'The Almajiri has become a scapegoat for the multiple sins of the Nigerian state in general and the Muslim Umma in particular,' Mr Kukah said in a paper
The almajiris in Northern Nigeria have been “sinned against” and denied opportunities for social progress by the region’s Muslim elite, Catholic cleric, Hassan Kukah, has said.
saying “it has not worked for the children, it has not worked for northern Nigeria, it has not worked for Nigeria. It has to end.” Mr Kukah is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kaduna, and has made blistering remarks aiming at northern Muslims whom he accuses of perpetrating the “domination” and “persecution” Christians in the region.
He said the almajiri system was ordinarily good and “much treasured” part of Islamic history and found similarity with it in Christianity, giving an example of the role of catechists in the Catholic Church.
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