Respect the ethos of Mission Schools - Dr Ayew Afriye weighs in on Muslim-Christian school debate

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Truth Table 7 months ago

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.. .
. ..... John 3:16 ...

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.. .
. ..... John 3:16 ...
Starzo 7 months ago

Useless fool. Educated illiterate.

Useless fool. Educated illiterate.
SANDRA 7 months ago

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Adagba 7 months ago

The day Muslim population will reach about 40% of Ghana's population is then that we can see what they can do. While the Muslims will come with one voice on issues, Christians on the other hand will be fighting each other.

The day Muslim population will reach about 40% of Ghana's population is then that we can see what they can do. While the Muslims will come with one voice on issues, Christians on the other hand will be fighting each other.
Nobody knows Tomorrow 7 months ago

Let Avoid electing Moslem as president of Ghana

Let Avoid electing Moslem as president of Ghana
Korbla 7 months ago

Electing a Muslim leader will be the greatest mistake Ghanaians will make.

Electing a Muslim leader will be the greatest mistake Ghanaians will make.
Asakramitoga 7 months ago

This is the first time this npp imbecile MP has said something sensible

This is the first time this npp imbecile MP has said something sensible
Peter 7 months ago

Nonsense why don't the missions fund the so called mission schools who have produced some of the greatest white color criminals

Nonsense why don't the missions fund the so called mission schools who have produced some of the greatest white color criminals
Ask 7 months ago

The Petitioner should convert "MUSLIM STUDENTS" are denied..... to "STUDENTS OF OTHER FAITHS AND BELIEFS" are denied....

The Petitioner should convert "MUSLIM STUDENTS" are denied..... to "STUDENTS OF OTHER FAITHS AND BELIEFS" are denied....
Baaba 7 months ago

Idiot, long empty words

Idiot, long empty words

Please 7 months ago

ALL SHOULD KINDLY FACT CHECK PLEASE

Several Muslim-majority countries have banned or restricted the hijab, particularly in public schools, universities, and government buildings. Notable examples include Tajikistan, which ...
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ALL SHOULD KINDLY FACT CHECK PLEASE

Several Muslim-majority countries have banned or restricted the hijab, particularly in public schools, universities, and government buildings. Notable examples include Tajikistan, which banned it completely in June 2024, and Tunisia, which had a ban in public institutions since 1981 (though partially lifted in 2011). Other countries with restrictions include Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey, with bans in educational or government settings.
Tajikistan: Banned the hijab completely in June 2024, citing the need to protect "national cultural values" and prevent "extremism".
Tunisia: Banned the hijab in public institutions since 1981, though some restrictions were lifted in 2011.
Azerbaijan: Has a ban on the hijab in public schools and universities.
Kazakhstan: Banned the hijab in public institutions, citing reasons of public good and security.
Kyrgyzstan: Has banned the niqab and hijab in public schools and universities.
Turkey: Gradually lifted bans on the hijab in educational and government institutions.
ADA 7 months ago

I think there is freedom of association in the constitution. The Christian have their association with their mission schools. The Muslims have theirs. What is the problem?
Will the Muslim Schools allow scripture unions in th ...
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I think there is freedom of association in the constitution. The Christian have their association with their mission schools. The Muslims have theirs. What is the problem?
Will the Muslim Schools allow scripture unions in their Schools?
Why disturb the peace?
Is Government not funding Muslim schools?
GOLDEN 7 months ago

MUSLEMS WHO DO NOT WANT TO ATTEND THEIR SCHOOLS AVAILABLE TO THEM MUST LEAVE OUR HOMELAND GHANA ASAP,PERIOD!!!!!!! WHO ARE THEY TO DICTATE TO THE AUTHORITIES AND TRY TO CHANGE THE EXISTING PEACEFUL RULES????????????
BRIBERY ...
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MUSLEMS WHO DO NOT WANT TO ATTEND THEIR SCHOOLS AVAILABLE TO THEM MUST LEAVE OUR HOMELAND GHANA ASAP,PERIOD!!!!!!! WHO ARE THEY TO DICTATE TO THE AUTHORITIES AND TRY TO CHANGE THE EXISTING PEACEFUL RULES????????????
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION,MANIPULATIONS AND PRESURE,THIS IS HOW THEY START, WHAT COMES NEXT????THE DEVIL IS A LIAR,GHANA SHOULD STAND ITS GROUND!!!!!
Kwabee - shai 7 months ago

