Following the huge response, he received for promoting a controversial music video, award-winning artist Davido has issued his first public remark.
The music superstar promoted the music video of his new signee, Logos Olori, on his social media platforms.
However, many people were offended by the video, accusing him of insulting Islamic beliefs and customs.
The tumultuous music video in question contains Logos Olori’s new song “Jayelo.”
The video, which was recorded in a Mosque-like setting, presented scenes of men in white Jalabiya praying. Following the prayers, the men began dancing while reciting Quranic verses and praying.
The artist, on his part, imitated the Muslim style of praying while perched on the roof of the building.
Many faithful Muslims had deemed the video offensive and had taken to social media to drag him.
To them, prayer mats hold deep religious significance as they symbolize the sacred act of Salah, a divine connection with the Almighty. As such, any action that could be interpreted as disrespectful or mocking of this holy practice is considered highly offensive.
Some urged Davido to take the video down and apologize, while others expressed their concern over what they perceived as a desecration of sacred elements.
ALLOW ME TO RE-INTRODUCE, @LOGOSOLORI WITH HIS NEW SINGLE “JAYE LO”… LETS RUN IT UP ONE TIME! LET’S TAKE OVER THE WORLD WE LITTY PIC.TWITTER.COM/GNEUJMREP9
— Davido (@davido) July 21, 2023 Reacting to the post;
Former President, Muhammad Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad wrote, “There are many reasons why every Muslim finds this content absolutely disrespectful, hurtful and offensive @davido. I assume you all know that we Muslims don’t mix our religion with jokes in any way, especially Salah (prayer), which is sacred and the second of the five pillars of Islam.
In Salah, Muslims remember our Lord, Allah, express our love and respect for Him, and invoke and strive to express our gratitude towards Him. The notion is that the Salah activity brings the individual face-to-face with God. That is what we believe, and that is our faith. Please respect it.”
Arewa Twitter: “We gave you the benefit of doubt, waiting for you to delete this video you posted out of ignorance but you didn’t. Please, everyone, let’s report this Davido’s post.”
Muslim News Association of Nigeria tweeted, “We Muslims don’t joke with our religion. Holy book, Quran, our Prophet, Muhammad & his Companions, Salat (5 times daily) & the Hijab. They are our red lines. We’ll never allow anyone to disrespect them for whatever reasons; as much as we respect other religious beliefs”.
In what seems like a response to the backlash, Davido took to his Twitter page to further promote the video.
Davido stated in one of his tweets that he didn’t want to fight.
“I wan make u show me, make we no dey fight”.
In another tweet, referring to his song ‘Unavailable’, Davido stated that he is yet to be unavailable.
“Una know say ‘Feel’ never start Abi? IN FACT, ‘Unavailable’ never start!
No choice logos!! Them go feel am!! MEN MOUNT”.
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LoL...the kid is threading a path to destruction....Davido is too small to disrespect the Islamic nation, way too small...even nations have tried and fail... he'll be the architect of his own destruction if he threads this path.
Posted: at 23-07-2023 09:57 PM (9 months ago) | Hero
wolefafo at 23-07-2023 10:44 PM (9 months ago) (m)
Quote from: Baye77 on 23-07-2023 09:57 PM
LoL...the kid is threading a path to destruction....Davido is too small to disrespect the Islamic nation, way too small...even nations have tried and fail... he'll be the architect of his own destruction if he threads this path.
Dey play
Posted: at 23-07-2023 10:44 PM (9 months ago) | Gistmaniac
Trust me, you the one playing here...sad thing is, these guys get cheered on by "fans" hiding behind phones.. fans they won't see when reality sets in..
Posted: at 23-07-2023 11:08 PM (9 months ago) | Hero
sweetypweety at 24-07-2023 07:20 AM (9 months ago) (f)
Quote from: Lisabi on 24-07-2023 12:30 AM
But you people can kill soul because of religion. e.g Deborah.
Go get ur findings well with what happened to Deborah. Muslims never disrespect anyone's religion so why are their religion always targeted? Davido needs to remove and apologize for that video
Posted: at 24-07-2023 07:20 AM (9 months ago) | Gistmaniac
Dopybadass at 24-07-2023 07:35 AM (9 months ago) (m)
Quote from: sweetypweety on 24-07-2023 07:20 AM
Go get ur findings well with what happened to Deborah. Muslims never disrespect anyone's religion so why are their religion always targeted? Davido needs to remove and apologize for that video
Ummm sweet honeypot, where have u been,ummm I can feel ur fragrance from afar baby
Posted: at 24-07-2023 07:35 AM (9 months ago) | Gistmaniac
angelzizi at 24-07-2023 11:00 AM (9 months ago) (f)
Why's this religion always sensitive and controversial? Christianity has been ridiculed in every form and means yet the Christians are not threatening war and fire cos we know the God we believe in doesn't need anyone to fight for him. Does Muslims not listen to Davido's music? What's the problem here? If anything, portraying Muslims in his video is more of acknowledgement than disrespect.
Posted: at 24-07-2023 11:00 AM (9 months ago) | Gistmaniac
Go get ur findings well with what happened to Deborah. Muslims never disrespect anyone's religion so why are their religion always targeted? Davido needs to remove and apologize for that video
Kai Muslims has disrespected Christianity times without number or you forgotten a bank manager with Sterling Bank Easter tweet last or this year sef that tweeted “ just like Agege bread He rose “ mocking the resurrection of Jesus Christ? To hell with Islam
Posted: at 24-07-2023 12:11 PM (9 months ago) | Gistmaniac
fineboy77 at 24-07-2023 01:14 PM (9 months ago) (m)
Quote from: Boi2Man on 24-07-2023 12:11 PM
Kai Muslims has disrespected Christianity times without number or you forgotten a bank manager with Sterling Bank Easter tweet last or this year sef that tweeted “ just like Agege bread He rose “ mocking the resurrection of Jesus Christ? To hell with Islam
Kai Muslims has disrespected Christianity times without number or you forgotten a bank manager with Sterling Bank Easter tweet last or this year sef that tweeted “ just like Agege bread He rose “ mocking the resurrection of Jesus Christ? To hell with Islam
Well I'm not really sure what it takes for one to be a Christian though, but I sure know what it takes to be a Muslim, and it is definitely not by bearing Muslim name. Now I'll tell you this, one of the conditions of being a Muslim is belief in ALL the prophets of God, Jesus Christ included. So trust me that clown you said mocked Jesus Christ, he's the one that knows the religion he's practicing, but I strongly doubt it's Islam.
Posted: at 26-07-2023 09:31 PM (9 months ago) | Hero
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