By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi <\/p>\n
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has congratulated the new Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Dasuki, describing his appointment as \u201cwell deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group, comprising Muslim journalists, mass communicators, and intellectuals from various fields, also commended the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, for making what it called \u201cthe right choice at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement signed and released by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, MMWG described Sheikh Dasuki as a well-educated Islamic scholar and distinguished propagator of Islam.<\/p>\n
It said the new Chief Imam would bring his knowledge and experience to bear in his new office as spiritual leader of the Ilorin Emirate.<\/p>\n
The group charged Sheikh Dasuki, as the leader of Islamic scholars in Kwara State, to make the unity of the Muslim Ummah his top priority.<\/p>\n
It urged him to promote Islamic brotherhood among scholars and Muslims in Kwara State and Nigeria as a whole.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, this would enable Muslims in the state to witness \u201ca new dawn of Islamic knowledge, awareness, progress and development.\u201d<\/p>\n
It also called on the new Chief Imam to devote time to special spiritual supplications for Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State, and Nigeria, saying the prayers should focus on the country\u2019s insecurity challenges and the forthcoming general elections.<\/p>\n
MMWG expressed hope that sustained spiritual devotion would ensure peace, stability, and progress across the country.<\/p>\n
The group further appealed to all Muslim scholars in Ilorin Emirate to rally around the new Chief Imam to ensure his success just as it offered prayers for his long life, sound health, and abundant prosperity as he assumes the leadership of the Ilorin Muslim community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has congratulated the new Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Dasuki, describing his appointment as \u201cwell deserved.\u201d The group, comprising Muslim journalists, mass communicators, and intellectuals from various fields, also commended the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, for making what it called […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14568,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14566\/revisions\/14568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}