[NEW] BUHARI ON EID-EL-KABIR

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI HAS SAID THE GREATEST COMMITMENT TO ISLAM IS FOR MUSLIMS TO PUT ITS GOOD VIRTUES INTO PRACTICE, AND BY MAKING JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.

IN HIS EID EL-KABIR SALLAH MESSAGE TO MUSLIMS IN THE COUNTRY, PRESIDENT BUHARI EXPLAINED THAT “WE SHOULD BE THE MIRROR THROUGH WHICH OTHERS SEE THE GOOD VIRTUES OF OUR FAITH.’’

ACCORDING TO HIM, “ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE AND WE SHOULD AVOID VIOLENT EXTREMIST IDEAS THAT GIVE ISLAM A WRONG NAME BECAUSE OUR CONDUCT LEAVE MORE LASTING POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS THAN WHAT WE SAY BY WORD OF MOUTH.’’

THE PRESIDENT, HOWEVER, ASSURED NIGERIANS THAT THE BOKO HARAM TERRORISM, KIDNAPPINGS AND OTHER FORMS OF BANDITRY “WOULD BE DEALT WITH UNCOMPROMISINGLY.