Tension is mounting between the Muslim community and indigenes of a town in the Ashanti Region over the siting of a mosque in the town. The natives are challenging the chief\u2019s decision to allocate a parcel of land to Muslims when Christians are the majority.<\/p>\n
One of the protestors has, in defiance of the chief\u2019s order, begun building a drinking bar on a portion of the land meant for the mosque. The mosque is said to be under construction.<\/p>\n
Nhyira FM reports that the traditional authorities charged the Muslims three times the original cost for that parcel of land. \u201cSome Muslim youth have vowed to use all means to stop the construction of the drinking spot which they say is meant to slight Islam.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson Alhaji Faizzer Ibrahim said their persistent calls on the police and the traditional authorities to stop the construction of the bar have fallen on deaf ears. \u201cYou know an alcoholic drink in Islam is a taboo to us; we don\u2019t like it, we don\u2019t drink alcohol. When someone brings alcohol near a mosque we\u2019ll feel\u2026hurt because we don\u2019t want to practice it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven where he has built the drinking bar, he has taken part of our land. We don\u2019t want it to happen because when it happens it will be a disaster.\u201d They threaten that if the authorities fail to act, they would \u201csee what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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