At this juncture- my intent is not to fuel religious attacks but to state my personal opinion and point of view.
There is a thin line between, radicalism/ extremism and religion, the point where people start to challenge the status quo because of their personal beliefs is the point at which things start to go wrong- when boko haram started, it started with strong points of belief like this, not minding the fact that, this particular belief would later become a monster- it started from nysc where the standard dress code was bent to suit the few radicals, it has since spread to other areas of the society, and it is now -them against the world "other belief systems".
Are we Arabs? Or Africans? Can we be more holy then those that own the religion? I beg to say, This same belief system is what is fueling the shiite movement in nigeria - this same belief system is what makes a person work out of a busy office at the height of business- leaving other people stranded to wait for him to come back from his personal communion, with his/her God, this same belief system is what fueled jihadism in schools in mid and late 90's.
For the best definition, I put it like this- *its either you take to my faith, or I would disturb/harm you until you take to my faith*, if we don't want your belief system, keep it to yourself and stay where, you can practice your religious beliefs, because it's personal to you, but please don't disturb me with it, because I don't disturb you with my beliefs.
Finally I beg to say a nation without rules and regulations is simply another animal kingdom- and if there are rules and regulations and you can't follow them - leave the profession or our country for us, or go and read a course that would give you the freedom to wear whatever- at least islamic studies is there.
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