The Learner

Muhsin Ibrahim @Muhsin234 (Twitter) While serving the nation as corps members, there was nothing more on our minds than life after the assignment. Life was full of uncertainty and apprehension. The allowance, which was almost doubled during our stream, of N19,800, and the little stipend from our various primary places of assignment (PPAs) will stop coming once we finish. Subhanallah! My confidant, Anas Musa, went and purchased job application forms for us at the Kano Senior Secondary School Management Board (KSSSMB). He filled him, but I was somewhat reluctant to do the same, for I was tipped off that I might be retained at my PPA or employed by a few other greener places. I finally did, and we submitted our applications. About a year passed, and no one invited us to an interview, an aptitude test, or anything else. Immediately after the Service, I got an appointment with BUK and later Anas with the Federal University, Dutse. Months later, I got a call from a prestigious priv...

Muhammad Muhsin Ibrahim muhsin2008@gmail.com @muhsin234 (Twitter) “What is your name?” Muhammad. And all eyes would turn around. It often starts just like that, for them, every Muslim is a potential threat, a terrorist. It is incredibly awkward, if not annoying, to someone like me who was born and reared in an almost 99% Muslim community. Hitherto, I didn’t know that being Muslim means that much and weighs that much; some feel even reluctant to disclose their belief. Muslims living in multi-religious and non-Muslim majority societies today have a lot of stories to tell. The story is sometimes nasty in conservative, religiously touchy and volatile places like India , where I presently reside. Although home to about 200 million Muslims, it was discovered in a recent survey that some  Muslims have to masquerade as Hindus for Indian jobs.  This happens due to the schism and sometimes animosity between them and other faithful, particularly the majority of Hindus. ...