She said there was the need for the Muslims to realise and define
their positions clearly on the need to put an end to moral decadence
in the society.
Hajia Gariba made the call at the 30th annual conference of the
Greater Accra Regional Ahmadiyya Women’s Association, in Accra.
She said: “We live in an era where values of morality have broken
down and crimes are committed by very young people, armed robbery is
on the increase, while prostitution, Sakawa (internet fraud), and
occultism are all growing strong presence in our society.”
Hajia Gariba noted that “the major causes of this moral decline
are the numerous acts of indiscipline that had engulfed almost every
sphere of our lives”.
She said in order for nations to develop there was the need for
moral uprising and called for collaborative responsibility to bring
sanity into the society.
She called on Muslim leaders to inculcate good moral values into
their children and serve as role models and lead in the campaign
against indiscipline, in order to bring back sanity into the Islamic
community.
Dr Rabiatu Ammah-Konney, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana,
said moral degeneration was the by product when morality had gone down
and people do not do what was right but rather do what was wrong with
impunity.
She said Islam teaches morality and expects all Muslims to uphold
it where ever they found themselves.
Dr Ammah-Konney said the Quran teaches Muslims through the
Pillars of Islam how moral values should be practicalised and lived to
ensure a peaceful society.
She said ignorance and illiteracy were some of the challenges
facing the Muslim community and called for a holistic approach to
solve it.
Dr Ammah-Konney said Muslims have a task to enjoin what is right
and forbid indecency, and contribute to national development, adding:
“When things are not going well because of degeneration Muslims must
endeavour to change or interrogate the status quo.”
She urged Muslims to set their priorities right and develop a
holistic approach to education in order to understand Islamic virtues
and values.
Maulvi Dr Wahab Adam, Ameer and Missionary in Charge of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana who spoke on homosexuality said it was
not a natural trait of man but rather a habit which was acquired by
some people who were confined for a long time without access to the
opposite sex.
He said it was well known fact that homosexuality and lesbianism
caused HIV and AIDS and other deadly diseases, adding that it also ran
counter to the natural order of creation.
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