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RE-:What if our Northern Muslim Brothers Decide to Declare a Jihad By Mamman Bijan The first look at Ben Oghre's headline gave one the impression that here is perhaps another contribution to the ongoing debate between democratic forces on one hand and hangers on to power and other sycophants on the other hand. However, after having perused the whole write up, or rather more appropriately, jargon for that is what best describes it, the writer only came out as nothing but a disgruntled and frustrated, and godless tribalist who tried to stoke up religious sentiments to pour vituperations on Muslims in particular and the North in general. Reading in between the lines will reveal to psychologists who may come across the jargons the mental trauma and instability of the author, It is universally acknowledged that Nigeria's single most debilitating problem is that of political leadership and -this cuts across all tribes both Northern and Southern components of the country. If, a state does not get its grant from the Federation account, it has the right to protest in any manner it deems fit. This is because the Government at the Center, headed by a Southerner has proved to be one does not respect the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution. It has proved to be the worst ever government, one that is a government of sheer lies and doublespeak. The Southern members of this shameless government have no qualms in waking up to make irrational and baseless postulations such as that the South is move populous than the North. How can this be when the average Northerner marries ten years before the Southerner? He may marry his third wife before the other marries his first and only wife. Your assertion that you know the perpetrators of religious clashes is a known secret-:it is people like you who fed the less intelligent amongst you, which happen to be the majority, that the North and Muslims don't like their Southern brethren. You thereafter try all means to incite the gullible by touching what your Northern brother, feels strongly on' For Goodness sake's, why abuse what your brother holds in awe and respect if the motive is not to mock him? This is the pastime of many Southerners. As long as we don't respect each others' culture and Values, clashes will continue. Mind you, don't take the outward, docile-looking nature of the Northerner as political naivety. You tried to ridicule the educational aptitude of leaders from the North. Certainly the South takes more to western education, this is perhaps why they go through all means to cheat in exams -: right from 'giraffing', to dubbing, to `expo' and leakages etc, etc. It is very frequent to find whole siblings all using the same credentials in different work places. Muslims will never blaspheme any religion, especially Christianity. Jesus is a messenger of God and not God or son of God as the Holy Bible tells us of him. It is mischievous people like you who concoct tales about the other side just to portray them as bad. This is typified in your claim that ', Mohammed will make available 1000 virgins if they die In converting non-believers''. If you cared to check, you will find out that the Holy Quran says ‘there is no compulsion in religion. Truth is clear from falsehood'. What you call the civilized world, which appears to be your god, knows why it is afraid of Islam. The reason is that Muslims do not worship capital and the fleeting luxuries of this world. If you live a thousand years, one will still die, and then asked to account how one lived his life and how he acquired and spent leaving all acquisitions. Nigeria's name has been soiled in the international arena. This is primarily due to 419 perpetrated by the Southerners where they rip widows and other destitute of their lifetime savings through phony stories. Only in the South will you see people demonstrating for, not against, their governor even though he was caught with hands in the public till. A state in that region collects more revenue than the entire Northeast zone put together, yet no any meaningful development can be seen. No matter what percentage derivation you paid, development will elude the region as long as there lacks fairness and transparency. Don’t blame your people's kleptomania on innocent North. The North has been very generous to concede derivation percentage increase despite the fact that the increase is unjustified. How do you justify giving a whole state concessions just because a few villages, making up less than 6% of the state? Fair play would only call for addressing the particular communes that suffer degradations. Your anti religious mien and Godlessness easily manifest throughout the jargon. No good Christian would condone adultery. Nigeria should be grateful to God for incorporating the North in the country. Without it as the punch bag, the Southerners would have annihilated themselves through insatiable greed and rancour. Unfortunately for them, this may not last as the new generation is fed up with these boisterous people. A word is enough for the wise. If you know your Scriptures well, you will find punishments similar to that of Sharia -: stoning to death of the adulterous couple prescribed. Only the Devil senior, and his disciples, of which I think you are a senior member, will condone and propagate acts of lewdness.
Bijan m. ARIBA Liverpool, uk
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