After bashing by MURIC, Falz gets support from another Muslim group

Days after Falz was criticised by Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) which gave him a seven-day ultimatum to withdraw his controversial video titled ‘This Is Nigeria’, the rapper has received support from another Muslim group.

Reacting to deadline, the group simply identified as Muslims Against Terror (MAT) issued a statement which noted that MURIC does not have an understanding of veil usage.

The statement by MAT reads thus; “In clear contradiction to what MURIC’s Professor Ishaq Akintola claimed, Islam or Muslim was NEVER mentioned in the video and the veil is not owned by Islam but worn by anyone who so feels, hopefully to the pleasure of Muslims and worn by nuns and sometimes forcibly doused by terrorists on their captors as happened in the Chibok case.

Recall that in the earlier statement by MURIC signed by its director, Ishaq Akintola, the group said it is offended that some girls dressed in hijab were dancing ‘shaku shaku’ in the music video.

The group also described the video as thoughtless, insensitive and highly provocative and intended to denigrate Islam and Muslims.

According to Falz, the use of the girls in hijab in the music video which is a cover version of Childish Gambino’s viral video, ‘This is America’ was to depict the Chibok girls kidnapped by the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram.