Professor Kwaku Azar challenges mission schools on inclusion

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  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 2 weeks ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine ..... For instance 15 paracetamol at once. Or... combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • FRANKIE 2 weeks ago

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  • Blue Pen 2 weeks ago

    Kweku Azar's foolish ego on display. Having realised that the joint statement of the Bishops Conference and the Christian Council has made total nonsense of his very warped and senseless legal argument on the matter, he has d ...
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  • Nana Amponsah 2 weeks ago

    Stupid. I think he was talking about faith with the pastors, not law with lawyers

  • Blue Pen 2 weeks ago

    What about the rights of non-moslim students in islamic schools?

  • K. Opoku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Enough is Enough. Christians cannot read the bible in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc. Muslims would put Christians in prison for reading the Bible. Muslims should attend Islamic schools. We do NOT want terrori ...
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  • Muslims n Christians are friends in Ghana stop your stupidity 2 weeks ago

    Who told you Ghana is religion country or Christian nation? Indonesia is 95% Muslims but their president is a Christian and is not a religious state Saudi can only be compared to Vatican since they are both headquarters of tw ...
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  • God is watching 2 weeks ago

    Tell this azaa man to send his Christian kids to makalanta and insist that they should be allowed to practice Christianity there first. When he's successful doing that, then he can come and preach to us. Nonsense

  • Maame 2 weeks ago

    Simple and short, go to your schools. You've your schools but you prefer our schools. You compare the Vatican to Saudi Arabia? Wrong comparison! The most peaceful, accommodating and gentle space on earth. Listen to the P ...
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  • Kay 2 weeks ago

    Let truth be told Moslem girls enjoy watching Pornographic films.With their Hijabs they would still watch. It's like female members of a church in my neighbourhood always fighting their pastor for warning them not to drink be ...
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  • FRANKIE 2 weeks ago

    I've been trying to figure out why so many Moslems (most of them with very bad grades, including my own friend's son who had agg 26 and was posted to Achimota,) were posted to Grade 'A' schools like Wesley Girls, Legon Presec ...
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  • Lotus Bragadus 2 weeks ago

    Prof Asare who has not even built one toilet in his hometown is expert in everything. Ask him what is his contribution to his Akyem town? Nil but he knows it all.

  • Common Sense 2 weeks ago

    So this is all about politics and ethnic purity?

  • Ghanaba 2 weeks ago

    K Opoku London
    Which village were raised . You write plenty unreadable and senseless thesis just to expose your ignorance. You are so full of hatred and bitterness

  • K Poku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Ghana IS A CHRISTIAN NATION and we the CHRISTIANSB ARE THE MAJORITY. We cannot let the MUSLIMS come and control the NATIONs AGENDA with supporting MUSLIM nations by force because they are MUSLIMS but have got bad GOVERNANCE. ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Ghana IS A CHRISTIAN NATION and we the CHRISTIANSB ARE THE MAJORITY. We cannot let the MUSLIMS come and control the NATIONs AGENDA with supporting MUSLIM nations by force because they are MUSLIMS but have got bad GOVERNANCE. ...
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  • ISLAMISTS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 2 weeks ago

    Jeremiah 31:3
    New King James Version
    3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying:
    “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

  • SANDRA 2 weeks ago

    SAVE me my feLLow Ghanaians, i'm Sandra, a 24 years oLd Ghanaian Lady that was scammed by some Nigerians, i'm currentLy stranded in Nigeria, it aLL started few months ago when i got a WhatsApp message that a traveL agency in ...
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  • ISLAMISTS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 2 weeks ago

    YOU'RE A SCAMMER YOURSELF. THIEF.

  • ISLAMISTS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 2 weeks ago

    We were okay with them until they decided to force their way. So we are saying NO, they can't force their way into our schools or any of our institutions.

