‘Quit Catholic schools if you can’t stand our principles’

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  • Pelicles 11 years ago

    If you cannot stand our principles, go somewhere else. That is what I am expecting from the Catholic. Who will love to marry a harlot? We choose schools base on the principles of that particular school and if we cannot acc ...
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  • THE TRUTH HURTS 11 years ago

    DONT GIVE UP!

  • OSEI TAWIAH 11 years ago

    It all depends on who provides majority of the funds. The government can opt out if it wants to and leave the Catholics to fund the schools by themselves. The same rules should be applied to any Muslim institution in the coun ...
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  • Happiness Mawulitegbe 11 years ago

    The age long tradition and ethics of a Catholic school made me what I am today. I am a product of Saint....and I am very proud of it. If you cannot comply, then check out!

  • Muntaka 11 years ago

    The Boko haram ppl should not be allowed to dictate the pace of anything in this country.
    Book knowledge is a curse. They should even stop schooling.

  • BULL SHIT 11 years ago

    GO TO YOUR DIRT INFESTED ZONGO SCHOOLS AND LEAVE US ALONE. WHAT IS THIS NONESENSE FROM THESE MOSLEMS? Who at all are this brainwashed heartless people?

  • BIRAHMA 11 years ago

    You start like this and when we react you say we are violent.If u insult one muslim u insult the entire muslims in the world.So be careful

  • Pround pepeni. 11 years ago

    WHAT IS SO FACTUAL ABOUT THIS. IF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS SOME MINOR RELIGIOUS GROUP THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED FOR ALL THE ABUSES THEY HAVE INFLICTED ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND STILL DO AND COVER IT UP. WHAT IS SO EXCEPTIONAL ABOU ...
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  • INSHA ALLAH 11 years ago

    Other religious bodies including Methodist Church,Zion,Presbyrerian, SDA and Pentecostal churches must MUST second the pronouncement of Catholic Bishops.AFTERALL religious rules are basic practice at Mission schools that make ...
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  • NAGATIVE CHANGE 11 years ago

    Other religious bodies including Methodist Church,Zion,Presbyrerian, SDA and Pentecostal churches must MUST second the pronouncement of Catholic Bishops.AFTERALL religious rules are basic practice at Mission schools and are k ...
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  • Anaabi Saafi 11 years ago

    Criminals love violence. Who decreed that u insult one and you insult all . You are brain washed and follow you stupid ideology and login damaged. If you start that stupid thing here you all will be sought out quickly bef ...
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  • Naa-zo Tiyumba 11 years ago

    it quite interesting that the young man/woman found it difficult to use his/her given name, i see u are not proud of your name. haaaa? ooh what a pity for those who named you

  • MenayeAFUAforiwa 11 years ago

    Do you think Boko Haram or ISIS would allow people who are not Muslims to sit in the same class rooms with their children in their Madrassas? If not,then why should christians do something otherwise? This will not happen for ...
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  • Ring Leader 11 years ago

    If you compare the catholic church to boko haram or isis then that is like comparing tomatoes to cassava

  • HARDER@-'89 11 years ago

    l believe this moslems are simply pouring sour grapes over nothing, making mountains out of molehills...after all let me ask our moslem friends how many days, week , months or years are they staying in these schools.? you wal ...
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  • Owusu Acheaw 11 years ago

    Give them an inch and they´ll want a yard,give them a yard and they´ll want a mile. It´s really true what you said the other day about this NDC gov´t and their sponsorship of muslims to hajj for their vote, Mr O.T ...
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  • li 11 years ago

    Yes,he can fund the Muslim schools and leave us alone.we were managing our schools before they took over.

  • dewgt 11 years ago

    Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, you are too good, at the time your congregation were offering some money at the church every Sunday and paying tithe every month, somebody was using his/her money to buy cola-nut to chew. Now they ...
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  • Free Thinker 11 years ago

    It's really sad, and sometimes ridiculous, when we(True Africans, the people of the Original God) use foreign religions and cultures to continue to divide and destroy ourselves.
    Let's change the names of all the schools from ...
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  • Ring Leader 11 years ago

    Catholic Bishops, do your 'principles' and you cannot 'compromise' on include the numerous factories,spread across Europe, that you own and which produce countless Weapons of Mass Destruction? that you sell to Africans to mas ...
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  • Possible 11 years ago

    Nkrumah know what Ghana education will be future .That's reason ,he make sure ministries of Education .

  • Gye Nyame 11 years ago

    The mission schools should not have allowed government to take over their schools. Now the government is responsible for your pay checks and calls the shots. Technically, what the government says overrides what the Catholics ...
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  • maame 11 years ago

    schools were taken over by force. seems you do not know that

  • Moses Nte-Abo 11 years ago

    If there is going to be controversies about the mission schools the I will advise government to do the needfu. Give the schools back to their owners, after all no compensation was paid before the takeover; and I don't think t ...
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  • Gye Nyame 11 years ago

    I guess now that the Muslims don't have to comply with mission school rules there will be more Muslims who will enroll to take advantage of the discipline etc., and then eventually it would really become a Muslim school. Huh! ...
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  • machine doctor Adam 11 years ago

    Can u you fund your catholic schools? Muslims too are tax payers therefore do logical analysis. Christ hav mercy Father hahaah...

  • Dirty Muhammad 11 years ago

    Do dirty scrappy Moslem taxes make way to offering boxes in churches to build schools? Aren't Moslem taxes end up building kvips and crematoria for their zongos and wanzams. Don't say they pay taxes

  • But Jesus is LORD 11 years ago

    Is as simple as that. If you can't stand those religious schools just quit.

