The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has given a seven-day deadline to a Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, a.k.a. Davido, to remove his video negatively depicting Islam, face spiritual or legal action or both. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, founder and Executive Director of MURIC, made the announcement on Monday in Abuja.
“Logos Olori, an artist signed to David Adeleke, a.k.a. Davido, a Nigerian singer, recently released a music video titled ‘Jaye Lo.’ In the video, some persons clad in white jalabiyas, like Muslims, are seen praying before breaking into dance as they recite Quranic passages and pray.
“Mats were laid out for those praying behind an ‘Imam’ who used the popular single-prayer sajdah.”
Those praying also recited what appeared to be Muslim recitations in Arabic and prostrated in the manner of Muslims in prayer.
“Logos Olori was seen sitting on the roof of a mosque-like building, which was outfitted with a horn public address system, giving the entire impression of a mosque scenario.”
“There is no doubt that the scene in the music video depicts a Muslim prayer session, but combining it with singing and dancing is both conceptually incorrect and grossly misleading in content.” Sitting on top of a ‘mosque’ or what appears to be one with the type of loudspeaker utilized on top of mosques is similarly archaic, highly dangerous, and completely inappropriate,” Akintola said.
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