Fifty Islamic scholars attend seminar
FIFTY Islamic scholars have ended a four-day seminar on leadership in Accra, with a call on them to avoid attacking other faiths in their quest to persuade people to join the Islamic faith.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso Central, Sheikh Ibrahim C. Quaye, who made the call, said Islam promoted the peaceful co-existence of Moslems and people of other faiths.
Organised by the Al-Huda Islamic Society, the seminar was attended by Imams, Islamic preachers and instructors of Quranic cells in West Africa.
It touched on orienting the scholars and preachers to appropriate Islamic evangelism, the prospects and challenges facing the Islamic faith today and the importance of charity to the Moslem.
Sheikh Quaye said peace remained an important ingredient for national cohesion and development and so any preacher whose messages did not promote peace but rather incurred the wrath of society should be reprimanded to prevent inter-religious conflict.
He said Ghana was a shining example as far as issues concerning inter-religious conflicts were concerned, as the different religions in the country existed peacefully.
He advised the participants to use their knowledge to promote peace, tranquillity and forgiveness, since the Islamic faith preached such virtues, not acrimony.
The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Mr Albert Abongo, for his part, urged the participants to make good use of the knowledge acquired for the good of society.
He stated that the government was committed to ensuring that the annual Hajj pilgrimage was spared the myriad of problems that were associated with it.
He expressed appreciation to the government of Saudi Arabia for its contributions to education and the Ghanaian economy in general.
A Co-ordinator of the project and Imam of the Adabraka 2000 Limited Mosque, Alhaji Salman Mohammed Alhassan, advised Moslem youth to refrain from acts that brought the name of the faith into disrepute.
He said cyber fraud, popularly known as 'sakawa', was un-Islamic, as the faith frowned on any act that denied people their legitimate properties.
He called on the media to "cross-check their facts before publishing their stories because it is not everyone who has a Moslem name who is a Moslem".
Present at the ceremony was the MP for Abokobi-Madina, Alhaji Ahmadu Sorogho; the Municipal Chief Executive for Ga East, Mr John Kwao Sackey and Islamic scholars from Saudi Arabia and traditional rulers.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso Central, Sheikh Ibrahim C. Quaye, who made the call, said Islam promoted the peaceful co-existence of Moslems and people of other faiths.
Organised by the Al-Huda Islamic Society, the seminar was attended by Imams, Islamic preachers and instructors of Quranic cells in West Africa.
It touched on orienting the scholars and preachers to appropriate Islamic evangelism, the prospects and challenges facing the Islamic faith today and the importance of charity to the Moslem.
Sheikh Quaye said peace remained an important ingredient for national cohesion and development and so any preacher whose messages did not promote peace but rather incurred the wrath of society should be reprimanded to prevent inter-religious conflict.
He said Ghana was a shining example as far as issues concerning inter-religious conflicts were concerned, as the different religions in the country existed peacefully.
He advised the participants to use their knowledge to promote peace, tranquillity and forgiveness, since the Islamic faith preached such virtues, not acrimony.
The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Mr Albert Abongo, for his part, urged the participants to make good use of the knowledge acquired for the good of society.
He stated that the government was committed to ensuring that the annual Hajj pilgrimage was spared the myriad of problems that were associated with it.
He expressed appreciation to the government of Saudi Arabia for its contributions to education and the Ghanaian economy in general.
A Co-ordinator of the project and Imam of the Adabraka 2000 Limited Mosque, Alhaji Salman Mohammed Alhassan, advised Moslem youth to refrain from acts that brought the name of the faith into disrepute.
He said cyber fraud, popularly known as 'sakawa', was un-Islamic, as the faith frowned on any act that denied people their legitimate properties.
He called on the media to "cross-check their facts before publishing their stories because it is not everyone who has a Moslem name who is a Moslem".
Present at the ceremony was the MP for Abokobi-Madina, Alhaji Ahmadu Sorogho; the Municipal Chief Executive for Ga East, Mr John Kwao Sackey and Islamic scholars from Saudi Arabia and traditional rulers.
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