Professor Ishaq Akintola is a household name. He is a Muslim scholar who doubles as a Muslim right activist.
He is the President and Director of Muslim Right Concern, MURIC.
The organization has been breathing existence since October 1993.
Muric/ its President is known for defending the rights of Muslims.
In other words, Muric and its president have been defending the rights of Nigeria Muslims for 29 years.
In the Bio entry information of the group, here is what itβs official website says:
Tag: MURIC
17th September, 2017
WORLD PRESS RELEASE:
IPOB ATTACK ON HAUSA & YORUBA MOSQUE: ARMY SHOULD PROTECT MUSLIMS IN THE SOUTH EAST
5th November, 2021
PRESS RELEASE :
COLLAPSED LAGOS BUILDING : REJECTION OF MUSLIM APPLICANT EVIDENCE OF ALIENATION OF MUSLIMS IN YORUBALAND
An Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has claimed that the rejection of a Muslim engineer who went for a job at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Street, Ikoyi, Lagos but was rejected by the developer on account of his faith is a strong evidence of the alienation of Muslims in Yorubaland.
27th September, 2021
PRESS RELEASE:
PANTAMIβS PROFESSORIAL CHAIR SAGA : IT IS STIGMATISATION – MURIC
There has been uproar lately on the appointment of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami, as a Professor of CyberSecurity by the Federal University of Technology (FUTO). However, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the imbroglio as sheer ethnic stigmatisation and religious profiling.
20th September, 2021
PRESS RELEASE:
OSUN AT 30 : MURIC HAILS OYETOLA, CONGRATULATES SHAYKH HADIYATULLAHI
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the governor of the State of Osun, Alhaji Isiaka Oyetola, as twenty eight (28) distinguished citizens receive awards to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the state. MURIC also congratulated the recipients, particularly Shaykh Abdul Rasheed Hadiyatullahi who will receive the Osun Lifetime Achievement Award.
12th April, 2021
PRESS RELEASE :
HIJAB : CAN HAS SINISTER MOTIVES – MURIC
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of nursing bad intention towards Muslims over the hijab saga. The Muslim rights advocacy group was reacting to CANβs latest statement in which it said Muslim female soldiers were free to wear hijab on military uniform if that would deflect bullets (http://saharareporters.com/2021/04/09/muslim-military-women-free-wear-hijab-if-will-protect-them-bullets-%E2%80%94can?fbclid=IwAR3shJ6-fG8rvs9eZsr-5bijdNykxvPDh1GU0i0Z0zQRI3qWzmoXpf4jOkY).
8th March, 2021
PRESS RELEASE:
MURIC TO KWARA GOVT : POSSESS YOUR POSSESSION
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kwara Chapter, has insisted that it would not allow female Muslim children to wear hijab in its schools. But in its latest reaction to the hijab controversy, the Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has told the state government to be assertive and to βpossess your possessionβ.