Thread by @BryteDude

I remember when I traveled to Warri in 2016 just to celebrate Eid ul-Kabir with my bro @JerryEugene. On that Eid day, we trekked quite a distance under the rain just to find a Mai Suya roasting balangu. When we eventually found one, we bought it in quantum & headed back home...

On getting back to the house, we set on the balangu with immediate alacrity. While on it, some of Jerry's friends came in and immediately commented about the quantity of meat we were eating, wondering what was amiss. Jerry told them we were celebrating Sallah...

They looked at themselves with disbelief and asked why we were carrying it on our heads more than the Muslims, and if we knew the feast was wrong. Everywhere went silent for almost 2mins. I believe that the same thought was running through mine & Jerry's mind at that time.

Just as I was about to respond, Jerry calmly asked the guy who made that comment to explain what he knows about Eid ul-Kabir. His response was: "all I know be say the feast no pure. Dem just dey do sacrifice wey no good."

Sigh! The bold display of ignorance.

So Jerry responded with: "you're a Christian, right?" The guy said "yes". So Jerry asked him to reach for the Bible close to the TV and help us read the book of Genesis 22: 1-14.

The young man read it. At the end, Jerry asked him to point out the sin in the story. Crickets!

When we saw he wasn't forthcoming with any condemnation, Jerry simply said "what you've just read is what the Muslims celebrate during the Eid ul-Kabir, the Feast of Sacrifice. And most of you don't know that the place where the incident occurred bears the name of the Lord.

Na so talk finish. The guys were just looking at themselves sheepishly while we ate up all the balangu to our satisfaction.

So you see, when TwitterNG Cardinals come up with that "sacrifice to other gods" tales by moonlight, just know that it's ignorance speaking.