{"id":172091,"date":"2022-04-04T18:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=172091"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:37:30","slug":"mosque-committee-abuja-imam-now-sacked-over-anti-govt-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/04\/mosque-committee-abuja-imam-now-sacked-over-anti-govt-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosque committee: Abuja Imam now sacked over anti-govt sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Nuru Khalid, Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque has been relieved of his duty for\u00a0delivering a sermon that criticised the government over killings in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that\u00a0the Imam was suspended by the Steering Committee of the mosque on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But the chairman of the mosque committee, Senator Saidu Dansadau, announced on Monday that Khalid\u2019s suspension had been upgraded to sack.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Khalid was sacked for not being remorseful despite his suspension as the Imam of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/03\/gunmen-invade-mosque-in-ogun-abduct-police-inspector-two-others\/\">mosque<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the public outcry that Khalid should be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Khalid had, in his sermon, lambasted the government for its inability to effectively tackle the country\u2019s security situation.<\/p>\n<p>He had also called on the electorate not to vote for any politician who cannot guarantee the safety of lives and properties.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement confirming Khalid\u2019s suspension, the mosque committee said the sanction was due to his call for Muslims not to vote unless questions had been answered.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also described the cleric\u2019s stand as \u201cun-Islamic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to inform you that you have been suspended from the Imamship of the Parliamentary Mosque in Apo Abuja area from today April 2, 2022, until further notice,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis step was taken because of the provocative Friday sermon on April 1, 2022, where you advised people not to vote in 2023 until the politicians answer some questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Nuru Khalid, Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque has been relieved of his duty for\u00a0delivering a sermon that criticised the government over killings in Nigeria. Recall that\u00a0the Imam was suspended by the Steering Committee of the mosque on Saturday. But the chairman of the mosque committee, Senator Saidu Dansadau, announced on Monday that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":171398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[34366,34365,34367,34271],"class_list":["post-172091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-apo-legislative-quarters-mosque","tag-mosque-committee","tag-parliamentary-mosque","tag-shiekh-nuru-khalid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mosque committee: Abuja Imam now sacked over anti-govt sermon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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