    God bless our homeland Ghana

  • John Harrison 11 years ago

    Eventhough, I am not a Catholic but I want to ask my brothers Muslim what running through their brains? How many of them all over the world wide demonstrate against the killing of innocent Christians in Pakistan , Afghanistan ...
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  • Dr. Ike 11 years ago

    Co-existence in Ghana is unique in history, let other nations learn from us -the Ghana brand of TOLERANCE

  • Close Observer 11 years ago

    TURNING ONE TRIBE AGAINST ANOTHER
    TURNING ONE RELIGION AGAINST ANOTHER
    THERE WAS EVEN AN ATTEMPT BY ATTA MILLS TO poison football clubs with politics just for the SELFISH INTEREST of the USELESS NDC PARTY.
    Everything that ...
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  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    if prez maham is incompetent and dangerious , Akuffu Addo will be 100times worst than prez mahama

  • Close Observer 11 years ago

    IS IT BECAUSE AKUFFO ADDO OVERTHREW A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT, HAD WOMEN WHIPPED IN THE STREETS NAKED AND CAUSED THREE JUDGES AND A RETIRED ARMY OFFICER'S DEATH?

  • DAN 11 years ago

    you are so ignorant; it was ndc jj rawlings who did all that. You dont even know your history; 1982

  • Aikins 11 years ago

    He was asking.

  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    This is old Story of jj Rawlings.
    you had used this accusation for so many times which ghanaian refused to accept, the voters still reposed their trust in him and jj won his two term presidential elections.

    what had JJ ...
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  • Close Observer 11 years ago

    THE NDC TURNING ONE TRIBE AGAINST ANOTHER
    TURNING ONE RELIGION AGAINST ANOTHER
    THERE WAS EVEN AN ATTEMPT BY ATTA MILLS TO poison football clubs with politics just for the SELFISH INTEREST of the USELESS NDC PARTY.
    Everyth ...
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  • Mohammed Mustapha 11 years ago

    why do you people politicize everything in this country. in case you have forgotten, the president is not a Muslim. where lies the peaceful coexistence we've been preaching if we are to forcefully make people practice our fai ...
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  • Kojo E 11 years ago

    I wonder why some contributors only come onto this platform to insult? Why?

  • Kofi B 11 years ago

    Kojo
    Well said
    the other thing is that contributors just type their opinions without reading what others have already said, hence the discourse is not elevated. You can see that most people are not directly commenting, poin ...
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  • kwadwo grushi 11 years ago

    Moslems don't build schools
    like Jehovah witness
    look at their so called MAKALANTA school
    walk out if u can't
    im not a Catholic but I went to owass cus I love the school and its rules and regulations

  • The Truth 11 years ago

    Your grammar is horrible.

  • Pelicles 11 years ago

    If that is the only contribution you can make, I will say thank you very much.

  • TK 11 years ago

    Which kind of principles do the catholic schools have?Apart from immorality.

  • Military Man 11 years ago

    ....like their principles, don't send your kids there. Very simple.
    Nothing complicated about that, is there?

  • Mawuli 11 years ago

    Hey buddy! Haven't been in touch for a while. I have something interesting for you. Please Google Professor Patrick L.O. Lumumba's name to watch his lectures on YouTube and let me know what you think of him.
    I love his speec ...
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  • Kotei 11 years ago

    No one asked them to attend catholic or Presbyterian or Methodist or Anglican schools. There's a reason these schools were established. Not for u to come and bargain with school authorities. If u can't stand the heat get out ...
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  • Lloyd, Washington DC. 11 years ago

    Conform to their rules or leave. They can also build their own schools. I did not attend a "Makalanta" (Muslim) school because I can't follow their rules and practices. It's as simple as that, period. Muslims don't rule the w ...
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  • Jon 11 years ago

    Comment to: Re: BISHOPS MUST SUBMIT TO GOVERNMENT

    The Churches are mere custodians of the schools; the schools don't belong to them. The schools were founded by early European missionaries to evangelize. In post-independen ...
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  • Wepare 11 years ago

    Why did you say Muhammad.

  • Wepare 11 years ago

    Why did you say Muhammad.

  • YAKUBU MUSSA 11 years ago

    NDC and mahama goverment will bring WAR to GHANA soon.

  • Jon 11 years ago

    Dnt be a fool what's war abt this... aboa gymii

  • L.L.O 11 years ago

    What war ? Our constitution is the supreme and any other law contrary is void. Catholics shouldn't have handed their schools to government to fund. If government is funding then they should respect the law

  • Repent 11 years ago

    Dirty pig. Try bringing war. It's not only moslems who can fight Try it. How many moslems do we have in Ghana? You sub standard bloc.

  • Aikins 11 years ago

    I blame the useless president mahama for all this.

  • bawa daasey monnie 11 years ago

    say it again my brother.the problem is from the politicians. other wise this matter should have been dead before arrival.we have muslems in the military why don't they complain about their religious rights when they go for th ...
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  • Bogas 11 years ago

    Our country is not a Christian country. It is a circular country governed by a constitution that guarantees the freedom and choice of religious practices and frowns on imposition of religious beliefs and practices on individu ...
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  • J. D Mahama 11 years ago

    Man the word is secular and not "circular". You goofed.

  • Notoro 11 years ago

    Muslims who raised issues about treatment meted out to them in some Christian schools did not complain about disciplinary measures they complained about imposition of religious beliefs on them. The truth is that the Catholic ...
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  • Ghanaman 11 years ago

    For Christsakes it is a MISSION SCHOOL!

