The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, on Monday in Abuja, verbalized that the activities of the Boko Haram Islamic should not be misinterpreted as a declaration of war by Muslims against Christians or the Federal Government.
The Secretary-General of NSCIA, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, verbalized this at the plenary while responding to a goodwill message expressed by the Christian delegates to Muslims in commemoration of the Ramadan season.
Oloyede, who is additionally a member of the Naftional Conference, verbalized on behalf of the Muslim community in Nigeria, he accepted with gratitude “the message of goodwill expressed by our Christian brothers and sisters.”
The Bishop of Kafanchan and delegate at the conference, Joseph Bagobiri, had in a kineticism of exigent national paramountcy, congratulated the Muslims on the Ramadan while additionally calling for religious harmony and halcyon co-subsistence.
According to him, the sighting of the moon last Saturday marked the commencement of the month of Ramadan for Muslims, particularly in Nigeria, which he described as”a period we traditionally ken to be one of prayer, fasting and arms giving.”
He verbalized, “I wish to on behalf of the team representing the Christian Association of Nigeria, and indeed the entire Christian, salute and show solidarity to our Muslim brothers and sisters as they embark on this great and intensely spiritual exercise.”
Bagobiri integrated that it was not just by coincidence that the conference commenced during the Christians Lent and would be ending during Muslims Ramadan.
“God must be verbalizing something profound to us as nation: that we must repent and transmute from the component that lead to disaster, self-ravagement and embrace that component that leads to placidity, prosperity and harmonious co-subsistence as a people”, he stressed.