Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has condemned the religious profiling of bandits as Muslims, insisting that criminals should not be identified with Islam.
In a statement issued on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Alli, the monarch said bandits lacked the basic attributes that qualify an individual as a Muslim, stressing that wearing a turban or bearing an Arabic name does not make anyone a follower of Islam.
According to him, bandits neither observe the mandatory Islamic prayers nor exhibit the religious practices expected of Muslims.
He said, “I condemn in totality the religious profiling of bandits as Muslims. Real Muslims are not bandits. You cannot see a mosque in the den of bandits. The herdsmen don’t equally have mosques in their abode (Gaa). They have no identification of Muslims in all ramifications.”
