Feature: The Actions of Christian Community in Ghana: A Threat to National Security
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If there is one thing that we are proud of as a country, for which we claim glory among African countries, it's the culture of tolerance in our country.
Our leaders did strive for this mutual respect that even our political parties are considering the combination of Christian-Muslim as a tradition.
Our civilization as a country is built on religious tolerance where for more than once, the national Chief Imam visited the church which include when he was celebrating his 100th birthday.
The goal should be to defend it not to destroy it, defending this coexistence between these two religions is more important than any other security measures you can think of. Our neighboring countries have lost this and are battling with life, thinking about how to get a normal life.
It should be that, we are ideating how to have a common state which is economically strong with all social inclusion.
What Muslims are going through in this country should not be seen as injustice to the Muslim community but a threat to national security. The danger of these extremist who hide behind religion fighting the peace that the country has cherished for ages should be condemned by all. We shouldn't let these people let us lose what binds and sustains us.
I've seen the write ups of Joshep Opoku Gakpo, multi media group of company, and other individuals who spent some times with Muslims, giving their life testimonies on how they were treated fairly at Islamic Senior high schools such AMASS and ISSEC.
The action of the Christian and Catholic council is unfortunate and condemnable. They are throwing support in favor of this bigotry acts and even calling Christian unity in action like this is really an insult to their conscious.
The likes of Mr. Enock Kwasi Buadu, SDA church leader and headmaster at SDA SHS at Achim Oda shall always be celebrated, these are leaders who understand tolerance and the needs for it.
As indicated earlier, the danger of extremist must be seen for what it is, no matter the angle it is coming from. Imagine if it's an Islamic school that imposed the non Muslims to put veil and go to mosque five times daily like their colleagues, how will the reactions going to be? Your guess is as good as ours.
We don't know the challenges that countries that are divided due to actions of people like the Methodists of which the whole Christian council are backing are going through, that's why we are tempting this.
Muslim youths today are inspired by values that reject violence, intolerance and discrimination. The Christians should help us and create a society of peace with all inclusive society.
Attacking and inciting people against others, insulting other people and their faith, excluding others, calling them minority and all names like what we heard in the audio of the Methodists leader is not the way forward. The future of Ghana lies in unity, not division and stereotypes.
Our religion, Islam, commands respect, peace and tolerance, a religion that command and stipulates the right of neighbours, a religion that saye 'none of you will attend faith unless they respect their neighbours.' In another narration, 'unless they love for others what they love for themselves.'
I still hear the echoes of the event at Antoa SHS in 2011 where a mosque, which was built by students at the school was demolished.
The memory of our brother who jumped from a storey building and lost his life because he was been chased to attend Sunday church service. Muslim nurses who were humiliated just because they put on their veil.
Thousands of Muslim students across the country have found themselves at various churches in schools against their wills. The Muslim girl child has to go against her way of life and relegate her veil in circular institution.
The better we understand that the anti-Muslim discrimination is real and we must confront it as people. This is more dangerous than the LGBTQ+ which we was being discussed at the parliament and president retreating the provisions of the constitution in Ashanti region.
The issue at hand is more dangerous than the Achimota Dreadlock boy's issue which got the attention on all media houses in the country.
The bigot of the Methodists is dangerous than the Akuapem Polo's son issues which saw the childcare coming in and having legal banter with a mother of the child who abused her own child. Are some children more important than others?
I call on the President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffu Addo, to come out and reiterate Article 21 of the constitution which is bigger than the code of ethics of these schools who call themselves missionary.
Between the code of ethics of the mission and that of the constitution which one is mightier?
Or
Is the phrase 'Ghana is a circular state' which was stated by the constitution a myth?
Abdul-Majeed Yakub
Ag. Director VOMYED yakubabdulmajeed@gmail.com
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