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Professor Iliyasu Usman, the first Igbo Muslim to be appointed as Chief Imam of the Abuja National Mosque, has said that he accepts the good aspects of Igbo culture while rejecting the bad ones that are not in line with his Islamic faith.

Usman stated this on Tuesday during his unveiling ceremony as one of the Imams of the National Mosque, Abuja, alongside four others, by the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede.

Usman, who is the first Professor of Arabic in Igboland, hails from Enugu State.

The other four new Imams are: Prof. Luqman Zakariyah (Osun State), Dr. Sheikh Abdulkadir Salman (Kwara State), Bar. Haroun Muhammad Eze (Enugu State), and Prof. Khalid Aliyu Abubakar (Plateau State).

Clarifying that he has not lost his Igbo roots despite being a Muslim, Usman noted that every tribe and individual has a culture, adding that these cultures have both positive and…



Source: Guardian Newspaper