Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, has urged leaders of both the Christian and Islamic communities to preserve religious co-existence and religious tolerance in Ghana.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, the Christian and Islamic communities must safeguard the unity, peace, and religious tolerance that Ghana enjoys amid the ongoing discussions on rights and religious practices in the country’s educational system.
The Education Minister highlighted that Ghana continues stand out as a model for religious freedom and association, making it essential to preserve this harmony.
Speaking at an event, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “Let me use this opportunity to appeal to the leadership of the Church of Ghana and the Muslim leadership of Ghana, let us preserve the unity, the peace, the religious co-existence and the religious tolerance of our country.
Ghana remains a beacon of inspiration when it comes to religious co-existence. I have seen the National Chief Imam comfortably go to a church facility to join them; that is how it should be. Let us respect the value of our religion in freedom and guarantee those rights in freedom.
I attended a Presbyterian school, which shared a wall with the Methodist school. I was not denied the opportunity to uphold my religious values and my religious beliefs, which co-existed”, he added.
Also, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said Ghana needs to focus on real issues confronting its educational system over minor issues.
According to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s focus on its educational system must not be on religious doctrines or the hairstyles worn by students.
Speaking at the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (PRESEC-Legon) 87th Speech and Prize-Giving Day on Saturday, November 29, Ablakwa stated, “Instead of focusing on how strict religious doctrines are being enforced in our schools, and the weird correlation between short hair and disciplined students, it is time to ponder over the real issues”.
“Why is our educational system producing graduates who criminally create thousands of ghosts to fleece the state when real human beings are looking for jobs? Why is our educational system producing graduates who destroy our environment, pollute our river bodies, and create a public health crisis for the rest of us just to advance their greedy, galamsey search for gold? Why is our educational system producing graduates who lack ethical leadership?
He added, “Why is our educational system producing graduates who commit Ghana to unconscionable transactions? Why is our educational system producing lutocratic graduates who want so much for themselves and don’t care about the country they lead and the generations coming after them? To me, with all due respect, these are the weightier matters that is why I agree with Albert Einstein when he proclaimed that ‘true religion is real living, living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness,’”.
The brouhaha follows a Ghanaian lawyer and PhD candidate, Shafic Osman, at the London School of Economics, who sued Wesley Girls’ Senior High School and the Government at the Supreme Court.
The case filed cited Wesley Girls’ restricting Muslim students from wearing the hijab, fasting during Ramadan, and practising other aspects of their faith.
Shafic Osman argued that a public school cannot lawfully restrict the religious rights of Muslim students nor compel them to practise a faith they do not subscribe to.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has ordered the Wesley Girls Senior High School to formally respond to allegations that it prevents Muslim students from practising their religion in the school.
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