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Don t reduce our schools to ideological and religious fighting grounds – Akufo-Addo tells religious leaders – Ghana Visions
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Wesley Girls brouhaha: I blame Education Minister – Sam George
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Frank Agyekum, a former minister of information under the Kufuor-led administration has said that the religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians in the country appear to be under threat.
It follows the raging controversy after the Wesley Girls Senior High School banned a Muslim student from fasting in the ongoing Ramadan.
The school has since turned down a request from the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow the student in questions to fast. The development has been met with mixed feelings with some Muslim students calling for the removal of the headmistress of the school.
According to Agyekum, a national debate on religious tolerance in schools is required.
He said this in relation to the recent controversy of Wesley Girls Senior High School denying a Muslim student the right to fast. Hon. Muntaka said the decision by the Christian Council and the Catholic Bishops Conference to back the decision of the school shows bad faith. “It is disappointing that the Christian Council and the Conference of Catholic Bishops will support bigotry and hatred. This is pure hatred, and we believe that our country has passed this stage. We will not tolerate this.” Mr. Muntaka believes discrimination on religious basis will cease if it is widely condemned. “We expect many people with a conscience to speak against this [form of discrimination]. Let us not be silent. We should not allow a few bigots to take over our coexistence.”
Christian Council, Catholic Bishops endorse Methodist Church position on fasting
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