Don’t politicise religion in Nigeria
Muslims and Christians can flourish together, says President Muhammadu Buhari
(Church Times is the largest-selling Anglican newspaper in the world, published weekly since 1863)
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/…
Muslims and Christians can flourish together, says President Muhammadu Buhari
(Church Times is the largest-selling Anglican newspaper in the world, published weekly since 1863)
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/…
PMB: “Unfortunately, there are those who seek to divide Nigerians - and our two great religions - and to do so for their own advantage. I stand accused - paradoxically - of trying to Islamise Nigeria while also being accused by Boko Haram terrorists of being against Islam.”
PMB: “My Vice-President is a devout man, a Christian pastor. He, too, is accused of selling out his religion, because of his support for me. This is not the first time that I - nor, indeed, my Christian-Muslim evenly split cabinet - have been the subject of such nonsense.”
PMB: “Fortunately, the facts speak differently from the words of those who seek to divide us from one another.”
PMB: “I believe our two great religions can not only peacefully coexist but also flourish together. But Muslims & Christians must first turn to one another in compassion. For,as it says in Amos 3.3: ‘Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?’” churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/…
PMB: “As they are People of the Book, I believe that there is far more that unites Muslims and Christians than divides them. In fact, I believe that the messages of the Bible are universal: available for anyone to exercise, and instructive to all.”
PMB: “Since my administration has been in power, Boko Haram has been significantly and fatally degraded; I have befriended church leaders and church groups both within and outside our country; my Vice-President has addressed and opened dialogue with Muslims up and down our land.”
