The University of Ibadan religious 'crisis'

I heard this today and i was utterly stumped..
i mean what was this girl thinking?

is she totally oblivious of the society in which she lives, of the rules that apply in each religion, okay, let's not even say religious rules..let's even say respect for another person's belief; the same argument we adduce against Islamic extremists, that is to say, while you think what you believe is the best, i also reserve the inherent right to believe whatever i want to, and while you may try to persuade me otherwise, it has to be done in an unoffensive manner.

So the story has it that this chic, a 4th year Law student of the University of Ibadan, thought that it is ultimate wisdom to go to the Campus Mosque during last Friday prayers to preach..telling them to come to Jesus, believe in Jesus, how their prayers are in vain cos they're sinners etc..GOD!!!!

She probably thought 'yes, it's time to convert all them Allah believing, prophet Mohammed touting, christian hating moslems, even if she dies doing so'. And she almost did. Die, i mean.

i couldn't believe it?
i kept asking the question; is she okay?
does she have some sort of mental problem hidden under that guise of religion? maybe 'matyr complex'?

She survived only because the University environment where this took place is a controlled environment and the Chief Imam, IMO, not an extremist like so many of his contemporaries.. i heard though, that she was really beaten up before the man could even get her away from the mob.

I mean this is a religion where the men do not even pray with the women, the women do not even enter some parts of that mosque..to make it worse, this is the Ramadan month, where so many other rules are in place regarding separation between the sexes.. And she decided to go a-fishing there...and if you have been in a place like Ibadan for any length of time, you get to know these things, even if you come from the South/South or East where there are just a handful of moslems.

Pardon me if this sounds harsh but i think it was pure madness..it's like going out in Dubai with hotpants and a see-through top or engaging in PDA cos you think it's silly to restrict yourself. it's the rules, respect it!

what did she seek to achieve? how would she feel if, for instance, she was about to take Holy communion and someone comes into her place of worship to denounce her faith and tell her she was on the way to hell?

it would, at the very least, be annoying and of course, ineffective..

Now there is tension everywhere on campus..and in town.

When will people learn wisdom?