One way Nigeria is indeed anti-Islam

Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria

If there’s one term that’s gradually becoming legendary in Nigeria, it’s “Anti-Islam.”

And the person making it a front burner, Professor Ishaq Akintola, Group Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), is gradually becoming a legend as he deserves for his tenacity.

Akintola is definitely a likeable person for his commitment to his cause. He perceives injustices against his beloved religion, Islam, and fearlessly advocates against them and for this, he deserves nothing but commendation.

Commendation because there’s no Christian in Nigeria fighting for the rights of Nigeria’s Christians!

How sad!

If there’s such a Christian, he or she should come out so I can eat my words.

With Akintola’s anti-Islam efforts in my face practically every day, it was only a matter of time before it would definitely inspire me too the way it does him.

And it has made me realize at least one way Nigeria is truly anti-Islam and that doesn’t seem to have occurred to him so I’m a step ahead of him in this regard so he should thank me for pointing it out to him and I hope he’ll take Nigeria up immediately on it but I won’t be surprised if he doesn’t for reasons I won’t advance now.

Friday is the main worship day of Muslims just like Sunday is that of Christians. While Christians have Sunday as an officially work-free day, Muslims don’t for Friday and this is definitely anti-Islam and the Nigerian government should address it immediately by declaring Friday work-free.

Akintola’s anti-Islam sentiments and perceptions aren’t bad because they only make it obvious that it’s truly every man for himself in this world. You don’t expect a Muslim to be fighting for Christian rights, right?

So Friday should be work-free in recognition of Muslim rights and Nigerians going to work on Fridays only further proves that our government is insensitive and not in tune with Nigerian needs.

The Monday-Friday work week as imposed on us by our colonial masters was good for them because they imported it from their own country’s system which allowed it because it was basically a single religion system.

And if it was once good for Nigeria (which it never was), it isn’t anymore and should be scrapped immediately as our two main religions, Christianity and Islam, have to be taken into consideration regarding every single government decision.

So, just as Europe, America prefer the Monday-Friday work system because their religion used to be centered on Christianity, Saudi Arabia and other countries that favor Islam as their main religion do not observe Sunday as a work-free day.

Rather, they go to work very happily on Sundays and I’m sure Sunday is the day they devote their most energy to work.

Regarding this salient issue which is necessary to be addressed immediately if we are to ever move forward (as we claim to desire) from the deadly passivity we’re already caught in by practicing the two religions, it simply means that we’ve to honour them both by declaring their official worship days as work-free.

Saying that making Friday work-free will disturb the work routine is not tenable as every problem has a solution, especially this one that demands for it urgently.

Thereby, for Friday to be made work-free, the simple solution is for people to go to work Monday-Thursday and Saturday or there should just be the Monday-Thursday work week alone.

This second alternative is even better for us as a nation that has very low life expectancy as it will help to make us live longer.

Over to you, Prof.