Schools infringing on rights of Muslims to be sanctioned

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  • Pieroo 11 years ago

    So why dont you advice them to go to moslem schools

  • Export 11 years ago

    nobody asks them not to school.they should respect the culture and norms of schools they enroll into..how can they go to mission schools asking for a mosque? this is th boko haram terrorist training camps we are worried about ...
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  • Ei Ghana!! 11 years ago

    That is how it starts and this govt wants to condone it. They should continue...hmm
    If you enroll in a Christian school you have to abide by that school's culture. If you Cant then leave!!! As simple as that!!! How can one b ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 11 years ago

    Author:-GURUNDA...
    Ghanaians must desist from "worshipping" presidents and begin to hold presidents and leaders accountable. Bravo Greenstreet for showing Ghanaians the right way. Why bow to presidents when they are stealin ...
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  • ITTAKULLAH 11 years ago

    ma brother try to be schooled wai

  • Gye Nyame 11 years ago

    The article is not clear if these are public or mission schools. If they are public schools then why are there church services anyway? If they are mission schools then I can understand where the schools are coming from. If yo ...
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  • Twariq 11 years ago

    So is christaian culture wearing mini skert.Am very surprise to see so many hate comment from christain, Ghana is not a christain country ghana is for all of us.Ghana is our homeland continue hating us we will never leave Gha ...
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  • Esi Atta 11 years ago

    I'm not going to comment on your bad English. I rather want to school you about the hijab. People who lived in desert regions in North Africa and the Middle East covered their faces to prevent sand going into their eyes, mout ...
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  • ITTAKULLAH 11 years ago

    ma friend try to be refined wai

  • kyekyeku 11 years ago

    Is this the way the NDC is looking for votes,nobody is forcing Moslems to go to church,they shouldn't go to missions school and ask for a mosque there.

  • sul 11 years ago

    U are very very STUPID

  • Raj 11 years ago

    Those schooks are neither Christian nor MUSLIM schools, they are circular schools meant for all and sundry. Ghana is a circular state. Ghana is not a christian nor MUSLIM state. Dont be deceive by the majority of christians

  • Agya Mmera (Father Law) 11 years ago

    Who told you that those schools are circular schools? Opoku Oware,Prempeh,Wesley Schools,etc are missionary schools not circular. You want to go to church and practice your religion there? They(missionary schs) are producing ...
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  • George Johnson 11 years ago

    Quite an interesting situation.Are there Muslim schools in Ghana and if so,do they admit Christian students?If they do, do they offer them the opportunity to have a church at the school?The problem is,missionary schools are t ...
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  • abdull 11 years ago

    What do you mean is for all is a Catholic school so is a christian school .just like makarata for Muslim a Catholic who goes to makaranta hv to abide by the rules there.

  • nana Philadelphia 11 years ago

    Where were you when Methodist and the Catholic church were building Prempeh college and owass, my brother these are not secular school, religion is what makes these schools what they are

  • Raj 11 years ago

    Those schooks are neither Christian nor MUSLIM schools, they are sercular schools meant for all and sundry. Ghana is a sercular state. Ghana is not a christian nor MUSLIM state. Dont be deceived by the majority of christians

  • As ante 11 years ago

    Dear Raj, Chrstians do not establish schools to produce secular people but rather Christians. Please make a survey and find out how many moslem students have been converted to Christianity in Christian schools. Church servi ...
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  • Lawani 11 years ago

    Ghanaians should be very careful, this is how they use to start subtly. When you give them an inch, they take a yard-------------

  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    Then tell every Ghanaian to go stay in his or her hometown. Make healthy comments about issues when u have opportunity like thhis.

  • nana Sarfo Philadelphia 11 years ago

    I remember my headmaster, sadam at Prempeh college once say, that the school was a Christian school, and the Muslims knew they were coming to a Christian school. If they wanted a place where they didn't want to attend school ...
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  • Pelicles 11 years ago

    This is the beginning of Wahabism under the watchful eyes of Saudi Arabia. My question is why now? Muslims have been attending mission school in Ghana since independent so, why now? What has change so suddenly?