  • SANDRA 2 weeks ago

    PLease SAVE me my feLLow Ghanaians, i'm a 24 years oLd Ghanaian Lady that was scammed by some Nigerians, i'm currentLy stranded in Nigeria, it aLL started few months ago when i got a WhatsApp message that a traveL agency in L ...
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  • Ayoma 2 weeks ago

    Sandra , you are a professional armed robber. Get away from here. Thief

  • K. Opoku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Why is Bawumia-the MUSLIM KING hiding from the Wesley Girls Muslim terrorist and unprincipled demands?????
    Ghana IS A CHRISTIAN NATION and we the CHRISTIANSB ARE THE MAJORITY. We cannot let the MUSLIMS come and control the N ...
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  • FRANKIE 2 weeks ago

    Religion is just a cultural understanding of God. That is why Arabs are Moslems, Europeans are Christians, Chinese are Buddhists, Indians are Hindus, Japanese are Shintoists, Jews are Judaic, etc. It is only Africans who seek ...
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  • KOFI 2 weeks ago

    My issues is that no one talks about how Muslims discriminate against Christians and Traditional religion daily.

  • Maestro 2 weeks ago

    Why choose wesley college knowing very well its a traditional Christian school, and then decide not to abide by their Christian rules and regulations. Meanwhile there are moslem schools in ghana across all regions, why don' ...
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  • Concerned Citizen 2 weeks ago

    Kofi I fully support you......Prof. Azar only wants to fuel this problem
    to generate into a bigger issue in the future. Let us all have what is happening in Nigeria in mind. Generations to come will suffer and by then Azar ...
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  • Adagba 2 weeks ago

    Kofi, you are right. If this is to happen in an Islamic school, nobody will complain. Prof Azar is just doing his popularity job. He thinks he knows more than any other person. When it is about Christianity, same Christians ...
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  • Kwaku Tee 2 weeks ago

    According to Nana Ampadu's song Kruukruu gyae a kekekee nso begyae. Tell the Ghanaian Islamic clerics to stop commanding their 10 or 11 year old girls to wear Hijabs, the weather is too hot in Ghana

  • K. Opoku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Enough is Enough. Christians cannot read the bible in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait etc. Muslims would put Christians in prison for reading the Bible. Muslims should attend Islamic schools. We do NOT want terrori ...
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  • Paa Pee 2 weeks ago

    I wonder what will happen if Islamic Schools are asked to stop using Arabic and use english so that other christians can be enrolled in the Islamic schools. Catholic Schools or missisons schools and all religion based schools ...
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  • Yaw mensah 2 weeks ago

    If the school is a mission school then those who belong to that mission only should be admitted .

  • Yoo 2 weeks ago

    Why should that become your headache? Those who are not members of that Church, and are already to abide by the school''s rules and regulations will be offered admission to the school. Period

  • Mk 2 weeks ago

    This person calls himself a professor, yet behaves so foolishly—and even wanted to become a leader in Ghana. Africa continues to struggle with misrepresentation and leadership crises; if we had our basic needs like roads, w ...
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  • Kk 2 weeks ago

    Prof. I think u re not being.g fair to the christian faith schools in that, same restrictions are imposed on non Christians students in Islamic schools.. Why are you not balanced by saying both sides should allow other faith ...
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  • Citizen8 2 weeks ago

    Is this Professor telling us that the schools founded and managed by the various Christian missions over the years cease to be mission schools just because government is now supporting them? Does Ghana government now own thos ...
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  • Maame Abenah 2 weeks ago

    We ought to answer the question Is a Christian school a public school? I think that there ought to be a difference between the two. We have higher morals in a Christian school than in our Public schools.

  • Hamsa 2 weeks ago

    This toilet paper is arguing from his anus. The church owns the school and government is only offering support.

  • Hamilton 2 weeks ago

    Great! AsanteHehe has military protection. Can the government decide who becomes Asante Chief because the state protects the Chief and Palace?

