MURIC condemns U.S. lawmakers over anti-shari’ah remarks, defends northern governors Story by Okafor Vivian  The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has strongly criticized recent comments by some United States legislators calling for the abolition of Shari’ah law in Nigeria and threatening to impose sanctions on 12 northern governors. In a statement issued on Friday, the Islamic rights organization described the U.S. lawmakers’ stance as “unguarded, undemocratic, and demagogic,” accusing them of attempting to impose Western values on Nigerian Muslims. MURIC said: “We reject the attempt by U.S. legislators to impose the American value system on...