XMAS UNITY: Christian, Muslim Faithful Feast Together In Kaduna, Put Aside Religious Differences

As part of efforts to mend the broken relationship among followers of Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammadu (SAW), hundreds of Christian and Muslim faithful feasted together yesterday and resolved to put aside their religious differences for the sake of peace and development in the state.
The faithful who converged on the home of Pastor Yohanna Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Intercessory Fellowship Ministry, were drawn from Sabon-Tasha, Rigasa, Gonin Gora, Tudun Wada, Kawo, Kakuri, Television, Ungwan Mu’azu, Barnawa and many more areas within the state metropolis.
Leaders of various youth groups who spoke at the occasion harped on the need for peaceful co-existence regardless of religious, tribal, ethnic or cultural affiliations.
They all stressed the fact that the youths were often the worst hit in crisis situations because they are the ones mostly used to perpetrate crises.
The convener of the meeting Pastor Yohanna Buru, told the gathering that “there was the need for all residents of the state to concentrate on the things that unite us than the things that separate us.”
He said the purpose of the meeting was to bring together Muslim and Christian faithful with the hope of building a united state.
He expressed hope that with the continued harmony being enjoy at the moment, Kaduna State will regain its lost glory.
“We are coming together with the view to contribute our quota to the development of Kaduna, the North and the country in general,” he said.
The district heads of Ungwan Mu’azu and Barnawa, Alhaji Ahmad Idris and Alhaji Kabiru Zubairu, who spoke at the event, all harped on the need for peace and unity among all people in the state.
They both expressed worry that the political class had turned politics into a do or die affair, thereby recruiting jobless youths to kill and maim their brothers in the name of religion.
Sheik Salisu Abdullahi, on his part, wondered why believers of the two religions will allow themselves to be used by politicians.
“Until and unless poverty is addressed, corrupt people are brought to book, justice is given to all and sundry, and, above all, those who engage or conspire in wrongdoings are identified and punished appropriately, the desired peace may not be achieved,” he said.
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