In an interview with Trust TV, Alhaji Yahaya Kwande, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, shared personal memories of his childhood, describing the complexities he faced growing up between two religious environments.
He explained that while he was raised as a Muslim at home, he attended a Roman Catholic school where he was automatically seen as a Christian.
Kwande revealed that attending the Catholic school exposed him to Christian teachings, including Catechism, which he was required to study along with other pupils.
He pointed out that this dual religious experience often left him confused as a young boy, torn between the Islamic practices of his family and the Christian doctrines he was taught in school.
Despite leaving the Catholic school at the age of 12, Kwande noted that many of the things he learned at that time remained with him throughout his life.
Even at 93 years old, he emphasized that he could still recall certain Latin phrases and religious lessons from his school days.
He remarked, “It was taken for granted that if you were in the Roman Catholic school, you were a Christian. I was in the Catholic school; people were teaching Catechism, and I can even recite Latin even at age 93. I left the place at age 12, but I can still remember what I did there. I was a Muslim at home, but in school, a Christian — it was a tough one.”
He described the experience of being treated as a Christian in school while maintaining his Muslim faith at home as a particularly difficult phase of his early life, highlighting how this shaped his understanding of religious tolerance and diversity.
– Source: https://9jalead.com
