Deborah Murder: How Nigerian Pastors Are Promoting Blasphemy, Hate – MURIC

On Wednesday, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) warned religious leaders against giving hate speeches.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), said that the escalating incidences of blasphemy in various regions of the nation were partially due to hate sermons offered by some clergy in their respective churches.

“It has come to our notice that the root of blasphemy and its proliferation in this country is the licencious indulgence in and permission of hate sermons by Christian clerics and leaders respectively. Our weak institutions also condone both hate sermons and blasphemy. These are disasters waiting to happen unless we take urgent steps to plug the leaking holes,” he said.

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However, he praised the Christian Association of Nigeria’s (CAN) admonition on the need of respecting one another’s faith.

He pointed out that video footage of well-known pastors preaching hate and delivering poisonous and toxic sermons had gone viral on several occasions.

These hate lectures, he claims, are what motivate regular Christians to make disparaging statements about Islam and its prophets.

“It is our contention that there will be no blasphemy if there is no hate sermon. We, therefore, invite Christian leaders to caution pastors who are in the habit of preaching hate and deriding Islam.

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“We must recognize the fact that there is suicide speech, just as there is hate speech. Anybody can love Adolf Hitler. But when someone goes to Israel, climbs a table in the midst of a Jewish crowd and shouts ‘I love Hitler!’ It is doubtful if his family will have anything at all to bury from the bulk of his anatomy,” he said.

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