Fountain University, Osogbo (FUO) held a
pre-Ramadan lecture at its campus as part of activities to sensitise students,
staff and members of public on the significance and benefits of month of
Ramadan and the fasting.
Yusuf urged the Nigerian Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) to always check Muslim clerics who held radical views
that may be contrary to Islamic teaching and inimical to national development.
Dr. Yusuf also advised the NSCIA on the need to
translate the Holy Quran to various Nigerian languages so that people can read
and understand the words of God on their own.
The university Don added that NSCIA should
encourage Muslim clerics to always promote religious tolerance in their
teachings in the interest of unity and harmony among the citizenry.
According to him, the failure of Islamic leaders in
the country to check some individuals who spread certain dangerous views on the
pretext of Islamic teachings emboldened those who founded the Boko Haram sect
and misled their followers.
He also urged Muslim clerics to always make comment
and public statements on issues including education, political, economic and
religious issues rather than talking only during Ramadan.
"What brought about the Boko Haram? It is lack
of leadership. Anybody can just say anything or teach anything. Everybody
turned themselves into Muslim cleric, nobody cautioned them. But when the
Boko Haram came, didn't they kill Muslims? People were praying inside mosques
and they opened fire on them. Leadership failure brought about the
emergence of Boko Haram”.
The Chairman of the occasion, Prof. Bashir Raji
also urged Muslims to develop interest in politics while urging those in
position of authority to show leadership by example.
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