Let’s use Eid to reflect & build Ghana – Akufo-Addo to Muslims

• Posted on August 21, 2018
• by Ellsamwise King
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President Nana Addo has asked Ghanaian Muslims to use the occasion of Eid-ul Adha to reflect on the virtues and values for which the festival is celebrated.

According to him, Eid-ul Adha does not only call for celebration, but, more importantly, for reflection.

Muslims around the world are today August 21, 2018 celebrating Eid-ul Adha, a festival of sacrifice which seeks to honour Ibrahim (Abraham) who in an act of obedience attempted to sacrifice his son.

In an Eid-ul Adha message, President Nana Addo admonished Muslims not see the festival as a mere ritual and urged them to “hold fast to the robe that Allah has united us with, which is the nation of Ghana”.

This he says will fulfill the” aim of making Ghana great and strong.”

Here is the full message.

“I wish all Muslims in Ghana and around the world a joyful Eid-ul Adha celebration.

Eid-ul Adha is a great occasion that does not call for celebration, but, more importantly, for reflection. We cannot be mimicking Prophet Ibrahim’s act of sacrifice merely as ritual. Every occasion of Eid should be an occasion for reflecting on all the virtues and values that defined the momentous occasion, which has become the basis for celebration thousands of years after it took place.

It is also an occasion for us to hold fast to the rope that Allah has united us with, which is the nation of Ghana. In doing so, we shall achieve our aim of making Ghana great and strong.

Asalamu Alaikum”

The Eid-ul  Adha festival

Eid al-Adha is an Islamic festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim (also known as Abraham) to follow Allah’s (God’s) command to sacrifice his son.

Muslims around the world observe this event.

The first, Eid al-Fitr, lasts several days and marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.

The second, known as the Greater Eid or Eid al-Adha, commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to Allah.

Eid al-Adha is also known as the Festival of Sacrifice.