  • k, no problem, a 11 years ago

    Are you sure you well. The constitution gives right with limitations. The constitution gives catholics guarantee of freedom of practice of their religion. There is no law which prohibits the setting up of schools on religious ...
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  • akans must unite, 11 years ago

    When did this start,with NDC,these guys have planted a seed of discourse in this country, Ghanaians wise up and reject this government, all Christians must vote against this government.

  • Wepare 11 years ago

    How manying Church's do we have in the Muslims schools you can go to your schools and we can go to our schools.

  • GIDEON ATONGO 11 years ago

    For the first time the church is standing up to the bully. Where are the other churches? Their voices are very important and they to send a very loud and clear message to the gov't that it will not sit and allow politicians t ...
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  • k, no problem, a 11 years ago

    That is it . We don't want any ISIS style of living here. You are a moslem please go to a moslem school and leave christians alone. If you are a christian please go to a christian school and leave moslems alone. Let us leave ...
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  • Gaxa 11 years ago

    Talk like someone who has a head to think

  • Isam mohammed farhan 11 years ago

    All this insults will not change anything bcos they're not the law and they cant sit and be doing things the way they like we r law abiden citizens and we do it according to wat it says so my brother stop all this bad talks

  • ekow nyame 11 years ago

    There should not be any argument in this at all. The facts are clear and concise, Ghana has always have three main categories of educational institutions ; Mission Schools, Secular or Government Schools and Private Schools. P ...
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  • Kwaku 11 years ago

    Cut out all these foreign religious crap from our educational system. They are unnecessary. Religion is the subtle tool which is still being used by both Arab and European imperialists to dominate and plunder African resource ...
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  • THE TRUTH HURTS 11 years ago

    THEY DO NOT NEED TO COMPROMISE TO THESE WASTE OF SPACE USELESS NDC GOVT MINISTERS FOOLISH DEMANDS.

    BRAVO FAITH SCHOOLS!

    WHEN PEOPLE GO TO MUSLIMS SCHOOLS THEY ABIDE BY THE RULES...

    RUBBISH NDC USELESS INCOMPETENCE JD ...
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  • ABOUTALEB PEPENI 11 years ago

    As long as those Catholic schools remains public funded, those rules will not work and should never be obeyed by the Catholic missions. Ghana is not a Christian country and the constitution so pronounced Ghana as a secular st ...
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  • ABOUTALEB PEPENI 11 years ago

    CORRECTIONS: "Those rules will not work and must never be obeyed by non Christian students in Catholic Schools"

  • lasaco from ejura 11 years ago

    i agree perfectly with them. even go and see in our Muslims T.I schools' if you are not a Muslim you can't head there.

  • appiah 11 years ago

    Please stop saying what you don't know. I am a product of T.I Amass and nothing of what u are stating happened.

  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    Once a Muslim has decided to opt for how Christians impart values into their children, they have no option than to follow and obey their rules. I am the type who cannot stand the maltreatment against the poor and vulnerable i ...
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  • Nas 11 years ago

    Some people just comment because of freedom of speech koby you are very stupid to say that

  • Naa-zo Tiyumba 11 years ago

    check your spellings, the word is Muslims and NOT Moslems

  • Military Man 11 years ago

    one track mind bozo

  • K. Manu 11 years ago

    The descendants of Ismael, the illegitimate son of Abraham, have always been rowdy and rebellious from time immemorial. Whenever they are given a inch, they try to take a yard. Europe granted them Asylum, and they turn to for ...
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  • Dog Prophet Mohammed 11 years ago

    Moslems quit their countries and go to the West because they want to live in freedom only to become terrorists fighting western democracies, the very systems that gave them freedom. I wonder why they are still granted asylum ...
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  • T j 11 years ago

    please be polite ok

  • k, no problem, a 11 years ago

    Eh?

  • Mohammed Mustapha 11 years ago

    why don't you physically show yourself and make those pronouncements? kwasia, gyimii, pr3koba.

  • Naa-zo Tiyumba 11 years ago

    Where you really born into a home or animal pent? any way child growing up from a home where manners and etiquette are the principles will not speak, think and write that way. grow up are a pig

  • Kojo E 11 years ago

    Every faith has schools, so why are Muslims insisting on having their way in other faith schools when they do not compromise on theirs? Why are they stoking up a controversy where there is none?

  • dewgt 11 years ago

    You don't know that Muslims are always fighting over things which doesn't belong to them???? That is how they are.

  • kwaku rawlings 11 years ago

    Somebody ask John the idiot for me, so are our moslem policewomen and soldierwomen going to start wearing hijab?

  • purple 11 years ago

    kiikkikkkiikkii.....good question!

  • Naa-zo Tiyumba 11 years ago

    you can't even spell Muslims.
    the word is NOT Moslems but Muslims

  • Tito Bremah Asekuma 11 years ago

    Dog Prophet Mohammed. You're the biggest coward. Why don't you mention your name. God curse you into eternity

  • Dog Prophet Mohammed 11 years ago

    Because I am a dog.

  • Sayim 11 years ago

    The unwise intervention by the NDC government has backfired. They wanted to use it for Moslem votes but did not consider how it will offend Christians. If mission based schools and hospitals withdraw their services, where wil ...
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  • Lloyd, Washington DC. 11 years ago

    True, Sayim.

