“Communities Preventing Hate” with Chief Imam of Ghana

On behalf of Maulana Shahid Raza, Chairman of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board,  a round table discussion was held on Monday 18th April at the London Interfaith Centre to continue our series of event on “Communities Preventing Hate”, with guest keynote speaker Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharabutu Chief Imam of Ghana.

The discussion expanded on the role of faith leaders to defuse intolerance, hate and twisted ideologies, with the HE Chief Imam of Ghana talking about his experience in Ghana, and Africa.  He emphasised the importance of educating the young people, especially in Ghana as they are the future generation. He furthered this point with the mention of an orphanage he had built, where children from all faiths are welcome.

There was also a lively discussion of how faith leaders can defuse the threat of a minority of extremists and how we can move forward in implementing our wider goal of building a better society. Chief Imam of Ghana mentioned in the discussion how in Ghana , there are communities where different faiths and Muslims from different schools of thought live side by side without any tension and how people should aim achieve this kind of tolerance.

After the event, a reception was held at al Khoei foundation, the panel consisted of Chief Imam of Ghana, Moulana Shahid Raza and Sayed Mohammad Musawi, who is a member of executive board at MINAB. There was an emphasis on MINAB’s good relationship with other faiths as well as with different schools of thought in Islam.

The event was well attended by Imams, Muslim community leaders, Mosque representatives and people from different backgrounds were also in attendance.

This event has been jointly organised by the MINAB, Christian Muslim Forum and the London Interfaith Centre.