Murder in the name of God

Murder in the name of God Contrary to Karl Marx’s celebrated dictum, “religion is the opium of the people”, the true opium of the people is ignorance dressed and embellished in the garbs of religion. The incident that happened in Sokoto in which a young girl, Deborah Samuel, was lynched and burnt to death by a mob is the highest and most despicable form of ignorance any person who believes in the pristine, immaculate teachings of Prophet Muhammad, blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, can ever exhibit. The crude, cruel, and primitive act…