  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    Those Boko Haram Terrorist in the Country must examine their heads and boko Haram Actions because they should always remember, that they are the minority in the Country so any stupid Terrorist move will Crash them out as l ...
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  • kinda 11 years ago

    don't deceive yourself been majority will make u fool. speak sense and stop vomiting nonsensical words.

  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    do you understand what talking sense means?
    1.it meanse stop boko haram and let the innocent live in peace.

    2.it means if you are not ready to obey their rules dont go there

    3. it means stop reading only koran and get ...
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  • lsis 11 years ago

    u are asking of the name so that u go and kill him. Kwasia. how many Christians do you allow to do their own things in ur schools? u ar a shameful ldiot.

  • Ambassador 11 years ago

    Peace be still

  • Queen 11 years ago

    I AGREE 1000%. BE BOLD MOST REV. THEY SHOULD NOT GO TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND TRY TO DIRECT THEM AS TO WHAT TO DO.NONSENSE !

  • Akatwei 11 years ago

    MAHAMA IS A FAKE PRESIDENT AND A WOLF IN A SHEEP SKIN. MAHAMA,PLS STOP USING THE NAME JOHN B'COS U'RE FAKING TO BE A CHRISTIAN. LOOK AROUND HIM, MOST OF HIS NEW APPOINTEES IN HIS OCCULT GOVERNMENT ARE HIS LIKE. "HELLO"

  • Dirty Muhammad 11 years ago

    How do they understand catholicity or catholic schools? They fools by trying to dictate nonsense to mission schools...they should setup their terrorist schools and give way to Christians.

  • Ghabay,NY 11 years ago

    If you are a Muslim and u don't want to abide by Christian rules,don't attend Christian schools,is as simple as that,when u go to Rome ,you do what Romans do.You can't implement your Muslim principles in a Christian instituti ...
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  • Awoste TT 11 years ago

    Thank you all for standing up for the truth. It's simple choice...banku, kenkey,fufu etc choose your poison. There are enough Arabic schools around do they ever teach anything Christianity? Please end the argument. Missions s ...
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  • Kofi B 11 years ago

    If you want your child to make it in life, send her/him to a catholic school.

  • Kwadwo Djan U S A 11 years ago

    Bishop very simple. Do what the Romans do if you are in Rome

  • Ali, Toronto 11 years ago

    He who pays the piper calls the tune. The State funds these schools, so the government can issue a directive to protect the religious rights and freedoms of non-Catholic students in these schools.

  • dewgt 11 years ago

    Who buys a car and doesn't know he/she will buy fuel. When the missions built the schools, they knew they could take very good care of them. Government go for the schools to rather mess them up, so if the government will pull ...
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  • Repent 11 years ago

    Don't the government pay same to the moslem so called schools. Just go attend those.Fool stop.

  • Ben 11 years ago

    If the Catholic Schools don't receive state funds, then, they have a point. But if they do, then they should comply with the state rules and the constitution because you can use state funds to encourage discrimination

  • RerALI MANHAMA 11 years ago

    All Mission Schools should join the Bishops to protect thir School. Kwasiampani MAHAMA and his NDC TOKES want to turn our beloved GHANA into Moslem Country.Look at how Moslems have started burning Christions Churches.Stay st ...
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  • K. Awuni 11 years ago

    Pure nonsense! they won't comply.The Catholic schools have funds to whatever. While they were saving money for development the Muslims were marrying more women.How can a tenant direct a landlord what to do.We Christians won't ...
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  • Rash 11 years ago

    Which verse of the bible asks a Christian to marry just one?Pls quote the verse.U people follow your lust.

  • Ali, Toronto 11 years ago

    Education for all citizens is the domain of government; religious rights and freedoms for all are also the domain of government. Far from being oppressive, the call of government on this matter is just. Therefore, these bisho ...
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  • slo niacin 11 years ago

    Shut up there if u can't stand it go to makaranta. The schools does not belong to the government. They belong to the churches. If u don't want to go makaranta go to back to Niger or Mali where u came from

  • Ali, Toronto 11 years ago

    The Churches are mere custodians of the schools; the schools don't belong to them. The schools were founded by early European missionaries to evangelize. In post-independence Ghana, the sole purpose of the schools is national ...
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  • Lloyd, Washington DC. 11 years ago

    You got one thing wrong. Jesus will never come wearing anything resembling NDC colors.

  • 2016 11 years ago

    so u wanna tell me all Christians schools in ghana were built by the europeans?? ali better go n do ur research well before you come back.

  • !! 11 years ago

    Strange analysis, are you suggesting being moslem means support for Ndc and being christian means anti-Ndc?

  • Mohammed Goat 11 years ago

    I am a Muslim, what our brother are doing is not good.We spent our money to paid for Haj, but fail to build school. At mosques we are told school is not useful.but if you are able to go to Mecca. you will get blessing and all ...
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  • Mallam.belgium 11 years ago

    Ali may Allah continue to increase you in all your endeavours,its a delight reading your comments,You re deep In reasoning Masha Allah.

  • DESTROYERS PARTY N D C 11 years ago

    Ali you are so smart and not clever look pndc, ndc have A LOT HARM TO GHANIANS.l attended ROMAN CATHOLICS SCHOOL and in school we have a lot of muslims and during services ALL THE MUSLIMS ATTENDED THE SERVICES.During the en ...
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  • FiFi 11 years ago

    Respect the traditions of the all faith. If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!!!

  • Ghanaba 11 years ago

    rev bonsu is not being realistic. why does one have to pushed to worship idols like he does. that is not fair

  • Agbavitor, New York 11 years ago

    Ghanaba, your foolishness is always clear.

