{"id":87196,"date":"2021-10-19T07:39:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T06:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87196"},"modified":"2021-10-19T07:39:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T06:39:34","slug":"kaduna-govt-inaugurates-interfaith-preaching-regulatory-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/kaduna-govt-inaugurates-interfaith-preaching-regulatory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna Govt Inaugurates Interfaith Preaching Regulatory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1714025273526185878\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor Nasir El-Rufai has inaugurated an Interfaith Preaching Regulatory Council to guide conduct of preaching activities in Kaduna state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe governor who noted that religion has been very weaponized, argued that it shouldn\u2019t be a trigger for violent conflict in Kaduna state.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that some adherents even question the rights of others to exist, let alone practice their faith or live wherever they wish.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai recalled that Air Vice Marshall Usman Muazu enacted the Religious Preaching Edict in 1984 to address this matter.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration of the Interfaith Preaching Regulatory Council, El-Rufai said that \u201csubsequent military governors amended the edict to vary the penalty imposed for violations of its provisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a law that has always been in the statute book of Kaduna State but it has not been implemented faithfully. We decided in 2016 to review this edict and subject a revised law to the scrutiny of an elected legislature for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have now a religious preaching law, and we are determined to do our best to help stamp out the poison from the negative practice of religion, \u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-6771556812126166436ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Nasir El-Rufai has inaugurated an Interfaith Preaching Regulatory Council to guide conduct of preaching activities in Kaduna state. 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