Those Who Kill During Ramadan Are Not Muslims – Gov. Amaechi
Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, has said those who killed and maimed fellow humans and also destroyed properties during the Holy Month of Ramadan are not Muslims.
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi
Amaechi made this known yesterday, July 28, while addressing the Muslim community in Port Harcourt as part of activities to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Fitr.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Engr. Tele Ikuru, called on Muslims in the country, who are true adherents of Islam, to use the occasion of the 2014 Eid-el-Fitr to unite and fight against terrorists and other extremists who hide under Islam to perpetrate violence, thereby bringing the holy religion to disrepute.
"It amazes me that people commit evil even in the holy month. The month of Ramadan is a sacred month. It is a month of fasting and sacrifice, totally committed to honouring Allah. If indeed the things they say they are doing are for Allah, in that holy month they would have respected Allah. The fact that they did it and desecrated the holy month clearly shows that they are not fighting for the religion," he said.
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Amaechi also thanked members of the Muslim community in the state for their support and promised to pursue policies that will engender peaceful co-existence in the state.
Eid al-Fitr, also called Feast of Breaking the Fast, the Sugar Feast, Bayram (Bajram), the Sweet Festival and the Lesser Eid, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic Holy Month of fasting.
The religious Eid is a single day during which Muslims are not permitted to fast. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. The day of Eid, therefore, falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal.
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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and the month in which the Quran was revealed. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The month is spent by Muslims fasting during the daylight hours from dawn to sunset.
Source: Legit.ng
