{"id":7952,"date":"2013-08-08T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T10:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/aregbesola-tasks-muslims-on-piety-obedience\/"},"modified":"2013-08-08T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T10:39:44","slug":"aregbesola-tasks-muslims-on-piety-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/aregbesola-tasks-muslims-on-piety-obedience\/","title":{"rendered":"Aregbesola tasks Muslims on piety, obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p>Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has advised Muslims across the country to adhere to the lessons of piety, obedience and sacrifice which the just concluded Ramadan symbolises.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, in a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, urged Muslims to use the Eid-El-Fitri celebration to examine themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola also urged political leaders and followers, religious leaders and their adherents to come together and forge a harmonious relationship for the love of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Muslims must also possess qualities such as commitment, discipline, obedience to and love of Allah, and apply same in their daily relationship to their fellow human beings irrespective of ethnic and religious differences.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, however, urged residents of the state to live peacefully with their neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the type of leadership a nation should expect, Aregbesola said: \u201cWhat the nation needs at this crucial stage of its development is a committed leadership, which is driven by honest and open desire to lead the country out of its present socio-political dilemma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/> Posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeriannewspapers.disnaija.com\/\">Nigerian Newspapers. <\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" rel=\"external nofollow\">DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  National Mirror Newspaper<\/p>\n<p><b>DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Nigeria News,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerian-newspapers.disnaija.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-nigeria.disnaija.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nigeriannewspapers.disnaija.com\/national-mirror-online\/aregbesola-tasks-muslims-on-piety-obedience\/\">Nigerian Newspapers<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"large\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Your Opinion Counts. 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