    Our secu ...
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  • Kanga 11 years ago

    Ghana, learn from what is happening in Central Africa Repubic, if you give these burka wearing idiots an inch they'll take a mill, Ghana is a secular nation, separation of state and religion, so what are you talking about, Mr ...
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  • TERROR 11 years ago

    WHY DO THESE MUSLIMS WANT TO COVER THEIR FACES LIKE ARMED ROBBERS? THIS IS HORRIBLE. THEY SHOULD ATTEND THEIR OWN MUSLIM SCHOOLS AND WEAR THEIR HOODS. THE DEMONIC NDC WILL DO EVERY NASTY THING FOR VOTES. WHY SHOULD MISLIMS TR ...
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  • Raj 11 years ago

    I pity your soul. May the ALMIGHTY GOD/ALLAH have mercy on you and enlighten you. Hmmmmm poor you

  • habeeb 11 years ago

    @ kanga or whatever u call urself. u r very stupid for calling Muslims idiot. foolish u r . all dose insulting Muslims and preventing Muslims to practice deir culture. may Allah burn u all into ashes.

  • nana Philadelphia 11 years ago

    See another idiot, no one is preventing you from practicing your religion. If go to a Christian school abide by its rules. These were the norms that made the school great for you to be attracted to them. And idiot, alla burn ...
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  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    Kanga or whatever u call urself just becareful and don't make mistake and insult any muslim. Your comment is primitive and lacks any sense of courtesy.

  • CORNEY 11 years ago

    I think compelling them to attend Church service is not right but for the government to say they should allow them to cover their faces in the Christian schools is equally infringement on the rights of those schools,they cann ...
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  • Kabenlah London 11 years ago

    Intolerance is the the mother of most social troubles. You may be ignorant so note that hate comments such as yours, are threat to d good relationships.

  • CORNEY 11 years ago

    I agree with you,I never remembered Muslims attending Church services eventhough those services were mandatory,some didn't attend even morning devotions even when they were seniors on duty who supposed to lead the morning dev ...
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  • Ei Ghana!! 11 years ago

    Well constructed

  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 11 years ago

    If you go to Rome and they are smoking intampe do you have to smoke some?
    if you see a moslem woman wearing Rosary around her waist in the mosque will you yank it before the mallam?

  • Ei Ghana!! 11 years ago

    The government is failing even in this simple matter.

  • Jacob 11 years ago

    The change is that muslims in Ghana today are waking up for their right to practice their region in peace. Yes muslims have attended mission school since independence albeit under oppressive and hostile environment where they ...
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  • United Ghana 11 years ago

    Oppressive & hostile environment? moslems in Ghana are increasingly becoming militant and oppressing their fellow Moslems to conform. They don't tolerate alternative views. Beware that's how Boko Haram began

  • Jacob 11 years ago

    The change is that muslims in Ghana today are waking up for their right to practice their region in peace. Yes muslims have attended mission schools since independence albeit under oppressive and hostile environment where the ...
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  • lol 11 years ago

    It is simple dont take your word to a Christian School.......it will not work that way....and most of the schools are Christian sch....no one forced u to attend a Christian school.....u are not talking about muslims killing ...
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  • As ante 11 years ago

    Jacob as you realise your rights you must also realise you responsibilities. Build your own facilities and practice ur religion. Christians have also got rights in their schools. Period

  • Ghanaba 11 years ago

    So what will those muslim students be doing during church service times?? Will they go to prep or a special teacher will be assigned to watch over them.
    After all, going to church does not make you a practicing Christian. Lo ...
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  • Export 11 years ago

    exactly..why now? my sister married a moslem man and we all deserted her quick. she is in a very huge shit and regret for marrying moslem now. she is just nothing but sex slave to the man

  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    Export please can u people sit down and read. Ur promblem is u don't read. U deny Muslims in your schools and accept gays in your churches.

