Muslim scholars proffer solutions to security problems

SOME top Muslim scholars in the country, during the week, converged on Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to appraise the security situation in the country, lamenting that human lives are no longer valued in the country.

At the programme ‘Islam: Solution to All Problems’, organised by the state branch of the Organisation of Tadhamunul Muslimeen (OTM), the scholars said that for the country to overcome the problems of insecurity and economic downturn, there was the need to look beyond legislation and government policies.

In a presentation, one of the guest lecturers, Shiekh Isa Akindele Solahudeen, said no nation in the world today was insulated from problems.

He said the challenge posed by insecurity, especially in Nigeria, had been difficult to surmount because no value was placed on human lives anymore.

“We wonder why government policies and the legislations by the National Assembly members have refused to solve our problems.

“Insecurity has particularly persisted because we no longer value human lives. In Nigeria today, human lives have become worthless.

“But with faith, which Islam emphasises, we can understand the sacredness of life and the prohibition to taking it unjustly,” he said.

Aside from having faith in Almighty Allah, Akindele listed taqwa (piety) and patience among the solutions offered by Islam to the nation’s problems.

He said people were involved in political leadership these days without understanding the responsibilities or implications.

In his lecture, the Director, School of Preliminary Studies (SPS), University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulkadir Ibrahim Abikan, advised government at all levels to be fair and just in their dealings with the citizens.

Abikan called on all and sundry to shun injustice “in all spheres of our national lives as demanded by Islam for us to make progress as a nation.”

Dr Hamza Abdulraheem, Dr Suleiman Anoba, Dr Rasheed AbdulAzeez, among other scholars were also at the event.