Religious chaos: CAN fires back at Muslims over Sharia

The House of Representatives on Tuesday in Abuja passed for second reading, a bill to provide for the establishment of the Ecclesiastical Court of Appeal in the country. Following the development, many persons, especially the Muslim have community kicked against it. Reacting to the attacks and criticisms trailing the bill, Asake said if the Muslims were not comfortable with the bill, they should also abolish Shariah. The Primate of the Church of Nigeria in the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the rising case of abduction, forced conversion to Islam and forced marriage of Christian girls in the north. According to Leadership, the Archbishop particularly called on the president to quickly address the rising cases of incessant lynching of Christians in the north due to religious intolerance. Archbishop Okoh made the comment while speaking with journalists during the sixth edition of the Divine Common Wealth Conference (DWCCON) in Abuja. He expressed displeasure over what he termed as seeming silence of the president on unhealthy religious happenings in the country, lamenting that it could spark off unrest in the society.