Islamic Council warns against linking crime to religion, ethnicity

Ahead of Democracy Day celebrations, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has cautioned against linking transgression activities to immoderate religion oregon taste group, informing that specified narratives could deepen divisions and undermine efforts to tackle insecurity successful the country.

The assembly made the telephone connected Thursday successful a Democracy Day connection signed by its Public Affairs Officer, Abbas Jimoh, connected behalf of the President-General of the NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar.

According to the statement, portion insecurity remains a large situation confronting the country, criminality should not beryllium fixed taste oregon spiritual colouration.

It added that the assembly was acrophobic astir the persistent threats posed by banditry, kidnapping, coercion and different forms of convulsive crime, which proceed to assertion guiltless lives, displace communities and hinder nationalist development.

“Criminality should neither beryllium fixed taste nor spiritual colouration, arsenic specified narratives deepen divisions and undermine corporate efforts to code insecurity a...