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We must exercise circumspection in our preachings, promoting peace and discouraging violence among congregants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Abubakari was speaking at the closing of a two-day train\u00ading workshop for Imams in the municipality with the support of Direct Aid Society Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day empowerment workshop was aimed at equip\u00adping the leaders with necessary information based on hadith and the verses of the Quran awarding participants with certificates at the end of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing together esteemed Imams from various mosques within the municipality, including Imam Hussein of the Frafraha Central Mosque, Imam Yussuf Adam of Research Last Stop Masjid, and Imam Abdul Rahim of Dagomba Chief Mosque, the seminar formed part of several initiatives by the Chief Imam\u2019s office this year to foster harmony among the Muslim communities, particularly the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned Egyptian scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Misri, guiding participants through effective methods for crafting impactful sermons, emphasized the impor\u00adtance of diversity in preaching and cautioned against extremist sermons.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, the Deputy Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuru Adam, facilitated an open forum where participants shared challenges they faced as scholars which yielded diverse solutions to foster a spirit of collaboration and knowledge sharing among Muslim leaders<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BY TIMES REPORTER<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Imam of the Adenta Municipality, Sheikh Mohammed Mu\u00adtawakil Abubakari, has implored Islamic leaders and Imams to use their podia to discourage any form of violence before, during and after the December elections. \u201cWith Ghana\u2019s 2024 elections on the horizon, it is imperative for Imams to tailor their sermons to reflect current political and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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