A renowned Islamic scholar in Tamale has predicted that this year, the world is likely to experience major territorial conflicts that could de-generate into what he termed World War III.
Sheikh Imam Rashid Husein who is the leader and head of the Salawatia Muslim Mission in Ghana drop the hint in Tamale at a gathering of hundreds of Muslims to hear the annual event of the unfolding of some Islamic scriptures.
He also projected that there will be the re-emergence of military takeover of duly elected Heads of State the world over if the United Nations fail to use tactful diplomacy to avert the calamities that could necessitate the World War III.
According to Sheikh Imam Rashid affectionately known as Qutub Az-Zamaan in the Islamic World, whose annual predictions hardly fails, there will be astronomical increase in infant mortality especially male children and outbreaks of epidemics as well as widespread mental disorders across the World.
He added that the world will record incidents of plane crashes, sinking of ships on the high seas and natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes. Imam Rashid recalled the Air-France disaster that claimed 288 lives in the Gulf of Brazil, the Dagbon calamity and his recent call for the need to cleanse Ghana spiritually. According to him, Albinos were sacrificed for political power in the last elections conducted in Ghana, as some of his projections that occurred in the year 2009 as a result of negligence on the part of world leaders who failed to perform the sacrifices he recommended.
The Salawatia Leader and Chief Imam however disclosed that there will be food sufficiency and economic progression in the world particularly Ghana this year. Sheikh Imam Rashid thereby recommended that Heads of State, the traditional authority, family heads and individuals should extend a helping hand to the needy in society to avert some of the predicted calamities ahead. He further called on Muslim leaders all over the world to organize 150 Quranic recitations and slaughter six white and six brown cows and feed the less privileged in society.