The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has insisted that banditry, terrorism, and other forms of criminality have no place in Islam.
Abubakar, who is the President-General of the Nigeria
Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, spoke while playing host to members
of the 2026 batch ‘B’ stream I of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, at
his palace in Sokoto.
He noted that Islam is a religion founded on peace, justice
and respect for the sanctity of human life.
Abubakar said Islam forbids the killing of innocent people
and encourages Muslims to coexist peacefully with adherents of other faiths by
promoting compassion, mutual understanding and good neighbourliness, regardless
of religious or ethnic differences.
The Sultan also condemned the growing practice of linking
crime to particular ethnic or religious groups, stressing that offenders should
simply be identified as criminals.
“Give them their proper name, criminals. Don’t call them
Fulani, Tiv, Yoruba, Muslim or Christian.
“Criminality has no religion or ethnicity. Evil people exist
everywhere and should be treated as such,” he said.
He urged the corps members to remain security-conscious
throughout their service year, respect the customs, traditions and values of
their host communities, and contribute meaningfully to national development.
The Sultan also told them to ignore negative stereotypes
about Sokoto State, assuring them that they would experience the hospitality
and peaceful disposition of its people firsthand.
He urged the corps members to verify information before
believing or sharing reports circulating on social media.
“If you amplify only negative stories and ignore the good
happening around you, you help evil to thrive,” he said.
“But when you tell the truth about what you have seen, you
help humanity.”
The Sultan said criminality should never be associated with
any religion, ethnicity or tribe.
He noted that individuals arrested for kidnapping and other
violent crimes bear names from different ethnic and religious backgrounds,
demonstrating that crime has no religious or ethnic identity.
“Whether a criminal bears a Christian name, a Muslim name, a
Yoruba name, a Fulani name, a Hausa name or any other name is immaterial. Once
you commit crime, you are simply a criminal,” he said.
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