Pastor tunde Bakare defend himself from allegation of islamophobia: Pastor Tunde Bakare has come under intence scrutiny for his opposition to Justice Kutigis short Islamic prayer, and he has spoken to defend himself. Pastor Tunde Bakare, who is the General Overseer of Later Rain Assembly has come forward to defend himself from allegation of Islamophobia. He says that his comment was in the interest of national unity, cohesion and mutual co-existence at the conference. Mr Bakare told reporters during an earlier phone interview that the reason they are there regional not religion. He said: We are not here for regional or religious issues. We must not be divided by tribal sentiments and religious prejudices. We must focused on building a new Nigeria.” He said that he was born and raised a muslim so its strange someone will accuse him of Islamophobia, and he further revealed that many of his relatives, friends and associates are Muslims: “If I hate Muslims, I would not have accepted to be a running mate to a Muslim in the last presidential election,” Mr. Bakare explained. “I was born and raised a Muslim. I’m well versed in the Quoran having graduated from Islamic school on April 16, 1967. “Many of my relatives are still Muslims. My older cousin was recently made the Are Adinni Musulumi of Egbaland and my family was well represented at the ceremony. “I have no Islamophobia of any kind. Even in my businesses, I employ Muslims and non-Muslims and even those who don’t believe. I was born in the South but raised in Sokoto. My father was known as Sani Arewa and that is what is written on his tombstone. My uncle was Sarki Yoruba in the Sultan’s palace. “So, you can see that I’m in no position to hate Muslims. All I’m saying is that we should be fair to one another. God created only one race. And that is the human race. We should not let religion or tribes to divide us.” Naij
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:55:48 +0000
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