“The Quran has examples and examples of prophets being insulted and injunctions that those doing the insulting be left alone. There is a story of Prophet Muhammad himself officiating at the funeral of a man who insulted him, a man whose Son wanted to kill because he insulted Prophet Muhammad, but who Prophet Muhammad had to stop” PEGASUS REPORTERS, ...
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Religious Tolerance In A Turbulent World; A Leaf From The Yoruba – By Olobe Yoyon
“Digging deep into the philosophy of our elders, I found this prayer – “Ọlọ́run ma jẹ ka gba wèrè mọ ẹ̀sìn”! (God help us not to mix madness with religion). Evidently, the Yorùbá differentiate between wèrè (madness) and ẹ̀sìn (religion)” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 17, 2022 When many nations are regressing into a culture of religious hatred, hostility, ...
Read More »Nigeria 2023: Walking A Tightrope – By Olujimi Olusola III
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 16, 2022 We’re walking a tightrope, without the hold pole, And plenty of fish have come out in a shoal. ” I want to rule you, cos the pedigree’s there, Believe me, in the end, we’ll be in the clear”. Loads of strange bedfellows that have thrown in their caps, A Cretin, and ...
Read More »Jonathan And The Kiss Of Death & The History Shunned – By Emmanuel Obe
“The truth however is that his decision to run against the position of millions of his supporters will definitely not end up well for him. It has always been so for people who run against their own will in deference to what had been presented to them as a rather altruistic motive to change their course. It is usually ...
Read More »The Murder Of Deborah Yakubu: The Supreme Court Perspective In A Similar Circumstances
He concluded that “In my view, it is the appellants rather than the deceased who committed an offence against Islamic or Sharia by their unjustified action which represents to the public that Sharia is an uncivilized and primitive system which allows or permits the killing of people without complying with the due process of law”. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | ...
Read More »Sokoto Killing: Blasphemy: An Islamic Perspective – By Abdulrazaq Hamzat
“Clearly, the Quran doesn’t even remotely hint at the death sentence for those blaspheming against it or Islam. But unfortunately, the behaviour of extremist groups claiming to be Muslims and the introduction of the so-called sharia law in some so-called Muslim countries has led the media to wrongly point fingers at the religion of Islam in general” PEGASUS REPORTERS, ...
Read More »Perspectives: The Big Bigot In Kperogi’s Mirror – Aliyu Barau, PhD
Putting your article in the context of that debate and Mehdi’s response means @farooqkperogi is a big fanatic and bigot. Why? Because RCCGification is the same thing as Islamisation. Every time a Muslim rules Nigeria some Christian bigots use the thread of Islamisation to weave clothes of suspicion and division. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 11, 2022 Farooq Kperogi ...
Read More »Chief Francis Authur Nzeribe (1939 – 2022) Is Dead!, … Who Was He?
In 1993. Nzeribe funded by then head of state, Ibrahim Babangida formed the Association Of Better Nigeria. A group that approached the court to annul the June 12 elections on the basis of rigging and corruption.. the court in the mannerism of the proscription of IPOB, granted their request. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 10, 2022 I have seen ...
Read More »Need To Complement Orthodox And Alternative Medical Practices – Afie Obarakpor
“When the delivery period was close, our doctor invited us for a series of tests. He discovered the baby was in a breech position with her legs to the passage. The doctor advised us to prepare for CS and asked us to deposit #150,000 within a week. I was scared and my annoyance rose to heaven blaming my wife ...
Read More »The Warped Middle Class In Nigeria And Its Confusing Rhetorics! – By Wale Williams
It is so funny that while the rich have taken a stand, knowing who they want. The poor too, who actually depend on the middle class to help them make up their minds, have also moved on. They have taken a stand! But the middle class is still confused, fighting all over social media, maligning every candidate (but never ...
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