DEBORAH YAKUBU DIED FOR DISOBEYING JESUS CHRIST

 

The internet has been agog for a few days
with a lot of people condemning the killing of one Deborah Yakubu, who was gruesomely murdered and burned to ashes by an irate Muslim mob for insulting their most revered prophet.

I stand against the killing and hope that the perpetrators are brought to the book, but I felt that the death could have been avoided if Deborah had learned to respect the beliefs of other people as long as they do not hurt her.

 

The news going around was that she expressed her displeasure about a post dropped in their class WhatsApp group, but that was not the full truth; she was not killed for expressing her displeasure over the message. Her crime was insulting the pillar of other people’s religion. She went too far by adding the following sentence to her message when referring to the Muslims’ most referred prophet, “Prophet of Nonsense”.

 

Many people felt that her killers were wrong and they were right, but not too many people, except, of course, the Muslims felt that her action was also wrong. What a lot of people may not have seen was that insulting the Muslims’ prophet was wrong in three ways, namely.  

1.      Islamically wrong (from the Muslims' perspective)

2.      Legally wrong (from the Government perspective)

3.      Biblically wrong (from the Christian perspective)


With that statement, she crossed the lines. In Islam, it is blasphemy against the prophet, legally, it is slander & libel, which are limitations to her freedom of speech. Lastly, we will look at the Biblical perspective, which is the one I hope to dwell on because she was a Christian.

 

By insulting Prophet Mohammed (SAW), she also disobeyed Jesus Christ and the chief tenet of her religion. This article does not in any way justify the killings, but points out the cornerstone of the incident and without which it would not have occurred.

 

As a believer in Jesus Christ, she should know the supposed chief tenet of her religion and not make a mess of it. She suffered the consequences of ignoring Christ’s instruction, which should be the chief tenet of the Christian religion - “Do unto others as you will have them do unto you.”

 

She did to the Muslims what she would never have been happy if done to her by making a mess of the pillar of their religion. I am sure if anyone had made a mess of Jesus Christ that way, she would not have been happy either. She may not kill, but she will not be happy about it.

 

Moreover, doing it in a Muslim state, a Muslim society, and a Muslim school, founded and named after a somewhat Muslim scholar made it a more foolish decision. That is disrespect, not only to the entire region but also to all the Muslims in that state.

 

Did Jesus Christ send him to disrespect other people’s religion even if she wishes to win them over?

If there is any group of people who should learn to respect other people’s religion, it must be the Christians. The other part of the chief tenet of Christianity is “Love your neighbor as yourself”, and the analysis of the statement reveals that it means “do unto others as you would have them do to you.”

 

Deborah did not respect that tenet of her religion and paid the price for it. Even if the perpetrators of the act would be brought to book, which I greatly doubt because of the system under which they operate, it will not bring her back to life. Wisdom, they say, is profitable to lead.

She has finished her race, so this article is not for her; it is for everyone, first for Christians, and the rest of the people. The supposed chief tenet of the Christian religion is “do unto others as you would have them do to you.” It is sad that many Christians, just like Deborah intentionally disregard it.

 

There always will be different beliefs, faiths, and religions; this will not change no matter what we do, so the best thing we can do, even if we wish to sell our faiths & beliefs to people is to first respect theirs.

 

That is the golden rule of life against which there can be no justification. Deborah systemically justified her killers for not living by the golden rules. It may be your or mine tomorrow if we now fail to respect other people’s choices & beliefs.

 

Written by Soul’e Rhymez

A Lagos-based Social Analyst & Public Speaker.
Email: soulerhymez@gmail.com

 

 

 

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