@SaharaReporters If Sahara reporters can provide the exact footage,maybe we would be able to pinpoint the exact location of these bastards but from these two pictures,I was able to geolocate the approximate site of where the footage was captured.
The South African people will not allow Nigerians to normalise kidnappings,cybercrimes and drug syndicate.If Nigerians do not want to be labelled and profiled,stop your criminal activities in South Africa alternatively Nigerians can return to where they came from.Until then Nigerians will be profiled and labelled.
The Yoruba will not allow Fulani to normalise kidnapping children and teachers. If Fulani do not want to be labelled and profiled stop your terrorism and kidnapping in Yorùbaland, alternatively Fulanis can return to where they came from. Until then Fulanis will be profiled and labeled.
The South African people will not allow Nigerians to normalise kidnappings,cybercrimes and drug syndicate.If Nigerians do not want to be labelled and profiled,stop your criminal activities in South Africa alternatively Nigerians can return to where they came from.Until then Nigerians will be profiled and labelled.
@swankieDiva Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
Qatar
Oman
Brunei
All have sharia are all primary examples of countries that practice sharia.Go and look at them today.They have economic prosperity,peace and achieving their SDGs easily.
@Earth_1man@pontrol_777 Yes he did.
Ekiti people also allied with Fulani people during Jalumi,mugbamugba war and the Fulanis also fought on their side against Ibadan during Kiriji war.
If Afonja’s alliance with the Fulanis is for sharia,then it has to be the same for the Ekitis and the Ileshas too.
@Harbihorla4@YOLICOM6@IdrisAOni1 There are literally thousands of Christians in Tehran today.The house of parliament even have a set solely reserved for the Jewish community of Iran.
This una of propaganda,you need to do it well.
I even consider it disrespectful to mention the names of the women who lived with the Prophet as that would be too much.
I present cephalic and give you “Fatima Al-Fihri” who established the oldest continually running university in this whole world.
Although,I will be very surprised to expect you to know her name because “Obviously”.
I even consider it disrespectful to mention the names of the women who lived with the Prophet as that would be too much.
I present cephalic and give you “Fatima Al-Fihri” who established the oldest continually running university in this whole world.
Although,I will be very surprised to expect you to know her name because “Obviously”.
Thanks so much for everything you do in setting things straight up in this forum.
In times like this when the situation is hard,I wonder what gain people derive from intentionally sharing fake news.
@Letter_to_Jack I know you don't like misinformation and deliberate lies, so I will personally address this issue here.
The narrative about terrorists demanding Sharia law is false and it has never happened before and it does not fit into their modus operandi. We need to listen attentively and also filter news before we go into a narrative, the Oyo State Speaker of House Assembly was making a statement without confirmation, because he stated in his video that he could not confirm his statement.
The terrorist did not demand Shariah law as being dispelled by people on Social media and we owe a duty to the nation to speak the truth and not to join the politicians to heat the polity.
@Letter_to_Jack I know you don't like misinformation and deliberate lies, so I will personally address this issue here.
The narrative about terrorists demanding Sharia law is false and it has never happened before and it does not fit into their modus operandi. We need to listen attentively and also filter news before we go into a narrative, the Oyo State Speaker of House Assembly was making a statement without confirmation, because he stated in his video that he could not confirm his statement.
The terrorist did not demand Shariah law as being dispelled by people on Social media and we owe a duty to the nation to speak the truth and not to join the politicians to heat the polity.
Abi they should just point out where sharia law works perfectly fine like in KSA,Kuwait,UAE etc but those places are not good examples because agenda must agend.
Nigeria uses democracy,is it working?
Wouldn’t it be insane to say democracy is all shit because it is shitty in Nigeria but then I should close my eyes to other places like the Nordic countries and Europe where it is working alright?
You lots and the OBIdients group operate on the same wavelength,the only difference is the shape of your skulls.
@Boumie13@OgbeniAyoola The speaker didn’t mention anything about sharia.
We need to be honest with ourselves.
What do we gain from intentionally heating the polity?
Till now,OYSG is yet to release any statement that aligns with this.
It is this same handle that posted last month that MURIC was asking for sharia during the nascent and heated time of the recent kidnappings at Ogbomosho.
@TheYorubaTimes you will surely get that thing you are looking for.
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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The original question was whether a Muslim can be Yoruba and whether Islam diminishes Yoruba identity, and I think you're treating permanence as though it automatically grants primacy. As though it is supposed to be the highest loyalty because it is immutable.
The fact that I did not choose to be Yoruba does not necessarily mean Yoruba identity should be the highest identity through which I understand everything else. I did not choose to be male either. I did not choose the era in which I was born. I did not choose my family. I did not choose my biological characteristics. Many things about me are immutable. That fact alone does not make them the supreme source of meaning, morality, purpose or allegiance.
Now, you ask why a Muslim should care about Yoruba interests if Islam is his primary worldview. The answer is simple, in that it is still because he is Yoruba. Muslim-first does not mean anti-Yoruba. It means Yoruba interests are pursued through an Islamic moral framework rather than through ethnic self-interest alone.
A Muslim still wants security, prosperity, justice, education, stability and flourishing for Yoruba people. He simply does not believe those goals should be pursued at the expense of truth, justice or other human beings merely because they are Yoruba. In fact, one could argue that Islam provides a stronger basis for serving one's people because it places ethical restraints on tribal loyalty.
The more fundamental issue is this: what exactly are Yoruba interests? If Yoruba interests simply mean preserving language, history, culture and collective wellbeing, I see no contradiction. If Yoruba interests mean supporting something because it benefits Yorubas even when it is unjust, then we differ here, and this is no doubt because that is obviously injustice at the expense of other tribes.
You also mention that people can leave Islam, adopt another religion or embrace no religion at all...that's true. But the fact that something can be abandoned does not mean it is less important than something that cannot. Back to the first point, maybe. A person can abandon truth for falsehood. He can abandon morality for immorality. He can abandon knowledge for ignorance. The possibility of abandoning something says nothing about its significance.
More importantly, from the Muslim perspective, Islam is not merely one ideology among many competing ideologies. We believe it to be revealed from the Creator of entire mankind and the universe itself. So the Muslim is not choosing Islam over Yoruba identity in the way one chooses one political philosophy over another. He is submitting to what he believes to be a divine truth.
The real disagreement, then, is not about whether one can be Yoruba and Muslim simultaneously. Millions are. The disagreement is about whether ethnicity should be the highest organising principle of human life, and I simply do not see why it should be.
Stop with the lies.
What is this Kojoda calendar?
Where is it?
Bring historical references to this calendar?
Which Yoruba sub-nationality created the calendar?
How can there be a calendar when our ancestors had no ideas of documenting events in writing?
Every calendar has a starting point that always reference a notable event for example Gregorian calendar is measured in refrence to Christ and the Islamic calendar is referenced to the Hijra,what is the standard of this Kojoda Yoruba calendar.
(At least you can point out historical books that mentioned anything about this calendar)