ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council urged all faithful and Ethiopians to exert relentless efforts towards preserving peace and security across the country.
This was noted yesterday during the 1498th Mawulid-al Nabi celebration at the Great Anwar Mosque here.
It was also learnt that several religious ceremonies commemorating good deeds of Prophet Muhammad had been carried out by celebrants of the holiday at the mosque.
During the occasion, Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council Deputy President Sheikh Abdulkerim Sheikh Bedredin conveyed his best wish message to all Muslims.
“Mawlid-al-Nabi commemorates all good deeds of the great prophet of Islam. We need to recount outcomes which human beings endowed because of the revival by the prophet. The prophet was a man of humanity. He teaches us to respect all good things and to reject inhuman things,” he said.
At the event, Addis Ababa Islamic Affairs Supreme Council Deputy President, Sheikh Fethudin Haji Zeynu indicated that Islam and Ethiopia have common history.
Taking the opportunity, he urged all faithful to respect national socio-cultural diversity.
Culture and Sport Minister Kejela Merdasa also congratulated the faithful and wished a happy holiday.
In his remark, the minister stated that Islam and Ethiopia cannot be separated. Ethiopia is the first country to receive Muslims following the Saudi Arabia. The first Muslims have laid their legacies in Ethiopia and it will be extended for long, he said.
Religious commands and values preached by the prophet are fundamental for all human beings. The prophet teaches harmony and refuses tyrannical administrations. All those things are absolutely irrefutable, he said.
He also called public to strengthen interreligious and intercultural integration.
BY YESUF ENDRIS
The Ethiopian Herald September 28/2023
