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- An organisation, RMQK, founded by Shehu Maruwf Abolade Salahudeen Adagunja, has been accused of misguiding Muslims successful Southwest Nigeria
- While the radical said it is non-religious and inclusive of Christians, idol worshippers, and purported Muslims, the bulk of their members assertion to person affiliation with Islam—largely owed to the founder’s nationalist image
- A striking facet of RMQK's spiritual activities is their nonstop invocation of 4 jinns (spirits) whose names signifier the acronym, RMQK
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering nationalist matters and spiritual affairs.
Abeokuta, Ogun authorities - An organisation with an outward Islamic appearance, RMQK, has travel nether aggravated scrutiny by Muslims successful Nigeria's southwest region.
Legit.ng reports that the group, founded by Shehu Maruwf Abolade Salahudeen Adagunja, claims it specialises successful the survey and exertion of spiritual sciences, including astrology, numerology, and cosmopolitan laws of energy and vibration.
Source: Facebook
Greatly adored by his followers, Abeokuta, Ogun state-based Shehu Adagunja goes by the grandiose spiritual rubric “Emi Agba” (Yoruba for “The Greatest Spirit”). At times, helium is addressed by his loyalists arsenic "My Lord".
Shehu Adagunja stressed successful a Facebook station connected May 1, 2025, that "RMQK is not affiliated with immoderate religion".
Another apical subordinate of the radical is Kewuyemi Najeem, a vocal antheral critics person present tagged Adagunja's propagandist. In aggregate societal media publications, Najeem argued that determination is simply a quality betwixt religion and spiritualism, adding that they are overmuch much acrophobic astir the integration of spiritual insights — 'seeking to grow people's knowing of world beyond the material'.
Public commentaries astir RMQK heightened precocious erstwhile immoderate persons accused Sheikh Abdulmumeen Raji 'Okin', a fashionable Islamic personality, of being a subordinate of RMQK. Subsequently, Sheikh 'Okin' published a video connected his organisation, Al-Muhminuna Islamic Da’wah Foundation's authoritative Facebook page, connected Monday, May 6, wherever helium made immoderate clarifications.
Although 'Okin' did not outrightly contradict being a subordinate of the RMQK, helium strongly denied receiving thing to usage during the play helium was earnestly ill.
Adherents of RMQK, besides called RMQK Global oregon RMQK Wisdom, accidental it is "never a religious, taste oregon accepted relation oregon affiliated to immoderate of these beliefs, alternatively a purely spiritual enlightenment and uplifting association." Although they person been accused of being a concealed cult, RMQK members are unfastened astir their affiliation and person denied the allegation.
RMQK's practices
As seen successful a verified online video, RMQK's indoor gatherings often lucifer charismatic religion services with clapping, singing, and rhythmic chanting of the jinn names that formed the sanction of their radical - Rukoyailu, Morkotoyailu, Qoikoyailu, and Kashfayailu.
A video of RMQK's members clapping and chanting can beryllium viewed below:
Critics person said this further blurs spiritual lines and misleads the uninformed. They besides impeach RMQK of "deceptive healing services", saying it disguises its operations done alleged spiritual healing and alternate medicine, "luring unsuspecting Muslims nether the guise of herbal oregon spiritual treatment."
Another video of RMQK's members tin beryllium watched below:
Concerns galore implicit RMQK
Wading into the trending discourse, Sheikh Dr Idris Oni, the acting caput of the Islamic Studies department, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun state, said beyond their disposable acts, RMQK's ideology undermines the halfway tenets of Islam, 'posing a spiritual threat'.
He said via X (formerly Twitter):
"RMQK is not Islam astatine all. It's important for the radical to recognize that precise clearly. It's a religion created by the Jinn for Jinn worshippers."
Source: Twitter
Oni added:
"Any religion that teaches you to commencement a speech with the sanction of a Jinn specified arsenic Rawqayāil is successful information a Jinni religion, acold from Islam. "The religion is besides rooted successful soothsaying, consulting with Jinns, asking Jinns for help, numerology successful narration with Jinns, astrology and zodiac, each of which are nullifiers of religion successful Islam."In the aforesaid vein, different Ogun-based Islamic cleric, Akim Kutubi, criticised the radical and asked Muslims to beryllium wary.
He said:
"These radical adjacent said they tin inquire the dormant questions. They person a disturbing mentality."Kutubi added:
"Instead of calling jinn names, wherefore not telephone onto the sanction of Allah? What happened to Ar-Rahmaan, Ar-Raheem, Al-Malik, Al-Quddus, and co?"@Jimoh_Yousuf wrote on X:
"Beware of RMQK boys if you don't privation to suffer your Hereafter. Them afloat Facebook preaching nonsense and evil tone knowledge."It has thing to bash with Islam and its teachings."Ahmad Nafiu Aljawhari wrote connected Facebook:
"What the deviant RMQK radical is propagating, nary doubt, takes 1 retired of the fold of Islam. Some of their beliefs are seeking assistance from the unseen spirits, astrology and believing that you tin worship Allah done a transmission not sanctioned by Prophet Muhammad."Sheikh Hadiyyatullah dies
Earlier, Legit.ng reported the decease of Sheikh Abdur Rasheed Hadiyyatullah 'Iwo', President of the Supreme Council for Shariah successful Nigeria (SCSN).
Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan, the Grand Mufti of Yorubaland, confirmed the bittersweet update successful a statement.
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