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El-Zakzaky urges social, economic reformation

By Saxone Akhaine, Northern Bureau Chief
05 October 2015   |   11:30 pm
WORRIED by the slow pace of the nation’s development and growth, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has stressed the need for collective efforts by Nigerians towards the country’s reformation. The Islamic scholar spoke at the sixth edition of the Annual Sallah Feast organised by the Resource Forum of the Islamic…
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WORRIED by the slow pace of the nation’s development and growth, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has stressed the need for collective efforts by Nigerians towards the country’s reformation.

The Islamic scholar spoke at the sixth edition of the Annual Sallah Feast organised by the Resource Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, saying that it was only through collective effort that sustained development can be achieved in any nation.

El-Zakzaky said yesterday that, “each and every member of the society must see himself as part of and a necessary catalyst for reformation of the society, and as well strive towards actualizing it.”

He cited historical examples from other nations where self and collective effort had served as catalyst to economic, social and political development and growth, noting that, “ineptitude and resignation to divine fate can never bring about the needed change.”

El-Zakyzaky said: “Each and every one of us has a great role to play for emancipation of the society.”

Besides, he said that the idea of establishing the Resource Forum by the Islamic Movement was out of the need for collective pooling of intellectual resources from people of all walks of life to form a common front for development.

He further explained that, “even if a person is not interested in social reformation, the general belief in judgment in the hereafter should prompt one to do what is right.

We must all stand up to what is good, shun and do away with what is bad for our own good and that of the society. Everyone will be judged in the hereafter regarding a minute act of good and bad.”

Citing his historical background and what led him to be an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Zakzaky said: “I had wanted to live relatively quiet, anonymous life of a civil servant to contribute my quota upon completion of my university education, but governments of those days saw my call for justice and equity as a threat and decided to keep me in prison on many occasions.

“There I found a new pre-occupation, a new job where I can equally contribute my quota. I decided to keep aside the Economics I read, which was a threat to them and took this path. I sincerely wanted to be a civil servant and remain low key.”

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