Over 1,000 Muslim faithful yesterday in the ancient city took to the streets to protest the deposition and continued detention of the former Egyptian President, Dr Muhammad Morsi, who was ousted in the July 3 coup-d-tat.
The coalition of some Muslim groups in the North under the auspices of Alliance of Muslim Organizations and Civil Right Groups in Northern Nigeria staged a rally at the Kofa Mata Mosque, where they called for the release from detention of the former Egyptian President and his re instatement.
The placard carrying demonstrators said they were joining the league of those countries, which believe in fairness and the promotion, through respect for democratic ideals and human rights in condemning and denouncing the atrocities that is taking place in Egypt.
Some of the placards read: ‘Deposing of the legitimated government of Dr Muhammad Morsi and replacing his government with illegal and illegitimate civilian Interim Government, answerable to the Military is totally unacceptable.
‘’Waging a war of extermination against the Ikhwanumuslimun, which saw the killing of more than 2,000 Egyptians and over 10, 000 others sustaining varying degree of injury for engaging in peaceful protest against the overthrow of the Civilian Government is a rape of Democracy.
Also, the group stated that the continued arrest, detention and torture of Egyptians, including the Spiritual head Ikhwan, Dr Muhammad Badi’e, his deputy, Dr Khairat As-shatir, the Chairman and Secretary of Al-Wasat party, top Mursi Advisers and respected Ulamas are provocative.
They also accused the country’s Military leaders of initiating the process of banning the Ikhwan and outlawing it from Egyptian political land scape, adding that there was also an attempt to remove the Sharia law from the constitution and ‘’making the so called political Islam unlawful’’.
Concluding, leader of the coalition of the Muslim bodies, Alhaji Abubakar Mujahid said;’’ Iit is our ardent belief that from the start, there was an international conspiracy against the Ikhwan in Egypt. There was an attempt to stop them from participating in the election, when that failed, attempts were made to stop them from winning, when they won, a lot of hurdles was thrown on Morsi, so he not achieve a successful tenure.
The coalition comprise Jamaatut, Tajdidil, Islamy (JTI), Jamaatut Muslimin, Sokoto State, Centre for Promotion Sharia, Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, Joint Youth Islamic Organizations, Zamfara State and Sheikh Abdullahi Fodio Centre for Daawa, Zamfara State.
