Popular musician, Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has described as baseless the allegation by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) that he insulted Islam in his ‘This is Nigeria’ video which portrayed some girls in hijab dancing Shaku Shaku.
Falz also described as needless the group’s call to withdraw the video failing which it would be forced to institute legal proceedings against the artiste.
The artiste, who is the son of foremost human rights activist Femi Falana (SAN), said there was no baseless for MURIC to go to court as there was no “cause of action”.
Speaking with The Punch, he said, “I think it is very clear what that scene (Shaku Shaku by girls in hijab) represented in the video.
“The message is very clear because the girls there symbolise the constant issues and troubles that face the innocent girl child in Nigeria, especially in the northern part of Nigeria.
“They have been victims of kidnappings and we have the case of the Chibok girls and recently the Dapchi girls. Till date, most of the Chibok girls have not been found while a Dapchi girl is still held captive.
“That is what those girls symbolise. I feel everyone got the message and it is absurd that a group of people like MURIC alleged that it is a hate video. I do not think that makes sense in any way because in the same video, I spoke about other issues like insecurity, corruption, and I even talked about pastors.
“No Christian has come out to say that it is a hate video; so what is MURIC talking about? I do not really understand them.”
Reacting to the threat of a lawsuit, Falz said, “I feel it is very funny because there is no cause of action, to be honest.
“There is no law that is against young ladies dancing in hijab. There is absolutely no basis for a legal action, I mean, people dance in hijabs all the time in movies and parties.
“In fact, designers have made sportswear that have hijabs, so why are they not saying that is a disrespect to the religion? I think it is a baseless allegation.”