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AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

“O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you….A people asked such before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.” (Qur’an 5:101-102)

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“O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you….A people asked such before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.” (Qur’an 5:101-102)

Such a passage hardly inculcates a spirit of free inquiry and intellectual curiosity. And this is the wave of the future: since the Western government and media elites are now dedicated to avoiding offending Muslims at all costs, and even asking theological questions can offend Muslims, we all just must accept the dictates of our new overlords without question. Wan Sulaiman Wan Ismail should have known better.
“For seeking answers on Islam, Muslim gets charged with blasphemy,” by Zurairi Ar, Malay Mail Online, May 29, 2015:
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah,” is the first part of the shahadah, a declaration of faith for Muslims, which has its origins in a verse in the Quran.
“I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God,” is the second part, but unlike the first, it does not appear in any of the holy scriptures.
So, where did it come from?
This was the question on the mind of Wan Sulaiman Wan Ismail, 53, when he sought clarification in 2013 from religious teachers on the origin of a practice considered as one of the key pillars of Islam.
The former businessman from Perak said he raised that question to several religious teachers, including scholars in the Ipoh mufti office, the Perak religious authorities and even state mosque imams. Many of these clerics, he said, were familiar with him as he met with them regularly for the past 15 years.
None, however, were able to answer him, so Wan Sulaiman stopped asking a year later.
But for seeking answers, Wan Sulaiman earned the attention of the Perak Islamic Religious Department (JAIP). He was summoned several times in 2014 by the authority, whose officers he claimed tried to dissuade him from posing his questions and to convince him to abandon several Quranic practices he has adopted.
The matter came to a head on January 21 this year when state religious enforcers raided his home in Ipoh and confiscated his handwritten personal notes, in addition to screening his personal computer and mobile phone.
On the same day, Wan Sulaiman was charged in the Ipoh Shariah High Court under Section 15 of the Perak Shariah Criminal Enactment 1992, with “mocking, ridiculing or insulting Quranic or hadith texts”.
According to a copy of his charge sheet sighted by Malay Mail Online, the Perak religious enforcers claimed that Wan Sulaiman possessed notes, some of which were hung on his wall, that allegedly “ridicule” the hadith — the collections of Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and deeds.
Wan Sulaiman, however, insisted that the notes were meant only for his personal use.
The prosecution also accused him of disputing authentic hadith for failing to interpret the Quran, and of rejecting the shahadah as taught by Muhammad by allegedly only accepting the first part.
He was also accused of translating the terms “fajar prayers” and “wusto prayers” by “using his own intellect without referring to the Prophet’s hadith”.
His case was set to be heard on May 21, but it was postponed to July 2. If guilty, Wan Sulaiman can be fined not more than RM5,000, jailed not more than three years, or both….
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

Nana Binaddo must shut up, you can't even managed Kayaye's donation they gave to support your campaign. How can the Kayaye's donated Gh5,000 and you Nana went to donate the same amount of money to the hairdressers association ...
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Nana Binaddo must shut up, you can't even managed Kayaye's donation they gave to support your campaign. How can the Kayaye's donated Gh5,000 and you Nana went to donate the same amount of money to the hairdressers association? How much is left for your campaign? So , go away with your early mismanagement of Kayaye's fund.
AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

Ewes will not fight for anything but want to enjoy where others have suffered. Is KOTOKA an Akyem? What about the nefarious activity of Gbedema during the first republic. What about Tsatsu Tsikata, Alfred Agbesi Woyomi, Dzifa ...
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Ewes will not fight for anything but want to enjoy where others have suffered. Is KOTOKA an Akyem? What about the nefarious activity of Gbedema during the first republic. What about Tsatsu Tsikata, Alfred Agbesi Woyomi, Dzifa Ativor, Victor Sorlomey and JJ Rawlings who overthrew the constitutional government of Hilla Liman and sent Ghana into an economic abyss for 19 years. Please, I am an Ewe but you people need to be civil.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AFEDE FILLING HIS BANK ACCOUNTS ABROAD< ASIEDU NKETIA SPREADING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER BRONG AHAFO AND BUYING MANSION IN CALGARY CANADA, HANNA BISSIW ,OYI LITHUR ANITA DISOSO SPREADING MONEY AS IF GHANA HAS NO PROBLEM
Senoir citizen, Germany. 8 years ago

