Prospective Hajj pilgrims to pay less in cedis

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Murtala 8 years ago

Eii,can this be true?

Eii,can this be true?
USMAN 8 years ago

Muslims want Ghana government to sponsor Hajj operations. Muslims always want government to build their mosques for them. This happened in Bolga in 2009 when the Muslims there threatened Mark Woyongo to build their mosque for ...
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Muslims want Ghana government to sponsor Hajj operations. Muslims always want government to build their mosques for them. This happened in Bolga in 2009 when the Muslims there threatened Mark Woyongo to build their mosque for them because they claim the NDC used Muslim votes to come to power. In year 2000, the muslim community in Ghana threatened mayhem if the Ghana Statistical Service does not massage census figures to make Muslims look majority in Ghana. The question then is, is the Muslim god so feeble and cheap that he always wants government assistance to survive.
Mahmoud 8 years ago

The profiteering is too much and the government must come to the aid of the poor Muslims by instituting an inquiry into what the huge amount is used for. Half of the money is shared by officials and the agents because they do ...
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The profiteering is too much and the government must come to the aid of the poor Muslims by instituting an inquiry into what the huge amount is used for. Half of the money is shared by officials and the agents because they don't fear God.
OPEEELEEE 8 years ago

Muslims allah is a dead god. Allah is one of Middle Eastern 'abosom'. They are just wasting their time. The only thing that comes from these activities is terrorism.

The more they go to Saudi Arabia, the more muslims they ...
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Muslims allah is a dead god. Allah is one of Middle Eastern 'abosom'. They are just wasting their time. The only thing that comes from these activities is terrorism.

The more they go to Saudi Arabia, the more muslims they become wicked. They are still murdering innocent Christians. And these muslims murderers will go to Mecca to throw a stone at Satan. They have been throwing stones at Satan, but they have not been able to kill Satan. I hope this year Muslims will kill Satan.

Terror! terror! is Islam.
USMAN 8 years ago

Muslims want Ghana government to sponsor Hajj operations. Muslims always want government to build their mosques for them. This happened in Bolga in 2009 when the Muslims there threatened Mark Woyongo to build their mosque for ...
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Muslims want Ghana government to sponsor Hajj operations. Muslims always want government to build their mosques for them. This happened in Bolga in 2009 when the Muslims there threatened Mark Woyongo to build their mosque for them because they claim the NDC used Muslim votes to come to power. In year 2000, the muslim community in Ghana threatened mayhem if the Ghana Statistical Service does not massage census figures to make Muslims look majority in Ghana. The question then is, is the Muslim god so feeble and cheap that he always wants government assistance to survive.
Abigi 8 years ago

Who should pick up the difference?

Who should pick up the difference?
USMAN 8 years ago

“And the holy prophet said: Allah created Adam. Then He stroke his right shoulder and took out a white race as if they were seeds, and He stroke his left shoulder and took out a black race as if they were coals. Then He sai ...
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“And the holy prophet said: Allah created Adam. Then He stroke his right shoulder and took out a white race as if they were seeds, and He stroke his left shoulder and took out a black race as if they were coals. Then He said to those who were on his right side: towards paradise and I don’t care. He said to those who were on his left shoulder: towards hell and I don’t care.”( Mishkat ‘ul Masabih)
Is it fair to exempt people who have toiled their whole lives pursuing the cause of Islam to be exempted from enjoyment in the hereafter because of the colour of their skins? I think some of them have sacrificed a lot by abstaining from wine in order to prepare their throats for the Great Beyond where there are rivers of wine flowing(Sura47:15; 76:5&21; 83:25-29). It is also unfair to deny black African access to the Islamic heaven where there are a lot of Marriages and Sex. (56:10-22,35-38). The lowliest of the inhabitants of the Islamic heaven will have 72 wives- I am wondering how much wives will the district and regional chief Imams get and how many our good old Sheik Sharubutu will also get. I believe the old man will need a lot of Viagra and a long and robust LANGALANGA to perform his Islamic duties in the Islamic Heaven if he is eventually permitted to enter there. Hmmmmmmm
Sam Praise 8 years ago

John 3:16

John 3:16
Say the Truth 8 years ago

There is No Doubt in my mind that this DEAL is the USUAL Hallmark of the CORRUPTED NDC/MAHAMA Vote buying AGENDA now that 2016 Election if around the corner!!!!

