The Wesley Girls Controversy: Hijab, fasting, and missionary heritage

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• Derick Andzie-Quainoo 1 month ago

  Wonderful piece. Indeed, religious freedom and tolerance is an essential element of any community and Ghana over the years has shown great commitment towards that. This shouldn’t have gotten to this point but this is what d ...
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  Wonderful piece. Indeed, religious freedom and tolerance is an essential element of any community and Ghana over the years has shown great commitment towards that. This shouldn’t have gotten to this point but this is what democracy preaches. The Islamic community is seeking for the school to tolerate their practices in their schools but what is tolerance if they(Islamic community) can’t also tolerate the laid down practices of the school.

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• Jonathan 1 month ago

  right, Right 100%

  right, Right 100%

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• Kwame 1 month ago

  I was a student in Moscow when the Mujahedins started their terrorist acts against the government of Barack Kalmal.
  Just like incidents after the 7th November, 1917 revolution in Russia, when the Russian Communist Party that ...
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  I was a student in Moscow when the Mujahedins started their terrorist acts against the government of Barack Kalmal.
  Just like incidents after the 7th November, 1917 revolution in Russia, when the Russian Communist Party that came to power opened the gates of all educational institutions to both male and female, the Islamists in the Asian part of Russia those days did all what they can to prevent girls and women having formal education.
  We were told that its compulsory for women and girls in Iran to wear the hijab, which has recently been debunked by some Ghanaians who happen to visit Iran.
  Notably, Muslims in other countries apart from Iran and Saudi Arabia criticize Iran for making it a policy for girls and women to wear hijab, whiles in public.
  However the irony is that the same Islamic clergy who vehemently criticize Iran for forcing girls and women the hijab are the very persons who enforce the same in their countries, of which Ghana is not an exemption.
  The matter is that religious persons are not critical thinkers, when the matter is about religion, thus they criticize others for enforcing those Middle Ages laws, meanwhile they enforce the same in their homes, community and country.
  The matter is that religion must be excluded from public life, not excluding education and that is the only way we can avoid these conflicts.
  I am not sure if during the period of Kwame Nkrumah's rule students who were not members of the Young Pioneers were forced to wear Young Pioneers badges and scalf, though these clergy were the very people who accused Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP of inductrinicing people and students.
  The sages say what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
  So, so long as an educational institution admits people from other religious groups, it should not force its doctrine on anyone in the institution, no one must also bring into that institution the mode of dressing according to his religious norms and rules.
  Let educational institutions be places of acquiring knowledge and skills devoid of religious antagonism.

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• Kwaku 1 month ago

  That is not the point. The point is that any school funded by tax payers should not restrict anyone's freedom. Either take religion away from public schools or allow anyone to practice their religion. It is that simple.

  That is not the point. The point is that any school funded by tax payers should not restrict anyone's freedom. Either take religion away from public schools or allow anyone to practice their religion. It is that simple.

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• Jonathan 1 month ago

  They schools are indeed funded by taxpayers' money but are not for the taxpayer. I do not think WeyGey will force muslim students to accept Christian doctrines; the doctrines in mission schools are for everyone who becomes a ...
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  They schools are indeed funded by taxpayers' money but are not for the taxpayer. I do not think WeyGey will force muslim students to accept Christian doctrines; the doctrines in mission schools are for everyone who becomes a student of the school. Instead of insisting on right and legal means, we can engage with respect, the muslim students can be allowed to pray and fast whilst still being part of all school doctrines as it is done in many other missionary schools

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• Familyman- canada 1 month ago

  very well written article. Let's implement his recommendations.

  very well written article. Let's implement his recommendations.

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