“We don’t see things the way they are. We see them the way we are. Just
like the change we are clamoring for in Nigeria. It sounds the same but
what it means to politicians, religious bodies and others is entirely
different.”
These are the statements made yesterday by the National
President of Jama’at Ta’awunil Muslimeen in Agege, at a lecture
organized by one of the branches of the organisation in Lagos State. He
said the politicians calling for change
wanted their party to be in position of authority, the Muslims, asking
for change are dreaming of unbiased government that would respect the
rights of Muslims and protect their interest while other Nigerians are
looking for a nation that her resources would not be mismanaged.
“Muslims are more concerned with change because we know its implication
if it didn’t occur. By now they would have returned the schools back to
the missionaries especially in Osun and they might have even succeeded
in removing Aregbesola from office. In facts religious crisis would have
ensued everywhere in Nigeria. That was why in our places of work,
mosque and everywhere we went to, we sang the song, change. But now is
only Buhari that has changed, things are still the same” he stressed.
He further explained that the way we think is not the way they think.
“what we think they should do is not what they will do. What we want
Buhari to do for Islam just like what Jonathan did for Christians is not
what he will do. If he had intention of doing that he would not become
Nigeria President and the country like America wouldn’t have given him
back up. But being a Muslim is a plus, is only that nothing much should
be expected from him because the system will never provide the change we
want” he elucidated.
He then called on Muslims to be more prayerful for the progress of Islam in Nigeria
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