26 May 2010
Islamic Scholars Fault Move to Install Woman Gov
As Kwarans await the emergence of the governorship candidate of the ruling Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) for the 2011 general elections, Islamic scholars in the state have called on stakeholders saddled with the task of picking the candidate to desist from presenting a woman governorship or deputy governorship candidate for the election.
The group, under the banner of Islamic Scholars of Ilorin, in a communiqué issued Monday and made available to newsmen, said any such move would be against the will of Allah. They said the Sharia position on female leadership is subsidiary and not to occupy the grand leadership of any society.
The communiqué read in part: “We as descendants and disciples of Sheikh Aalim, Sheikh Kamaldeen Al-Adabiyy, Sheikh Adam Al-llory and many other scholars, therefore see it as our collective obligation before our creator, then as a duty we owe those erudite scholars of our beloved town of Islamic principle to set the records straight on the position of Islam in such a case.
“This is being done without any motive to either support or work against the candidacy of any aspirant. “While it is unequivocally stated in Sharia literature that a woman can occupy, and indeed women have occupied, the position of subsidiary leadership, as ministers, commissioners etc, the grand leadership of a state or a nation is exclusively for men as the masculinity is usually stated conspicuously, as a prerequisite for the position of leadership of a state or a nation.
“Leadership in Islam is a responsibility and not a privilege; hence, restriction of grand leadership to males alone never suggests discrimination against women. The fact we had/have female leaders in very few muslims countries-compared to the overwhelming majority of them.”
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