A Professor of Islamic Studies, Yasir Quadri, has said Boko Haram is not an agent of Islam, but the “handiwork of the destructive Nigerian politicians”.
“If Nigeria must know peace, the Nigerian politicians must resolve to achieve it not through the manipulation of religion but by becoming nation-builders”, he said while delivering the 133rd Inaugural lecture of University of Ilorin.
Quadri whose lecture was titled, “All in the Name of God” decried attacks on places of worship, saying Nigerians need to tolerate and respect religious teachings of one another.
He also spoke on the almajiri system which he attributed to the indiscriminate practice of polygamy, maintaining that for almajiri system to stop as suggested last week by the Senate President David Mark, northern Muslims should stop marrying more than one wife if they lack the financial wherewithal to cater for them.
“It is pertinent to point out here that if the almajirai system must stop, Muslims must stop producing children they cannot cater for morally and financially”, he stressed.
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