The Islamization of Nigeria is proceeding apace, while the world looks the other way. To say or do anything about it would be “Islamophobic.”
“Nigerian Christians brace for election as Islamic clerics call all-Muslim ticket ‘a jihad,'” by Fr. Justine John Dyikuk, The Pillar, February 21, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Nigeria’s Christian leaders are calling for both full engagement in the country’s democratic process, and faith in the viability of the country’s future, ahead of elections scheduled for Feb. 25, after Islamic religious leaders have backed an all-Muslim presidential ticket on religious grounds.
The country’s upcoming election took on religious significance after the governing All Progressive Congress party decided to field an all-Muslim ticket for president and vice president, in a departure from the country’s customary electoral practice, which sees parties pairing a Muslim and a Christian.
The APC ticket has drawn support from prominent Islamic clerics in Nigeria, who have called on the country’s Muslims to vote along religious lines, fueling national tensions amid an ongoing series of mass attacks on Christian communities.
In January, clerics and representatives from over 75 Islamic groups from several Nigerian states and including both ethnically Yoruba and Igbo Muslims, held a special prayer conference in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, where they prayed for the success of Bola Tinubu’s candidacy, and encouraged the country’s Muslims to see the election in religious terms.
The host of the Kano conference, state governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, recalled to the assembly the contentious 1993 election — the last time an all-Muslim party ticket ran for office but saw the election victory overturned by the courts — and said “History will not repeat itself and there will be no annulment this time around.”
Outlining the purpose of the Kano gathering, the conference’s convener, Nigerian Islamic preacher, Dr. Abdullmudalib Muhammad Auwal said that “The participants are Muslims and Islamic clerics. We gathered Muslims from all persuasions to enlighten them on ensuring that the Muslim-Muslim ticket succeeds.”
According to Auwal, over 75 Islamic groups from across the country’s states and ethnic groups Muslims were invited to attend. “We told the Islamic clerics [and] participants that the issue [for the election] is not about building infrastructure for the nation, but the major issue is who will promote Islam.”
“We told the participants that a Muslim, wherever he is, is better than a Kafiri [unbeliever] or non-Muslim, and if you bring 2 Muslims together [on the ticket], they will give you the victory that one Muslim will not be able to give,” Auwal said. “This is the reason why we are enlightening people to understand that the main objective is that Muslim-Muslim ticket is a jihad to us.”…
Bishop David Ajang of Lafia, the liaison bishop in charge of communications at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) added to Kukah’s comments, saying that the APC ticket was more than just “a departure from what has become like a standard practice in Nigeria.”
“Considering the fact that the country is struggling with religious intolerance and the insinuation of Islamization, at this point in time, all efforts from all quarters should be geared towards building the unity of the country of which balanced representation is key,” Ajang said. “Unfortunately, the APC acted differently.”
“It would seem as if not very many Muslims are willing to accept the fact that Nigeria is a secular state,” Ajang said. “They see the idea as conflicting with their faith, which preaches that the non-Muslim be either converted or conquered. The move will further threaten the peace and stability of the country which is already greatly challenged.”
“Considering the Islamic principle of ‘convert or conquer,’” Ajang said that he sees the wider Muslim backing of the ACP ticket on religious grounds “as a subtle nod in the direction of theocratic jihadism.”…
somehistory says
More slaughter ahead for Nigerian Christians at the already bloody hands of mozlums.
gravenimage says
Grimly likely, Somehistory.
somehistory says
and nigeria is not alone in its persecution of Christians
‘FOX News
China ramping up persecution of Christians as it demands ‘worship and allegiance’ of Xi Jinping: watchdog”
“The Chinese Communist Party escalated its persecution of Christians throughout 2022 as the country clamped down on churches and online religious content while demanding allegiance to Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a watchdog group.”
Wellington says
There can be no doubt about it, somehistory, that there is an undeclared war on Christianity and Christians across the globe—in Africa, China and, yes, even in much of the modern West, the very realm of mankind where Christianity was most integral in the construction of civilization—and a most impressive civilization at that.
All this is ominous and yet indicative of just how liberating Christianity really is because those now waging a de facto war on it have nothing to do with matters relating to freedoms of all sorts, be they political, intellectual, societal, economical, etc.
That Christianity is seen as a threat by the Islamic, traditionally authoritarian and Leftist spheres of mankind, a most unholy trinity if ever there were one, is dispositive, I would argue, of just how liberating Christianity truly is overall per its deeply embedded sapient ethic even if one does not accept its theology.
somehistory says
Thank you Wellington.
It’s always good to see your defense, even though you don’t “accept its theology.’
That is the mark, imo, of an honest person. The world could certainly benefit from more like you.
Mr. David Horowitz wrote a book on the subject and made some of the same points as you made in your comment. And he’s not Christian, either.
It certainly seems that the case has been made that the “unholy trinity” is in mortal fear of Christianity, due to the very fact Jesus’ teachings offer Freedoms and the blessings that come with those.
As I have said before, I see you in Jesus’ words recorded in Matthew 25.
Wellington says
Thank you, somehistory. Most gracious of you to convey what you did, including your reference to Matthew 25.
I write this as one convinced that the two best religions that go optimally with the democratic tenets first invented by the ancient Greeks are Christianity and its magnificent predecessor, Judaism. Hinduism and Buddhism also have much to offer and neither is a threat to liberty. But Islam has nothing to offer already discovered by other religions and philosophical systems. At its best (and assuming there is a best in Islam, itself quite arguable to the contrary), Mo’s creed is superfluous and, at worst, menacing a la Lincoln to the better angels of our nature.
Best to you and yours. On your side as usual.
somehistory says
YW, Wellington. I didn’t say anything I don’t honestly believe.
and thank you. We will win in the end, no matter how dark it may seem to be out there.
gravenimage says
Fine exchange, Somehistory and Wellington.
Wellington says
Thank you, gravenimage.
somehistory says
thanks, g.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Muslim preacher says Muslim-Muslim presidential-vice presidential ticket ‘is a jihad to us’
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I had wondered how long Nigeria would continue its practice of alternating between Muslim and Christian presidents before Muslim supremacy took over–and now we know…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
As a population, are they still 50-50, or has there been a more recent census that has flipped the balance towards making it a majority muslim country, like Malaysia?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Is there no ‘Christian’ party there that can pay back in kind, and put together a Christian president and VP?Such a party could rally all non-muslim votes behind it
Aum says
Its a war by Islam against Unbelievers.
OLD GUY says
If you are a Christian and you believe that you can live and practice your faith in a country that is coming under islamic rule, you are in for a big surprise. Islam wants to dominate the world, all non-islamic people will become sob-servant to the rule of islam.