GOD is watching from above the suffering of the people of Gha ...
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There is No Doubt in my mind that this DEAL is the USUAL Hallmark of the CORRUPTED NDC/MAHAMA Vote buying AGENDA now that 2016 Election if around the corner!!!!

GOD is watching from above the suffering of the people of Ghana and will exert his Vengeance for the people at the appropriate TIME!
USMAN 8 years ago

You remember, Boko Haram abducted 292 girls and converted them to Islam at gun point against their will. After this, all of these girls will be raped and if they become pregnant and give birth will their children be Muslims o ...
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You remember, Boko Haram abducted 292 girls and converted them to Islam at gun point against their will. After this, all of these girls will be raped and if they become pregnant and give birth will their children be Muslims or Christians. Your guess is as good as mine. This has been the modus operandi right from the inception of Islam.
the lone crusader! 8 years ago

And who supports this cheating nonsende or is anothet plan to sell ghana for votes .this gov. Can do it so no news if even

And who supports this cheating nonsende or is anothet plan to sell ghana for votes .this gov. Can do it so no news if even
the lone crusader! 8 years ago

This moslem charged gov.Is ready for everything but god decides.

This moslem charged gov.Is ready for everything but god decides.
Substitute Teacher 8 years ago

Is this something that is subsidized by government or is self financing? Transparency should be the keyword here.

Is this something that is subsidized by government or is self financing? Transparency should be the keyword here.
Adinkra a proud Akan. 8 years ago

What benefits do majority of Ghanaians got from the so called Hajj?Nothing really just recruitments' of Boko Haram and potential murderers.This should not be a government business.Nonsense

What benefits do majority of Ghanaians got from the so called Hajj?Nothing really just recruitments' of Boko Haram and potential murderers.This should not be a government business.Nonsense
john jerry peter 8 years ago

Who pays the difference . Is it government or the Haij board. Are u going to use tax payers money to sponsor religious activities ?.the we the Budhist have conference in India ,we need subsidy or else fire will burn . Keep on ...
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Who pays the difference . Is it government or the Haij board. Are u going to use tax payers money to sponsor religious activities ?.the we the Budhist have conference in India ,we need subsidy or else fire will burn . Keep on breeding sucide bombers . Nonsense
United Ghana 8 years ago

Couldn't agree with you more. Govt or Haij board must come clean about who's subsidising this pilgrimage.

Couldn't agree with you more. Govt or Haij board must come clean about who's subsidising this pilgrimage.
Adam Yakurli 8 years ago

mature people are out there watching. if you don't want your parents to be insulted don't insult someones parents, so adinkra or whatever the name is? should be mineful of his words.

mature people are out there watching. if you don't want your parents to be insulted don't insult someones parents, so adinkra or whatever the name is? should be mineful of his words.
Patapaa 8 years ago

Why is Government paying for people to go to Hajj?? It is against the teachings of Islam!!

Why is Government paying for people to go to Hajj?? It is against the teachings of Islam!!
USMAN 8 years ago

Mahama(a Gonja) is following the prescriptions of OIC.You remember a Muslim MP from Gonjaland declared that adulterous women should be stoned to death. Again Boko Haram in Akyem terrorized Muslim women for buying food from Ch ...
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Mahama(a Gonja) is following the prescriptions of OIC.You remember a Muslim MP from Gonjaland declared that adulterous women should be stoned to death. Again Boko Haram in Akyem terrorized Muslim women for buying food from Christians yet the IGP(a Gonja Muslim) kept mute. Muslims burnt down a Christian mission house in Atebubu yet the IGP was again silent. AMA banning churches in classrooms, Northern Regional Minister accusing the Christian clergy of encouraging politicians to be corrupt. These are all plans aimed at suppressing Christianity to please the OIC. These are all indicators that Mahama is feverishly handing over Ghana to the Organisation of Islamic Countries for Money. We should remember Islam is useless without direct state support and so Mahama is providing that support to Muslims to grow in Ghana whilst at the same time suppressing Christians. He is doing this because Islam as a religion is useless without direct political/government intervention.
USMAN 8 years ago

Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi commonly known as Ibn al-Rawandi, was an early skeptic of Islam and a critic of religion in general. In his early days, he was a Mu'tazilite scholar, but after rejecting the M ...
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Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Ishaq al-Rawandi commonly known as Ibn al-Rawandi, was an early skeptic of Islam and a critic of religion in general. In his early days, he was a Mu'tazilite scholar, but after rejecting the Mu'tazilite doctrine, he adhered to Shia Islam for a brief period before becoming a freethinker who repudiated Islam and revealed religion. Although none of his works have survived, his opinions had been preserved through his critics, Muslim apologists and the surviving books that answered him. His book with the most preserved fragments (through an Ismaili book refuting Al-Rawandi's ideology) is the Kitab al-Zumurrud (The Book of the Emerald).
Abu al-Husayn Ahmad bin Yahya ben Isaac al-Rawandi was born in Rawand in Kashan, today located in Central Iran or some say in Marv-rud in Greater Khorasan, today located in northwest Afghanistan, about the year 815 CE. According to the Egyptian scholar Abdur Rahman Badawi, Al-Rawandi was born in Basra at the time of the Abbassid Caliph Al-Mamoun. His father, Yahya, was a Jewish scholar and convert to Islam, who schooled Muslims in how to refute the Talmud. Al-Rawandi abandoned Islam for atheism and used his knowledge of Islam, learned from his father, to refute the Quran.
He joined the Mu'tazili of Baghdad, and gained prominence among them. But then he became estranged from his fellow Mu'tazilites, and formed close alliances with Shia Muslims and then with non-Muslims (Manichaeans, Jews and perhaps also Christians). He then became a follower of the Manichaean zindiq Abu Isa al-Warraq in which he wrote several books that criticized revealed religion.
It is generally agreed among Muslims that Ibn al-Rawandi was a heretic, but there is no agreement as to the nature of his heresy. Some look for the roots of his heresy in his connections with Shi'ism, and depict him as a Mu'tazilite. Some regard him as an Aristotelian philosopher, while others see him as a radical atheist, and some stress the political challenge he presented to the Islamic polity.
Scholars also try to account for the more positive view of Ibn al-Rawandi in some Muslim sources. Josef van Ess in particular has suggested an original interpretation that aims at accommodating all the contradictory information. Van Ess notes that the sources which portray Ibn al-Rawandi as a heretic are predominantly Mutazilite and stem from Iraq, whereas in eastern texts he appears in a more positive light. As an explanation for this difference, van Ess suggests "a collision of two different intellectual traditions," i.e., those in Iran and in Iraq. He further suggests that Ibn al-Rawandi's notoriety was the result of the fact that after Ibn al-Rawandi left Baghdad, "his colleagues in Baghdad ... profiting from his absence ... could create a black legend." In other words, van Ess believes that Ibn al-Rawandi, although admittedly eccentric and disputatious, was not a heretic at all.
He rejected the authority of any scriptural or revealed religion. This is borne out by citations from his other writings, besides the Kitab al-Zumurrud and The Futility of (Divine) Wisdom (Abath al-hikma).
Primacy of the intellect
God has bestowed upon human beings the gift of intellect, by which they can judge right and wrong. If what the prophets announce corresponds to what the intellect decrees, then prophets are superfluous. If it contradicts what the intellect decrees, then one should not listen to them. The discussion with the Barahima, the issue of the abrogation of the law, and the question of the possibility of substituting one law for another are also part of this argument. The argument is then applied to Islam in particular.
Connected with the claim of the sufficiency of human intellect is the discussion of various expressions of this intellect. Human children are taught to speak by their parents, from one generation to another, and this has always been the case. Ibn al-Rawandi is here probably addressing the question of whether human speech is natural or conventional. He seems to favor the solution of ilham (i.e., natural, innate knowledge), although the term itself does not appear.
