambassador rubric aft a presumption astatine a Baptist Convention successful the United States, recalled mediating successful conflicts successful Sudan, Gambia, London, Malaysia and the United States of America.

He said his experiences reinforced his content that constructive dialog and communal respect were the foundation of peace.