The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to join other countries of the world in the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed people of Palestine and in places such as Myanmar, Kashmir, China and India as the leader of the most populous nation of the world.
This call was made last Thursday at a press conference organized by the Council which was jointly signed by the President, Sheikh Abdulrasheed Hadiyatullah and Secretary General Hakeem Baba-Ahmad.
The Council has expressed deep sadness over the outrageous bombardments on Gaza by Israel and strongly condemns the act of the United States and the international community on what it termed as the hypocrisy.
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria is calling for international law equality on everybody and the realization of the two states solution in Palestine diligently, so as to bring to an end this callousness, bloodshed and suffering in that part of the world.
The Council then called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to emulate the Government and opposition party of South Africa which condemned the actions of the Zionist State of Israel.
The President of the Council said, Nigeria should immediately assume its African leadership position in Africa as it was during the Murtala Administration. “It should be in the forefront in-the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed people of Palestine and in places such as Myanmar, Kashmir, China and India”.
Shiek Hadiyatullah said, the Federal Government of Nigeria should urgently review its relations with the Zionist State of Israel until it respects International Law and the rights of Palestinians.
The Council called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to on behalf of the teaming Muslims and Christians and people of conscience in Nigeria, to as a matter of urgency, provide relief materials to Palestinians who are in dire need of food, clothing, Medicine and other essentials.
Also, it called on Nigerian humanitarian organizations and mosques to mobilize assistance to the distressed people of Palestine and calls on all Muslims and people of other faiths to offer special prayers invoking Allah, The Most High, to come to the aid of the Palestinians and all oppressed people of the world.
