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Nigerian girl from a christian home has expressed joy after visiting
the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Toyosi couldn't hide her joy after visiting the mosque
A Christian girl from Nigeria has shared her touching experience
after paying a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates (UAE). The girl urged fellow Nigerians to readjust
their orientation and refuse to allow fanaticism to blind their eyes
from accepting other people and their religion.
Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji visited the mosque for an event with her
colleagues from Harvard. According to her, institutionalized religion
has affected Nigeria badly that they look at other religions with a very
bad eye while forgetting that we all serve the same God whether as
Christians or Muslims.
"1Chronicles 4:10 - "Oh Lord, that you would bless me and
enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so
that I will be free from pain."
That you will give the Leaders of my Country the vision of
leadership, the commitment to be upright and the understanding that
Political Leadership is not rocket science.
Let me say this - A Nation that uses her resources for the good
of the land and the people MUST prosper. This is physical as much as it
is spiritual. There's too much bloodshed, inequality, corruption and
unintentional grandstanding against the Poor, ordinary and downtrodden
in Nigeria. That's why we are where we are. God will not give us more
till we use what we have.
BAD LEADERSHIP IS OUR CURSE.
We fix that, everything will fall in line.
As a Christian, "Lifting Up my eyes to the Hills" in a Mosque
felt quite unusual but then, my orientation and personal belief is that
Institutionalised Religion keeps one a fugitive and that we all serve
the same God whether as Christians or Muslims.
Life is Simple, it's we human beings that make it complicated.
The more we learn to live together, the more we're all at peace individually with God.
Anyway, this is still part of our Government Innovation and
Public Policy Field Trip and I'm now more depressed than I was initially
thrilled.
I mean, Nigeria is so rich yet our people are so poor.
I now see what the UAE has been doing differently.
I'll share more of my findings shortly.
Let's see if I can create a simple, smart, workable blueprint for each Sector.
I'll give you an analysis of how this beautiful Mosque embodies the history of the Emirates tomorrow." she wrote.
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