{"id":213651,"date":"2022-08-31T07:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T06:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=213651"},"modified":"2022-08-31T07:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T06:13:58","slug":"bishop-kukah-warns-against-using-religion-for-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/31\/bishop-kukah-warns-against-using-religion-for-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Kukah warns against using religion for politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has cautioned politicians against using religion to manipulate politics in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kukah,\u00a0such move comes with a grave consequence just has it happened in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Wednesday in Abuja by Kukah during the presentation of his new book, \u201cBroken Truth,\u201d which was part of activities lined up for his 70th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIf you look at history, there is a consequence for using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/15\/2023-presidency-ruling-class-using-religion-to-divide-masses-keyamo\/\">religion<\/a> to manipulate politics. 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The consequences are there to see in Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is that the Nigerian political elites lack the mental capacity to understand the consequences of the fire they are stoking because there is nothing to suggest that the average person who is living in the north, who is Fulani, who is a Muslim, or who is Hausa, can say that they are proud of the Nigerian political system, beyond a very tiny percentage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if you decide that you want to give privilege to a religion or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/16\/deborah-samuel-ooni-reiterates-need-for-religious-ethnic-tolerance\/\">ethnic group<\/a>, what will happen is that others automatically become outsiders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also explained that agitations are ongoing in the country because the citizens are more intelligent than those steering the affairs of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kukah added, \u201cThe agitation that persists in Nigeria is largely borne out of the fact that those who govern us are not aware of how much mental progress ordinary people have made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are being governed are more intelligent and endowed. 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