Well said, CJMambula. It is people like this consul general who drive us apart with his attitude. He's too ignorant to see anything odd about his defense. The good God cannot punish anybody who goes to do good in a place of worship other than his own.
A public servant for a pluralistic should be able to persform his responsibilty in a church, mosque, synogue -- whatever. Anybody who is not prepared to do so should seek employment within the institutions of his religion, so he doesn't have to engage the broader public in discharging his functions.
Let me say it again, Nigerian public servants who are eager to demonstrate their piety/religiousity should do so by discharging their duties conscientiously and fairly, as well as by repudiating -- privately and publicly -- corruption in all its ramifications. They should do well to spare us fake public representations, which may impress zealots in one religion, but end up fanning the embers of sectarian hatred and division.
I agree with Abdul Bangura that Nigeria can learn religious (and, if I may add, ethnic) tolerance from Sierra Leone. But we don't seem to learn the good things. That is why our country has gone backwards on virtually every single score.
G. Ugo Nwokeji
Well said, CJMambula. It is people like this consul general who drive us apart with his attitude. He's too ignorant to see anything odd about his defense. The good God cannot punish anybody who goes to do good in a place of worship other than his own.
A public servant for a pluralistic should be able to persform his responsibilty in a church, mosque, synogue -- whatever. Anybody who is not prepared to do so should seek employment within the institutions of his religion, so he doesn't have to engage the broader public in discharging his functions.
Let me say it again, Nigerian public servants who are eager to demonstrate their piety/religiousity should do so by discharging their duties conscientiously and fairly, as well as by repudiating -- privately and publicly -- corruption in all its ramifications. They should do well to spare us fake public representations, which may impress zealots in one religion, but end up fanning the embers of sectarian hatred and division.
I agree with Abdul Bangura that Nigeria can learn religious (and, if I may add, ethnic) tolerance from Sierra Leone. But we don't seem to learn the good things. That is why our country has gone backwards on virtually every single score.
G. Ugo Nwokeji
On Aug 15, 2012 12:16 PM, "CJMambula1" <mambula767@aol.com> wrote:Let's not forget that there are Christians living among the majority of Moslems in the Northern part of Nigeria too. There are equally a large number of Moslems in the southern part of the Country. We should also consider the liberal and peace loving Moslems living amidst us. It's difficult to avoid the stereotype however, but what we are experiencing in Nigeria recently with regards religious conflict is nothing but fanaticism perpetrated by a group of people who subscribe to violence. Those should be the target of elimination by any peace loving persons, wherever they come from. There shouldn't be anything wrong about entering a Church or Mosque building. I still marvel at the insensitive stance taken by someone at that level of diplomatic stature, in a civil society like America. It is people like that who only drive us further apart. May the souls of those people who encountered this fatal accident, Rest in Perfect Peace. May God give their families, loved ones and close friends the strength and fortitude to bear the losses. It could happen to anyone, whatever their religion might be. LOVE IS THE ANSWER!"If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men". (Romans 12:18) The Holy Bible KJV.CJMambula.--
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Talk Peace!------- Original Message -----Sent: 8/15/2012 11:57:34 AMSubject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - CONSUL-GENERAL OF NIGERIA: "I'M AMUSLIM, I CAN NEVER ENTER A CHURCH"Mr. Habu is a bad omen, worse than Boko Haram and should be treated as an enemy of Nigeria. His script is not in anyway different from the antics of his fellow adherents of the muslim religion who have been threatening hell and wasting innocent lives because they want an Islamic country. Habu places no value on human lives unless it is that of muslims. He is now the Consulate-General of the 'Islamic Republic of Nigeria' in the United States. So do we now take the Christians in the U.S.A as state less citizens? Habu is now a virus in the polity and should be recalled by the government for further consultation for the interest of Nigeria and its citizens!
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From: OLUWATOYIN ADEPOJU <toyinvincentadepoju@gmail.com>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:30:24 +0100ReplyTo: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - CONSUL-GENERAL OF NIGERIA: "I'M A MUSLIM, I CAN NEVER ENTER A CHURCH"I increasingly suspect ?that a separation of Northern and Southern Nigeria is the best way to go.
These kinds of brazen and bizarre comments, disdainful to Nigeria, from a ?significant number of Nigerian Muslims ?have been emerging with some consistency, from Atiku Abubakar's threat of violent change since a Northerner did not become President to the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram demanding that the Nigerian President resign or become a Muslim, to Sheikh Gumi alleging that the Nigerian government is waging a campaign against Muslims in its fight against Boko Haram and that Muslims in the North are safe from the group, being fellow Muslims and so the military presence is not required.
The values consistenly demonstrated by the loudest voices from Northern Nigerian Muslims suggests that their values will never be conducive to the integration of the North into Nigeria.
Thanks
Toyin--On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Chika Onyeani <afrstime@aol.com> wrote:
Consul-General of Nigeria: ?I?m a Muslim, I Can Never Enter a Church?
?I?m a Muslim, I can never enter a Church,? so said the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Mr. Habib Abba Habu, responding to complaints from Nigerians that the Consulate never responded to the deaths of five Nigerians in a tragic and ghastly accident on the 21st of July, 2012.? The accident had rocked the consciousness of Americans throughout the country by its sheer ghastliness and tragedy that claimed the lives of three women and two children in New York.
When we started getting complaints that the Nigerian Consulate-General in New York did not once react to this tragedy, did not visit the surviving accident victims at the hospital, never replied to a letter from the President of the Arondizuogu Patriotic Union National Congress of North America (An Umbrella union of all Arondizuogu people? ? an Igbo ethnic group) resident in the North America, nor did they send anybody to the wake-keeping on Friday, July 10, in the Bronx, New York, I decided to get the Nigerian Consul-General, Mr. Habib Abba Habu, to respond to the allegations. (Read more) --
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