{"id":28763,"date":"2020-08-16T15:03:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T15:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28763"},"modified":"2020-08-16T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T15:03:54","slug":"muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students","title":{"rendered":"MURIC reacts to TESCOM\u2019s explanation on why Muslim students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has reacted to the swift explanation provided by the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) on why Muslim students were made to answer biblical questions during its Computer Based Test, CBT.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of Oyo State TESCOM, Pastor Akinade Alamu, yesterday reacted to allegations that Muslim candidates were forced to answer questions on biblical stories during CBT held on Tuesday, 11th August, 2020<\/p>\n<p>The allegation was made by MURIC on Friday and reacting to the development in a statement on Saturday, Pastor Alamu explained that the incident was not deliberate and blamed computer technicalities.<\/p>\n<p>In another statement signed by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, MURIC commended the Executive Chairman of TESCOM for his exemplary behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Alamu also said some Christian candidates were given questions on Islamic knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>MURIC statement added, \u201cPastor Akinade comes across as the type of leader we need in this country. Nigeria needs a leader who is sensitive to the feelings of the people. We need a leader who will not ignore complaints but who will confront them frontally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe solution offered by Oyo TESCOM to our complaint may not be perfect, but nobody can fault the military dispatch with which it was addressed. We thank Pastor Akinade Alamu for displaying high level maturity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of abusing or threatening us, instead of hiring a fiction story writer or fraudulently forming a fictitious 24-hour \u2018Islamic\u2019 organisation to start a dirty fight (just what some have done to hide their glaring oppression of Muslims), Pastor Akinade Alamu studied our grievance and took time to come up with a panacea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has reacted to the swift explanation provided by the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) on why Muslim students were made to answer biblical questions during its Computer Based Test, CBT. The Chairman of Oyo State TESCOM, Pastor Akinade Alamu, yesterday reacted to allegations that Muslim candidates were forced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":28765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[721,488],"class_list":["post-28763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-muric","tag-oyo-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MURIC reacts to TESCOM\u2019s explanation on why Muslim students - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has reacted to the swift explanation provided by the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MURIC reacts to TESCOM\u2019s explanation on why Muslim students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has reacted to the swift explanation provided by the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-16T15:03:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/MURIC-Director.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"MURIC reacts to TESCOM\u2019s explanation on why Muslim students\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-16T15:03:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/08\/MURIC-Director.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"MURIC\",\"Oyo state\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/muric-reacts-to-tescoms-explanation-on-why-muslim-students\",\"name\":\"MURIC reacts to TESCOM\u2019s explanation on why Muslim students - 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