Source: newsthemegh.com
Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharabutu, the country’s Chief Imam, has urged African leaders to utilize diplomatic interventions to calm the political unrest in Niger.
I’m pleading with the people in charge of the situation to do everything possible to prevent any lives from being lost and to find a peaceful solution.
During a news conference hosted by the Muslim leadership in Ghana, he stated, “African nations must learn to overcome political disagreements without shedding lives as we all have a similar source, and that is Prophet Adam.
Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Kamaludeen, the National Imam of the Shia Community, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, the Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, and Sheikh Amin Bonsu, the National Chairman of the Ghana Muslim Mission, were present.
Alhaji Abubakar Yakub, a representative of Ahlussuna Wal Jama’s Imam, and Sheikh Abdul Wadud Haroun Ciessey, national president of the Tijjaniya Muslim Movement, were also in attendance.
The Muslim leaders expressed their concern about the unstable situation in Niger and ECOWAS’ intention to send troops there in a speech that was read by Maulvi Salih.
He warned that if civil disturbance breaks out as a result of the ECOWAS military action, there might be a humanitarian crisis that spreads throughout the subregion.
He argued that it was necessary for leaders in the subregion to exercise caution when making decisions that could exacerbate socioeconomic problems at a time when the majority of countries are experiencing economic crises.
We demand that inside the Sub-region, whatever we would do in any member country, a similar treat ought to be given to the other sub-regional members.
Justice necessitates that using military force should not be an option in the case of Niger, he said, adding that ECOWAS did not interfere militarily in Mali, Guinea, or Burkina Faso.
The Muslim leaders also advised the ECOWAS leadership to exercise caution in light of the geopolitics and unhealthy rivalry of the world’s superpowers, which has traditionally served to further those powers’ objectives through covert conflicts and proxy wars. But he added, “We want to firmly denounce the coup in Niger and anywhere else in the sub area.