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As Wavy !!

[Makhosi Sthembi Speaks @MakhosiSthembi]

A lot of people think someone like me is over-reacting over the #Halaal certification topic since Muslims have been in this country for years. Some believe it is simply a food/item safety protocol that Muslims conduct to make sure that the food we eat is healthy and won't make us sick. That isn't what halaal certification is. So, am going to do a little summary of its main components.

1. Halaal means anything that is considered permissable in Islam as per the Quaran and Hadiths. It is a religious requirement, a component of Sharia Law which is the legal component of the Islamic religion. As a Muslim you can't engage with non halaal/haraam items be they food, music, certain books, clothing, household items etc. Sharia law and therefore halaal requirements shouldn't impact non Muslims. That's not islamaphobic or disrespectful to muslims, it is our religious right as non Muslims which the constitution protects.

2. Halaal entails the slashing of an animal's neck whilst it is alive and leaving them to bleed out. The person tasked to do this must be muslim as he must recite a prayer which includes Allah Akbar as they face Mecca. This is a problem if you belong to a different faith because now you are complicit in idol worship without knowing, which again, is a violation of non muslim religious rights. Other items must not have a trace of alcohol or pork derivative which is why 60-80% of items on the shelves of Shoprite/ Checkers, Woolies etc end up having to be Halaal acredited because if halaal foods come in contact with non halaal items they become contaminated. Meaning your toilet paper, juice, and even water must be subjected to these Muslim religious rituals without your consent.

3. Halaal isn't a standard for food safety in scientific terms which some think it is. It's not checking for bacteria or viruses or germs. It is simply making sure that pork and alcohol aren't ingredients or have not come into contact with the item or any ingredient that makes the item, therefore if you wanted bacon you will get macon etc. For food standards we have ISO standards that are used world wide and are scientific and make sure that our food and the household items we use are safe. That doesn't require a prayer to Allah facing Mecca. So, why make it a standard in a majority Christian country?

4. Halaal isn't free. The retailers pay for that certification and the cost is passed down to us the consumers. In a country with high unemployment and food insecurity it is curious as to why 98.8% of us non Muslims are subjected to this Halaal tax that we didn't ask for and frankly can't afford.

I don't care if Muslims want Halaal. It is their religious right protected by the constitution. I care however that 80% of the things I buy with my money is offered in a religious ritual to a god I don't prescribe to. I care that I am basically taxed to have Halaal shoved down my throat when I never asked for it nor need it. Non muslims, who are the majority must also be respected by Muslims and retailers. We are after all the majority and therefore the lionshare of your domestic revenue stream.

[Ian McKelvey @ian_mckelvey]

You’re demanding that the state confiscate the intellectual and physical property of others, while at the same time throwing around the word “fascism.” Were you born retarded, or did you just become retarded immediately upon joining the Democratic Party?

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Striking detail in the big NYT piece on Taiwanese families adjusting to working at the huge new TSMC chip plant in Arizona: their surprise at the lack of rigor in US schools.

[Azteccc @AztecccZ]

It was not Azikwe's job to "unite" Nigeria. His job was to govern his region but that was not enough because of that covetousness that torments ibos. He was too busy trying to be the Western Region against the will of Yoruba. How was that meant to "unite" Nigeria?
Ultimately people can't point to his achievements in the Eastern Region because he was focused on somebody else's region. Nothing has changed with to ibos in 2026.

[D @DrisUnique]

People are discussing things, this man has gone ahead to label people “Feminazi”

A lot of you are terrible people.

[IfeoluwaO @SikhGan]

@AyoBankole Ignore the ignorant Yorùbá FemiNazis harassing you in the quotes😆

Idobalẹ and other "Gbígbé Ìyàwó" protocols that makes Ìgbéyàwó legitimate are rites a Yorùbá Culture's Worldview demands a Yorùbá Man to performs b4 he can go ahead & "Gbé Ìyàwó" from her family household to his

[D @DrisUnique]

Not doing something that’s not present in other peoples culture is not a display of cultural supremacy.

Something has to be done with the way a lot of Yoruba people think.

[Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè @AyoBankole]

Twitter is not real life and Marriage is an exchange of cultures. No one goes into marriage to go and be forming culture supremacy battle except you're already both marrying into bitter families. In real life and in most inter tribal marriages I have been, they wear two tribal attires and often request the prostrating ritual even from the husband once they know he's Yoruba. It's not a big deal.

[D @DrisUnique]

This is how people distort reality. They don’t request it, what happens is the wedding is conducted in a Yoruba manner even when the bride isn’t Yoruba and Alagas input it.

[Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè @AyoBankole]

Twitter is not real life and Marriage is an exchange of cultures. No one goes into marriage to go and be forming culture supremacy battle except you're already both marrying into bitter families. In real life and in most inter tribal marriages I have been, they wear two tribal attires and often request the prostrating ritual even from the husband once they know he's Yoruba. It's not a big deal.