That is well said. This unnecessary controversy was sparked by your colleague politician. Take note of this quote.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
William Westmoreland

That is well said. This unnecessary controversy was sparked by your colleague politician. Take note of this quote.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
William Westmoreland
Brutus 7 months ago

Please please Muslim parents and their wards, you don’t have to go to Wesley Girls or any well recognized school with good grades to be successful in education. Please stop disturbing our educational system with your nuisan ...
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Please please Muslim parents and their wards, you don’t have to go to Wesley Girls or any well recognized school with good grades to be successful in education. Please stop disturbing our educational system with your nuisance. Muslim parents, educate your children at Ahmadia SS or any institution that will tolerate this distraction. Go and pray 40 times where it is acceptable and leave the Christian institutions alone . You are just a bunch of trouble makers in this world. I F YOU’RE NOT AWARE, PLEASE STAY IN YOUR LANE WHERE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE TO STUDY. If the Christians give in to your religious demands today, the next thing we will see is the entire school hall ways will be guttered with’Bootah’ kettles , just like what Oauttara , the President of the Ivory Coast has brought filt to Abidjan . BOOTA all over city road sides. A very smart student doesn’t care where he/ she goes to school.
Kwame Angel 7 months ago

The solution is very simple, even if it sounds extreme. Ban all religious schools up to SHS level. All churches should consider the existing schools as their social responsibility to Ghanaian children. At the ages 0 to 16 or ...
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The solution is very simple, even if it sounds extreme. Ban all religious schools up to SHS level. All churches should consider the existing schools as their social responsibility to Ghanaian children. At the ages 0 to 16 or 17, we can't even call this religious teaching; it is religious indoctrination.
Nyansa ni 7 months ago

Well said. Thank you.

Well said. Thank you.
Ujah 7 months ago

It is surprising to see mature people arguing on thing children at play ground arguing n usually bring up to elders to sort it out for them. Here a country 's leaders I suppose to be elders doing that n can't get any elders s ...
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It is surprising to see mature people arguing on thing children at play ground arguing n usually bring up to elders to sort it out for them. Here a country 's leaders I suppose to be elders doing that n can't get any elders sort it out. This tells you that common sense is not for common society/ common people. Who should tell a fool to wash his face to be able to see clear? Can't the parents of that child identify what that school represent? So do you want to tell me that slavery by arabs n white stop but still continuing in our brains?
Yaayi 7 months ago

What an idiot. People shoukd respect the ethos of the mission schools. What about the mission schools respecting the constitution of the country?

What an idiot. People shoukd respect the ethos of the mission schools. What about the mission schools respecting the constitution of the country?
Johnny 7 months ago

Don't hide behind the Constitution to demand what you don't deserve.Many Moslems are fighting to get top positions just to improve themselves and their immediate family. They don't apply the same concept to improve the commun ...
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Don't hide behind the Constitution to demand what you don't deserve.Many Moslems are fighting to get top positions just to improve themselves and their immediate family. They don't apply the same concept to improve the community they come from and their religious members.

gh leaders dont have sense LIKE ROBOT 7 months ago

SMH SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE FOOLS AND LET THEM BE. EAING N SHITTING BAD FOOD IS THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IN LIFE. IF WHAT YOU WERE EATING WERE THE BEST IT WOULDNNT BE FREE...

