Muslim youth have been enjoined to spend less time on social media but seek technological knowledge to better their lives.
Speaking at the first zonal special Ramadan lecture themed: ‘Living as Muslims in a Global Knowledge Economy’ held at the NASFAT Islamic centre, Utako, Abuja, Chief Imam of University of Abuja and Prof. at the department of English, Prof. Taofiq Abdulazeez, said “youth need to spend less time on social media, because most of this programmes in their phones are used to make money abroad.
“Youth needs to learn to do things with their brains and hands rather than go to school, learn nothing and wait for manna to fall from heaven. Youths and parents should wake up, this is how to be Muslims.”
Speaking on the Almajiri issue, the professor accused politicians of taking advantage of the ignorance of mallams to make children skill less and useless, so they can become foot soldiers for political wars in future.
“The Almajiri issue in this country is highly political, on the part of the knowledge issue, it is the ignorance of the mallams but the politics there, is that the politicians need this children to be kept ignorant, skill less and useless so that they will become foot soldiers for political activities in future, so the politicians are not likely to resolve the Almajiri issue.
He lamented that such system has made Muslims the least civilized in the world, adding that politicians are likely not to resolve the Almajiri issue because of its advantage to them.
He therefore advised NASFAT members to take advantage of its requisite vast resources to key into research and investment in global knowledge economy.
“The major message is that we should manage our resources, especially in three dimensions. Our personal expenses should be critical needs not desires, we must distinguish between what we need, without which we cannot survive, we don’t have to spend to impress people.
“In the training of our children, they shouldn’t just go to school but learn a trade, have skills and be able to live on their own. Also we should bother more about what we want to contribute to the society rather than what we want to be,” he said.
NASFAT Zonal chairman, Barr. Shewudeen Giwa said “The world continues to witness growth and development in Information Communications Technological space and as Muslims it is imperative that we are abreast of these developments as to play out critical roles in building and molding the Nigeria of our dream.”
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