The Muslim Caucus in Parliament has chastised the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) for their approval of a decision to exclude Muslim students at Wesley Girls’ High School from fasting during Ramadan.
The Ghana Education Service ordered the school to enable Muslim students to fast, but the Methodist Church interfered and stated that the school would not comply.
Following that, the CCG and the GCBC supported this action, claiming that it was in the best interests of the students.
Muntaka Mubarak, a member of Parliament’s Muslim minority caucus, told Eyewitness News that the groups had acted in bad faith by promoting a decision that, in his opinion, spreads hate and discrimination towards Muslims.
“It is disheartening that the Christian Council and the Conference of Catholic Bishops will stand in favor of racism and hate. This is sheer hate, and we feel our nation has progressed beyond this stage. This would not be tolerated.”
Mr. Muntaka claims that once religious bigotry is universally rejected, it would end.
“We anticipate that many citizens of conscience would speak out against this [type of discrimination].” Let us not be deafeningly quiet. We must not encourage a few bigots to dominate our coexistence.”
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The Asawase legislator was also optimistic that a continuing consultation involving key parties participating in the impasse would produce meaningful outcomes.
“We are pleased that we spoke with the Minister; we expressed our concerns, and he has continually assured us that these matters will be addressed amicably. We will continue to urge the Muslim group to remain calm.”
SOURCE: ATLFMONLINE
