Global Peace Foundation Nigeria has called on Muslims to use Ramadan as a time for prayer for Nigeria and its leaders and for lasting peace. The organization's Country Director thanked God for Muslims being able to participate in Ramadan again and urged religious leaders to focus on what unites rather than divides people. Fasting during Ramadan is meant not just for abstaining from food and drink but seeking God's intervention through prayer to faithfully follow Prophet Muhammad's teachings of peace, love, and kindness.

1. RAMADAN MUBARAK: Reflect on the teachings and life of Prophet
Muhammad PBUH.
A Non-Governmental Organization, Global Peace Foundation Nigeria has
challenged the Muslim Ummah to use the Ramadan period to pray for the
country and its leaders and for lasting peace in all trouble areas of the country.
A statement by the Country Director, John Oko, thanked God for the grace to
participate in another Holy obligation as enjoined by the Holy Quran.
The statement also urged Muslim preachers to focus their contents on what
unites us as human beings rather than what divides us, irrespective of religion,
tribe or ethnic differences.
According to the statement, it is high time Nigerians begin to learn to
appreciate one another, as both the Christian and Muslim faiths acknowledged
that Adam and Eve were the first human creatures on earth, which implies that
we are all ‘One Family Under God’.
While congratulating Muslims for witnessing this year’s Ramadan season,
Global Peace Foundation noted that, Fasting is not mere abstinence from food,
drink and worldly pleasures alone, but a time to seek God's divine intervention
through prayers to be able to faithfully carry out the sublime injunctions of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who was sent by Almighty God to show
humanity the way of holiness, peace, brotherly love and kindness.
Signed
Richard Pius Garba.
(Media and Communications Officer Global Peace Foundation).
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