  • obour 11 years ago

    Ghanaba u are a great foollllll who said catholic worship idiols wen moslems worship the moon and the caba do we complain

  • Pensive 11 years ago

    Ghanaba u are a big foooooooooool.tell me in de bible or muslim quran wer human,s heads are used for sacrifice. Go to syria n lraq and c for uself hw christians are suffering.

  • sammy 11 years ago

    Lets all be honest,if I am a traditionalists Will de government allow me to do my dreadlocks with cowries inside to go to any school because it is my religious belief.So if someone is a gay we should allow him because it is h ...
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  • Black Stone Pot. 11 years ago

    Let cool heads reign in their hot head colleagues in these discussions. Govt schools are different from private schools. Christ the King SHS and St Paul's SHS can't have same administrative guidelines. Govt can't build school ...
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  • Kodjo 11 years ago

    Dangerous ignorant and myopic apt words to describe these bishops. So long as tax money is used to pay the teachers salary in these achools you are bound by the CONSTITUTION to allow every student his/her freedom to practise ...
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  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    Muslims always quote Ghana's Constitution to buttress their fight for freedom of worship but they forget that the same constitution also stipulates that education shall be free and compulsory for all children at school going ...
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  • Kata 11 years ago

    They net to stop them, go to the Tema stadium they built a mosque inside they need to be stopped.

  • ebolla boy 11 years ago

    hey my Muslim friends...do u belief in constitution or u just using it to your advantage?i taught u guys believe all constitutions in the world are man made and sharia law being divine from Allah

  • Kata 11 years ago

    They need to stop them, go to the Tema stadium they built a mosque inside they need to be stopped.

  • Joshua 11 years ago

    thank you....that's good....we have to stick to the Christianity if they can't they should move out nobody forced in mission schools....

  • gbungli snr 11 years ago

    hahahahaaaa , i no fit laf
    christians dont want trouble .dats y the built their schools

  • gbungli snr 11 years ago

    thats all of it!! If you cant cope with christians values then forfeit their institutions

  • Bright Soul 11 years ago

    Ghanaians should vote their hardships out in 2016. Ghanaians should vote their hardships out in 2016

  • Victor A. Young 11 years ago

    Thanks God, I'm not alone! It's common sense; you don't need a prophet or gov't to tell you to make your choice. Just as Christians can't tell Muslims how to worship in their schools, so can Muslims not dictate how worship an ...
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  • Samia Fareed 11 years ago

    It's your father who is a DOG

  • commonsense 11 years ago

    NDC trives on division. They turn tribe against tribe and since Ghanaians are now wide awake, they are turning Religion against other Religion. I am a Catholic and went to Catholic schools in Ghana and in U.S because of my fa ...
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  • Jam 11 years ago

    If the Muslims are not happy they can build a lot of Makaranta Secondary Schools and colleges.

    Ghana is not ready for that bull shit which ends up in modern day radicalisation of the youth.

  • Jah Prophet 11 years ago

    Most Reverend Bishop Osei Bonsu. We need you in Accra to instill some discipline into the management of Mary Mother of Good Counsel School. They think they own the school.

  • ike obimanso 11 years ago

    this politicians r fooling Ghanaians but we r not opening our eyes.we shld be crful abt what we say n do.Discipline shld be the hallmark of every institution.

  • NANA 11 years ago

    If you've stupid politicians who cannot take care of the economic & social needs of the society but rather dwell on issues that'll divide us that's what happens.NDC is playing with religious & tribal fire.

  • Joe 11 years ago

    I don't understand this fuss our brother muslims are making. For instance here in AUSTRALIA, we have catholic financed by the state in almost every aspect and yet they are run by the church and students have to participate in ...
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  • michael 11 years ago

    Ash but is this suppose to be an issue??Muslims and Christians have co-existed in mission schools for so long without any issue,so where from this religious stuff mmmmm

  • Iddrisu 11 years ago

    This man is talking trash, as a matter of fact he is talking bullshit. We are talking of one Ghana ,one people and nationalism comes before religion. We as a people don't want what's happening in Nigeria because of religious ...
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  • BIRAHMA 11 years ago

    Gay men challenging the Prez of Ghana

  • STOP THE FIRE 11 years ago

    Let All Come Down,Let Pray so That There Will Be No War in our Beloved Country Ghana,But Peace,Good Faith,Love And Care...!

  • Okesse 11 years ago

    Daniel, Abednago,Shadrack were allowed to practise their beliefs
    Catholic Bishop come down. Please tone down.
    All these schools are technically govt schools funded by all citizens including the Moslem taxes. Lets go by t ...
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  • Seth Abugri 11 years ago

    it's de right move bcos if u are in rome u do wat de romans do.

  • Okesse 11 years ago

    The white who brought religion to us don't bring this religious thing in public schools. Ghana is a secular state and all public schools, meetings,
    The universities public meetings should be secular oriented.
    In India praye ...
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  • Yaw 11 years ago

    Don't forget that Indians practice Hinduism. All assassinations of their heads, beginning with Ghandi was because he wanted to reform Hinduism.

  • Felix Kwabla Amuzu 11 years ago

    President, for this one,you did not do well. Don't u sense danger after this pronouncement?Are compelling the Mission schools to abandon their rituals because of moslem faith?How many moslem schools do we have in the country? ...
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  • TT 11 years ago

    What next. Muslims will refuse to say the nation anthem unless God is changed to Allah. No Muslim school will allow Christians to gather for prayers or have church services. Check out Tamale Muslim SHS. No body is imposing re ...
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  • Eugene 11 years ago

    Knowledge in the practice of other religions should bring about religious tolerance and not we are witnessing now.

