South West: Muslims and Identity struggles (1)
By Kamoru Sodiq kamorusodiq03@gmail.com In Africa, Nigeria is considered as the giant but today, Nigeria is a cash cow. It is good to know the origin, status and basis of things in the past before now that things are falling flat. Unfortunately, Nigeria has banned history from her education. What a policy somersault! Geographically, Nigeria is divided into North and South. The South is also into further delineated along ethnic lines. Ijaw people are found in South South, Ibo people in South East and Yoruba people in South West. However, the Yoruba people in the South West had contacted and accepted Islamic religion more than 1000 years ago. It is indeed a beauty to behold looking at the good old days. It is heart-breaking today to see the same Islamic religion being dragged and denied as non-existent in that same community by wailers and some religion pontiffs. Looking at the poor representation of Islam within the corridor of power, or you want to talk about the low grade level ...