  • Aduomi 2 weeks ago

    The question everyone should be asking is that, are Christians or any other religious groups allowed to practice their faith in Islamic schools? I know we have these T I Ahmadiya schools. Let's do our checks and ascertain wh ...
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  • Peace 2 weeks ago

    Which world does Prof live in? Just look around and see how these people have created violence in places where they were accommodated. Give them an inch and the next thing is they want to build a mosque in a Christian mission ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Ghana IS A CHRISTIAN NATION and we the CHRISTIANSB ARE THE MAJORITY. We cannot let the MUSLIMS come and control the NATIONs AGENDA with supporting MUSLIM nations by force because they are MUSLIMS but have got bad GOVERNANCE. ...
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  • Prof 2 weeks ago

    Has anyone denied a student admission because of religion? They are in our schools without any problem. But the idea that they should be allowed to manifest their faith is whichever way because they have a right as citizens c ...
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  • Jones 2 weeks ago

    In Rome you do what the Romans do . These moslems should give us a break. You can go and practice your religion when you go home.

  • SANDRA 2 weeks ago

    SAVE me my feLLow Ghanaians, i'm Sandra, a 24 years oLd Ghanaian Lady that was scammed by some Nigerians, i'm currentLy stranded in Nigeria, it aLL started few months ago when i got a WhatsApp message that a traveL agency in ...
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  • SANDRA 2 weeks ago

    SAVE me my feLLow Ghanaians, i'm Sandra, a 24 years oLd Ghanaian Lady that was scammed by some Nigerians, i'm currentLy stranded in Nigeria, it aLL started few months ago when i got a WhatsApp message that a traveL agency in ...
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  • Jesse Otabil -Canada 2 weeks ago

    Prof. Azar, I suppose you have not been following issues with religious undertones lately, with refers to muslims and for that matter, Islam in general. Just take a look at what is happening in our neighbouring countries, pa ...
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  • ISLAMISTS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 2 weeks ago

    THIS IS THE PRAYER OF MUSLIMS, 5 TIMES A DAY. THE ONE THEY ARE CRYING ABOUT. ITS IN THE QURAN, SURAH 1:1-7 KNOWN AS AL FATIHA. IN THIS PRAYER THEY ASK ALLAH TO BLESS THEM (NOT CURSED THEM) LIKE THOSE WHO DISPLEASED ALLAH, T ...
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  • OSAFO KANTANKA 2 weeks ago

    I don’t think this Professor Azar guy really understands the concept of Religious Tolerance in the world. The MUSLIM faith in the Middle East has such an interesting tolerance for Christians. I wonder if he is aware of the ...
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  • Marcus Adepaye 2 weeks ago

    Prof Azar, you have missed the point big time!!! Was "More Chanting" not admitted to your former schools?? Was he not attending school church services??? Has these moslem students not admitted to these Christian institutions ...
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  • Kwame 2 weeks ago

    Do not give Muslims chance, look at what is happening in UK now just because the left their doors too open. They wanted to introduce sharia law. Gey hey is a mission school, you at liberty to attend without coerce but make su ...
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  • Kweku Mensah 2 weeks ago

    The number of Muslim girls who were posted to Wesley Girls High School, Cape Coast will baffle many people.There is a calculated move to use protocol placement to post as many Muslims as possible to the grade A schools

  • FRANKIE 2 weeks ago

    Thank you Sir, Mr. Kweku Mensah! If you have colleagues in any of those schools and talk to them, you'll be shocked! What is going on is a deliberate agenda to islamicize the country in future through education. Moslem fundam ...
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  • Asakramitoga 2 weeks ago

    Prof Azar, Don't start religious war in this country. Why can't you ask your Muslim faithfuls to send their children to Moslem faith based schools.Rather they chose mission schools where there are certain rules and regy to be ...
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  • GOLDEN 2 weeks ago

    JUST LOOK AT HIM,A PUPPET INDEED,HE HAS BEEN BRIBED TO SAY SUCH THINGS,YES,THAT IS WHAT THEY DO,THEY TAKE HUGE BRIBES TO PROMOTE LIES AND DECEPTION,GHANAIANS SHOULD WAKE UP AND NOT FALL FOR DEVILISH IDEAS!!!!!!!

