Coalition of Muslim Organizations says it is not for violence

Hohoe, June 14, GNA - The Coalition of Muslim Organizations,

Ghana (COMOG), would resist attempts at instigating Muslim youth to

engage in violence prior to, during and after the December election. This was contained in a resolution signed by its Volta Regional

Co-ordinator, Alhaji Saeed Anass Dawuda, at a one-day advocacy

workshop on Islamic perspective on human rights, inheritance,

reproductive health, gender and HIV/AIDS. The workshop was organized by COMOG under the auspices of the

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and attended by Imams,

Muslim community leaders, youths, women and opinion leaders from the northern part of the Volta Region. The organization pledged to support government's efforts at

maintaining peace and improving the quality of life of all Ghanaians. The resolution said its members would participate fully in the

impending exhibition of the voters' register and the national identification

exercise. It called for support for government's efforts at mitigating the effects

of rising global crude oil and food prices. The resolution pledged the organization's commitment to support

education of its members on HIV/AIDS and the need for Muslims to

investment in the education of their children especially girls.