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          The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has suggested that cow owners in the country should be registered in order to hold them accountable. The group argued that cow owners should register their businesses in the same way other businesses are registered. It further suggested that cow owners should approach banks and other financial institutions for loans to build ranches.     MURIC’s suggestions came in the wake of the discovery that the owner of the cows that strayed into Professor Wole Soyinka’s compound is a Southerner and a Yoruba man. This was revealed in a press statement circulated to the media on Thursday, 11 th  February, 2021 by the director of the human rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     According to the statement, “We strongly condemn the incident in which a cow strayed into Professor Wole Soyinka’s compound at Kemta Estate, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, 9 th  February, 2021. It is a desecration of a hallowed space. The respected professor needs peace to be abl

            The government of Kano State has banned a controversial Islamic scholar, Shaykh Abdul Jabbar Kabara over his erratic and provocative sermons. His mosque in Gwale area in the heart of the city of Kano was also shut. The government of Kano State also reportedly promised to arrange a debate between the Shaykh and other Islamic scholars.     “Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed the government of Kano State for taking the action. MURIC, an Islamic human rights organization, commended the Kano State government in a statement issued by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Monday, 8 th  February, 2021.     MURIC said:   “There have been complaints of erratic preaching against Shaykh Kabara for quite some time. Coming from the Tijaniyyah Sufi order, Sunni Muslims have lodged lots of complaints against him in the past. They even accused him of abusing the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). This is a very sensitive and volatile issue t