FACT CHECK: Are Yoruba Muslims forbidden to lead prayers in Northern Nigeria?

  • February 2, 2025
FACT CHECK: Are Yoruba Muslims forbidden to lead prayers in Northern Nigeria?

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CLAIM: An X user claimed Yoruba Muslims are forbidden to lead prayers in Northern Nigeria. 

Are Yoruba Muslims forbidden to lead prayers in Northern Nigeria?

VERDICT: False. Quran injunctions state that a person who should lead a group of Muslims in prayer has to be the best and most knowledgeable among them. Furthermore, Islamic scholars have also countered the X claim, explaining that the criteria for leading prayers are not dependent on a person’s ethnicity or tribe.

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    Queency Hadassah February 2, 2025

    The fact that the Qur’an isn’t biased doesn’t mean the people ain’t.
    I’ve been living here in the North all my life.
    Yorubas ain’t allowed to lead prayers here except in Nasfat where most of the worshippers are Yoruba.

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