The National Chief Imam’s office has demanded a retraction and apology from the newspapers who have reported the suspects' claim that the National Chief Imam had knowledge of their visit.
Source/Credit: TOI / Local sources
By Staff Report | April 2, 2016
The National Chief Imam has called on the security agencies to investigate persons who might be hosting the alleged evangelists of Pakistani Tablighi Jama'at suspected of terrorists activity in the country.
The 17 suspects -- arrested in two batches, 13 and 4, first claimed they were missionaries for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community but later changed their story saying they were in the country at the invitation of the Chief Sunni Imam of Ghana.
The national chief Sunni Imam Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has categorically denied the suspects' claim and asserted his office has nothing to do with the arrested Pakistani nationals.
“Chief Imam does not sponsor any Islamic Mission or organization to enter into this country to undertake any activity," said the spokesperson for the Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw. "Neither does he invite people from outside to come and undertake some activities.”
Office of Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, national chief Sunni Imam, has issued a statement of distance with the group of Tablighis from Pakistan. “I insist that we monitor closely with the cooperation of the security agencies and we the Muslims and their hosts. There are some Ghanaians in this country who have been hosting them."
Spokesperson further stated, according to GhanaWeb report, the Imam's door is always open to cooperate with security agencies in matters that border on national security.
Meanwhile, the National Chief Imam’s office has demanded a retraction and apology from the newspapers who have reported the suspects' claim that the National Chief Imam had knowledge of their visit.
According to local sources. the suspects are reported to have arrived in the country six months ago and have been reportedly preaching in some villages across the country.
They were first apprehended by the youth of Assin Fosu and handed over to the police to investigate their motive for being in the area, it was reported.
-- Ghana: Chief Sunni Imam orders probe of persons hosting arrested Pakistani Tablighi preachers
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