Religion And The Quest For Religion Supremacy & Dominance (Open Letter To Northern Nigeria)

First of all I will like to say am a northerner from Taraba and am proud of where i come from. And I stand to be corrected. But with a heavy heart this morning, I begin this small piece, hope you understand & get the intent behind this write-up. Come along.

Most of the crisis in Northern Nigeria are 85% religious crisis or religious related, because we have been blinded, brainwashed and separated along religious line by our parents, leaders and even spiritual leaders.
“If you want to see how religious a man is, just come to the North”

Blood brothers kill themselves just because of religion, something you weren't born with we all came & met it here on earth. Don't forget that you been a Christian, had it been you were born into a Muslim family you would have still be a Muslim & vice versa.

Check the Yoruba’s out, they are known by their tribe and not by their religion but a northerner is identified only by his religion, for example:

A Muslim Yoruba man can marry a Christian lady & allow his children go to church comfortably without having a second thought and the family will go smoothly, and even vice versa but such things can happen in the north. Why?

• We value our religion even more than our blood & culture
• We are unnecessarily been too religious to an extend we think we are fighting for God not knowing we are foolishly doing our will.
• We fear been dominated and ruled by the other religion
• Our orientation from the basis is faulty, because some parent from a very early stage have already sown a evil seed into their kids by making them see anyone who isn’t from the same faith with them as an enemy.

This evil quest of religion dominance and supremacy has ignited a calamitous beginning and if not  properly handled, it will lead to a very catastrophic end, there are places you go in the north and you can’t be proud of your religion just because you are scared of been killed or even butchered all because of religion fanaticism. Our spiritual leaders know the truth but are blinded by the quest for dominance and supremacy and fear of been inferior to the other religion.

Peace is a paramount thing and it’s a bed rock in which any meaningful development is built upon;
It’s not a thing of surprise that we have the highest number of undeveloped states and towns compared to other region, our peace is often been tempered with by our quest for religion dominance and supremacy. Even the few development may end up been destroyed if this evil quest continues.

My fellow northerners for how long shall we continue to

• Vote people who aren’t active and capable just because we are from the same faith?
• See people from other religion as our enemy?
• Seek dominance over other people’s religion?
• Plant evil against other religion?
• Propagate false rumor with no basis just to make our religion looks better and unique with the aim of luring others?
• Kill ourselves all in the name of religion?

So what is the way out of this bondage in the disguise of religion?
What good has religion fanaticism done to us?
WATCH OUT FOR PART TWO: ‘RELIGION AND THE QUEST FOR POWER IN THE NORTH’

NOTE:
Religion is different from God/ALLAH, because you can be very religious or be a religious fanatic and yet you are not even serving God/Allah, so who is deceiving who?

Proudly From the #North
By Musa Affos
Musaaffos@gmail.com