Islamic banking: Arrest Sharia council president now – CAN

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines Monday, August 8th, 2011

The Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State on Sunday called for the arrest of the President of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, for threatening that Muslims were ready to go to war over the proposed introduction of Islamic banking in the country.

The CAN Secretary in Kaduna State, Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, said in a statement that Baba-Ahmed’s comment on the issue was seditious and inciting against the government and people of Nigeria.

The statement reads, “The vile and uncouth words used by the SCSN President, Dr. Ibrahim Datti-Ahmad, on Nigerian Christians clerics and the entire Nigerian Christendom does not show that the SCSN is interested in peace and reconciliation like the Jamaatu Nasril Islam and CAN are trying to achieve.

“I call for the arrest and prosecution of Ahmad-Datti over his seditious utterances and claims of readiness to declare war on the Federal Republic of Nigeria in defence of Islamic banking.

“His claims about Muslims readiness to go to war and fight to the last drop of their blood should also be investigated.

“Northern Muslim should note that the evangelism of our Lord Jesus Christ, was completely peaceful. His major weapons were love, persuasion, tolerance to other shades of beliefs around him and the total rejection of violence in whatever guise, to the extent that he submitted himself to be killed so that mankind would be saved.

“Therefore, the seeming docility, humility and submission of Christians to the rule of law in the face of the several violence carried against them in northern Nigeria should never be taken as cowardice and stupidity, but obedience to the teachings of Christ.

“If a leader of CAN had uttered a fraction of the words Datti-Ahmed used on leaders of Nigerian Muslims and the entire Nigerian Muslims, this country would have since gone up in flames.”

“On this, I want to again state clearly that we completely stands against Islamic Banking in Nigeria.

“The utterances of the Mr. Datti clearly confirms our fear that Islamic Banking is not at all about finance and commerce. There is an insidious motive behind it.

“Christians would use every legitimate means to fight and frustrate the introduction of Islamic Banking in Nigeria.

“Islamic Banking in Nigeria would be the beginning of Somaliasation of Nigeria”, the statement says in conclusion.

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