Sultan Abubakar, who is also the President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, also called on President Goodluck Jonathan to reconsider dialogue with the Boko Haram insurgents.
The Royal Father spoke in Abuja while declaring open the Annual National Conference organized by the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN), in Abuja, with the theme: “Rule of Law and Social Justice: A Panacea for Unity and National Development.”
He insisted that the government can only win the ongoing war against insurgency through dialogue.
He also called on Muslim lawyers in the country to offer free legal services to detained Boko Haram suspects so as to ensure freedom for those who are not connected with the deadly sect.
He decried a situation where non-Muslims are kicking against the inclusion of Sharia in the Constitution at the ongoing National Conference, even as he urged Muslims not to oppose provisions that would be of direct benefit to non-Muslims in the Constitution.
The Sultan said: “I have said it one million and one times, as far as America, when I delivered a lecture at Harvard University that the problems of Nigeria is not caused by Muslims.
“I want to assure you that we have been doing our best to educate people on what Islam and Muslims stand for and want to do in Nigeria.
“I have said one million times, Muslims in Nigeria are not out to Islamize Nigeria because it is not possible. We all know what is said in the Holy Quran. So why should anybody be afraid of the strength of Muslims in this country?
He insisted that no country can win insurgency war without dialogue.
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