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‘We Should Learn From Moral Character of Prophet Mohammad’: Ghani
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that the main reason behind continued violence in the country was not truly learning from the moral character of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Speaking at a ceremony held at Presidential Palace to mark the Milad-u-Nabi, Ghani stressed that there is a need for reconsideration of learning method.
“If fighting is still going on in our society, violence, and insecurity is asking people for more sacrifices, if our children and women are faced with fear and if there is hurdle in the way of development it is all because we did not learn basically from Islam and the moral character of the prophet,” Ghani said.
“We should reconsider our learning method. the learning which could not lead into the end of discord and enmity it should be changed,” he noted.
The president also said Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) during difficult times was forced to take arm against aggressors and fight against them “courageously”, “but we all know that fighting was not the prophet’s purpose and had no tendency toward enmity and violence.”
“We should strengthen the culture of peace and brotherhood in our society and standing against violence, enmity and hatred is our essential duty,” Ghani said.
Some religious ulema who also attended the event said that the moral character of the prophet should be promoted among Muslims and that the laws and decisions should be based on God’s book and path of his prophet.
“The message of god’s prophet was to rescue the world from ignorance,” said a religious scholar Mohammad Hashim Salehi.
Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of Prophet Mohammad, who was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 570 AD. His birthday is marked in many ways in different Islamic countries.
Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy prime minister, said Wednesday in a meeting with a number of elders, scholars and youths of the Hazara ethnic group in Kabul that justice in light of Islamic Sharia is applied equally to everyone.
The deputy PM’s office said in a statement that Kabir stressed that discrimination and prejudice have no place in the Islamic system, but the main goal is to serve the people.
“There is no place for ethnic, sectarian and linguistic prejudices and hypocrisy in Afghanistan. All Afghans should work together for the construction, development and prosperity of Afghanistan,” the statement read.
At the gathering, elders and scholars of the Hazara community demanded resolutions regarding their legal cases and other problems and assured the IEA of comprehensive cooperation with the Islamic system, the statement added.
Eight security force members were killed and wounded in an IED explosion in Badakhshan province on Wednesday morning, officials confirmed.
The Ministry of Interior said three policemen died and five others were wounded in the explosion.
Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, said: “Unfortunately, at around 11:00 AM today, a sticky mine (magnetic IED) that was already embedded in a motorcycle exploded in the Jawozon area of Faizabad city, Badakhshan province.”
According to Qani the device detonated while a convoy of police was traveling through the area. Police had been carrying out a poppy clearing operation.
Police are investigating the incident, Qani said.
So far, no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Khurasan Faryab defeated Istiqlal Kabul 1-0 in the 35th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Tuesday, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi thrashed Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1 in the 36th match of the tournament on the same day.
Khurasan’s only goal against Istiqlal Kabul was scored by Farid Ahmad – who was declared man of the match.
In the second match of the day, Sorkh Poshan Khafi’s four goals were scored by Habibullah Hotak and Omid Rajabi.
Khurasan’s Habibullah Hotak received the man of the match award.
Wednesday’s matches will see Abu Muslim Farah FC take on Adalat Farah FC at 1 PM, while Maiwand FC will play Jawanan Wahedi FC at 3:30 PM.
The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television.
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