Tag: MURIC

El-Rufa’i Lawsuit: Kaduna Govt. debunks MURIC’s allegations

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KDSG on MURIC

The Kaduna State government has debunked a statement issued by the Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Saturday, August 17, 2024, describing it as “unfounded, misleading, and an imagination of the authors’falsehood”. Recall that MURIC recently accused the State government (KDSG) of dragging the North back by a hundred years by pursuing political vendetta against the former governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i. The group, in a statement issued by its Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola, specifically slammed KDSG for ignoring all the brilliant legal practitioners in the North to…

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Planned Protest: “We won’t join enemies of peace” – MURIC

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MURIC on Aug 1 protest

The Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has  said that its members  will not participate in the  protest being planned over economic hardship in the country alleging that Lagos is being targeted like before for possible  revenge for electoral loss. Its  Executive Director, Professor Ish’aq Akintola, in an issued statement, said Nigerians should acknowledge various efforts being made by the Federal Government to alleviate the suffering of the masses. It therefore advised the youth to be creative and innovative instead of being docile, complacent and destructive. MURIC also advised Nigerian youths not…

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MURIC raises alarm over alleged plan to depose Sultan of Sokoto

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Sultan of Sokoto

?.?…”He must be guarded jealously”, VP Shettima ?The Muslim Rights Concern group, (MURIC), has raised alarm over an alleged plan by Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. It’s Executive Director, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, made the announcement in a statement yesterday. ?The development comes amidst controversy and tension over the deposition of monarchs in Kano State. Recall that the State governor Aliyu previously deposed 15 traditional rulers for various offences. Under the current law, the authority to appoint district and village heads…

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‘Why Muslims must say no to labour strike’ - MURIC

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MURIC

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has told the labour unions that their ongoing strike will make life unbearable for Muslims preparing for Eid-el-Kabiir (Sallah) which is just a few days away. The group, which said this yesterday in an issued statement signed by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, advised NLC to postpone its strike until after the Muslim festival. ?The statement read in part “…There is no scintilla of doubt that the strike will make life unbearable for Muslims preparing for Eid-el-Kabiir (Sallah) which is just a few days…

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MURIC urges Tinubu not to sign agreement on LGBTQ

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The Islamic organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has urged President Bola Tinubu to reject the “LGBT accord that will legalise lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) in Nigeria”. The recommendation was issued by MURIC yesterday, as stated in a statement endorsed by the organisation’s Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola. The statement said: “Western countries, under the aegis of the EU-ACP, have been putting Nigeria under pressure to join countries that legalise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationship. “This has always been the goal of globalisation from the onset. We reject…

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“Congratulate Tinubu on Supreme Court verdict” – MURIC urges Atiku

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The Islamist group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the main opposition candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to congratulate the winner, President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued yesterday, the group’s Executive Director, Prof. Is’haq Akintola, implored Atiku to display Islamic brotherhood and political maturity by congratulating the winner. Akintola said that politics was over as the legal fireworks had come to an end with the final pronouncement of the Supreme Court. Recall that the apex court affirmed the victory of Tinubu in the…

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Appointments: MURIC knocks Tinubu for favouring Yorubas, Christians

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The Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has berated the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for remaining silent more than 72 hours after the appointment of five Christians and two Muslims as Service Chiefs by a Muslim president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was contained in a statement issued yesterday by MURIC’s Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola. According to MURIC, the appointments made so far by President Tinubu are lopsided because they favour mainly Yorubas and Christians. The group argued that the Nigerian media as well as cyberspace would have been awash with…

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Subsidy Palliative: ‘Give Muslims non-interest soft loans’ – MURIC tells FG

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to grant interest-free soft loans to Muslims. MURIC Executive Director, Prof. Is’haq Akintola, who made the call yesterday, noted that it is forbidden for Muslims to receive or give interest on loans. He said the call was in view of President Bola Tinubu’s promise, in his national broadcast on Monday, of palliatives, including interest loans of about N75bn at 9% interest, N500 ,000 loan to N1m at 9% and another N100bn transportation loan also at 9%, to cushion the…

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2023 Polls: EU’s report an imperialist agenda – MURIC

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Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has faulted the final report of the European Union observer team on Nigeria’s 2023 general election. The group, which spoke yesterday, through its Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola, described the report as an imperialist agenda. The statement read in part: “The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM), Barry Andrews, at a news conference in Abuja last week presented its final report on the 2023 general election in Nigeria. The report was an undisguised indictment of Nigeria’s…

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Tinubu’s Appointments: “10 Christians, 4 Muslims: CAN will not protest” – MURIC

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has berated the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for remaining silent more than 72 hours after the appointment of five Christians and two Muslims as service chiefs by a Muslim president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was contained in an issued statement released from MURIC’s headquarters by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Friday. The group, in statement, argued that the Nigerian media as well as cyberspace would have been awash with protests from CAN had it been the other way round. The statement read…

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