Over
1,000 Muslim faithful yesterday in the ancient city took to the streets to
protest the deposition and continued detention of former Egyptian President, Dr
Muhammad Morsi.
Morsi
was ousted in the July 3 coup-d-tat.
The
coalition of some Muslim groups in the North under the auspices of Alliance of
Muslim Organisations and Civil Right Groups in Northern Nigeria staged a rally
at the Kofa Mata Mosque.
It
comprises Jamaatut, Tajdidil, Islamy (JTI), Jamaatut Muslimin, Sokoto State;
Centre for Promotion Sharia; Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria; Joint Youth
Islamic Organisations, Zamfara State and Sheikh Abdullahi Fodio Centre for
Daawa, Zamfara State.
The
protesters called for the release of the former Egyptian President and his
reinstatement.
The
placard -carrying demonstrators said they were joining the league of those
countries that believe in fairness and the promotion of democratic ideals.
They
denounced the atrocities taking place in Egypt.
Some
of the placards read: “Deposing of the legitimated government of Dr Muhammad
Morsi and replacing his government with illegal and illegitimate civilian
Interim Government, answerable to the Military is totally unacceptable.
‘’Waging
a war of extermination against the Ikhwanumuslimun, which saw the killing of more
than 2,000 Egyptians and over 10, 000 others sustaining varying degree of
injury for engaging in peaceful protest against the overthrow of the Civilian
Government is a rape of Democracy.
They
also frowned at the continued arrest, detention and torture of Egyptians,
including the Spiritual head Ikhwan, Dr Muhammad Badi’e; his deputy, Dr Khairat
As-shatir; the Chairman and Secretary of Al-Wasat party and respected Ulamas.
They
accused the country’s Military leaders of initiating the process of banning the
Ikhwan and outlawing it from Egyptian political land scape.
The
protesters pointed out there was also an attempt to remove the Sharia law from
the constitution and ‘’making the so called political Islam unlawful’’
Leader
of the coalition, Alhaji Abubakar Mujahid said: ’’It is our ardent belief that
from the start, there was an international conspiracy against the Ikhwan in
Egypt.
“There
was an attempt to stop them from participating in the election.
“When
that failed, attempts were made to stop them from winning. When they won, a lot
of hurdles were thrown on Morsi to not achieve a successful tenure.
Source: The Nation
No comments:
Post a Comment