tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post5071351257712583003..comments2024-03-23T10:47:39.662-04:00Comments on Notes From Atlanta: Buhari’s Growing Cruelty Reflects the Wishes of NigeriansFarooq A. Kperogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-9249921382772497902020-09-08T12:57:33.419-04:002020-09-08T12:57:33.419-04:00Thank you for another masterpiece.
I have taken a...Thank you for another masterpiece.<br /><br />I have taken a few lines to be posted on my Facebook wall with due acknowledgement.<br /><br />Thank you Prof.Taofeek Ajibadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949649465448850298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-53746980928069369482020-09-06T07:00:20.382-04:002020-09-06T07:00:20.382-04:00Thanks Prof. May you live long to see the best you...Thanks Prof. May you live long to see the best you wish for your father land. Always welcome.Taiwo Tosinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377121820586505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-3354554926863081922020-09-05T15:23:39.913-04:002020-09-05T15:23:39.913-04:00Marvellous. Marvellous. Ositahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299467197497404090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-42785466255583816292020-09-05T10:35:54.535-04:002020-09-05T10:35:54.535-04:00Prof, perhaps God will hold Nigerians responsible ...Prof, perhaps God will hold Nigerians responsible dragging his name to the mud. From Mohammed Bello's submission above, it is clear that the preachers has rather promote their words instead of God's. bajon usemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198000949733358260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-71778553090951961682020-09-05T10:11:56.912-04:002020-09-05T10:11:56.912-04:00Apt as always... And like John Maxwell says, "...Apt as always... And like John Maxwell says, "Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical." .... Buhari has none of these attributes. If anything, he represents the antithesis of these attributes.Whekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146030080270275631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-814497368074962192020-09-05T04:34:25.802-04:002020-09-05T04:34:25.802-04:00Dr.You said it all, Religious and Ethics wouldn...Dr.You said it all, Religious and Ethics wouldn't allow Nigerians to fight for the right things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665921118243730058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-9341523647461702022020-09-05T04:16:23.006-04:002020-09-05T04:16:23.006-04:00Exactly the point I have been making for a while n...Exactly the point I have been making for a while now. It is very strange that there is a criminal conspiracy of silence from all quarters on Buhari's handling of the affairs of this country. It is clear from our actions and inactions that we all deserve the government we have.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504859590284461859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-23924974301537009632020-09-05T00:52:22.517-04:002020-09-05T00:52:22.517-04:00Prof, the apparent contradiction in the attitudes ...Prof, the apparent contradiction in the attitudes of northern Nigerians towards blasphemy on one hand, and towards cruel leaders on the other is a reflection of their slavish compliance with the self-serving interpretation of Islamic scripture by clerics in the North. The primary driver of virtually all Northern attitudes is Islamic preaching which, in the age of the internet and satellite TV, is available in abundance to every Muslim. It is the clerics who regularly cite Hadiths (Prophetic traditions) that legislate stern action against blasphemy as well as those that discourage protests against leaders while recommending prayers for them instead. But in fairness to the Hadiths, none of them advocates the mob actions that we see in northern Nigeria in response to blasphemy; all the punishments recommended are judicial. The mob actions are a consequence of the manipulation of the Malams who apply a lot of anger and emphasis when preaching about blasphemy, which their followers take to be a call to mob action. Most northern attitudes flow from the messages of its preachers and the easiest way to understand northerners is to listen to their Islamic preachers. I always tell me friends that the North cannot get ahead of its Islamic preaching and it can only change when the preaching changes.Mohammed Bellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039491231210848459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-39279373426680884582020-09-05T00:50:51.829-04:002020-09-05T00:50:51.829-04:00Prof, the apparent contradiction in the attitudes ...Prof, the apparent contradiction in the attitudes of northern Nigerians towards blasphemy on one hand, and towards cruel leaders on the other is a reflection of their slavish compliance with the self-serving interpretation of Islamic scripture by clerics in the North. The primary driver of virtually all Northern attitudes is Islamic preaching which, in the age of the internet and satellite TV, is available in abundance to every Muslim. It is the clerics who regularly cite Hadiths (Prophetic traditions) that legislate stern action against blasphemy as well as those that discourage protests against leaders while recommending prayers for them instead. But in fairness to the Hadiths, none of them advocates the mob actions that we see in northern Nigeria in response to blasphemy; all the punishments recommended are judicial. The mob actions are a consequence of the manipulation of the Malams who apply a lot of anger and emphasis when preaching about blasphemy, which their followers take to be a call to mob action. Most northern attitudes flow from the messages of its preachers and the easiest way to understand northerners is to listen to their Islamic preachers. I always tell me friends that the North cannot get ahead of its Islamic preaching and it can only change when the preaching changes.Mohammed Bellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039491231210848459noreply@blogger.com