Some Twitter users have hit out at deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, for supporting gay rights.
In a tweet on Saturday, Mohammed called for equal rights to be extended to gay, lesbians and bisexuals.
Let’s #Standup4HumanRights to #LeaveNoOneBehind & ensure a life of dignity for all. #Pride #AcceptanceMatters
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Displeased with her stance, some Twitter users lashed at Mohammed, describing her appointment as a “curse”.
“If this is what it means for Northern women to get educated and go to high places, then curse on their education & going to high places,” Hidima, one of the users, tweeted.
“Your education, your civilisation & your appointment at the UN could be a curse to you. Remember, you will account for all your actions.”
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If this is what it means for Northern women to get educated and go to high places, then curse on their education & going to high places.Your education, your civilization & your appoitment at the UN could be a curse to you. Remember, you ll account for all your actions.
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Reacting, Omar Saad, another user wrote, “The world is coming to an end. The signs are everywhere. Fellow Muslims forgetting about their own religion. May Allah make us to b amongst those who’ll not abandon nor forget about Islam as our religion and Qur’an as our guidance.”
A Muslim from the North supporting gays and lesbians which was prohibited in the Quran. You just lost the respect millions of Nigerians have for you
The world is coming to an endThe sings are everywhereFellow Muslims forgetting about their own religionMay Allah make us to b amongst those who'll not abandon nor forget about Islam as our religion and Qur'an as our guidance
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For Olayinka, another user, “it would have been better if you declined that job. Supporting gay marriage is not same as supporting equal rights. We are believers and we are a people with culture. On this one, you are very wrong and as a Muslim woman, please think it well. This world is ephemeral.”
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Madam, it would have been better if you declined that job. Supporting gay marriage is not same as supporting equal rights. We are believers and we are a people with culture. On this one, you are very wrong and as a Muslim woman, please think it well. This world is ephemeral.
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Another user with the name Pharmaco described Mohammed’s tweet as disappointing, as she is “supposed to be an ambassador of Islam at the UNGA not supporting what Islam is fighting.”
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This is so disappointing!!! You supposed to be an ambassador of Islam at the UNGA not supporting what Islam is fighting.Apart from religion, it is against your culture and tradition as a Nigerian.Please Ma, have a second rethink. Choose your Qiyama over this small world.
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He adds that, “apart from religion, it is against your culture and tradition as a Nigerian.”
In 2014, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan signed a legislation outlawing homosexuality and imposing prison terms of up to 14 years for people prosecuted under the law. The law also criminalised homosexual clubs, associations and organisations.
Arguing with this, Yasir Jubril tweeted that, “Even under Jonathan, Nigeria refused to accent to gay laws, Arne Kenan fa, here our very own Muslim yar Arewa, kin bamu kunya, iliminki ya kaiki GA hallaka.”
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Even under Jonathan, Nigeria refused to accent to gay laws, Arne Kenan fa, here our very own Muslim yar Arewa, kin bamu kunya, iliminki ya kaiki GA hallaka.
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Mohammed, a former minister of environment, was sworn in as deputy secretary-general of the UN in 2017.
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