  • United Ghana 11 years ago

    True

  • Appiah-Kubi 11 years ago

    But it is right for our daughters to cut off their hair until they entered tirtialy institututions its this biblical?
    Give Christians some justice too

  • Muckraker 11 years ago

    There has yet to be justice for the chief and people in Volta region whose properties were destroyed by moslems and the SDA church in Atebubu whose buildings were burnt down by moslems is also waiting for justice

  • odikro 11 years ago

    Certainly you have hit the nail right on the head. In this nation the posture of the government is such that moslems commit not wrong, no arrests are made when moslem youths burn down buildings and churches. Let Christians do ...
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  • Julius Borkitey 11 years ago

    I have said it several times that as long as Kofi Wayo praises this fake government so that he could have the free chance to sell his arms in Northern Ghana, Muslims will keep bluffing us all.

  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    Julius u have really displaced ur ignorance. Can u people please read and stop depending wholly on news from BBC and CNN.

  • RAZ 11 years ago

    USA is the most advanced country in the world, with Christian majority, but women are allowed to wear the hijab in their passport as long as they're muslim.

  • saint 11 years ago

    baseless

  • Kabenlah London 11 years ago

    I attended Sekondi College 1994-95. The practice though undemocratic and stupid, was widespread then. I remember Muslim students punished to do weeding on the day of Eid celebration for not attending church service. Good to s ...
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  • Jill 11 years ago

    The world will be a lot safer if all the moslems form their own continent & live together. They can suicide bomb & slaughter each other like cows

  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    The so called christian world is the problem rather. Because muslims have stood up against their evil ideaologies like gaysm and the rest they use their powerful media to demonize muslims and instead of u reading u don't do d ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

    You know nothing about the responsibilities of heads of school when it comes to boarding schools. The moment a student is admitted into a Boarding house, the school's admn assumes responsibilities of that ward. That is why te ...
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  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 11 years ago

    I am supporting a thousand times.
    let them make their bed and lie on it.

  • Dessy 11 years ago

    Gorvernment must take this issue seriously..religious bias must not be tolerate in the country

  • Rustman 11 years ago

    The crave for religious freedom in primary, JHS and SHS has the potential of turning such schools into chaotic institutions.

    I won't even send my child into boarding school to be exposed to homosexuality and lesbianism. Ve ...
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  • TERROR 11 years ago

    MUSLIMS MUST BUILD AND ATTEND THEIR OWN SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN COVER THEIR BODIES FROM HEAD TO TOE LIKE TERRORISTS. ABA, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THESE. THEIR DRESSING EVEN WASTES DOCTORS TIME IN THE CONSULTING ROOM. HOW CAN A ...
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  • aja 11 years ago

    build more schools and using ur money to buy bombs and suicide bombers knuckle head

  • aja 11 years ago

    build more schools and stop using ur money to buy bombs and suicide bombers knuckle heads

  • TERROR 11 years ago

    THIS NDC ACTION IS THE BEGINNING OF BOKO HARAM IN GHANA. MUSLIMS SHOULD BUILD AND ATTEND THEIR OWN SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN EVEN REFUSE TO OPEN THEIR EYES. THE MUSLIMS DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS, THEY ATTEND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND WANT ...
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  • TERROR 11 years ago

    THIS NDC ACTION IS THE BEGINNING OF BOKO HARAM IN GHANA. MUSLIMS SHOULD BUILD AND ATTEND THEIR OWN SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN EVEN REFUSE TO OPEN THEIR EYES. THE MUSLIMS DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS, THEY ATTEND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND WANT ...
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  • omar 11 years ago

    Do u people think Ghana is a Christian state,, if u wanted boko aram we can start it. Let stop discrimination and leave in peace

  • United Ghana 11 years ago

    Is that a threat? Try it and see arsehole

  • United Ghana 11 years ago

    Is that a threat? Try it & see, arsehole

  • Concern 11 years ago

    We must be careful with this muslims. Before we know they will be asking us to obey sharia laws in Ghana. By the way, will a muslim school allow a Christian to uncover? Why is our minister entertaining such irrelevant matter? ...
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  • Akos Bee 11 years ago

    l want to ask just one questuon, Are christians allowed to worship freely or build churches in muslim countries?

