{"id":704801,"date":"2019-09-13T10:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/bawumia-invites-mahama\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T10:40:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:40:22","slug":"bawumia-invites-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/13\/bawumia-invites-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia Invites Mahama –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Vice-President Dr Bawumia and John Mahama at the adua of the Chief Imam\u2019s sister<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vice-President
\nDr. Mahamudu Bawumia yesterday said he looks forward to former President John
\nDramani Mahama converting to Islam after the latter\u2019s rendition of an Islamic
\nprayer during the Islamic funeral of the National Chief Imam\u2019s sister at New
\nFadama in Accra.<\/p>\n

Hajia
\nAishatu Sharubutu\u2019s funeral at the cleric\u2019s residence attracted important
\npolitical figures such as the Vice-President and the flag bearer of the opposition
\nNational Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n

When
\nit was his turn to say a few remarks, the former President rendered what all
\nMuslims are enjoined to say when the death of a faithful is announced.<\/p>\n

Innaa
\nLillahi Wainna Illahi Raajiun, to wit in classic Arabic \u2018To God shall we all
\nreturn.\u2019<\/p>\n

The
\nrendition was so impeccable that those who know the former President\u2019s
\nbackground were unsurprised. He was born to a Muslim parentage, with many of
\nhis siblings belonging to the Islamic faith. <\/p>\n

If
\nthe former President\u2019s rendition of this important prayer in Islam had the attention
\nof those present fixated on him, the Vice-President\u2019s
\nturn, which was full of humour, shook the gathering. <\/p>\n

The
\nVice-President asked him to join them for congregational prayers otherwise
\ncalled the Jumaat prayer today for conversion to Islam (Tuuba).<\/p>\n

It
\nwas a gentle remark but had the assemblage of regional imams and other clerics
\nmurmuring in agreement. <\/p>\n

\u201cI
\nhereby invite the former President to join us in the Islamic faith,\u201d a humorous
\ninvitation which seeped into the gathering and, of course, had him trying to
\nsuppress a smile. <\/p>\n

The
\ntwo politicians shaking hands and smiling created an attractive scene at the
\nsolemn religious function at the end of the programme.<\/p>\n

Being
\na solemn spiritual function, it was devoid of politics, but the politicians
\nfound a way of prompting smiles on the faces of their audience.<\/p>\n

Hajia Aishatu Sharubutu passed away last week aged 88.<\/p>\n

By A.R. Gomda<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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