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Sheikh Isyaka Rabiu, a Muslim cleric has called on Nigerian Muslims to reject the Gender equality bill.
Sheikh Rabiu, who is the leader of the Tijjaniya Brotherhood, has warned Muslim lawmakers that they will be condemned as unbelievers if they back the gender equality bill. Speaking with BBC, the cleric said, "whoever approves of the bill is an unbeliever, not Muslim. I am appealing to all Muslim [senators] to never allow this bill to become law and if they do, we are going to tell all Nigerian Muslims not to accept it."
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Sheikh Rabiu, who is the leader of the Tijjaniya Brotherhood, has warned Muslim lawmakers that they will be condemned as unbelievers if they back the gender equality bill. Speaking with BBC, the cleric said, "whoever approves of the bill is an unbeliever, not Muslim. I am appealing to all Muslim [senators] to never allow this bill to become law and if they do, we are going to tell all Nigerian Muslims not to accept it."
READ: Gender Equality Bill: 11 reasons Nigerian Women Should Protest to the Senate