🇬🇭 Ghanaian social media users are calling for the arrest of an Islamic leader over remarks in which he declared that anyone who calls Prophet Muhammad a false prophet should be beheaded.
The comments have prompted calls for authorities to investigate the preacher over concerns about incitement to violence.
Honourable Muntaka, I am directly challenging you as the Minister for the Interior to demonstrate that the law in Ghana applies equally to everyone.
The video of the Imam making these statements is clear and available. I therefore call on you to ensure that the Ghana Police Service investigates the matter, arrests and prosecutes him if his statements constitute an offence under Ghanaian law.
I am not asking for special treatment. I am asking for equal treatment under the law.
If people from other religious or political backgrounds can be arrested and prosecuted over statements considered threatening or inciting, then you must have the courage to apply the same standard to a Muslim cleric—even when he belongs to your own religious community.
Religion must never be a shield against criminal accountability. Nobody is above the law—not a politician, pastor, imam, or anyone else.
Honourable Muntaka, this is your opportunity to prove that Ghana’s law-enforcement system is impartial and that the law truly applies equally to all.
Your Minister of Education. Lets throw Ghanaian culture away and learn Arabic and Chinese. Utter nonsense. What happened to Ga, Dagomba, Sissala, wala et al. Where are the CSOs in Ghana. What subtle erasure of Ghanaian culture is going on.
1. “We as Muslims”
2. “If you truly want peace in Ghana”
3. “He was quoting the shariah and he’s right”
4. “We don’t care!”
5. “Walahi Talahi”
@GhPoliceService you’re a joke if you don’t arrest these guys.
🇧🇫🇬🇭 A Burkinabè citizen has urged Ghanaian authorities to pay close attention to recent remarks by an Islamic leader in Ghana, who said that anyone who calls Prophet Muhammad a false prophet should be beheaded.
The citizen said similar preaching in Burkina Faso were among the warning signs that eventually contributed to the insecurity the country is experiencing today.
He has urged Ghanaian authorities not to ignore such rhetoric.