SMH SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE FOOLS AND LET THEM BE. EAING N SHITTING BAD FOOD IS THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IN LIFE. IF WHAT YOU WERE EATING WERE THE BEST IT WOULDNNT BE FREE...
Ch.ristian Gen.ocide in Nig.eria approved by Mohamed 7 months ago

Ch.ristian Gen.ocide in Nig.eria approved by Mohamed

Ch.ristian Gen.ocide in Nig.eria approved by Mohamed
Star from the North 7 months ago

The mission schools will not kowtow to the dictates of the Muslim religion. It is not by force to attend a school that teaches religious studies opposite to yours. They are fighting a loose battle because the Christian missio ...
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The mission schools will not kowtow to the dictates of the Muslim religion. It is not by force to attend a school that teaches religious studies opposite to yours. They are fighting a loose battle because the Christian mission schools will not yield to their demands. There’s a reason why God in his wisdom created the Christian religion to be greater than the Muslims religion. No country in Africa shall develop with Muslim in their midst. Few examples are Ghana Ivory Coast Nigeria Tanzania Uganda Ethiopia Mozambique etc
Akwesi NyameAdom 7 months ago

Please don't send your children to Muslim or Christian educational institutions if they cannot abide by their lay down regulations .

Please don't send your children to Muslim or Christian educational institutions if they cannot abide by their lay down regulations .
Baba 7 months ago

Well said, its actually a fact

Well said, its actually a fact
Mandela 7 months ago

No need for this Muslim controversy this long in our national life. Nobody is denying Muslims any rights. SCHOOLS are schools with well established rules. WHEN IN ROME,DO AS THE Romans. Leave Wesley Girls in Peace. We can't s ...
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No need for this Muslim controversy this long in our national life. Nobody is denying Muslims any rights. SCHOOLS are schools with well established rules. WHEN IN ROME,DO AS THE Romans. Leave Wesley Girls in Peace. We can't sacrifice Wesley Girls for just one entitled Muslim. Find another school.
Ibrahim Abdul rahaman 7 months ago

How can a Moslem fasting,praying and wearing of hijabs brings indiscipline in mission schools?

How can a Moslem fasting,praying and wearing of hijabs brings indiscipline in mission schools?
Kwaku 7 months ago

They never did these in the past when they were even much older in the O & A Levels days why now? Hijabs is a recent demand by Osama Bin Ladin led directive which has created so much controversy, why impose it on young kids?

They never did these in the past when they were even much older in the O & A Levels days why now? Hijabs is a recent demand by Osama Bin Ladin led directive which has created so much controversy, why impose it on young kids?
Invisible 7 months ago

No foundational value or ethos inconsistent with any constitutional provision can be acknowledged and respected. A foundational value that infringes on the rights of others will not be accepted. It's suprising that a whole M ...
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No foundational value or ethos inconsistent with any constitutional provision can be acknowledged and respected. A foundational value that infringes on the rights of others will not be accepted. It's suprising that a whole MP will express an opinion on such a national issue without first considering the Supreme law of the country
Shafiq 7 months ago

What has the traditions of those schools brought Ghana. 149 years of those school and we are still importing virtually everything on earth. Until we integrate more and work together, we will continue to be at where we are. Wh ...
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What has the traditions of those schools brought Ghana. 149 years of those school and we are still importing virtually everything on earth. Until we integrate more and work together, we will continue to be at where we are. What has fasting by few students who identify themselves as Muslims and want to fast during Ramadan got to do with the values of mission schools? If those schools were formed with the sole aim of denying Muslims admission, they should state it clearly. But once it’s a second cycle institution, every Ghanaian will expect that it will be tolerant and respect the faith of other religions. Please missionary schools should just state clearly that Muslims are not welcome

Augustina Quayson 7 months ago

Please Moslems are acc in all schools but obey the School rules and regulations At Wesley Girls they do not allow the the 40 days lent fasting of the Methodists and the 30 days Ramadan fasting of the Moslems..So please ...
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Please Moslems are acc in all schools but obey the School rules and regulations At Wesley Girls they do not allow the the 40 days lent fasting of the Methodists and the 30 days Ramadan fasting of the Moslems..So please just obey the School rules and acquire your education
ABREWA 7 months ago

A true Muslim can fast and pray in a Christian school without publicizing the act.
Praying Publicly in any different setting can be very intimidating.
Dire hard Muslim should go to Muslim Schools and stop disturbing our g ...
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A true Muslim can fast and pray in a Christian school without publicizing the act.
Praying Publicly in any different setting can be very intimidating.
Dire hard Muslim should go to Muslim Schools and stop disturbing our good
Christian Schools.
Charles 7 months ago

