نيجيريا: المسلمون يشكون التعرض للتطهير العرقي المنظم

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعرب المجلس الأعلى النيجيري للشؤون الإسلامية عن قلقه من تعرض المسلمين للتهميش في الوظائف الحكومية، ملقيًا باللوم على الرئيس النيجيري النصراني "جودلك جوناثان"، والذي اتهمه بحرمان المسلمين من المناصب القيادية وممارسة الدولة تمييزًا دينيًّا.

وقد اعتبر "محمد قاسم" - مدير المجلس - أن البيانات المتوفرة لدى المجلس الإسلامي تنذر بالخطر، معتبرًا أنه يجب على الدولة العمل على توحيد المجتمع ودعم العدالة والمساواة والتعددية، ومشددًا على ضرورة حصول المسلمين أصحاب الكفاءات على الوظائف في القطاعات المختلفة في الدولة؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Nigerian Muslims decry 'systematic cleansing'

"The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) is concerned over the disturbing trend of marginalizing Muslims in key appointments in federal government institutions" NSCIA spokesmen Mohamed Qasim said.

The most prominent umbrella body of Nigerian Muslims has accused the government of President Goodluck Jonathan of "systematic cleansing of Muslims" from key positions of authority and lamented "religious" discriminations against Muslims in Africa's most populous country.

"The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) is concerned over the disturbing trend of marginalizing Muslims in key appointments in federal government institutions," NSCIA spokesmen Mohamed Qasim said in a statement obtained by Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.

"Data available to the Council indicate a systematic cleansing of Muslims from key positions of authority," he added.

"This is dangerous for a nation which should encourage harmony and unity based on equity, justice and respect for diversity and pluralism."

Qasim told AA that the statement emerged from the NSCIA 's expanded general purpose committee meeting attended by prominent Muslim scholars and leaders from across the country.

He asserted that no Muslim is appointed cabinet minister from the entire southern region, including in the southwest where Muslims are said to constitute the bulk of the population.

There are 17 states in the south region, each having at least a cabinet minister.

The North has 19 states but appreciable numbers of cabinet ministers from the region are Christians.

"Council also notes that admission into key military institutions such as NDA and patterns of recruitment into police and other security agencies do not show sensitivity to balance and social indices such as faith," said NSCIA.

"Muslims who are qualified should be admitted and trained on a scale that shows respect for a multi-religious nation such as Nigeria," it added.

No official figure exists for Muslim-Christian population in Nigeria because religion and ethnicity were never used as criteria in previous censuses.

But independent pollsters, including the US-based Pew Review, suggest Muslims constitute at least 50 percent of Nigeria's estimated population of 175 million. Christians dispute the figures.