  • SHAKA 11 years ago

    NDC SHOULDN'T THINK THEY CAN USE THIS TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS. IF THEY DON'T STOP THIS NONSENSE, CHRISTIANS WHO ARE THE MAJORITY IN GHANA WILL VOTE AGAINST THEM IN 2016. CAN CHRISTIANS GO TO MUSLIM SCHOOLS AND PRACTICE CHRI ...
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  • 123 11 years ago

    Vote against NDC and take Nana Addo? Has Nana Addo taken christians into his plans? Many pastors are praying against Nana Addo victory in 2016 because they believe it not be in their interest if he wins.

  • MKB 11 years ago

    Ayigbeni aboa

  • Ei Ghana!! 11 years ago

    On Monday I know there will be a counter statement by the Heads of Schools in response. This minister should sit up!!! He shd think again and correct his statement!! He should think again and look at what is happening all ove ...
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  • Rastero 11 years ago

    I think these greedy bastard politicians are making fuss about this issue just to win political points. Much as I disagree with the missions in taking back their schools, I also want to stress that those schools have their co ...
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  • Odikro Eyeuo Mununkum 11 years ago

    Omane Boamah be cautious with your words and have respect for Christians as you have for Muslims.Don`t chase mission schools out of Ghana. You and mahama must impose those measures in public schools which you have already des ...
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  • Ishaq 11 years ago

    Alhamdulillah our Muslim women will be free now.Maasha Allah.

  • sul 11 years ago

    I will worship a TREE if Christianity was the only religion in this world.
    U don't even know your history Morons.

  • JOHN 11 years ago

    hi. good one there. let's us be nationalistic

  • Munta 11 years ago

    Sorry for you all. You don't even know that Mary mother of Jesus wear hijap .learn your religion and don't follow blindly.

  • United Ghana 11 years ago

    I couldn't care less what she wore.

  • Agya Mmera (Father Law) 11 years ago

    I just want to ask a simple question. If a doctor needs to examine a Muslim female on her face and head, would she remove her jihad? You are living in someone's room and you want dictate for your landlord? Besides Muslim Sch ...
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  • odikro 11 years ago

    ADAM please tell me any missionary school in Ghana that doesn't allow moslems to practice and manifest their religion. In every secondary school in Ghana at least there are places where Muslim students pray. Be very honest ev ...
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  • MC 11 years ago

    is only in northern Ghana that has no peace hence trade in weapons.

  • Sammy 11 years ago

    If you will be wearing jibab to work then I won't employ any moslem. That sounds fair

  • Fuseini Sulemana 11 years ago

    So know ghana religious trabal oh god save ghana

  • Pastor 11 years ago

    Muslims must know that school have rules.If you can't follow those rules you leave.simple.Christ will sit for murders and bomb throwers to control us

  • Pastor 11 years ago

    Christians should vote against Mahama..In 2016.

  • saha 11 years ago

    senseless people like u are the reason B. Haram, Al qaeda, al shaba exist. May God Almighty burn u n ur entire generation to come 4 trying to bring chaos in gh.

  • KK 11 years ago

    Allah is the name of an ancient god in Arabia where Mohammed started his terror religion. muslims are pagans

  • abdull 11 years ago

    If you go to Rome you do what the Romans do.

