Last Sunday there was a big event in Milimani City Tanzania, an Easter event organized by gospel artists Christina Shusho and Rose Muhando in collaboration with Wasafi TV owned by artist Diamond Platnumz.
In that big event for Christians around the world to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Diamond was one of the famous guests who were invited and appeared at the Christian service despite being a Muslim.
His appearance and even quoting some of the Bible’s texts attracted many comments on social media, especially after he was seen being prayed for and having his hands laid on by God’s servants.
A section of Muslims took to social media writing messages of condolence as if Diamond had died after he was seen in the church.
Many Muslims on the internet wrote Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un, an Arabic phrase that means ‘rest in peace’ – a sign that they saw him as a person who rebelled against his religion and the punishment for being an infidel is death.
But now the artist’s manager, Mkubwa Fella, has broken his silence about it, encouraging Diamond not to be taken in by people’s words and instead continue to do his job of serving all religions without discrimination, because all religions believe in one God.
Fella advised Diamond that in the world, you can’t expect everyone to love you and it is true that there will be some who support you and others who will turn on you as long as they see you down, referring to the Yamoto band’s song that they sing as ‘Snitch Sio Mwana’.
“Ujumbe huu ni kwako mwanangu @diamondplatnumz duniani mpaka tukubaliane basi mwenyezi MUNGU aiweke dunia kila kitu tufanane. Na haiwezekani binadamu wanachuki mwanangu @yamotobandmusic wananyimbo Yao #snitchsiomwana,” Fella wrote.
In the controversy that is emerging on the internet, people have been making fun of Diamond for the way he was shaved in a new style while Muslim religious leaders are also asking him to decide between Christianity or Islam, because they seem to be angry that the artist quoted Bible texts in his speech during the Easter procession. .