The. School is a christian missionary anyway so I see no reason why a student with a Muslim faith should be admitted but if it happens as a results of the computer not able to identify whether the student is a Muslim hence pl ...
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The. School is a christian missionary anyway so I see no reason why a student with a Muslim faith should be admitted but if it happens as a results of the computer not able to identify whether the student is a Muslim hence placement,after realization I think that student should be sent to place where the practices are not contrally to his or her faith
Concerned Citizen 7 months ago

They did not start mission schools for Muslims to practice their religion. They can build their own schools. What is preventing them to do that? You don't go to someone's house as a visitor and start dictating how you want to ...
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They did not start mission schools for Muslims to practice their religion. They can build their own schools. What is preventing them to do that? You don't go to someone's house as a visitor and start dictating how you want to live. If you come to someone's house you follow the rules prevailing in the house.
Kwame 7 months ago

These activist agenda of Muntaka and Haruna must be stopped ASAP. WGHS cannot let a few muslim students to woke uo at 3:30 - 4:00 AM disrupting others in order to take part in a fast which can be done when the students are on ...
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These activist agenda of Muntaka and Haruna must be stopped ASAP. WGHS cannot let a few muslim students to woke uo at 3:30 - 4:00 AM disrupting others in order to take part in a fast which can be done when the students are on holidays.
For 90 academic days in three years education, these students will not be at their best because they are dedicating time to fast.
galamsayer 7 months ago

the parents of the lady is affiliated to a terrorist group want to wage war betwwen christians and muslims likewise what is happenning in other countries in west africa. security officials should monitor him closely .he is a ...
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the parents of the lady is affiliated to a terrorist group want to wage war betwwen christians and muslims likewise what is happenning in other countries in west africa. security officials should monitor him closely .he is a terrorist.
Kwesy pee.. 7 months ago

No Muslim school in Ghana allows non-muslims to practice their religion in the school. Muslims think they are above the laws of the country. Why don’t you send them into your own school.

No Muslim school in Ghana allows non-muslims to practice their religion in the school. Muslims think they are above the laws of the country. Why don’t you send them into your own school.
Starzo 7 months ago

Does ethos include banning others from praying for minutes? Just look at substantive issue and stop shifting the goalpost. That geyhey headmistress is dividing the nation. Moslems will give jobs to moslems only and christians ...
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Does ethos include banning others from praying for minutes? Just look at substantive issue and stop shifting the goalpost. That geyhey headmistress is dividing the nation. Moslems will give jobs to moslems only and christians will give jobs to christians only, if that is the direction u want the country to go? The fact that u own something doesn't mean u can make your own rules that contradict our laws in the nation.
Samad Dimbie 7 months ago

I disagree with your argument, Dr. Afriyie.
Look, between the two parties, Muslim students and the Christian faith based schools, the burden of flexibility and accommodating students of other faiths lie with those faith bas ...
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I disagree with your argument, Dr. Afriyie.
Look, between the two parties, Muslim students and the Christian faith based schools, the burden of flexibility and accommodating students of other faiths lie with those faith based schools more than anybody else. After all, they were the ones who, without any coersion, accepted the conditions of the government when they WILLINGLY applied for government subvention. So, even though you're entitled to your opinion, an opinion based on twisted facts lacks legimacy. How do you accept a bilateral agreement and later turn around and subtly abrogate the agreement under the pretext that you're out to protect your Christian doctrines? It's as if someone is telling Gey Hey to throw out their principles. It's even more ridiculous to argue that merely allowing Muslims to fast and observe their daily prayers tantamount to forcing Gey Hey to stop being Methodist Christians. This is a betrayal of an agreement and recalcitrance at It's best
Kwame Nkrumah 7 months ago

What is ethos?

What is ethos?
Ibrahim Abdul rahaman 6 months ago

How can a Moslem fasting,praying and wearing of hijabs brings indiscipline in mission schools?

How can a Moslem fasting,praying and wearing of hijabs brings indiscipline in mission schools?

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