{"id":136541,"date":"2023-07-26T09:55:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=136541"},"modified":"2023-07-26T09:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:55:25","slug":"he-owes-no-apology-to-muslims-wole-soyinka-defends-davido-amid-heavy-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/07\/26\/he-owes-no-apology-to-muslims-wole-soyinka-defends-davido-amid-heavy-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe owes no apology to Muslims\u201d Wole Soyinka defends Davido amid heavy backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Professor Wole Soyinka weighs in on Davido&#8217;s recent issue with the Muslim community<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He insisted that Davido should not apologize to Muslim\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He pointed out that Deborah Yakubu, who was murdered by a mob of Muslim students wasn&#8217;t killed because of Davido<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the face of fierce criticism from Muslims, Professor Wole Soyinka has defended award-winning celebrity musician Davido.<\/p>\n<p>The famous author contributed his voice to the viral video of several incensed teenagers protesting against a music video that Davido endorsed because they felt it was disrespectful to their religion on the streets of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka provided justifications for why Davido shouldn&#8217;t apologise to them in a statement made public on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned how Nasir El Rufai, a former governor of Kaduna State, had made disparaging remarks towards Christians in the past but had never been required to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>There was nothing to apologize about, and that applied equally to El Rufai\u2019s comments at the time. It should come as no surprise that I equally absolutely disagree with Shehu Sani, if indeed, as reported, he has demanded an apology from Davido ok behalf of the Muslim community\u201d<\/em><\/strong> he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The famous author also referenced moments from Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s SISTER ACT and pointed out that Deborah Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student who was murdered by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto last year over allegations of blasphemy, wasn&#8217;t killed because of Davido&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians should learn to discern between practitioners and the objects of their devotion, according to Soyinka.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/07\/22\/davido-under-fire-over-new-signee-logos-music-video-accused-of-disrespecting-muslims\/\">Davido has been under fire over new signee, Logos music video; Accused of disrespecting Muslims<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renowned Afrobeats musician Davido, has drawn heavy 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