“Allah does now not forbid you from dealing kindly and somewhat with those that have neither fought you nor pushed you from your houses. Surely, Allah loves those that are truthful.” Quran 60:8.

The above verse encourages kindness and justice in opposition to non violent folks, emphasising that Allah loves those that are equitable. It distinguishes between those that don’t seem to be a risk and those that actively have interaction in aggression in opposition to Muslims.

The ongoing felony tussle on the Supreme Court of Ghana in regards to the Wesley Girls’ topic does now not do us any just right as a group deeply hooked up, without reference to our non secular and cultural backgrounds.

The Court, as I’ve stated in one in all my articles, is instinctively designed with an adverse nature of complaints, which incessantly leads to winners and losers, breeding resentment and discord amongst households and communities.

We should now not suppose that every one issues might be resolved and everybody will cross house peacefully and fortuitously after the Supreme Court verdict.

The loser will most likely enchantment for a evaluate thereafter, and additional headaches might rise up. We should, due to this fact, believe within the already established machine of non violent cooperation and discussion around the avalanche of platforms and channels that bind us in combination as a Ghanaian circle of relatives.

Ghanaians are recognized around the globe as very non violent, tolerant, and hard-working. Regardless of the truth that we’re poles aside relating to the languages we talk, cultural tendencies, and non secular variety, we tolerate one any other and devote ourselves to the IT of our group and nation.

As anyone rightly stated, “What does the church or school lose when someone prays differently on a school campus, clinic, or the corridors of the church?” However, adherents of alternative religions out of doors Christendom really feel disadvantaged in their rights and, to a bigger extent, really feel as regardless that they’re dropping their religion if avoided completely from gazing their non secular practices.

In all 3 Abrahamic Faiths, i.e. in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, an infringement at the rights of any group or folks to apply their faith quantities to stating struggle at the faith and the folks.

In the similar manner, I need to name at the awareness of Muslim scholars on faculty campuses that don’t seem to be accommodating of Islamic practices to discussion peacefully with faculty government and devise tactics to mix probably the most prayers according to the Sunnah.

It is typically understood amongst Muslims that prayers can also be blended (Jam’) underneath explicit prerequisites, equivalent to all the way through go back and forth, sickness, or excessive climate, to keep away from hardship. The two maximum not unusual combos are praying Dhuhr with Asr or Maghrib with Isha, acting them on the time of both prayer, which is permissible.

Although main Islamic jurisprudents have now not authorized combining prayers at paintings and faculty, I in my view disagree in response to the cases underneath which the elemental ruling on permissibility used to be given.

Sahih Muslim quotes Ibn ‘Abbas pointing out that the Prophet (PBUH) blended Zuhr and Asr in Medina with out concern or go back and forth, and when he (PBUH) used to be requested why, he (PBUH) stated he sought after to make it more uncomplicated for his group, to not put a burden on them.

This is crystal transparent and indicative sufficient that it’s permissible to mix two prayers to keep away from hardship or grave inconvenience for the Muslim group.

Times, cases, and stipulations dictate how and once we pray or even rapid.

Muslim scholars must additionally believe technical recommendation from faculty government, particularly whether it is skilled clinical recommendation all the way through Ramadan.

If, for some reason why faculty curriculum or actions call for the participation of Muslim scholars all the way through Ramadan, and that participation would possibly make them dehydrate or grow to be exhausted, then I counsel the Muslim scholars to believe suspending the quick on that exact day and making it up after Ramadan. Allah is aware of highest.

When Prophet Muhammad (SAW) arrived in Medina to settle, probably the most first issues he did used to be invite the Jews, Christians, and different religion teams to signal a peace pact. Some of the phrases integrated safety promises for one any other, becoming a member of arms as one power to battle an interloper when any of them used to be invaded, which interprets to “an attack on one amounts to an attack on all.”

Again, when a Christian delegation of about 60 folks from Najran visited Medina to speak about issues with the Prophet (PBUH), they asked a spot to wish when the time for his or her prayer arrived. They have been shocked when the Prophet (PBUH) allowed the delegation to wish in his mosque in Medina. He even authorized them to wish consistent with their very own customs, going through the East, regardless of some preliminary objections from Muslims. This tournament highlights the Prophet’s respectful and tolerant enterprise development to different monotheistic faiths.

We have lived in combination for hundreds of years, believing that we’re one folks with a not unusual future without reference to our non secular affiliations and variety.

I imagine an excessively small choice of devoted Christians in Ghana don’t recognize our beloved shared values and non violent atmosphere, particularly in the course of neighbouring nations suffering with terrorism, separatism and extremism.

This Wesley Girls’ topic should now not divide us or create animosity amongst us.

In this newsletter, I humbly name on my Christian buddies and co-workers and in particular my Muslim brethren, to make use of the prevailing mechanism of discussion to search out answers to the continuing deadlock.

Let us put our believe within the National Peace Council to play its function as peacemaker whilst we act as solution-finders.

May the soul of Alhaji Awaisu Salisu Bio, the National Executive Secretary of the Office of the National Chief Imam, leisure neatly.

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Alhaji Khuzaima Mohammed Osman is an Eminent Member and Chairman, Finance and Fundraising Committee, GARPC-National Peace Council.

He could also be the Executive Director of the Christian-Muslim Forum for Dialogue and Mutual Relations.
Consultant in ADR, Islamic Affairs and Human Rights.

He can also be contacted by means of telephone at 0249826093. 0266040346 and e-mail by means of khuzaima90@gmail.com

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