[The Yoruba Feminist @YorubaFeminist]

First in my lineage to see Yorùbá men fighting to claim ownership of elements of ìgbéyàwó.

This generation of Yorùbá men dawg! I have NEVER seen anything like this before.

You guys need to create something like “ìgbéọkọ” so you can perform it for your non-Yorùbá wives and their families.

Leave what Yorùbá women created as a condition for asking for our hands in marriage alone.

Lol.

[Metro Naija @metronaija]

A brand new event center was made for Zlatan and Davita wedding ceremony

[L. A☀ @Ajolarr]

@abiodundamila14 Many Yoruba men are very wicked. May Olodumare judge them. The demotion they want to create for Yoruba woman will be their own portion.

[The Yoruba Feminist @YorubaFeminist]

Bẹ̀bẹ̀fẹ́ is a condition Yorùbá women place on men asking for their hands in marriage. If Yorùbá women didn’t require it, it wouldn’t be a thing. Notice that it happens at the stage when the man is asking for the woman’s hand in marriage.

Ìdọ̀bálẹ̀ is how elders are shown reverence in Yorùbá culture, which, in this case, is the bride’s culture. Prostrating before people whose custom for example is to greet elders with “losho” is not only performative; it’s also meaningless to the people you’re doing it for. There are cultures in which people bow only to God, never to fellow humans. In such a culture, prostrating to ask for someone’s daughter’s hand in marriage would be considered sacrilegious.

1+1 =2 abeg.

[Dr. Calafiori 🦇 @fimiletoks]

I have created the petition link. Go ahead and demand his resignation. A formal notice will be sent to the Party Headquarters before serious protest against him will start.

https://t.co/fGJilIRIrf

[Fugitive Caesar @ThomBrady5]

Something I've never seen anyone mention is that Bukele and Higuchi are foreigners. You have a situation where foreign elites are coming to South America, finding absolute dysfunction, and then mobilizing a military response to impose stability on the region.

[BUKOLA @WithBukky]

Yoruba content creators>>>>>>

[Séríkí Aláṣela | Séríkí Aláṣeyọri | Séríkí Adinni @AuthenticLagos]

While we are discussing Dayo's access to funds and buying Prado for his youth leaders, which of your people's SSA to [redacted] Governor bought ₦250m property, demolished it and rebuilt to taste?

Elo ni ẹyin boys nínú government yii n rí gan na?

[The Yoruba Feminist @YorubaFeminist]

Let👏🏾me👏🏾tell👏🏾you👏🏾something👏🏾

That’s why Yorùbá women in the conservative movement need to be firmly grounded in their beliefs and values so they can assert their rights.

Nothing concerning the affairs of Yorùbáland should be left solely to Yorùbá men.

[Adéníke Àjoké 🎀 @ashantewa1]

You’re speaking in the nonsense! What do you mean by idobale is not tribe specific??
People are telling you facts and you’re saying it’s based on emotions.

[SOBUR || Ọmọ Afáríogun @TheSoburMS]

Two years later...

“Fuchafu.”

[The Yoruba Feminist @YorubaFeminist]

Ìdọ̀bálẹ̀ is not specific to any ethnic group, kẹ́?

Lmao. By the time Gen Z Yorùbás are done with Yorùbá culture, there will be nothing left.

The same ìdọ̀bálẹ̀ and ìkúnlẹ̀ they use to mock Yorùbá people and call us slaves? Suddenly, they’re no longer part of Yorùbá culture because you guys want to do “One Nigeria”?

[Dr. Calafiori 🦇 @fimiletoks]

There is no point in explaining any economic reform of the president to the common man when a youth leader with nothing upstairs, an empty barrel, can confidently come online to display brand-new cars for his boys.

What a foolish guy with no sense of awareness or emotional intelligence. And I also blame the weak opposition for his rascality, maybe if they had active youth leaders he could have learnt one or two things from them.

The country is struggling to increase the minimum wage, fund salaries for health workers, soldiers, lecturers, and students; businesses are groaning under high lending rates; but this airhead who can't articulate his impact on the people feels it's the right time to post luxury cars for some random nonentities.

We give struggling students loans, then splash N150m on cars for youth leaders and flaunt it in their faces. What is this guy's input in the party? All he does is fly private jets, sleep in hotels and flaunt his lavish lifestyle in the faces of struggling Nigerians.

He doesn't join spaces, you won't see him on TV speaking to the party manifesto, he does nothing.

I implore all the sensible youths in the party to sign a petition for the APC Youth Leader's resignation. The cars should be retrieved and sold and the money, wherever it came from, channeled to either Nelfund or the Basic Health Provision Fund.

I need someone to create the petition link, we need to get this dunce out of that office. His brain has migrated to his protruding stomach. Absolute nonsense...