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Sheikh Aremeyaw: National Chief Imam's Spokesperson Speaks About Intolerance for Muslims in Ghana

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 2:20 PM by Ebenezer Agbey Quist

- Spokesperson for Ghana's National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Christian community on how Muslims are treated

- According to him, the more the Islamic leaders are working hard to deradicalize their youth, the Christians keep getting more extreme

- Sheikh Aremeyaw said this after the Ghana Christian Council released a statement that seemed to back an action taken by Wesley Girls' Senior High School

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Sheikh Aremeyaw, the Spokesperson for Ghana's National Chief Imam, Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has announced his dissatisfaction with the Christian community's intolerance for Muslims.

In an interview on TV3 Ghana, Sheikh Aremeyaw indicated that the statement that was released by the Christian Council of Ghana worries him as it seems to endorse intolerance.

"The fact that they were able to give their endorsement means that there is a solidarity of the Christian community against the Muslims", he added.

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Sheikh Aremeyaw added that the Islamic leaders have been making every effort to calm their youth against any form of religious discrimination against Christians.

"This development has made nonsense of this long period of 'claim' that Muslims and Christians here in Ghana are tolerant of each other. I think it is just a farcade", he added.

This comes after Wesley Girls' Senior High School refused some Muslim girls the opportunity to fast, as part of their Ramadan celebrations.

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In other news, a gentleman who attended the T.I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School (AMASS) in Kumasi and completed Upper Six in 1996 has narrated his experience as a Christian student.

This comes after Wesley Girls' High School came in the news for refusing to allow some Muslim students in their school to fast as it was founded on Methodist Church's doctrines.

Management of the school also cited health reasons for not allowing the students to skip meals since they are under their care and will be held accountable should they suffer complications from the fast.