Limbe Muslims Pray for Peace and Stability in Cameroon

By Ticha Melanis in Limbe

Muslims sacrifice at least a ram on Tabaski

Muslims in Limbe have been urged to unite for positive change in Cameroon by going to the polls on 7 October 2018 for the presidential election.

            The call was made by the Imam of the Limbe Central Mosque, Muatapha Muhammad, as he led the prayers marking the celebration of the feast of sacrifice also known as the Tabaski.

            Hundreds of Muslims gathered at the mosque at New Town and at the community field to celebrate the feast which highlights the humility and faith of Ibrahim in obeying Allah by sacrificing his only son, Ismail.

            At the the Limbe Central Mosque No 2, the imam, Kouotou Issah, hinged his prayer on peace and nation building. He prayed for peace and stability in Cameroon, especially at this time when the country is facing serious security challenges.

            Imam Koutou used the occasion to call on parents to send their children to school come September.

            He urged Muslim faithful to uphold peace, faith and unity like Ibrahim who was ready to give his all for the sake of Allah.

            On his part, Chief Moussande Ahmadou, chief of the Bamoun community in Limbe, joined his voice with others to call on Muslims to pray particularly for peace and an end to the crisis rocking the Anglophone regions and the Boko Haram insurgency.

            He reminded his brethren that they are children of Allah and should be united at all times.

            All the prayers at the different prayer grounds culminated in the slaughtering of a ram by the imams to symbolize how Ibrahim sacrificed his only son Ismail. The Imams enjoined the faithful to go home and do same and to share the ram slaughtered with family members, friends and the needy.

            The prayers in Limbe were witnessed by the administrative hierarchy of the SW region led by the Governor, Bernard Okalia Bilai.

            The G.M of SONARA, Ibrahim Talba Malla, offered a special dinner in honour of the SW Governor, the SDO of Fako, Engamba Emmanuel Ledoux and other administrative and political dignitaries in Fako.