Abducted Muslim Children Forcefully Converted To Christianity In Edo Idp Camp. - Religion

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ABDUCTED MUSLIM CHILDREN FORCEFULLY
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY IN EDO IDP
CAMP.

As a matter of urgency and immediate attention,
Muslim Corpers' Association of Nigeria (MCAN)
use this medium to reaffirm and throw more light
on the recent post of Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC) about the above headline currently
going viral. As a result of the Boko Haram
insurgency, some Muslims were taken from
different states in the Northern part of Nigeria to
a CHRISTIAN CONTROLLED IDP camp in Edo
State, hundreds of children were forcefully or
deceitfully converted to Christianity and the
worst of all is that the management of the camp
denied MCAN access to the needed populace of
the Camp.

As part of the humanitarian activities of the
association, on the 5th of February, 2016, MCAN
Edo state's Amir and
general secretary went to the Internally
Displaced People's camp at Uhuagua village, Edo
State to inform the camp management about the
intention of MCAN to visit , conduct free medical
check Up, donate items and above all, admonish
the inhabitants of the camp to remain patient
and hopeful in Allah (God ) as directed by MCAN
National but the management of the camp which
was headed by a pastor stated that they do not
allow such, in fact the pastor started acting
funny once he noticed MCAN is constituted by
Muslims who intended to admonish those under
his care.

The Edo state Amir stated that his first surprise
was to have seen that it is a CHRISTIAN camp
as the frontage sign board reads

"INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FOR
MISSION". He stated that ; they were dressed for
jumat and obviously tagged as Muslims, Thus,
they spent over 2 hours to be properly checked
and confirmed as NYSC Corps members, though
the security persons (Military) were friendly. He
further stated that the head of the camp
explained that the subjection to scrutiny of
identity was a security measure. The Amir also
stated that he was amazed that there was no
single worship center in the camp for Muslims
bearing in mind that there are/were Muslims
among those in the camp. He gathered this fact
from some young adults who were reluctant to
associate with them.

After submitting an official letter of purpose as
instructed by the pastor in charge, he claimed
the only thing MCAN would be allowed to do was
to hand over the relief items to the management
of camp which will be distributed to the
inhabitants of the camp on behalf of MCAN. All
efforts to make the pastor understand that
MCAN is a recognized body by NYSC and
REGISTERED with a CERTIFICATE OF
CORPORATION was to no avail. Until the pastor
was informed that MCAN National visited the
biggest IDP camp (Dalori Camp,Maiduguri) in
Nigeria about some weeks back for the same
purpose of visit to Edo camp, without any
problem or prevention by The Dalori IDP camp
management before he agreed to allow MCAN
access the children only. Based on this a foul
play was sensed.

The case was reported to the Sultan of Sokoto
during a meeting and he stated that ; they
(Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs -
"NSCIA" are aware and they equally tried to
take some of these Muslims out of the camp
through the defense minister but children were
manipulated or psychologically influenced to
stone the military men, claiming they preferred
the camp to their homes. After this, NSCIA
decided to let go and left the children in the
hands of Allah (God) in order to avoid religious
conflict within the country. Roughly a month later
, the case of #EseOruru came up to shake the
whole Nigeria, this is synonymous to the issue at
hand. "Abduction of Children and forcefully
changing their fate". MCAN believes the children
are minors , therefore , The Christian camp
cannot determine what fate is best for them, just
as it is in the case of #EseOruru.

MCAN noticed a lot of the Muslim inhabitants of
the camp might have been deceitfully or
forcefully converted to Christianity, since there is
nothing to attribute themselves to in the camp
as Muslims, In fact it was difficult to spot out
the Muslims. These are some of the reasons
why it was perceived that the pastor heading the
camp intentionally prevented MCAN from gaining
access to the elderly ones because their
conscience can be easily preached to , unlike
the children. More so , THE CHILDREN MIGHT
HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED BY THE PASTOR
AND HIS STAFF TO STONE US LIKE THEY DID
TO OTHERS IN THE PAST.

Knowing fully well that it was Muslims he was
dealing with , the Pastor went as far as sharing
pamphlets with inscription "I saw Jesus" to the
MCAN representatives, this shows how far the
camp management must have gone to make
sure they convert all the Muslims in the camp to
Christianity, leaving them with no option.
In all , we are not happy with the current state
of the camp in sense that ,AN IDP CAMP
SHOULD NOT BE SOLELY MANAGED BY A
PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS BODY since we have
TRADITIONALIST , MUSLIMS and CHRISTIANS
who might be taken to such camp.

MCAN should be granted access to all the
accessible inhabitants of the camp. Any act of
"stone throwing" at us must have been planned
and influenced by the CHRISTIAN MANAGEMENT
in charge.

Islamic religious structure should be built in the
camp. Else, If the camp will maintain its
CHRISTIAN Name and current mode of
operation, all Muslims should be evicted to a
Muslim camp.

Furthermore , MCAN does its community services
for the sake of Allah and not for recognition by
anyone , therefore MCAN should be allowed to
carry out Community Development Services in as
much as its members identity and genuineness
of intention can be proved beyond all reasonable
doubts.

Anyone who knows or has a child or relative
there should kindly meet with MCAN, MURIC or
NSCIA for collective report to the rightful
authorities.

On this note, we draw the attention of the
presidency, Senators, media houses, human right
activist , Muslims and non Muslims within and
Outside Nigeria to instruct the CHRISTIAN
CONTROLLED IDP CAMP in EDO STATE to
release the MUSLIM children to their parents or
SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS,
allow recognized religious bodies to have access
to the entire populace of the camp and Preach
to them just as CHRISTIANS have been doing in
the camp. In fact , the idea of a religious IDP
camp solely managed by a particular faith needs
to be stopped.

Finally, If it were Muslims that did this , the
media would have exploded long ago with
comments like "MUSLIMS WANT TO ISLAMIZE
NIGERIA".

This is not to trigger any problem but for the
rightful to be done. LET US COME TOGETHER TO
STOP THIS and #FreeTheMuslimChildrenInEdo

KINDLY SHARE TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TILL
IT CIRCULATES THE COUNTRY.
25th of March, 2015.

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