My question to this security specialist is that, if he has made proper analysis to discover how many polititians in recent years who have entered into politics without carrers,unlike the former days of Nkrumaism where every ...
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My question to this security specialist is that, if he has made proper analysis to discover how many polititians in recent years who have entered into politics without carrers,unlike the former days of Nkrumaism where every person went into politics without any career.Now Ghanaians have come to believe that more often than not,one must be a lawyer, enginer,medical doctor,accademic doctor,educationist, etc,to enhance ones ability to push ahead suggesions or contribute effectively in parliament for the best of his knowledge.With all these qualifications MPs would like to hung on to power due to the greener pastures they have found themselves in.I would candidly advise you to make better scrutiny before making yourself heard.
GOD SAVE GHANA. 8 years ago

A GENUINE POLITICIAN MUST HAVE VISION,MISSION FOR THE COUNTRY AND CITIZENRY,NOT PERSONAL GAINS,THANK GOD,THIS BOY IS NOT IN GOVERMENT,ELES HE WILL BE CORRUPT MORE THAN THE WORD CORRUPTIONS.

A GENUINE POLITICIAN MUST HAVE VISION,MISSION FOR THE COUNTRY AND CITIZENRY,NOT PERSONAL GAINS,THANK GOD,THIS BOY IS NOT IN GOVERMENT,ELES HE WILL BE CORRUPT MORE THAN THE WORD CORRUPTIONS.
Duchess 8 years ago

Not a good idea to be a career politicIan like Mahama . You will end up greedy and steal

Not a good idea to be a career politicIan like Mahama . You will end up greedy and steal
AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

Ewes will not fight for anything but want to enjoy where others have suffered. Is KOTOKA an Akyem? What about the nefarious activity of Gbedema during the first republic. What about Tsatsu Tsikata, Alfred Agbesi Woyomi, Dzifa ...
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Ewes will not fight for anything but want to enjoy where others have suffered. Is KOTOKA an Akyem? What about the nefarious activity of Gbedema during the first republic. What about Tsatsu Tsikata, Alfred Agbesi Woyomi, Dzifa Ativor, Victor Sorlomey and JJ Rawlings who overthrew the constitutional government of Hilla Liman and sent Ghana into an economic abyss for 19 years. Please, I am an Ewe but you people need to be civil.
OLD SOLDIER 8 years ago

Author:-Mahmoud...
The president has been saying that he tried to introduce electronic payment and acquisition systems into the public sector {to reduce human contact with cash} in his effort to fighting corruption, but lame ...
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Author:-Mahmoud...
The president has been saying that he tried to introduce electronic payment and acquisition systems into the public sector {to reduce human contact with cash} in his effort to fighting corruption, but lamented that the systems were often resisted.

This has become so monotonous that Ghanaians are beginning to wonder whether the president is actually serious and interested in fighting corruption as he claims, or it's just another crocodile's tears to deceive Ghanaians into believing that he is making an effort, while the government and its cronies amass billions of dollars at the expense of this struggling HIPC nation.
Why should Ghanaians hire a president that can't even introduce an electronic system successfully into the public sector to save us from criminals masquerading as civil servants? Mr. Mahama must be seen to be fighting corruption with all his might rather than go on lamenting helplessly like the rest of us who hired him to do the job.
Close Observer 8 years ago

The useless NDC PARTY might have lifted the suspension on this stupid legislator secretly; hence, his appearance on this forum again with his nonsense.
Well, the people of La Dadekotopon have a second chance to correct their ...
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The useless NDC PARTY might have lifted the suspension on this stupid legislator secretly; hence, his appearance on this forum again with his nonsense.
Well, the people of La Dadekotopon have a second chance to correct their mistake. Amasa Namoale also known as BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!! has no place in parliament. HE ENGAGES IN TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION AND THINKS POLITICS IS A FIGHT. HE THEREFORE INSULTS EVERYONE INCLUDING EXECUTIVES OF HIS OWN PARTY. BBC NEWS!!!!!!!! Amasa Namoale said executives of his NDC PARTY are FRAUDSTERS AND PICKPOCKERS. Check his postings, he uses FRAUDSTERS for Bawumia and almost anyone he feels like insulting. VOTE AMASA NAMOALE OUT OF PARLIAMENT IN 2016.
Ghana man 8 years ago

Well said,it will also stop people from being sycophants to presidential candidates when their party is no more in Government.

