It’s Peace for Muslim leaders.

By EMMANUEL BOAZ Muslim leaders are to use Mosques in this month of holy month of Ramadhan to spread peace as the general elections approach. The Muslim leaders from CIPK, UWAM and SUPKEM were in a meeting attended by all the Muslim leaders from the 47 counties in Kenya. “We will make sure that the peace is ensured by Muslims and all the Kenyans no matter their religious belief.” Sheikh Abdul Ghafur said. “Civil education should be started by the government to educate Kenyans on the importance of keeping peace and how to vote wisely in order for Kenyans not to experience a repeat of what happened in 2007” sheikh Abdul Ghafur added. “Peace is not attained from forums it is attained by action. We kindly ask the government to give identity cards to those who have attained the age of obtaining the cards because it’s everyone’s democratic right,” the secretary general CIPK sheikh Dor added. “We should together join hands as Kenyans; within the country and in the Diaspora and ensure that the coming general elections are done at a peaceful environment.” Sheikh Dor concluded. The Muslim leaders furthermore said that they are against the government giving syringes to the drug addicts with the argument that the act will increase the AID virus to spread among the addicts. “A person who is infected with AIDS is at a lower chance of spreading the disease than a drug addict who is infected by AIDS. Everybody will avoid the person infected By AIDS but the drug addict will spread the disease even further” Sheikh Khalifa Said. “The government gave condoms some years back but that was not a remedy to the spread of aids so we should join hands and speak against the government’s move of giving syringes to our youth as that is a way to show that they are promoting drug abuse,” sheikh Dor lamented. For many years, the police are alleged to form kangaroo courts where they try people caught by drug cases and later release them without proper investigations. “I say the kangaroo courts should be stopped. We do not support the spread of drugs. The drug curtails should be seized and the ones responsible brought to book, said the National Chairman Islahil Islamia of Kenya Sheikh Mohammed Amana. The terrorism bill was also was a matter of discussion too even though it was passed to law. The Muslim leaders are against the bill. “We are against it not because we are Muslims but because it will harm Kenyans. Sections 21, 24, 31, and 36 are said to be against human rights,” sheikh Dor said.

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