  • ABDUL RASHID KUSHIBO 11 years ago

    This is not about moslems not going to mission schools n asking for mosques but the issue of the leaders valueing the moslems n guarantee with what they believe because the other moslem schools they dont force christians to g ...
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  • Kofi Kumi, London 11 years ago

    Christianity is under attack in Ghana. Muslim youth burnt down Christian buildings in Atebubu and no official statement from government was released to condemn the act. Some of us are closely monitoring the events. If you ar ...
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  • kk 11 years ago

    can i decide to also wear a particular dress because my idol tells me to go without uniform? i cant wear caps to school and they cant wear their thing to christian schools ; even secular

  • Kaleao KO 11 years ago

    Hon. Omane pls don't ever go there at all. ... they have an agenda for enforcing the use of the hijabs. ..these ancient BAAL worshippers metamorphoses into ALLAH are a subjects of concerns to the www.co. Ghanaians don't give ...
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  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    You christians see your self more holier than muslims and yet u bless gay marriages in your churches and your pastors defiling children and raping people's wives. If they don't want Muslims in their schools then they should b ...
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  • Twariq 11 years ago

    Mary the mother of Jesus wear Hijab. This mission schools dont follow the bible.

  • mike 11 years ago

    NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL SHOULD TRED CAUTIOUSLY BEFORE ISSUEING ANY STATEMENT. How can a visitor demands that he want to sleep on the landlords bed. Christaians lets wake up to this challenge. Peacs council rememba what is happ ...
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  • Twariq 11 years ago

    Am very surprise to see so many hate comment from christain, Ghana is not a christain country ghana is for all of us.Ghana is our homeland continue hating us we will never leave Ghana cos that our country. Jesus is a muslim, ...
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  • United Ghana 11 years ago

    I hope you've enlightened him on the historical facts because he's been brainwashed

  • ernest kwarteng 11 years ago

    this Omane Boamah is foolish and a disgrace to his parents•how many of the schools were built by the moslems

  • Twariq 11 years ago

    Am very surprise to see so many hate comment from christain, Ghana is not a christain country ghana is for all of us.Ghana is our homeland continue hating us we will never leave Ghana cos that our country. Jesus is a muslim, ...
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  • SG 11 years ago

    Don't be surprised.you Muslims are creating too much problem in the world.you kill each other in Syria,Iraq,Afganistan, Pakistan.Libya,Yemem,Don't forget Boko Haram.Ghans? Get ready.

  • Eko 11 years ago

    Personally I think schools should be secularised. There are plenty of crazy religions out there with crazier dress codes. If kids turn up to school naked could they argue it is their religious right? Also my problem with faci ...
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  • captain 11 years ago

    pls those who are taking of missionary schools are all fools,compare the years missionary were built and that the constitution of ghana.even go israel ladies covers their heads and u can find it the bible.

  • Abukehfi 11 years ago

    So students should be allow to wear mini skirt in other to attract men right.Why we Ghanaians don't like good things abaaaaaaa.

  • captain 11 years ago

    fools compare the missionary time and that of the constitution of ghana

  • Kwame 11 years ago

    It is the one who covers his or her face who is discriminating. Do Ayewhes go to work
    barechested ? Do we have to wait until they start bombing us in to shreads before we ban the foolish thing.

  • owusu 11 years ago

    then they should their own school ,cus no one invited them there.

  • quophy Libya 11 years ago

    Then lets make Friday a holiday us Saturday and Sunday to pave way for them to attend to mosque

  • ITTAKULLAH 11 years ago

    govt should take action to stop diz ungentlemani behaviour. y should u prevent one from pacticin his or her religion. diz is 18th century behaviour wai.

  • richhiee 11 years ago

    Noo wonder christians schools are e most worst and spoil schools who practice lesbianism.homosexualism and indescent act puuuuu

  • omanba 11 years ago

    If the government will side with moslems it will surely lose the 2016 elections.The government must tread carefully.It can establish schools for moslems and not dictate to schools run by missionaries.

  • hams 11 years ago

    Ei. Ghana people. We have to think very well. We are not other countries. Please peace is for as. God has bless Ghana seen. We Muslim and Christian are one seen. We no our f. Father's are one. We Muslim and Christian somet ...
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  • Barnabas 11 years ago

    I think this whole thing of Hijab being demanded from moslems should be looked critically. In as much as I respect my fellow moslems, I seriously think that their demand is misplaced. In the first place, no one prevents mosle ...
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