CURRENT PROBLEMS IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN GHANA AND IT SOLUTIONS

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters in Islam

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters in Islam

Topic

The CURRENT PROBLEMS IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN GHANA AND IT SOLUTIONS

May Allah make things easy for us.

We going to start tonight's discussion

All perfect praise be to Allah,The Lord of the Worlds.

I testify that there is non worthy of worship but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger.

As the topic suggests"the current problems in the Muslim communities n how it can be solved.

First of all,a Muslim community is one which has  Muslims as the dominant people in that community.

Now,talking about problems facing the Muslim Community reminds me of a visit we embarked to one of the highly recognised  organisation in the Ghana.

According the Imam of this organisation,he has identified two major problem  facing the Muslim Ummah in Ghana,and they are :

*Ignorance* *and* *poverty*.Interestingly,these two problems have given birth to

(1)Political Vigilantism

(2)Sakawa                  

(3)Landguards and what have you.So he continued  by saying that: if we really want to solve our problems,then we need to fight poverty and ignorance,  because they are the two main canker plaguing our Muslim Communities.

I think I agree with him on that score and what is ur take  on that?

The issue of wearing of veil in some schools and health facilities became topical somewhere after some Muslims complained of harassment and intimidation.

From my own obsevation, there are more problems in the Muslim communities, some of them are as follows:

The issue of wearing of veil in some schools and health facilities became topical somewhere after some Muslims complained of harassment and intimidation.

Again,I have realized that there is a wide gap between our scholars and the Muslim students in the Senior High Schools and sometimes the tertiary institutions.

The issue is that,the scholars are living in a different world and students are also in a different world. Our scholars don't seem to know how Muslim students are faring in their various schools, whether they are practising the *Deen* or not.Some of the students forget about Salat as soon they go school  and some engage in all sort vices in their various schools which our scholars oblivious  about.

Another problem facing the Muslims in Ghana is inadequate Senior High Schools to cater for the growing population of Muslim students.The minister of Zongo and Inner City did a survey throughout the Zongos and it emerged that we lack senior high schools in our communities. In fact Nima was cited as one the areas that does not have a Senior High School.

Again,the muslim communities in Ghana lack hospitals to meet the growing needs of our people.

The issue HIV has also been a topic of discussion in our communities.About two weeks ago,a Muslim lady doctor was on Metro TV as guest on Islam in Focus,and she made a shocking revelation as to how HIV is spreading fast in our communities.She said she has a lot HIV cases she handling at the moment and most of them are from our Communities.

I can't talk about problems in our  communities without mentioning the issue of hajj. Every year,we have incidence of stranded pilgrims at the Hajj village and always we come up with  flimsy excuses as to why the pilgrims couldn't make it to Saudi Arabia and it seems all the time,people who are put in charge of the Hajj affairs go unpunished for all d wrongs they commit and this proplem reoccurs every year.

Lastly,the issue of leadership has always been a problem in our Muslim communities.Our leaders are not giving us hope for the future,so most of the Muslim youth lack direction.

I think the problems are many,time will not permit us to mention all of them.These are just a few of them.

These are some of the solutions that can help us curtail some of these problems

How To Solve The Problems In The Muslim Communities.

1)We need to empower ourselves economically

2)Massive Education of the people in our Communities by our leaders

3)Provision of Islamic Senior High Schools and improvement of the Arabic school infrastructure.

4)Those who fear Allah should be allowed to run the affairs of Hajj.

5)Our youth should be mentored by our leaders

6)Our scholars need to visit the various schools to know what is going on, so that they can make an informed decision about the Muslim youth.

Alhamdulillah we've come to the end of tonight's presentation.

Thank u very much for ur attention

Alhamdulillah we've come to the end of tonight's presentation.

Thank u very much for ur attention