The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has decried the detention of Ramzy Ibrahim Abusafiah, the head of the Palestinian community in Nigeria, demanding his immediate and unconditional release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a strongly worded statement issued on Wednesday, the group labeled the arrest \u201cunacceptable [and] condemnable,\u201d warning it could damage Nigeria\u2019s international reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The movement, speaking through Sheikh Sidi Munir Mainasara Sokoto, linked Abusafiah\u2019s arrest on August 22 to a recently signed security agreement between Nigeria and Israel\u2014a pact the group has openly criticized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe arrest\u2026 exposes a new shift in Nigeria\u2019s foreign policy,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIt is a betrayal of Nigeria\u2019s longstanding support for Palestine and a dangerous alignment with a regime increasingly isolated on the global stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Citing Nigeria\u2019s historical backing of Palestine\u2014including recognition of Palestinian statehood in 1988 and support for its UN observer status in 2012\u2014the group accused the Tinubu administration of a \u201csudden double standard.\u201d It also referenced Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar\u2019s earlier criticism of Israeli military actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement further pointed to international legal and diplomatic moves against Israel, including South Africa\u2019s case at the International Court of Justice and sanctions imposed by Turkey and the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The movement called for the cancellation of all Nigeria-Israel security agreements, alleging that Israel has historically promoted instability in Africa to benefit its arms and intelligence sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It urged Nigerian intellectuals, journalists, and the public to reject this foreign policy shift and appealed to Muslims to use the ongoing month of Rabiul Awwal\u2014a period focused on unity\u2014to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has decried the detention of Ramzy Ibrahim Abusafiah, the head of the Palestinian community in Nigeria, demanding his immediate and unconditional release. In a strongly worded statement issued on Wednesday, the group labeled the arrest \u201cunacceptable [and] condemnable,\u201d warning it could damage Nigeria\u2019s international reputation. The movement, speaking through Sheikh Sidi Munir Mainasara Sokoto, linked Abusafiah\u2019s arrest on August 22 to a recently signed security agreement between Nigeria and Israel\u2014a pact the group has openly criticized. \u201cThe arrest\u2026 exposes a new shift in Nigeria\u2019s foreign policy,\u201d the statement read. \u201cIt is a betrayal of Nigeria\u2019s longstanding support for Palestine and a dangerous alignment with a regime increasingly isolated on the global stage.\u201d Citing Nigeria\u2019s historical backing of Palestine\u2014including recognition of Palestinian statehood in 1988 and support for its UN observer status in 2012\u2014the group accused the Tinubu administration of a \u201csudden double standard.\u201d It also referenced Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar\u2019s earlier criticism of Israeli military actions in Gaza. The statement further pointed to international legal and diplomatic moves against Israel, including South Africa\u2019s case at the International Court of Justice and sanctions imposed by Turkey and the UK. The movement called for the cancellation of all Nigeria-Israel security agreements, alleging that Israel has historically promoted instability in Africa to benefit its arms and intelligence sectors. It urged Nigerian intellectuals, journalists, and the public to reject this foreign policy shift and appealed to Muslims to use the ongoing month of Rabiul Awwal\u2014a period focused on unity\u2014to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transportation-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26674","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=26674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26675,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26674\/revisions\/26675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}