 RELIGION AND THE STATE ON DIVERSITY, FREEDOM AND NUTRALITY OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION FEAT THE HONGREE VICEGED THE Lap排行 SAIT FREE THE CHAPTERS THESE Wiggs woe liousados joe from 이것도 conditional His Meowmoud Pép Biont to him THE HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINS HEAC identify cant nien vinden THe was paings saying X for APLAS ëThis saining goals for any group, community or entitic that refuses to accommodate thoseoline differences. In the light of recent happenings in Nigeria, it is obvious that there is rivalry from ethno-religious intolerance, which is humongous, threats to unity and diversity. This is evident in the recent case of De Borayakubu Samo, a student of the Shil Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, who was killed in school premises with accusations of blasphemous atrocities. This is seen act and other violent acts like terrorism, bombings, kidnappings have proven that the nation is tilting from a secular state to a state threatened by religious and tribal intolerance. Section 381 of the Nigerian Constitution as amended in 1999 clearly states Every person shall be entitled to the freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and that such no religion should be imposed as superior to others in the state. At this rate, our diversity is no longer seen as the glue that bonds us together, rather almost a menace to our co-existence. Blasphemy is an offence under Islamic Sharia law, effective across Nigerian's 12th Majority Muslim North and States. Section 204 of the Nigerian criminal code stipulates a two-year imprisonment for public insult on religion. Nonetheless, charges of blasphemy are typically brought by Muslims against Christians or other Muslims. Blasphemy laws seem at odds with section 38 and 39 of the Nigerian Constitution which guarantees freedom of thought, conscience, religion and expression. Even the United States State Commission on International Religious Freedom has declared them that he is blasphemy laws inconsistent with universal human rights. Now the question is how can we uphold freedom of expression? Why respecting other views or ideas with respect to ethno-religious concerns? Perhaps considering these processes may be a pathway to this question and managing our diversities. Empathy, building actionable framework in public spaces that addresses ethno-religious issues. Accountable religious and traditional institutions. Religious and traditional leaders or rulers should be peace brokers in time of crisis and should be responsive why being heard accountable for their sermons and actions. Political leaders should always act in the best interest of the nation and not in their personal ambition. Educational institutions should instill the right ideas and knowledge that promotes human capacity and tolerance. Government should be neutral in administering justice, promoting policies that strengthens our common coexistence while managing our diversity as a nation. Let us ponder on these words by Adam Grant and organizational psychologists and best-selling authors. It's hard to keep an open mind if you don't have an open heart. You don't have to agree with what people think to learn from how they think. You don't have to share their identity to be curious about what shifted it. Treating people with civility is a prerequisite for discovery. May the soul of Deborah Yakubu Samue and other victims of ethno-religious conflicts rest in peace. Amen. It's so sad. I don't even know what this kind of thing as a parent. You know, it just breaks you because you're thinking this could be anyone's child. You've sent your child to school. You've brought up this child up to the age where you're now thinking, oh, this child will soon be able to go into the world themselves and one day you hear this terrible news. What's still, I think, is the fact that you never get closure, do you, with mob actions and things like that because there's no one to hold accountable. You don't get closure. You don't get justice because of the government's inertia to prosecuting the people who do this thing. How do you then not wake up every day just angry at life and angry at the things that life has thrown you? You know, when you're talking about the religion and what comes to mind is how people think that they need to help God. God is God. You know, everything just baffles me. God has the power to just strike anybody dead if that is what he wants to do. He doesn't need our help. And when you think of the atrocities that people have committed in the name of religion on both sides of the divide, I mean, when you think of in the olden days when people were burnt at the stake for what they believed in, like what you said, Elijah, you know, just that inability to allow everyone to believe in what they believe. My belief doesn't have to infringe on your own belief and we don't have to believe the same thing. Me and the soul of Deborah and all the people who have come before her, may it rest in peace. Amen. What you just said about my belief is my belief and your belief is your belief is there in our Quran and we read it every time. It's on the first 10 pages, first 10 surat. And we say it every time, like your religion is yours, mine is mine, do yours out of mine. It is there, we know that. So I'm not even going to speak on that they did it because of Allah or they did it for Islam. They did it because of their own, I don't know. Close to my own peak. It's not for God because you read it every time. When you read the first 10 surat, the shortest 10 surat that we read, you read it every single time. Your religion is yours, mine is mine. There's nowhere that is saying that they are religion because of their religion. I didn't know that. It's there, it's there. But I think, do we not think that it is lack of humanity that we are facing all over the world actually but more still in Nigeria because we are here, it is lack of humanity because when you put anything above humanity or above your human consciousness then you feel like anything goes. If as a human, I can't empathize with you or I can't say that if I do this to you, it will hurt you and I'm saying because of God, even if it hurts you, God permits me to do it I feel like humanity is dead in this part of the world. I think it's a matter of incitement and wrong or toxic semen. Now I took, I have so many Muslim friends, they both of them not called Fulani Muslims, my good friends, good ones, very good Nigerian citizens, good Muslims I had the opportunity of interacting with a sheikh, he's a sheikh, he's a scholar and he sent me some messages on WhatsApp, he gave me some code from the prophet he said some things and then I went to the internet to do some research I found out that the prophet Muhammad peace be on to him actually had Christian businessmen he translated business with, he visited Jewish that were sick in his community or within the vicinity he was, he had a Christian or a Jewish person who was sick he goes to visit them and show care so I don't know where they get all this idea from so I think it's incitement, wrong hateful and toxic semen this is where the government needs to monitor what goes on absolutely, that's what I was going to say that government in action has helped to perpetrate these things if at any point in time any of these things because this is not the first time these things have been happening but at no time has anyone been brought to book and at some point the government or government agencies have come up and say this is what this person did and this is because murder is murder there's not where the law says that oh you can kill somebody because they said something nasty about you if everyone were to go about killing people who said nasty things about them or things they didn't agree I don't think there would be any human on earth standing people, I just blame the government I blame the government because I don't hear of this I mean obviously I don't know everything but I don't hear of situations like this even in core Muslim countries that they just mobbed then I believe that the sharia law will take its course so what's happening is there's no law even the sharia law is not taking its course because I want to assume that you must at least be found guilty and you must at least have stood in a court of your peers or whatever to be a judge guilty and then a sentence passed but that is not happening because the government is ineffective these people cannot be judged and jury in their situation and this is an opportunity for me to say this to our leaders especially those from that side of the court I didn't listen one of them in particular, who mentioned his name is the presidential aspirant he's tweeted I won this we can imagine it lack of being responsible so I'm waiting for them what's the situation? he doesn't stand for anything he wants to vote for that he wants to vote so it's good let's condemn it and this is where I actually applaud some of the Muslim scholars that called it like a popular shake I think that was shake gumi so he said it was condemning he gave instances that this is wrong so please let's preach peace let's preach love let's preach harmony and let's be accountable and responsible for our country let's promote humanity humanity and the covenant of life is more important than anything whether you kill for religious reasons or stealing you kill someone because it's too old of love it's wrong yeah of course let's try to promote humanity we are not in the medieval or whatever the viking just kill anyhow kill and go openness is ife dolapo stay with us