RELIGIOUS TEACHING ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Religious generally, but Islam and Christianity in particular are supposed to model and showcases their teachings to the entire human race, veering harmonious existence among humans paradoxically, the problems or challenges these religious have, are some of their leaders who adulterate and feed their adherents with the wrong teachings that are never t aught by the first leaders of the aforementioned religion as they exemplified the best religious teachings by Prophet Muhammad (PBLIH) and Isah (PBUH). The two Glorious and Holy Books (Al-Qur'an and Bible) divinely enshrined beautiful teachings on social justice, equality and human rights; unfortunately the research revealed that some Of the current leaders Of the religions create vacuum in religious uprightness such as: corruption; engaging in misconceptions and derail off line the impetus righteous teachings of their Divinely revealed doctrines, due to money mongering, power thirst, politically motivated imbroglio, negligence of social justice, engaging in ethnocentrism instead of equality among the populace and violation Of human rights. This paper, therefore, used empirical method of research as the use of both library and oral interviews were imported in substantiating facts, with the use of primary and secondary sources of Islam and other relevant literature works. At the end, solution was proffered and conclusion drawn.