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Vanguard of Falsehood: In Defense of Maqari

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Professor Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"SRvzXCHJ" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Ibrahim A El-Caleel<&sol;p><div class&equals;"pIZnZrxs" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By the special grace of God&comma; nothing shall befall the Im&amacr;m of National Mosque&comma; Professor Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari&comma; for the calculated report published by Vanguard Newspapers&period; The media house submitted a report on the Sokoto incidence wherein they sandwiched truths&comma; half-truths and micro-truths&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Im&amacr;m didn’t justify mob action anywhere in his tweets and Facebook posts&period; He only maintained that Muslims have redlines&period; Circumferential lines that shouldn’t be approached&period; Lines which must not be crossed to disrespect their faiths&period; And this is both factual and non-negotiable&period; So&comma; the Im&amacr;m was very much on point&period; No amount of calculated media intimidation can change this hard fact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may say the Im&amacr;m was not making a personal statement&period; He was stating what is obtainable in the thoughts of every Muslim with some fair knowledge of the Islamic law&period; It is in the books of Islamic law&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"RFRzKX8I" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Unfortunately&comma; it seems we are not ready to make progress on this recurrent problem&period; People are reiterating the measures that can be taken to avert future episodes of this issue&comma; but no one is ready to listen&period; Rather&comma; the suggestions are mischievously twisted to mean tacit justification for mob lynching&period; What sort of regressive society have we become&quest; Meaning&comma; we prefer to dwell on polemical exchange&comma; rather than orienting ourselves towards some mutual understanding&period; Which&comma; between polemics and societal orientation&comma; paves way for harmony in a plural society&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Muslims are saying&comma; blasphemy isn’t tolerated in Islam&period; When truly committed in the rights of Prophet Muhammad &lpar;Peace Be Upon Him&rpar;&comma; the provision by Islamic law is execution&period; And in Qur’an Chapter 6&comma; verse 108&comma; Muslims are categorically prohibited from blaspheming anyone’s religion- be them Christians&comma; Jews or Traditional Worshippers&period; It is not allowed in Islam&period; The Qur’an has warned on it&period; This prohibition was made&comma; so that no one blasphemes Islam out of revenge&period; By this&comma; Islam respects the boundaries or redlines of every religion&period; Are Christians saying that their religion encourages them blaspheme Islam&quest; Where was that stated in the Bible&quest; I believe nowhere&excl; This means&comma; it is purely an act of mischief for anyone to choose to make a living from ridiculing or blaspheming a Muslim’s faith&period; Since the instruction isn’t Biblical&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All these are honest discussions that will promote harmony&comma; and give us some sanity&period; Give us a civil society&period; This is what a national mosque Im&amacr;m&comma; Professor Ibrah&imacr;m Maqari is saying&period; He was not justifying mob action by any implication&period; Do not put words into his mouth please&period; Vanguard Newspapers lied as usual&period; Barefaced&period; And this is not the first time they are submitting such a mischievous report whose jeopardizing tendencies they are underestimating&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;13&sol;i-did-not-receive-donations-to-purchase-form-young-presidential-aspirant&sol;">I did not receive donations to purchase form-Young Presidential Aspirant<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But it is understandable since yellow journalists would always take pleasure in misfortunes like this&period; It is what gives them the advantage to sell volumes of papers and gather traffic&period; Woe onto he who follows unethical methods to garner influence and gain income&period; Woe onto him&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; 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