After sharing a song video of fresh DMW signee Logos Olori on his social media sites, well-known musician David Adeleke, commonly known as Davido, recently came under fire from Muslim followers.
Some Muslims felt it disrespectful because the music video was shot in a setting that resembled a mosque.
It showed moments when guys in white Jalabiya observed Salah prayers and then transitioned to dancing while reciting some Quranic passages.
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.After sharing a song video of fresh DMW signee Logos Olori on his social media sites, well-known musician David Adeleke, commonly known as Davido, recently came under fire from Muslim followers.
Some Muslims felt it disrespectful because the music video was shot in a setting that resembled a mosque.
It showed moments when guys in white Jalabiya observed Salah prayers and then transitioned to dancing while reciting some Quranic passages.In numerous of his social media videos, the comedian flirts with busty, barely clad ladies while wearing his trademark Islamic costume (white Jalabiya with Arabian muffler and headgear), which has offended many Muslim groups and individuals across the country. In a statement, the Muslim organization Ta'awunu Human Rights Institute (TOURIST) denounced the comedian's portrayal of Alhaji Musa, calling it "a disturbance to public peace" and warning that it could incite "religious violence in the country if nothing was done about it."The group demanded that the comedian be taken into custody and interrogated 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."In September 2018, Beverly Osu, a Nigerian actress and model best known for her participation in the reality television series Big Brother Africa in 2013, upset a number of people after she posted pictures of herself smoking a cigarette while wearing a nun attire.
The entertainer had a different opinion from the majority of people who disapproved of the photos, especially Catholics who felt she was disrespecting their religion.
In an interview with Saturday Beats, Osu acknowledged that she was the picture shoot's creative director and defended the image by asserting that, in her opinion, the church had not made smoking a sin. She asked critics to pay attention to other crucial topics.She added, "I received numerous death threats in my social media direct message."Additionally, I got phone calls telling me not to go outside. I believed that everyone who called my mother to threaten her life was playing a fake. Sincerely, I didn't expect it, and since I wasn't bothered, there was nothing to deal with. I am not afraid of anyone, thus I wasn't scared.