  • Kofi 11 years ago

    The intolerance are from the Muslims.Can"t you see that? Ataturk, banned the headscarf bullshit in Muslim Turkey without a problem.He is still classified as the father of mpdern Turkey.I went to sec sch in 1974.We all used th ...
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  • Wind of Change 11 years ago

    IT IS SAD TO NOTE THAT SOME GHANA'S CATHOLIC BISHOPS WHOSE RELIGION WAS NOTED FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTER RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE HAS NOW DASHED ALL THESE VIRTUES INTO THE BIN. I BLAME THIS ON THE DOOR STEP OF ARCH BISHOP PAL ...
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  • sam. 11 years ago

    I remember from my primary school through to secondary school,morning devotion was done almost every monday morning and every student had to attend.I don't know why this issue has just come up and people complaining.when i wa ...
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  • Ampem 11 years ago

    Come and see moslems baptising their kids in Catholic churches because they want to get admission to the Catholic schools in UK. Faith, faith, faith.......?

  • 2016 11 years ago

    If you go to rome, do wat the romans do!!!!

  • jjp obuasi 11 years ago

    GOOD ONE THERE BISHOPS

  • Mubarak 11 years ago

    I'm a muslim and attended catholic schools from basic to teacher training. I chose these schoolsbecause of their pedigree in academic excellence and morals. Noone imposed religion on me while I studied there. They didn't try ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    This is what we call "voice of reason".Without sounding arrogant...What is it to be admired in terms of democratic dispensation from any of the Muslim/Arab oriented countries..from Arabia to Mali?.In England secular politicia ...
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  • kwaku s 11 years ago

    Mission schools can not allow what the government call 'human right to worship' to mingle with the Church efforts to instill discipline in the youth of Ghana. Just look around and see what is happening with the youth today.
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  • Kwaku 11 years ago

    Ghana is a secular state not a christian nation.

  • Abu 11 years ago

    I am a true moslem but i do agree entirely with the Bishop`s statement.We cannot win "so called religious tolerance" and loose discipline.The schools were built to be govern by the catholic beliefs and values without compromi ...
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  • Joe, kumasi 11 years ago

    Religious intolerance and discrimination is a threat to national development so brothers and sisters let's think twice.

  • ..USMAN. 11 years ago

    Those against missionary schools should rather advice the government to stop the Makaranta form of education since it is a breeding ground for raising terrorists. Why do they envy Christians. Is it because christians have cho ...
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  • JHON 11 years ago

    I think you are Nigerian, Please leave us in peace, we Ghanaians are tolerant, makaranta i nigeria and Ghana is not the same we don't knw what you are talking about. So go back to Nigeria and think about your Boko Haram, May ...
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  • k, no problem, a 11 years ago

    I can't attend makaranta and force my religious values on them. I know it is makaranta and I attended so I take it as it is. Christian schools must remain christian.

  • Dr Robert Kwao Glah 11 years ago

    Do what the Romans do in Rome, when you are in Rome

  • Sisko 11 years ago

    Yes we shall quit Catholic schools who believe in three gods in one. The same Catholic who believed that thei god died for three days and left the world without an overseer until he woke up again. Yes the same cahtolics whose ...
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  • ..USMAN. 11 years ago

    Please if you don't like catholic teachings, don't even touch their facilities with a long stick. You see, I cannot stand the sight of maltreatment against women that is why nothing on earth will compel me to accept any lucra ...
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  • Dr effrlm 11 years ago

    foolish talk
    U
    Der
    Compare ur mohamed with
    JESUS

  • Faustina 11 years ago

    You comply with the rules, regulations and norms of Rome.

    As long as a person enters Rome, He or She is supposed to do what Romans do.

    So there is no big deal about this at all. Either you comply or you leave.

  • KK mends mensah. 11 years ago

    Yes they should go to their schools and do whatever they like. never ever give in.

  • el negro 11 years ago

    See how we are fighting each other because of religion, and as elder that's not the way u should come out and talk, like if they dont want to practice Christianity they should go, how could you talk such way, don't know that ...
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  • Nana 11 years ago

    if not for cheap ploitical gains why would mahama kind of force the head of those institutions??? The truth is that schools are not established just like that, there is always a rational behind it. If u cant cope u only need ...
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  • Rev. James Boateng 11 years ago

    I strongly endorse the Catholic Bishop 's statement...

  • xeth 11 years ago

    Same way a muslim is not allowed to grow his beard in the security service though its against their belief nor the True faith christian not allowed to walk bare footed in school which is against their belief.

    we must simpl ...
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  • lucky from abelenkpe 11 years ago

    many people talk more so they hear less

  • Paul 11 years ago

    Exactly, wise man don't give up. Quit if you disagree with the School's practices. The Catholic church should also introduce Memorandum of Understanding so that accepted students will sign to abide by the school's long practi ...
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  • Nyame Dua 11 years ago

    The constitution is supreme. No child must be forced un school to worship in a way he or she doesn't want to. Simple. Must be enforced in both Christian and Muslim schools. Government schools should not be automatically turne ...
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  • AB 11 years ago

    IDOL WORSHIPERS.....

  • AB 11 years ago

    IDOL WORSHIPERZ....

  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    If only the Makarantas are registered with the GES and have basic exam facilities why not.