Well said,it will also stop people from being sycophants to presidential candidates when their party is no more in Government.
Byrce 8 years ago

It should be a requirement . Put it in the Constitution quick

It should be a requirement . Put it in the Constitution quick
NkukuNkaka 8 years ago

WHERE DID THIS BOY APPEAR FROM? WE ARE SO GULLIBLE. SUDDENLY HE IS AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z. AND PEA BRAIN MEDIA ALSO GIVE HIM A PKATFIRM TO TALK NONSENSE AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL IN 2012 WHAT HAS HE DONE? POOR HHANA ...
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WHERE DID THIS BOY APPEAR FROM? WE ARE SO GULLIBLE. SUDDENLY HE IS AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z. AND PEA BRAIN MEDIA ALSO GIVE HIM A PKATFIRM TO TALK NONSENSE AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL IN 2012 WHAT HAS HE DONE? POOR HHANA. SCHOOL BOYS AND NON ENTITIES ARE NOW ADVISING MAHAMA. THIS IRBAD BOY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO THROW DUST INTO THE EYES OF GHANAIANS IN ANY SERIOUS COUNTRY HIS CREDENTIAKS AND EXPERIENCE WILL BE CHECKED, SCRUTINISED AND QUESTIONED. WHAT ARE OUR JOURNALISTS DOING?
WHERE DID HE GO TO SCHOOL AND WHAT WORK HAS HE DONE AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL? WGAT MAKES HIM AN EXPERT ON THE THINGS HE CLAIMS TO BE?
GHANAIAN JOURNALISTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY MUST WAKE UP. !!!!!!!!
Byrce 8 years ago

OUR CASE IS DIFFERENT IN GHANA so we should do everything we can do discourage CAREER POLITICS

OUR CASE IS DIFFERENT IN GHANA so we should do everything we can do discourage CAREER POLITICS
Kofi wonder 8 years ago

A security expert who support thief Mahama is a Fake security EXPERT and should not be entertained in our media platforms at all

A security expert who support thief Mahama is a Fake security EXPERT and should not be entertained in our media platforms at all
OFOSUAA 8 years ago

ABLKWA OKUDZETO DEMANDED 1.5 BN DOLLARS FAKE JDGT DEBTS FOR AFRICA AUTO LTD EVEN THO HIS VOLTA REGION IS AMONG THE POOREST IN GHANA....WHAT A PITIFUL COUNTRY LIKE GHANA DESTROYING ITSELF WITH FRESH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO HAVE N ...
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ABLKWA OKUDZETO DEMANDED 1.5 BN DOLLARS FAKE JDGT DEBTS FOR AFRICA AUTO LTD EVEN THO HIS VOLTA REGION IS AMONG THE POOREST IN GHANA....WHAT A PITIFUL COUNTRY LIKE GHANA DESTROYING ITSELF WITH FRESH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO HAVE NEVER WORKED BEFORE...ide biii kekekeeee
Joe Turkey 8 years ago

Is this not the same neophyte who goes around calling himself a security expert? Doesn't Ghanaweb have anything to report?

Is this not the same neophyte who goes around calling himself a security expert? Doesn't Ghanaweb have anything to report?
Kwame Sarfo 8 years ago

Most Ghanaian politicians are professionals who entered Politics because African Politics is a "gold mine".They know they can become millionares overnight.How many of NDC and NPP politicians don't have a career? Ibard Ibrahim ...
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Most Ghanaian politicians are professionals who entered Politics because African Politics is a "gold mine".They know they can become millionares overnight.How many of NDC and NPP politicians don't have a career? Ibard Ibrahim is an expert on what?
OD 8 years ago

Check his dressing and would know that he is mad!!!

Check his dressing and would know that he is mad!!!
Wadostyson 8 years ago

This boy should go far away what did u know ehrrr Ghana paaaa any body can wake up and make noise any how

This boy should go far away what did u know ehrrr Ghana paaaa any body can wake up and make noise any how
starGREEN 8 years ago

This is good advice. As the famous saying goes: all political careers eventually end up in failure.

This is good advice. As the famous saying goes: all political careers eventually end up in failure.
MAHAGONI 8 years ago

Nana Addo, for all his faults is better placed than Dr Pink Sheets who has abandoned well paying job offers all in favour of the position of a Vice Presidential candidate. Politics can never be a career, it is only in Ghana t ...
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Nana Addo, for all his faults is better placed than Dr Pink Sheets who has abandoned well paying job offers all in favour of the position of a Vice Presidential candidate. Politics can never be a career, it is only in Ghana that people start campaigning the next day after elections.
Close Observer 8 years ago

I have been saying all this while that politics is not for the poor. It is not for people who resign from the public and civil service. It is not for the unemployed. It is not for students. We are where we are today because t ...
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I have been saying all this while that politics is not for the poor. It is not for people who resign from the public and civil service. It is not for the unemployed. It is not for students. We are where we are today because these are the kind of people in our politics. What will they be doing when they are not in politics?WHY DID IT TAKE TOO LONG FOR SOMEBODY TO TALK ABOUT THIS? Does it mean I'M THE ONLY SMART PERSON IN GHANA?
Romeo Gyaim 8 years ago

U got it Irbard.Gud piece of advice

U got it Irbard.Gud piece of advice
Asuoba 8 years ago

Who is this

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