Christmas: Imams, other Muslims attend church service in Kaduna

In the spirit of Christmas, hundreds of  Muslims at the weekend joined their Christian counterparts for church service in Kaduna, aimed at promoting peace, love, and religious tolerance in the state.

The General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, who spoke on the development, expressed satisfaction over the large turnout of Muslim Imams and youth from seven Northerner states that attended the Christmas services.

Buru said that despite insecurity challenges bedeviling the peace and stability in the 19 Northern states and the outbreak of Omicron variant of COVID-19, as well as the high cost of transportation, hundreds of Muslims, including women and children, attended this year’s Christmas morning services, with the aim of strengthening good relationship, better understanding, love, and religious tolerance.

According to him, “this is the 10th year the church has been hosting Muslims from various states for Christmas celebration. Last year, the number of Muslims that attended the church services outnumbered the number of Christians and this year also many Muslims attended the church services. Over 500 Muslims from Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara, Katsina, Abuja, and Niger states joined us at the service to promote peace and unity.”

The cleric said that all the Muslims that attended the Christmas service were from all Islamic sects that including Tijjaniya, Shiiat, kadriyya and Sunni.

He said “we must remember that we are created by One God, and we are the children’s of Adam and Eve, and we both have our holy scriptures (Bible and Qur’an)  from One God which guided us on how to live in peace and harmony with each other”.

Buru expressed worries over the high-security problems, saying “daily bloodshed, banditry, kidnapping, attack and ethnoreligious killings across the North has affected the region in terms of education, agriculture, economy, and all sectors of human development.