Former FCT minister, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has come under heavy attack on Twitter and other social media for his tweet today. As a matter of fact, even though he was not the original author of the tweet, he caused a firestorm\u00a0 on the social media when he retweeted .<\/p>\n
Most commentators were of the view that you only retweet what you like, and that El Rufai deliberately used his huge followership to rebroadcast a vile tweet against Christ.<\/p>\n
In his attempt to defend former Education minister, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili and deride the Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s\u00a0 administration made reference to Jesus Christ having sex with Mary Magdalene.<\/p>\n
The ex minister who posted the tweet today, January 27, 2013, tried to make a joke about Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene in a sarcasm aimed at Information minister, Labaran Maku, Dr Doyin Okupe and Dr Ruben Abati.<\/p>\n
This is the\u00a0 Elrufai\u2019s retweet that is causing a firestorm and condemnation from the Christian\u00a0 community
\n\u201c@zebbook: If Jesus criticizes Jonathan’s govt, Maku\/Abati\/Okupe will say he slept with Mary Madgalene.\u201d….LWKMD..<\/p>\n
Nasir El-Rufai \u200f@elrufai”@Easyaffection: @elrufai Sir with all due respect. I get u point in dis joke. But why Jesus? It’s not funny.”….ask @zebbook….<\/p>\n
Franca Nwankwo wrote on facebook \u201cif na somebody like David Mark re-tweet something written about prophet Moh’d… i guess by now na only BREAKING NEWS we go dey see for national television. may God help us all”..<\/p>\n
Emeka Ogbeide wrote on facebook \u201cThis is unfortunate. Why he no try Mohammed??? Na cowardice abi dem jus wan provoke Christians?\u201d<\/p>\n
Bamidele Ogundana wrote \u201cUna just dey know am? I pity u people. Dat liliputian will do anything to get attention. Like Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, they suffer from d same folio de grandeur that Napoleon had, don’t forget, they are both like him in stature\u201d<\/p>\n
John Oshi wrote \u201c though I am not a fan of Nasir but it wasn\u2019t his original tweet, It think it was a figure of speech comment\u201c@zebbook: If Jesus criticizes Jonathan’s govt, Maku\/Abati\/Okupe will say he slept with Mary Madgalene.\u201d….LWKMD…..<\/p>\n
Jude Bassey wrote \u201cWell said. El-Rufai is arguably a fanatic and therefore, in my opinion, unfit for leadership of a multi-religious society like Nigeria!!! Very sad and unfortunate that a large number of Nigerians tend to take what Nasir el-Rufai says seriously! He could put this Nation in flames!!! If a Christian had said such a thing about Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), we might have had a serious crisis on our hands! Let us be sensitive to the sensibilities of people of other faiths!<\/p>\n
One Dr Thomas Agande in a statement on Sunday titled \u201c El Rufai Defiles Jesus Christ on Twitter said He went overboard when, on his Twitter page, today January 27, 2013,\u00a0 said our Lord Jesus Christ\u00a0 had sex with Mary Magdalene. We see this as a\u00a0 very insensitive, irresponsible, and a offensive thing to say about Christ, and an attack on the sensibilities of Christians globally.<\/p>\n
El-Rufai betrayed his lack of respect for our Lord Jesus Christ and obvious hatred for Christians. How else can one explain his effrontery and buffoonery when he seemingly jokingly twitted that Christ had sex with Mary Magdalene.<\/p>\n
El-Rufai who aspires rule a multi religious nation, should have been circumspect in his use of words when referring to the sacred.<\/p>\n
It is on record that less offensive things have been said about the Prophet Mohammed which led to loss of Christian lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018it is insensitive and an attack on christians collective sensibilities wrote zeebook Janeaustin wrote \u201c This is so irresponsible and insensitive . If Christians should make such reference to Prophet Mohammed we would be counting dead bodies in the north. We Christians are peace loving and will definitely ignore him but he must be told he is an IDIOT for saying such\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr\u00a0 Agande added \u201cThe former minister has just told Nigerians that he lacks the decency to rule a multi religious nation, if he should display such disrespect for the sacred and thinks it is funny. His Tweet shows he is not a decent man.
\nHe has disregarded the collective sensibilities of Christians all over the world by this very offensive reference to our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jude Osi wrote \u201cDat guy is a sadist,dats how he broak all d christains houses in Abuja and sold all d lands to muslems but(hands joind hands 2gether d wicked shall not go unponish)God is xposn him now,but wat hapend 2 phero wil hapen to him now Exodus 14:13\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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