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Ahmadi Muslims hold 85th annual national convention
The Opening Session: Third from left: Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, H.E Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, His Eminence Rev. Emmanuel Asante and Hon. K.T Hammond. To the extreme left are Alhaji Nurideen Moomin and Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Yusuf Yawson
THE 85th Annual National Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission has ended, with the over 31,000 participants having returned home with a reminder that obedience to government and love for country is not only a civic responsibility but also a religious and moral obligation.
The Ameer and Missionary-in-Charge, Alhaji Mohammed Bin Salih, stated this while opening the Convention, on the theme: “Engendering Patriotism: The Role of Religion.”it was held at Bagh-e-Ahmad, Pomadze, near Winneba.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was the Guest of Honour. Invited guests included the Catholic Archbishop of Accra, His Eminence, the Most Rev. Charles Palmer Buckle’, the Rev. Prof. Emmanual Asante, Chairman of the National Peace Council; the General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, the Rev. Dr Opuni Frimpong, and the Secretary General of the Ghana Pentecostal Council, Apostle Yaw Antwi. Expatiating on the above verse, the Ameer told Ahmadi Muslims that all true believers were enjoined to obey Almighty Allah, His Messenger, on whom be peace and blessings of Allah, and obey “those in authority over them,” which he… read more at source.