  • Go and set up your own school, fool 2 weeks ago

    Mr. know it all, go and set up your own school and admit anybody you like. When has there been an issue like this in Ghana until terrorist minded goons brought their hijab nonsense to Ghana? Even in Senegal which is a predomi ...
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  • Ghanaweb will soon block me. 2 weeks ago

    Mr Azar many respect your views but this one don't put your mouth into it again. You are so wrong.

  • Northners and foolishness of supports for evil smh 2 weeks ago

    This foolish man just like his tribalist northerner brother Manneseh are evil fools parading in Ghana.Your useless region is full of violence and lawlessness and such fools should be the least people to make any comments abou ...
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  • Jaja 2 weeks ago

    The churches built the schools, and it is their property. If anyone want to practice a particular religion, they are liberty to choose the school that practices that religion. What will happen if idol worshipers also demand t ...
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  • Yoo 2 weeks ago

    Prof, did the parents of the Buddhist you made reference to, during your school days at St Peters forced the school authorities to set aside the school's rules and regulations, and rather embrace and implement the religious b ...
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  • Sycamore 2 weeks ago

    'Saabi saabi' will kill Ghana, what tomfoolery! You can't go to Rome and tell the Romans what to do,can you? Any student who wants to wear jihap can please go to a MAKARANTA and leave the Christian mission school alone. The s ...
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  • gh.citizen 2 weeks ago

    Thank you for your mature approach to the issue. Ghana is a circular country with one destiny.

    Unity and peaceful coexistence are needed for the stability of our country.

    We can all practice our preferred religions when ...
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  • Kk 2 weeks ago

    Was the “ more chanting “ you are referring to not made to obey school rules or he came with his own rules?

  • Ben 2 weeks ago

    Dear Professor, even in a fully public schools, there are rules and regulations one must obey. For example, prep is compulsory, one cannot get up in the middle of the night and decide to turn on the lights because he/she want ...
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  • AyyBeeCee 2 weeks ago

    Prof Azar should describe what the 'inclusive tradition' was and clearly define the changes he has noticed currently.

  • Nii Ayitey 2 weeks ago

    Revered Islamic scholar Sheikh Yusuf Umar Jallo’s criticisms of Wesley Girls' SHS are misplaced, exaggerated, and fundamentally inconsistent with Ghana’s constitutional framework and the longstanding tradition of mission ...
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  • Stev 2 weeks ago

    Will the Muslims schools adimid Christians in their institution? Please answer me Mr know in it all?

  • Abrefa 2 weeks ago

    The churches should retake their schools from the control of the state and run them as full privately owned schools.

  • Kofi 2 weeks ago

    I am hoping that we do not have Catholicism at makaranta . I hope soon Christians will not start attending Islamic schools with different doctrines.

  • K. Opoku-London-UK 2 weeks ago

    Why is Bawumia-the MUSLIM KING hiding from the Wesley Girls Muslim terrorist and unprincipled demands?????
    Ghana IS A CHRISTIAN NATION and we the CHRISTIANSB ARE THE MAJORITY. We cannot let the MUSLIMS come and control the N ...
    read full comment

  • Tt 2 weeks ago

    No wonder you are called azar. You're are really azaa man .Gyae gyimii no and talk about yohunu contract extension and leave the mission Schools alone

  • Nii Ayitey 2 weeks ago

    Freedom of Worship and Dress Codes for Christian Students in Islamic Schools in Ghana

    Christian students attending Islamic schools in Ghana face unique challenges that relate to dress codes and the ability to practice thei ...
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  • ISLAMISTS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA 2 weeks ago

    So Islamic schools respect Christian students by restricting/not allowing them to practice their Christian faith on the school premises, but this is exactly why Muslims are going to court, to stop WEYGEYHEY from doing that to ...
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  • Kwame Amoah 2 weeks ago

    This is apolitical strategy engineered by NDC. NDC and its fake and charlatan pastors are using this to bring down DMB who is a Muslim. Ghanaian fake and charlatan pastors are very pathetic in their world view.