PDP Warns MURIC Against Inciting Religious Conflict in Taraba

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has been warned by the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against inciting religious conflict in the state.

The warning came just two days after the State government urged the group to stop using itself as a tool in the hands of overzealous politicians.

The party issued the warning in a press release on Thursday in Jalingo, stating that “churches and mosques are exclusive to Christians and Muslims, respectively.”

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The party’s Publicity Secretary, Andeta’rang Irammae, signed a letter cautioning the organization’s Director to refrain from making public statements that could divide the country along religious lines.

According to the party, “Professor Ishaq Akintola and his MURIC are strongly advised to appreciate the peculiarities of Taraba State and stop fanning the embers of hatred and caustic tendencies.”

Other spheres of human endeavors, according to the party, “are common hubs for practitioners of the two religions,” stating that “they go to the same markets with all the variants of economic vicissitudes, same depravities, and are victims of insecurity, inflation, and other social malaise.”

“Professor Ishaq’s diversionary, destructive, and distractive antics do not reflect the mood of the people of Taraba State, who have coexisted in a consciousness of brotherhood and collective desire for peace,” the statement continued.

“It is a well-known fact that a fanatic is unconcerned about fact and reality,” he said.

“What matters to a fanatic is victory of his belief and illusions,” according to the PDP, “and most dangerously when fanaticism is woven around ego and mundane biases, the people are already doomed.”

The party stated that “extreme intolerance that borders on fanaticism is alien baggage that Ishaq desperately wants to dump on Taraba State,” urging “Professor Ishaq and his cohorts to spare the people of Taraba State the pain of self-destruction.”

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The party urged religious leaders of all faiths to devote their time, prayers, and energy to “preaching peace, transparency, and moral restraints for a better society rather than indulging in trivial banter like who is appointed or not appointed,” rather than “indulging in trivial banter like who is appointed or not appointed.”