  • maame 11 years ago

    is it our fault that wassec is written in our schools. we work with our brains and not weapons. we have foresight. you live the present and that is it. take us from the northern part of ghana, your stronghold, and see tha ...
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  • Praise 11 years ago

    Thats A sensible Comment

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  • sul 11 years ago

    When the effect of what you are preaching starts to grow...each and every one of us will have his/her share.
    All what the Muslims are asking for is "DON'T FORCE THEM TO GO TO CHURCH". Is this difficult???
    YOU CAN FOOL SOME ...
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  • omar 11 years ago

    1.what is your name.do you think by shitting your mind out you can be somebody.

  • maame 11 years ago

    what they say is simple. go to makalanta, simple and short

  • DANTY 11 years ago

    IT'S TRUE IF U CNT BACK OFF.NO ONE NEEDS TO TELL PEOPLE WHO CHOSE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WHAT TAKES PLACE THERE.CATHOLIC SCHOOLS BEST IN ALL U CAN THINK OFF.

  • OLUNTU 11 years ago

    HOW DO BUILD YOUR HOUSE N SOMEONE TELLS U HOW TO RUN YOUR OWN HOUSE IN THE NAME OF CONSTITUTION.TO EVERY LAW THERE IS AN EXCEPTION

  • boka 11 years ago

    will that be different if that someone contributes towards that house?

  • no where 11 years ago

    this man calling himself a bishop is a rapist. fool nonsense

  • Gaxa 11 years ago

    Some people talk as if their mind is in their stomack the issue is abt religion let the childrent practice what they brought from home period

  • ABU 11 years ago

    The catholic schools are in Ghana and therefore the constitution is supreme.Most of the teachers in Catholic schools are paid by government.so the schools are NOT ENTIRELY catholic schools.

  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    DUE TO THESE TYPE OF STUPIDITIES WE ARE GOING TO BRING vatican in Ghana.

    I will campaign until Ghana go to refrendom to declare the Country a Christian Country if you dont Change your terrorisms makaranta behaviour

  • abdulkarim 11 years ago

    Som of u are big fools wen it's tax paying tym does the the Christians pay different amount to what the Muslims pay so as long as the tax payers money is used in funding those schools u saying is for Christians every body can ...
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  • DANTY 11 years ago

    CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD STOP ADMITTING NON CATHOLIC TO BRING PEACE.
    NO ONE CAN TELL THE CATHOLIC HOW THEY SHOULD RUN THEIR SCHOOLS.IF U CNT COPE WIF THE CATHOLIC PRINCIPLES STAY AT HOME OR GO ELSE WHERE.

  • boka 11 years ago

    what do you think if that school is getting money and other benefits from government?

  • Be wise 11 years ago

    The catholic man is not saying, Muslims have no right practicing their believes in catholic schools. I can even attest to the fact that most christian schools in Ghana even have mosques meant for muslims. However, it seems th ...
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  • James 11 years ago

    Is that why the catholic schools allow teachers to beat its students? Is is for a fact that most of these Nuns and catholic priest are frustrated and therefore act like Sgt majors.

  • khalid 11 years ago

    Catholics came into Ghana to spread their faith. This country also has its rules and that‘s the constitution. If you the catholics can‘t comply by the constitution which gives the freedom of worship to every individual, y ...
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  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    Majority of Muslims in Ghana are of foreign extraction mostly from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, and are the cause of confusion. Only few Muslims are indigenous people from Dagomba, Mamprusi, Wala areas and are m ...
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  • Dirty Muhammad 11 years ago

    Moslems must be quiet and enjoy Christian schools and get out.if they dare make any noise in Christian schools,they must be ejected immediately

  • salinco 11 years ago

    i can c dat christianity is ful of hypocrites.do u tink ghana is isreal or wat kind stupidity is no wonder bcos data hw ur so called leader also speaks,as if dey breath through their anus.Bastards

  • Abiesi adams 11 years ago

    As far as some of these schools been founded by the tax payers money every citizen have the right to attend the school and not force of one religion doctrine .

  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    Lt Muslims use their Mecca money to build good schools for their children.

  • Be wise 11 years ago

    You see! your lack of understanding puts you in a dangerous position, therefore you're either a deluded fanatic or unintelligent. Having said that let do analysis of the text you seek to undermine(even though you deliberately ...
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  • LOVE 11 years ago

    God bless you. Their Imams always deceive and tell them lies always at the Mosque. Can you imagine their Imams have told them a lie that the Holy Spirit is mohammed? hahahaaaa. They are so deceived, illiterate and educated mu ...
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  • Attah Michael 11 years ago

    The principles of the church is what lead the church to where it's now,
    So the principles should take place.

  • frieda 11 years ago

    government should handle government schools and leave the private schools and or missions schools to be handled by their respective owners. owners of these institution should pay their staff respectively so that those who tak ...
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  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    As simple as that.

  • sheriff wisdomgold of u s a 11 years ago

    My goodness why can just say only the national Anthem and for get all this age long discipline and religious ethics that have existed in those school and has not help the nation for its just brainwash for somebody born in ano ...
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  • Okesse 11 years ago

    Religion is divisive , descrimiatory infact all religion Secularity should be enforced in our schools otherwise we cannot face what is coming between these divisive religions!