The sciences are also mentioned as proof for the sufficiency of the intellect. According to him, people developed the science of astronomy by watching the skies. They did not need a prophet to teach them how to watch. Nor did they need prophets in order to teach them how to build flutes. It is absurd to assume that without prophetic revelation people would not have learned that the intestines of a sheep, when dried and stretched upon a piece of wood, can produce pleasant tones. All these skills are acquired by the assiduous application of the inborn human intellect, discernment, and power of observation.
Muslim traditions
According to the Zumurrud, traditions concerning miracles are inevitably problematic. At the time of the performance of a supposed miracle only a small number of people could be close enough to the Prophet to observe his deeds. Reports given by such a small number of people cannot be trusted, for such a small group can easily have conspired to lie. The Muslim tradition thus falls into the category of flimsy traditions, those based on a single authority (khabar al-ahad) rather than on multiple authorities (khabar mutawatir). These religious traditions are lies endorsed by conspiracies.
The Zumurrud points out that Muhammad's own presuppositions (wad) and system (qanun) show that religious traditions are not trustworthy. The Jews and Christians say that Jesus really died, but the Qu'ran contradicts them.
Ibn al-Rawandi also points out specific Muslim traditions, and tries to show that they are laughable. The tradition that the angels rallied round to help Muhammad is not logical, because it implies that the angels of Badr were weaklings, able to kill only seventy of the Prophet's enemies. And if the angels were willing to help Muhammad at Badr, where were they at Uhud, when their help was so badly needed?
Muslim rituals
The Zumurrud criticizes prayer, preoccupation with ritual purity, and the ceremonies of the hajj; throwing stones, circumambulating a house that cannot respond to prayers, running between stones that can neither help nor harm. It goes on to ask why Safa and Marwa are venerated, and what difference there is between them and any other hill in the vicinity of Mecca, for example the hill of Abu Qubays, and why the Kaaba is any better than any other house.
This sketch of the arguments contained in the Zumurrud confirms several of the conclusions presented in previous sections of the present study. It shows the close similarity between the Majalis Muayyadiyya, Maturidi, and the Tathbit, and thus corroborates the claim that they derive from the same source, the Zumurrud. It also strengthens the impression that all three sources summarize rather than quote the Zumurrud. And it shows that none of the three sources relied on either of the other two for its information, since in each one of them we find elements that are lacking in the other two. A comparison of the sources allows us to see that the same arguments are attributed at times to Ibn al-Rawandi, at times to al-Warraq and at times to both of them. A correct understanding of the Zumurrud must allow for the active participation of both Ibn al-Rawandi and al-Warraq in the dialogue, and take into account the heretical convictions of both of them.
From the Encyclopaedia of Islam:
"The plentiful extracts from the K. al-Zumurraudh provide a fairly clear indication of the most heterodox doctrine of Ibn al-Rawandi, that of which posterity has been least willing to forgive him: a biting criticism of prophecy in general and of the prophecy of Muhammad in particular; he maintains in addition that religious dogmas are not acceptable to reason and must, therefore, be rejected; the miracles attributed to the Prophets, persons who may reasonably be compared to sorcerers and magicians, are pure invention, and the greatest of the miracles in the eyes of orthodox Muslims, the Quran, gets no better treatment: it is neither a revealed book nor even an inimitable literary masterpiece. In order to cloak his thesis, which attacks the root of all types of religion, Ibn al-Rawandi used the fiction that they were uttered by Brahmans. His reputation as irreligious iconoclast spread in the 4th/10th century beyond the borders of Muslim literature."
GHANAMAN 8 years ago

