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From Magnus Eze, Enugu
A prominent Islamic faithful in Enugu State, Alhaji Sani Nnaji, has sued for peace, unity and love in the country.
This is as the notable farmer attributed the current food shortage and hardship in the country, largely to insecurity.
Speaking to Daily Sun on the significance Eid-el-Fitr, the businessman who recently signed agreement with Enugu State Government to develop a 150 -hectare produce city in the state, said there would not be solutions to the problems plaguing the nation unless there was peace and love.
“The commandment that came today from the Almighty Allah that each Muslim should give out zakat fitr which is to give some quality of food to a Muslim brother and why God commended that is so that everybody will feast together. The message is just love, Islam commended you to love yourself, love your neighbor and love everybody as you love yourself. The love we are selling to each other is unity, peace. The word Islam means peace and we in Enugu State, we are celebrating with our Christian brothers so that they will know that Islam means peace. Islam is not a violent religion, it’s a religion of peace and it’s the closest religion to Christianity.
“The almighty Allah commanded us to eat whatever a Christian cooks, you can marry a Christian and you can allow the Christian lady to the church while we go to our mosque but it’s not the same with other religions. So, the message today is to our Christian brothers to know that Islam is not what some people erroneously think about it,” he said.
Nnaji, who hails from Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state, where herders had repeatedly wreaked havoc noted that the situation had made farmers abandon their farms.
He further said that the problem of Nigeria was not religious crisis but noted that people usually weep up religious sentiment to elicit sympathy.
“Those who commit insecurity in the guise of religion do it so that some people will have sympathy for them but Islam teaches us total ways of life. There is no where Islam teaches us to kill a thing that the Almighty God created and so for you to take that life, you are committing the highest offence.
The major cause of food insecurity is insecurity. If you come to Enugu State, the major source of distraction on food security are bandits chasing people out of their farm lands and if you provide security in those food processing areas like in Isi-Uzo and Uzo-Uwani, you will have food security. The solution is what Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has done by opening up large scale farm lands. When you do that you have cut off the bad eggs among us.”