  • USMAN. 11 years ago

    Muslims are not the only custodians of violence. You remember what happened in the Central African Republic that led to the formation of anti-baraka. The only thing Muslims fear most is tough resistance and some of us know. T ...
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  • KOO THE BOY 11 years ago

    people in u.s.a take their children to catholic school because of their principles.quit if you can't stand their principles. in u.s.a catholic school is consider a private school, you pay a lot of money to send your child the ...
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  • KBaffoe 11 years ago

    You guys should know the bishops are taking like this cos they still reserve the right to take the mission schools fully from Government. It is part of the agreement government signed way back. Please the matter is in court ...
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  • akurugu 11 years ago

    In Rome and Irelandcatholicpriestsencourange and picks Muslims to catholic schools

  • MenayeAFUAforiwa 11 years ago

    It is not only Catholic Institutions but all parochial schools. If the parents of Muslem students cannot allow their wards to attend churches they should look somewhere which would accept them. In as much as members of Boko H ...
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  • akurugu 11 years ago

    In Vatican City all the cchools is full of Moslems and Indians the biggest Catholic school in the world for foreigners is in Perugia at St.francis d'asisi is full of Moslems it's time Africa Catholic to practice what they pre ...
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  • Baaaanaa 11 years ago

    THe catholic schools should not forget that it is the moneys the students pay and the support they get from government that is still keeping them to run the schools if the students quit how will they make their returns, the s ...
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  • Kwesi Ackon 11 years ago

    The boko haram dogs are in Ghana now. there are now starting the WAR with the CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.There did not build but there want to own. NOWAY FOR THEM

  • NII LA 11 years ago

    Christian schools should b firm

  • kausar 11 years ago

    freedom of worship den y cant we abide by dat law.arent we free to wear wat we want.jst to cover our hair is dat a disaster to.our LORD is our witness

  • Kwesi Ackon 11 years ago

    Muslim think to be wise but there are now fools. they use money to paid for haij but fail to build schools. FOOLISH MUSLIM

  • nayiina 11 years ago

    They are trying to destroy Ghana education and even Italy is catholic heard of state but they are not forcing students for the activities in schools

  • Mohammed Goat 11 years ago

    I am a Muslim.At the mosque we are told school is not useful. But HAIJ is blessing and all thing shall be giving to You from GOD.We should fight to close down all School in Ghana.

  • Mohammed Mustapha 11 years ago

    the president of the Catholic bishops must be very stupid. does his Scripture tell him to force someone to practice his religion because the fellow is benefiting from him?

    in case he does not know, Muslims are paying for t ...
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  • Free 11 years ago

    If u marry a woman and the woman commits adultery and you are dissatisfied with it will you not divorce her? No body can be forced to belong to something that person does not will to. So if any student is displeased with rul ...
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  • PAPSON 11 years ago

    Leave this for Christian and Moslem leaders to sort it out. They will come out with something reasonable.

  • Joseph 11 years ago

    Very well said. The God of heaven made us all. The majority of us were born into faiths without our choosing. The creator does not expect us to fight over this. Good sense should direct us on how to ensure the good of all. Af ...
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  • Ready FOr Whatever.GH 11 years ago

    Rev. joseph osei bunso BUCK YOU OK? YOUR father... #rasist WE en we will burn and cloe ll thl school basics and tertiary Schools nation wide. then go around and collect and relocate to your compound of your house and operat ...
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  • kwaku 11 years ago

    Well said Most Rev.

  • Repent 11 years ago

    Raw facts. These were the reasons for setting up the schools.Even God will not stop this. Let me warn Ghanaians, that it's not only moslems who can bring trouble. Get to the Central African Republic and see what happened ther ...
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  • evangelist akwasi awuah 11 years ago

    ALL MUSLIMS WILL GO TO HELL IF THEY DIE AND DIDNT REPENT,ONLY JESUS CHRIST IS THE TRUE SALVATION TO HEAVEN...MOHAMMED IS IN HELL.GOOD FOR HIM.

  • Naa-zo Tiyumba 11 years ago

    its quite clear that some miscreants wish to engage religious battles, wow.
    any way the drug is your bitter pill to take. state any where in your bible where Jesus said he is God so worship him.
    you see to know the true mea ...
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  • Naa-zo Tiyumba 11 years ago

    it not surprising that this debate has began.
    lets ask the catholic conference their motivation the first place to allow government absorb this school if they did not want to relent on their ideologies and beliefs. once they ...
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  • Ayamba 11 years ago

    Then the bishop should send the schoolsback to Rome. Since the schools are established in Ghana every ghanaian have the righr to attend.

  • Baba mungode 11 years ago

    We all family due to religious,no insult God has bless Ghana with no violence peac

  • OSEI RICHARD 11 years ago

    thats all if you can't quit it simple

  • Anaabi Saafi 11 years ago

    if Muslims not want to abide by the Christian rules in Christian schools then they should opt go to Muslim schools. In the past Muslims and Christians both attended the Christians and Muslim managed schools without prob ...
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  • Abdul- Malik 11 years ago

    This is a shallow perception and narrow minded. most so-called catholic sch are managed by Government

  • A one 11 years ago

    don't be stupid Bishop or what so ever

  • A one 11 years ago

    you are fool

  • Augusco Boy 11 years ago

    Why are Ghanaian Catholic Bishops becoming so stupid with time? I would have thought that these corrupt self-acclaimed "Nanas" would have at least respected the traditions of their predecessor Bishops.

    I am a product of G ...
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  • ernest 11 years ago

    Ghanaweb is making a big mistake to not read over comment b4 public view

  • Br John Ambrose ocd 11 years ago

    The African Bishops Conference Regards Catholic Running Of Its Schools Are Right If Students Dont Like The Program In Its Schools Go Elsewhere Simple As That.