Muslims urged to crusade against corruption

Alhaji Alphas Anas Hamidu, Acting Volta Regional Chief Imam, on Saturday urged Muslims to shun corrupt tendencies and be “fair” in all their endeavours.

He said Islam abhors corruption and challenged them to be good role models in their offices and businesses.

Alhaji Hamidu was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of the Regional celebration of this year’s Eid-Ul-Adha, in Ho.

He said corruption was undermining the rapid socio-economic development of the country and asked the Muslim community to help change the ‘status-quo’.

Alhaji Hamidu specifically asked Muslims to report corrupt individuals and groups to relevant institutions and help in their investigation and prosecution.

He also urged Muslims to shun cheating, which he said was gradually becoming a common thing among Muslim entrepreneurs.

“We must stop cheating people, whether Muslims or not; it is not good in Islam and it’s punishable,” Alhaji Hamidu stated.

Mr. Francis Ganyaglo, Deputy Volta Regional Minister asked Muslims to live in peace with all.

Mr. Benjamin Kpodo, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho, asked them to pray regularly for the President and the government.

Mr. Ganyaglo later presented 50 bags of rice and 50 boxes of cooking oil to the Muslim community in the Region.

Eid al-Adha is an Islamic festival, which commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (known as Abraham in the bible) to follow Allah's (God's) command to sacrifice his son Hazrat Ismail.

Muslims around the world observe the three-day event, also known as Feast of the Sacrifice.

According to Islamic scholars, it begins annually on the 10th of Islamic month of Zilhajj, a day after the day of Arafah, when millions of Muslims perform Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

At Eid ul-Adha, many Muslims pray and listen to sermons at the mosques.

They, usually, wear new clothes, visit family members and friends and may symbolically sacrifice a four-legged animal in an act known as qurbani. This represents the animal that Ibrahim sacrificed in the place of his son.