Last edition, we told the painful story
of how so-called Boko Haram militants, supposedly Moslem extremists, were
abducting Christian ladies and threatening to convert them to housewives in
lieu of their wives arrested by the Nigerian military. Now, it is supposedly mainstream moslems that
are abducting Christian ladies, locking them away from society, on the ground
that these ladies have freely chosen to become moslems.
As we write this, a 24 year old daughter
of a pastor has been living in the palace of the Etsu Nupe of Bida, Alhaji
Yahaya Abubakar for over six months.
This is supposedly on the instruction of the Shariah Court who has ruled
that she be kept on “protective custody” away from her biological father. Since when have Christians started to kill
their own children because they choose another religion? This so-called honour killing is entirely an
Islamic thing; and it is a clear indication of brainwashing the lady has
received that she believes his pastor dad could even contemplate such an
action.
Charity Uzoechina left her Abuja home
for school at the Federal Polytechnic Bida in January, but the next communication
the father will receive about her daughter is a phone call from palace aides to
the Etsu Nupe (on March 1) inviting him to come have a chat with her daughter
who, they informed him, is now in their custody, having become a muslim since
February 15. According to reports, within
minutes of the interaction the next day, the obviously brainwashed lady started
yelling that her father had threatened her and she could no longer return to living
under his roof! A few days later, the
Sharia Court gave its ruling on “protective custody”. The Christian father got the Sharia court
summon the same day as the case was heard, tried, and executed! He has filed an appeal with the same Sharia
court challenging its jurisdiction to
try him, a Christian.
It
is interesting to note that none of the interview reports could claim Charity
suggested her life is in danger with her dad.
Only the deeply Islamic Weekly Trust newspaper suggested they had anything
close to a face-to-face “exclusive interview” with Charity, and she was asked
specifically about the nature of the “threats” from her father :
Q: What did he do to you amounting to a
threat?
A: In the first place you know, I put on Hijab (veil), he said I should remove the Hijab. He was angry and used some harsh words on me, directing that I should remove the Hijab, but I refused. He threatened to take me to a village where nobody will set his (sic) eyes on me. So I became scared of him, therefore I refused to follow him. That is it.
A: In the first place you know, I put on Hijab (veil), he said I should remove the Hijab. He was angry and used some harsh words on me, directing that I should remove the Hijab, but I refused. He threatened to take me to a village where nobody will set his (sic) eyes on me. So I became scared of him, therefore I refused to follow him. That is it.
Later on in the interview, Charity added
a new dimension of threat when she claimed the reason she could not go anywhere
or “even continue with my schooling” is that her dad “is still bringing people
up till now to keep watch on me”. The
interviewer asked for clarification:
Q:
How do you know that your father has assigned people to keep watch on you?
A: There was a time that I wanted to go out, information came to me that my father was around and I had to stay back since I don’t want him to take me away. I know that if I go out anytime, he’ll pick me up.
A: There was a time that I wanted to go out, information came to me that my father was around and I had to stay back since I don’t want him to take me away. I know that if I go out anytime, he’ll pick me up.
Very simple, “information came” and she
knew. That was it! Of course it is such
“information,” probably with a generous dose of hypnotism, that has been
feeding the mind of Charity with stories of how the Etsu Nupe and her new
palace friends have now come to suddenly love her more than her own biological
family. This effectively is the
mind-fetter, chaining down the poor girl and the several others in her
position. Just as she had also amassed enormous information about the intricate
workings of the Islamic world to be petitioning organizations, like the JNI and
Sharia court. to press for her new rights as a moslem –supposedly all on her
own volition, based on what she has “been reading about them”.
One should not be surprised however, if
the several “legal documents” the Etsu Nupe has been basing his claims on did
contain allegations that Pastor Uzoechinna could indeed kill her daughter,
Islamic style, for the so-called conversion! According to a newspaper report:
“Be that as it may, the Etsu Nupe is not in any way moved by the Pastor’s arguments,
instead the emirate has produced legal documents where Charity reportedly said
she had converted to Islam and alleged that his father could kill her for the
action hence the need to seek protection from the Palace and the Sharia Court,
which the court granted”
However, such
“honor killing” is an entirely Islamic thing, formally codified into their Books. According to this site, both the Quran (9:11-12 and Hadith
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (9:57) clearly instructs "Whoever Changes His Religion Kill Him"
. See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M3xUgyq1AQ). Whereas there are thousands of cases of pious
muslims killing or seeking to kill their kith and kin to demonstrate their
religious piety, such an action is not only meaningless, but constitutes an
abomination in Christianity! (See also Chapter 25 of Behold I come quickly,
Book 3)
In any case, as
pointed out by Pastor Uzoechinna, “If [Charity] has converted to Islam, must
she practice at the Etsu Nupe’s palace? Is Etsu Nupe the chief security officer
now? ….If they say I will harm her, let them release her to the Inspector
General of Police, leader of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN or ask
me to write an undertaking. Why is my daughter still under Etsu Nupe’s enclave?”
Unfortunately,
it is when matters involve the Islamic religion that people seem to lose their sense
of logic or sound reasoning. As pointed
out by Festus Eriye
of The Nation newspaper, there is really nothing complicated about this case. He has a simple common-sense proposition:
“Both the Sharia Court and the Etsu
Nupe have … tried to defend themselves. The only missing voice in the hubbub is
the most critical – Charity’s.
“Third parties have been regaling us
with what she said or didn’t say. But this needless controversy can be cleared
up in a minute if the lady at the center of the storm would be allowed by those
in whose custody she presently is, to speak for herself.
“Every side claims to be telling the truth and yet we
know there can only be one version of the truth. The only person who can clear
things up is not being allowed to speak. All those interested in the
unvarnished truth ought to ask why? http://thenationonlineng.net/new/the-strange-case-of-charity-uzoechina/
