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Don't be swayed by religious extremists - Mahama tells youth
Speaking at this year’s Eid-ul Fitr celebration at the Black Star square, President Mahama urged the youth of this country to follow the teachings of the Holy Quran and not be swayed by religious extremists.
Mahama and Chief Imam
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His comments come on the back of recent bombing in Bahgdad that saw hundreds of shoppers killed at a shopping square.
The president said: “We live in a world that is changing and some people under the guise of religion and religious extremism misinterpret the religious doctrines and use it to create harm for ideological reasons.”
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President Mahama further advised all and sundry to refrain from linking terrorism to Islam.
“Terrorism has entered our sub region and these people who propagate the terrorism ideology come under the guise of religion and erroneously try to create an equation between terrorism and Islam ; it is not true; there is no link between terrorism and Islam,” he added.
Muslims in Ghana are joining their counterparts across the world to celebrate the “breaking of fast festival” after a successful Ramadan.
Scores of Moslems gathered at the Black Star Square on Wednesday as the Chief Imam, Sheik Osman Nuhu Sharubutu led the Eid prayers.
Background
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The National Security Co-ordinator, Mr Yaw Donkor, indicated in August 2015 that two Ghanaians have joined the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
He said per the records of the National Security, Nazir Nortei Alema, a 25-year-old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and another person, whom he identified only as Rafiq, had joined the group.
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