Jingir’s uninformed statement has triggered fresh animosity between Christians, Muslims – Shehu

Activist Mahdi Shehu has criticised Islamic cleric Sheikh Sani Jingir implicit his caller statement of Christians arsenic infidels, calling the connection reckless and contrary to Islamic teachings.

Shehu made the comments successful a station connected X, wherever helium accused Jingir of making “unguarded, inciting and reckless statements.”

He said Jingir’s statement of Christians arsenic infidels was not lone un-Islamic but besides irresponsible.

“His venomous connection is contrary to the dignified sanction of AHLIL-KITAB fixed to Christians successful the Quran by Allah himself arsenic tin beryllium recovered successful assorted verses of the Quran, specified arsenic successful Sura Al-Ma’ida 5:19, 5:59 and 5:68 and galore different places,” Shehu said.

He warned that the cleric’s comments could further harm efforts to beforehand peaceful coexistence betwixt Christians and Muslims, peculiarly successful Northern Nigeria.

“Jingir’s unschooled connection has triggered different ellipse of reversing efforts of gathering peaceful co-existence betwixt radical of antithetic faith, peculiarly successful Northern Nigeria wherever bid is fragile,” helium said.

Shehu besides urged Christians who were offended by the comments not to nonstop their choler astatine Muslims generally.

“Christians should instrumentality enactment that Jingir’s irresponsible and senile connection of referring to Christians arsenic Infidels is unislamic, cruel and insensitive and does correspond the views of millions of ...