The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a prominent faith-based civil society organization in Nigeria, has issued a stern warning to the Federal Government, state authorities, and parastatals, urging them to halt all business dealings with Israel. The call comes in response to a recent agreement between Nigeria\u2019s and Israel\u2019s foreign ministries involving 40 startups, which MURIC has condemned as a “romance with a terrorist state.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement released on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, MURIC\u2019s Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, expressed deep reservations about the deal, describing it as a moral failing. The organization argues that engaging in business with Israel, particularly at this time, is tantamount to endorsing the ongoing Genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIsrael has defied the United Nations and mocks all 193 member countries,\u201d Akintola stated, pointing to the reported deaths of over 60,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023. He highlighted the targeting of women, children, and Christians, as well as the starvation tactics used in what he described as a “landlocked Palestine.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akintola labeled Israel\u2019s actions as \u201castounding human rights violations\u201d and called any financial dealings with the country \u201cblood money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The controversial deal, announced by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel-Harpaz during a visit to Abuja, involves collaboration with 40 Nigerian startups. While details of the initiative remain limited, MURIC has branded it a \u201cvehicle of deception\u201d orchestrated by a \u201crogue genocidal state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Federal Government has yet to respond officially to MURIC\u2019s appeal, leaving the future of the Nigeria-Israel startup initiative uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe charge Nigerians to shun Israel\u2019s money and its genocide-infested businesses,\u201d Akintola concluded, urging a nationwide boycott of Israeli products. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a prominent faith-based civil society organization in Nigeria, has issued a stern warning to the Federal Government, state authorities, and parastatals, urging them to halt all business dealings with Israel. The call comes in response to a recent agreement between Nigeria\u2019s and Israel\u2019s foreign ministries involving 40 startups, which MURIC has condemned as a “romance with a terrorist state.” In a statement released on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, MURIC\u2019s Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, expressed deep reservations about the deal, describing it as a moral failing. The organization argues that engaging in business with Israel, particularly at this time, is tantamount to endorsing the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. \u201cIsrael has defied the United Nations and mocks all 193 member countries,\u201d Akintola stated, pointing to the reported deaths of over 60,000 Palestinians since October 7, 2023. He highlighted the targeting of women, children, and Christians, as well as the starvation tactics used in what he described as a “landlocked Palestine.” Akintola labeled Israel\u2019s actions as \u201castounding human rights violations\u201d and called any financial dealings with the country \u201cblood money.\u201d The controversial deal, announced by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel-Harpaz during a visit to Abuja, involves collaboration with 40 Nigerian startups. While details of the initiative remain limited, MURIC has branded it a \u201cvehicle of deception\u201d orchestrated by a \u201crogue genocidal state.\u201d The Federal Government has yet to respond officially to MURIC\u2019s appeal, leaving the future of the Nigeria-Israel startup initiative uncertain. \u201cWe charge Nigerians to shun Israel\u2019s money and its genocide-infested businesses,\u201d Akintola concluded, urging a nationwide boycott of Israeli products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26421,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26419\/revisions\/26421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}