Those philosophers were only speaking their mind, they could not have thought that they are the most intelligent creatures on earth. Neither did they even succeed in making their views impeccable to their own contemporaries. ...
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Those philosophers were only speaking their mind, they could not have thought that they are the most intelligent creatures on earth. Neither did they even succeed in making their views impeccable to their own contemporaries. Is just like everybody talking his feelings; it is not esoteric, not extraordinary; anybody can go on a criticism spree and write myriads of heretical, iconoclastic thesis to bafflegab vulnerable ideologically dearth individuals.

So why not stop talking about these fairy tales and allow others to enjoy their constitutional right of freedom of worship?

If you even want more literature generated by adversaries of Islam, I will give you a plethora of it. There are equally a lot of such references about other religions. However, the VALUE IS THE SAME.

It will still be "EVERYONE TO HIS RELIGION" till we return to our LORD.

Rather divert this enthusiasm you have always shown criticizing others to activities that will bring food to your table in addition to other pecuniary benefits. It will help buffer your micro-economic condition during these IMF times.

A word to the wise is in the "far north"
USMAN 8 years ago

Send this your message of freedom of worship to the Saudis who need it most.

Send this your message of freedom of worship to the Saudis who need it most.
GHANAMAN 8 years ago

Let saudis talk for themselves. We are Ghanaians on ghanaweb talking about Ghanaian issues based on our supreme legal document.

Let saudis talk for themselves. We are Ghanaians on ghanaweb talking about Ghanaian issues based on our supreme legal document.
USMAN 8 years ago

Go and preach freedom of worship in Saudi and see if they don't behead you for heresy yet Muslims in Ghana want freedom of worship in missionary schools in Ghana.

Go and preach freedom of worship in Saudi and see if they don't behead you for heresy yet Muslims in Ghana want freedom of worship in missionary schools in Ghana.
OPEEELEEE 8 years ago

You are wasting your time. I took time to read your long essay and there is nothing substance in it. Islam is all about hating innocent Christians and Jews.

The guy wasted his time talking abour history.No spirituality in ...
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You are wasting your time. I took time to read your long essay and there is nothing substance in it. Islam is all about hating innocent Christians and Jews.

The guy wasted his time talking abour history.No spirituality in it. He is talking about muslims dead allah, that was one of Middle Eastern 'abosom'.

Talk about your pedophile who had sex with nine year old child. Talk about your murderer prophet who cut a pregnant woman into pieces for alleged adultery. Talk about reasons why Muslims a murdering innocen Christians in their numbers while people like you keep mute. Don't waste our time with your unnecessary long essay.
ugly akufo addo 8 years ago

under npp we were always suffering anytime we want to go to hajj

under npp we were always suffering anytime we want to go to hajj
USMAN 8 years ago

Only cheap religions survive on government handouts and killing and abduction of innocent people who do not accept their bogus teachings.

Only cheap religions survive on government handouts and killing and abduction of innocent people who do not accept their bogus teachings.
Adinkra a proud Akan. 8 years ago

Hajj is useless approach by any meaningful government,go to hell why should it be someone's headaches to travel to Mecca.? Sheer stupidity.

Hajj is useless approach by any meaningful government,go to hell why should it be someone's headaches to travel to Mecca.? Sheer stupidity.
ugly akufo addo 8 years ago

anybody that support npp will go to hell

anybody that support npp will go to hell
USMAN 8 years ago

Dr Jane Smith of the Harvard University has clearly shown in a dissertation that even the term Islam did not originally mean submission.Also in ‘The Spiritual Background Islam’, a renown Middle East scholar Dr M. Bravmann ...
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Dr Jane Smith of the Harvard University has clearly shown in a dissertation that even the term Islam did not originally mean submission.Also in ‘The Spiritual Background Islam’, a renown Middle East scholar Dr M. Bravmann also reveals that the term ‘Islam’ did not originally mean Mohammed’s religion or that of any Jewish partriachal religion as claimed by Muslims. According to Dr. Bravmann, the word ‘Islam’ was a secular concept denoting a sublime virtue in the eyes of the primitive Arab; defiance of death, heroism, to die in battle, etc’. The term denoted bravery in battle. It did not mean ‘peace’ or ‘submission’. Marshal Hodgson reminds us that the English word ‘assassin’ is purely of arabic origin. It was originally ‘Hash shashin’( or assassinus in Latin) meaning ‘smokers of harshish’. It referred to the pratice by Muslims in the 11th-13th who took hashish(hemp) to receive enough energy to fight for Allah.
CITIZEN 8 years ago

They are merely enjoying their freedom of speech. This does not really matter at all. I do not think all these people understand arabic more than the muslim arabs. Stop chasing the air.

Just like an English man trying to t ...
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They are merely enjoying their freedom of speech. This does not really matter at all. I do not think all these people understand arabic more than the muslim arabs. Stop chasing the air.

Just like an English man trying to teach an Akan his mother tongue,,, hahahaa
Adinkra a proud Akan. 8 years ago

You will be the gate keeper in hell Kwasea, uneducated NDC fool soldier.

You will be the gate keeper in hell Kwasea, uneducated NDC fool soldier.
theo ofei 8 years ago

The govt should channel any subsidy for this pilgrimage to the zongos to benefit the masses who live in deprived conditions there. If anybody is blessed to attend this Hajj ,he or she must pay to the full.

The govt should channel any subsidy for this pilgrimage to the zongos to benefit the masses who live in deprived conditions there. If anybody is blessed to attend this Hajj ,he or she must pay to the full.

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