‘It is satanic’, MURIC calls for ban on movie with Nancy Isime in Niqab

The Muslim Rights Concern has demanded that the upcoming film featuring well-known actress Nancy Isime and other actresses brandishing potentially hazardous weapons while wearing purdah, an Islamic full-coverage garment also known as the Niqab, be banned.

The group called the film "satanic," stating that it incites public hostility towards Muslim women by portraying them as criminals.

The request was made in a statement on Thursday that was signed by Professor Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director of MURIC.

"A highly anti-Muslim film has been released into the Nigerian film industry," the statement said. Nancy Isime recently revealed the teaser for the next movie, which features women in purdah wielding deadly weapons and robbing banks. It is the extreme form of Islamophobia. This movie is provocative, disgusting, and demonic.

The intention behind it is to depict Muslim women as aggressive offenders. The movie has the power to incite the populace against Muslim women. Additionally, it might expose Muslims in general to derision and mockery from the public.

"We think the movie is a product of anti-Muslim propaganda and is meant to dissuade Muslim women from donning the headscarf and niqab. The scheme was conceived many years ago, and the schools were the first to carry it out. Muslims bravely and assiduously challenged this strategy in Nigerian courts until the nation's top court issued a ruling on it. The latest move in the campaign against the hijab is this Satanic film.

Akintola insisted that the movie had the potential to blow up Nigeria if the appropriate authorities do not act quickly, and he urged the National Film and Video Censors Board to look into the matter and immediately ban the upcoming movie.

We have this to say to Nigerian Muslims who have flooded our communication lines with voice notes, video clips, and other kinds of messages: please be calm and peaceful. You've made your point quite clearly.

"We are taking action immediately after receiving your messages. The world was given a message of peace and optimism by our religion. We shall not permit anyone to paint our moms, wives, daughters, sisters, or any other female in the hues of Shaytan. Be good ambassadors of Islam. Don’t take the law into your hands. Allow the authorities to take necessary action,” he added.
Remember that Isime provoked controversy in the nation's Muslim community by releasing a movie poster depicting women posing as bank robbers with pistols while donning face coverings and hijabs.

Threatening to take action against the account that shared what they called "Islamophobic content," they have filed a complaint with Meta, the parent corporation of Facebook and Instagram.

"The niqab/hijab is not an armed robbery attire!" latifat Adewunmi Jumah, who has a Facebook page called Laj Fingers, said in response to the abusive messages. The hijab or niqab is not a garment used to hide one's identity.

"If you needed to conceal your identity for a perfect robbery role, you could have worn a mask or used a nose mask," the actress was asked. Why dress in Islamic garb?

This offends me. To put an end to these people, something must be done. The hijab, or niqab, is not a joke or a costume, the speaker said.

And one of our brothers from Ilorin is kuku in the movie with them, said another Facebook user going by the handle Alfa Shehu. liars! These are the same individuals who will come back tomorrow and claim that Niqab ladies are acting in certain ways. Alarun opolo gbogbo awon. Anything to gain influence and financial gain.