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  The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has kicked against the examination timetable of the National Open University (NOUN) for the year 2022.  The human rights organization accused NOUN of preparing an examination timetable that leaves no room for Jumu‘ah prayer thereby forcing Muslim candidates to write examinations under duress and compelling Muslim invigilators to work in a dehumanizing and despiritualizing condition. The group described the examination timetable as anti-Muslim and neo-imperialist.   This was made known in a press statement circulated among journalists on Thursday, 5 th  May, 2022 by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.   The statement reads :   “The timetable of the 2022 POP Final Examination Timetable released by the National Open University (NOUN) has revealed that Muslim students and Muslim staff of the institution were forced to write the aforementioned examination and invigilate same respectively during the period of the J...

  Muslim students of Baptist High School, Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government of Kwara State who were protesting for the right to use hijab were reportedly attacked by hoodlums and security agents today, Thursday, 3 rd February, 2022. Four people were allegedly injured while one has been hospitalised.     As usual, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has reacted to the incident by condemning the attack on the protesting students.     MURIC’s condemnation was contained in a statement issued by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on the afternoon of Thursday, 3 rd  February, 2022.     MURIC said :   “Muslim students of Baptist High School, Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government of Kwara State who were protesting for the right to use hijab were reportedly attacked by hoodlums and security agents today, Thursday, 3 rd February, 2022. Four people were allegedly injured while one has been hospitalised.     “Although it was rumoured that one perso...

  A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17 th November, 2021. The incident occurred in public during the semester’s face-to-face interaction. Reacting to the incident, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the Oyo State Government to set up a panel to investigate the matter.     MURIC made the demand in a brief statement issued on Thursday, 18 th  November, 2021 by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads :   “A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning (ODL) of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17 th  November, 2021. The incident occurred in pub...

  Twenty two (22) unarmed Muslim travellers were killed by a Christian militia group at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State on Saturday, 14 th  August, 2021. The swift response of security agents led to the arrest of six of the attackers at the scene. Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the immediate rounding up of all members of the Christian militia in Jos.     MURIC made the call in a statement issued on Saturday evening, 14 th  August, 2021. The statement was signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     “Twenty two (22) unarmed Muslim travellers were brutally killed by a Christian militia group at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State, today, Saturday, 14 th  August, 2021. The attack began around 9.28 am. The Muslims had attended the annual dhikr prayer in Bauchi State and they were returning to Ikare, Ondo State when they were waylaid by the notorious Irigwe Christian militia.       “The unarmed Muslims who ...

Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has reacted to a recent statement issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in which it called for a Christian president for Nigeria by 2023. MURIC said while it is not opposed to the idea of a Christian president for Nigeria, CAN must wait for its turn.     MURIC spoke via its director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, 2 nd  August, 2023. The full statement reads:     “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) last week demanded a Christian president come 2023 (https://thenationonlineng.net/2023-can-pushes-for-christian-president/). But we believe that it is not yet the turn of a Christian to be the president of Nigeria if we want to go by mathematical exactitude from the time Nigeria began civil rule in 1999.     “Chief Mathew Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo, a Christian, spent eight (8) years as president (1999 – 2007). Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan also spent ...

The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, yesterday refuted the report making the rounds that it compared Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho. Thereafter, Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), appealed for calm.     MURIC’s appeal was issued on Tuesday, 28 th  July, 2021 by the director of the organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads:   “The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has refuted the report that it compared Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho ( https://emporiumreporters.com.ng/we-never-liken-igboho-to-prophet-muhammad-afenifere/) . Although the report generated a lot of tension as it angered millions of Muslim faithfuls in the country, we are appealing to Muslims nationwide, particularly Muslim youths to consider the refutal as a retraction and to accept it in good faith.     “In a new statement released yesterday, Afenifere’s Na...

Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has demanded unreserved apology from Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group,  comparing Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Igboho, to Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Afenifere had compared Igboho’s current travail in Benin Republic to that of Prophet Muhammad in Madinah.     In a press release issued by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the human rights group said Afenifere’s statement was not only sacriledgious but outrageous and audacious. MURIC advised Afenifere to compare Igboho to any of the Yoruba heroes if they must idolise him.     The statement reads:   “Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has compared Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho, to Prophet Muhammad. This is totally unacceptable. It is not only sacriledgious but outrageous and audacious. Afenifere has manifested categorical desertification of discernibility coupled with an alarming height of tramadolised hero-worshipping. ...