I am first and foremost a Muslim. I am an adherent of Islam, an Abrahamic believer, and a Hanif before anything else. Only then am I Yorùbá.
To those who have made it their mission to question the loyalty of Yorùbá Muslims, you may continue your attacks. But know this: for a true Muslim, Islam will always come first. It precedes ethnicity, culture, and nationality because it is the primordial covenant with our Creator.
A Yorùbá Muslim is not conflicted in his identity. He was a Muslim in the divine decree long before he was conceived, and he entered the world as Yorùbá the day he was born to Yorùbá parents. These two identities are not rivals—they are perfectly compatible. One defines his eternal soul and purpose; the other shapes his language, culture, and earthly heritage. Both have their rightful place.
If any Yorùbá Muslim chooses, for whatever reason, to place ethnicity above Islam, then that person has failed to grasp the most fundamental principle of our faith: La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah), and nothing has precedence over Him. Such a person's reckoning is with Allah alone.
My identity is clear and unapologetic: Islam first. Always. Everything else follows in its proper order.
@NuellOke@TheOnlyFarry@Digitalabdul001 You are too small when the actual problem starts, you think the nonsense you are typing on the internet will save you when it starts?
Let’s even follow your own logic for a moment.
For the Yoruba Muslims who cannot speak, read, or write Arabic, how exactly are they supposed to communicate with the two angels who, according to your belief, will question them in the grave after death?
If understanding and speaking Arabic is so important, how will those who never learned the language answer those questions?
I have a question.
If all the righteous Muslim men go to heaven to have 72 virgins with them, then will the righteous Muslim women also have 72 virgin men for themselves ? Or is there no benefit for our women ?
@NuellOke@TheOnlyFarry@Digitalabdul001 I am a superior man to all of you people In Yorubaland put together. And, i honestly do not care about what you say about Islam, we (Muslims) are ever ready to defend our faith by every means possible.
@KarounwiAdini gone to occupy the whole of Mahinland (Ilaje territory) and removed the British interests there. My Greatgrandfather burnt down Mahin and several other towns.
@KarounwiAdini The British lied about opening up the Ijebu land for trade as we had already agreed that trade would be done. But then, they provocatively sent a missionary into our territory. He was promptly sent back. The actual reason for their bombardment was because my Greatgrandfather had
Can you imagine if Azeezat Oshoala had put her religion first before her Yoruba tribe?🤔
Ogo Agbaye for don dey rot in Katangua now😭😭….they for don tell my superstar say the pitch is only for men😩
@funshodarq1 Are you willing to oppress Muslims to the extent they wage a Jihad? Because you are already putting such words out means you mean no good to Muslims
Shariah in itself is Islam.
Anyone that doesn’t want Shariah and calls himself Muslim should find another religion to die in. In so far Muslims exist in Western Nigeria, it is requisite they have their own laws.
Putting the Question of Sharīʿah in Yorùbá Land in Proper Perspective
Much of the controversy surrounding Sharīʿah in Yorùbá land is driven more by fear, misinformation and politics than by a proper understanding of what is actually being requested by Muslims.
The first point that must be clearly stated is that a full-fledged Sharīʿah legal system, in the sense of a comprehensive state-wide Islamic legal order governing criminal, civil and public affairs, is neither practical nor presently attainable in the multicultural and multi-religious context of Yorùbá land. The demographic realities, constitutional framework and religious diversity of the Southwest make such a project unrealistic.
Indeed, the overwhelming majority of Muslims advocating for Sharīʿah are not calling for the establishment of an Islamic state, nor are they demanding the replacement of existing constitutional structures with a comprehensive Islamic legal system.
What many Muslims have consistently requested is something far more limited, reasonable and constitutionally defensible: the opportunity to voluntarily access Islamic legal provisions in matters that directly concern their religious obligations and personal lives.
These include areas such as:
- Marriage and divorce.
- Inheritance and estate administration.
- Family disputes.
- Endowments (waqf).
- Contracts and certain aspects of personal transactions.
- Religious mediation and arbitration.
These are matters in which Muslims already believe they are religiously bound by Islamic teachings. The demand is therefore not for the imposition of Sharīʿah upon non-Muslims but for the accommodation of Muslims who voluntarily wish to regulate aspects of their personal affairs according to their faith.
This is neither unusual nor unprecedented.
Across the world, plural societies provide mechanisms through which religious communities can resolve personal and family matters according to their traditions, provided such arrangements operate within the framework of the law and with the consent of the parties involved.
Viewed from this perspective, Sharīʿah Panels are not instruments of domination but mechanisms of religious accommodation. They are comparable to mediation and arbitration systems through which citizens voluntarily seek guidance and dispute resolution based on shared values and beliefs.
The intense opposition to even these limited arrangements raises important questions.
If Christians may organise their affairs according to Christian principles, and if practitioners of traditional religion may organise aspects of their communal and religious lives according to their convictions, on what basis should Muslims be denied the opportunity to seek guidance on inheritance, marriage, divorce and related matters from institutions grounded in Islamic law?
To oppose a full Islamic legal state is one thing.
To oppose Muslims having access to voluntary Sharīʿah-based mediation and personal law mechanisms is something entirely different.
The latter begins to resemble a systematic denial of the legitimate religious rights of Muslims.
Equally troubling is the recurring attempt to portray every discussion about Sharīʿah as a "Fulani agenda" or an externally inspired project.
Such claims are historically inaccurate, intellectually weak and socially divisive.
Islam did not arrive in Yorùbá land through Fulani people.
Yorùbá Muslims are not recent converts.
They are indigenous sons and daughters of the soil whose ancestors have practised Islam for centuries.
The desire of a Yorùbá Muslim to distribute his estate according to Islamic inheritance law, contract his marriage according to Islamic principles or resolve family disputes according to Islamic teachings has nothing to do with Fulani nationalism, Fulani expansionism or any external ethnic agenda.
It is simply the desire of a believer to practise his religion.
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