{"id":609343,"date":"2019-04-21T19:18:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T19:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GNA<\/p>\n2019-04-21\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/95644896.295.jpg\" a"},"modified":"2019-04-21T19:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T19:18:22","slug":"ghanaians-hail-national-chief-imam-for-joining-easter-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/21\/ghanaians-hail-national-chief-imam-for-joining-easter-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians hail National Chief Imam for joining Easter Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GNA<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/95644896.295.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Imam Church\" title=\"Chief Imam Church\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sheikh Sharabutu will be a century old on Tuesday, 23 April 2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Many Ghanaians have commended the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, for worshiping with Christians at the Christ the King Parish, in Accra, on Easter, ahead of the celebration on his 100th birthday celebration, on Tuesday, April 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is simply phenomenal &#8211; Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu!\u201d a middle aged Christian woman told the Ghana News Agency. \u201cOver the years he\u2019s impressed us with his quiet but imposing demeanour &#8211; always speaking wisdom, always choosing the way of peace and love and encouraging his followers to do same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A man who describes himself as a \u2018staunch Catholic\u2019 said: \u201cThis is good, this is historic! I have always admired him for his pristine nature and laudable leadership style. I pray he continues to grow in greater grace and wisdom\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Agnes Andah, a young lady, also said, choosing Easter, of all occasions, to make the visit spoke volumes of the Spiritual leader\u2019s maturity and understanding of the deep things of God.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, where the pictures of the event have gone viral, many have invariably said the gesture would boost the highly commendable peaceful co-existence between Ghanaian Christians and their Muslim counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say the congregants at the Easter Service were \u2018pleasantly surprised\u2019 when the Parish Priest, the Reverend Father Andrew Campbell, welcomed the National Chief Imam, with his large entourage.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Office of Sheikh Sharubutu released a statement announcing that:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire Ghanaian Muslim Community, including some leaders of non Muslim Faith, is all gearing up for the all-yearlong celebration of a National ICON of peace, unity and development\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany are those who were fathered, taught and nurtured by this noble, humble and great man of Allah for a number of decades&#8230;,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The activities include Quranic recital contests, a lecture series to be launched by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, special prayers, blood donation exercises and fun games.<\/p>\n<p>A Professorship Award would also be conferred on Sheikh Sharubutu, who is already a multiple award winner.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, April 19, Vice President Bawumia joined worshipers at the Jummah Prayers to pray for the Spiritual leader as well as the nation, and its leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 21 April 2019 Source: GNA 2019-04-21 Sheikh Sharabutu will be a century old on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Many Ghanaians have commended the National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, for worshiping with Christians at the Christ the King Parish, in Accra, on Easter, ahead of the celebration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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