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Popular artist David Adeleke, also known as Davido, recently received criticism from Muslim fans after posting a music video of new DMW signee Logos Olori on his social media platforms.
The music video was shot in a mosque-like scene that some Muslim faithful found offensive.
It depicted scenes where men in white Jalabiya, after observing Salah prayers, switched to dancing as they recited some Quranic verses and prayed.
Following increasing criticism, Davido bowed to pressure and deleted the video.
Here are three other examples of entertainers’ content causing religious issues:
In June 2018, Award-winning musician and actor, Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz, received backlash over a music video titled “This Is Nigeria” which some Muslims thought was disrespectful to their religion.
In the video, Some girls were seen dancing to the then-popular “shaku shaku” dance while dressed in hijab.
A Muslim group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), warned Falz to take down the video and offer an apology to Nigerians or risk legal repercussions.
Falz responded to the criticisms that stemmed from the video by explaining that the girls were an image of the abducted Chibok girls still held captive by Boko Haram.
In January 2021, comedian and On-Air personality Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, also known as Nedu Wazobia, was accused of “tarnishing and disrespecting the sanctity of Islam” in his skits, where he played the “role” of Alhaji Musa.
Many Muslim organizations and individuals across the nation found it offensive to see the comedian flirting with busty and scantily dressed women in many of his social media videos while donning his signature Islamic attire (white Jalabiya with Arabian muffler and cap).
A Muslim group, Ta’awunu Human Rights Institute (TOURIST), in a statement, criticized the comedian’s character as Alhaji Musa, saying it was “a disturbance to public peace” adding that it was capable of inciting “religious violence in the country if nothing was done about it.”
The organization urged the comedian to be detained and questioned for “parading himself as Alhaji Musa in an attempt to disrupt public peace and incite religious violence or produce himself within 30 working days for a fair chance of being heard, failure of which we shall be obliged to institute legal action against him.”
Beverly Osu
In September 2018, Nigerian actress and model, Beverly Osu, who’s most known for her participation in reality TV show Big Brother Africa in 2013, offended a number of people after she took photos wearing in a nun outfit while smoking a cigarette.
Many people disapproved of the photographs, especially Catholics who thought she was disrespecting their religion, but the entertainer had a different opinion.
In a chat with Saturday Beats, Osu revealed that she was the creative director of the photo shoot and defended the shot by saying, in her view, the church had not established smoking as a sin. She advised critics to focus on other important issues.She also said, “I received a lot of death threats in my direct message on social media. I also received phone calls, saying I shouldn’t come out. People called my mother to threaten her life but I felt that they were all bluffing. Sincerely, I didn’t expect it, and there was nothing to cope with because I wasn’t bothered. I was not scared because I’m not afraid of anybody.”
Peoplesmind
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