Northern Ulamah urge unity, moral renewal, responsible leadership to tackle Nigeria’s challenges

…Warn against societal media abuse, mendacious genocide claims, ideological deviations

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo

Kaduna — Prominent Islamic scholars and clerics from crossed Northern Nigeria person called for unity, motivation renewal, and liable enactment among Muslims, urging authorities and citizens to enactment unneurotic to code insecurity, economical hardship, and societal decay.

The telephone was contained successful a communiqué issued astatine the extremity of the Special Northern Ulamah Summit connected Contemporary Issues Facing the Nigerian Muslim Ummah, held connected Wednesday, October 15, 2025 (23rd Rabi II, 1447 AH), astatine the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall, Murtala Muhammad Square, Kaduna.

Organized by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah successful Nigeria (SCSN) successful collaboration with large Islamic bodies specified arsenic Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Tijjaniyya, Qadiriyyah, Izala (Kaduna and Jos), and the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), the acme brought unneurotic implicit 600 Islamic scholars, clerics, and leaders from crossed the North and beyond.

In a 16-point communiqué signed by representatives of starring Islamic organizations, the Ulamah emphasized that unity of intent and corporate enactment guided by the Qur’an and Sunnah are captious to addressing Nigeria’s socio-political and motivation challenges. They pledged to fortify brotherhood, communal respect, and practice to beforehand bid and nationalist stability.

Expressing heavy interest implicit the misuse of societal media to dispersed hate, misinformation, and division, the scholars urged preachers, youths, and influencers to usage integer platforms responsibly to beforehand truth, morality, and unity successful enactment with Islamic values.

They highlighted Sulh (reconciliation) arsenic an important Islamic mechanics for struggle resolution, stressing that bid efforts indispensable beryllium anchored connected justness and fairness to adequately code the needs of victims, repentant offenders, and affected communities.

The Ulamah besides condemned attempts to make divisions betwixt Hausa and Fulani communities, describing some groups arsenic bound by faith, culture, and shared history. They further warned against deviant sects that cull the Sunnah, labeling specified groups arsenic a unsafe departure from authentic Islamic teachings.

On insecurity, the clerics called connected authorities astatine each levels to usage each lawful means to extremity terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping. They pledged the enactment of the Ulamah successful bid advocacy, assemblage mediation, and motivation reorientation initiatives, portion urging authorities to tackle rising inflation, unemployment, and poorness done equitable economical reforms.

The acme dismissed what it described arsenic mendacious planetary propaganda alleging genocide against Christians successful Nigeria, insisting that Muslims person besides been large victims of insecurity. It urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to cull specified narratives and called connected some section and planetary media to beforehand information and nationalist cohesion.

The scholars condemned the ongoing humanitarian situation successful Gaza, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian radical and commending Nigeria’s stance astatine the United Nations successful enactment of justness and quality rights.

Encouraging civic participation, the Ulamah urged Muslims, particularly youths, to instrumentality portion successful the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) workout up of the 2027 wide elections, describing governmental engagement arsenic a motivation work toward achieving justness and bully governance.

Signatories to the communiqué included Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar (SCSN), Prof. Sheikh Khalid Abubakar Aliyu (JNI), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau (Izala HQ Abuja), Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Gumi, Sheikh Nasir Kabara (Qadiriyyah), and Sheikh Ibrahim Shehu Maihula (Tijjaniyya), alongside representatives of women and younker groups.

The acme concluded with a reaffirmation of the Northern Ulamah’s committedness to uphold unity, support Islamic principles, and beforehand peace, justice, and prosperity successful Nigeria and the wider Muslim world.

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