Ghana: Calls Intensify for Arrest of Islamic Cleric Over Alleged Incitement

Ghana: Calls Intensify for Arrest of Islamic Cleric Over Alleged Incitement

Calls have intensified for the Ghana Police Service to invite and investigate an Islamic cleric whose remarks urging Muslims to kill people who disrespect Prophet Mohammed have triggered public concern.

Two Clerics Arrested Over Incendiary Remarks

Grabbed! The two suspects   The Ghana Police Service has arrested two religious clerics over alleged inflammatory and offensive remarks concerning Prophet Mohammed. The suspects are 35-year-old Islamic preacher and Imam, Masud Abdullah, and Christian cleric Daniel Junior Yaw Adjei, popularly known as Apostle Daniel JY Adjei. The two are currently in police custody as investigations continue. Masud Abdullah was arrested in a joint operation invol…

Police Arrest suspect in viral video assaulting a suspect

The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspect Sibamay Zakaria who was captured in a viral video assaulting a suspect. It will be recalled that we earlier reported that the police was on a manhunt for the suspect who dished out a slap to a suspect Pastor who made some inciting comments about the Islamic religion. The suspect is in custody assisting the investigation and will be put before the court. Meanwhile, the Police Professional Standards Bu…

Presidential Coordinator for Zongo and Inner-City Development condemns calls for violence over insults of Prophet Muhammad

Alhaji Baban Lami Abu Sadat, Presidential Coordinator for Zango and Inner-City Development, has condemned inflammatory religious preaching by a self-proclaimed Islamic preacher. He described such calls for violence as irresponsible and dangerous, stressing that religious disagreements or perceived insults must never be used as justification for taking the law into one rsquo;s own hands.

Police arrest two suspects over inciteful comments

The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the National Signals Bureau (NSB), has arrested suspect Masud Abdullah, aged 35, in connection with a video in which he made statements advocating violence against persons who speak ill of Prophet Mohammed. According to information available to the Police, the suspect, an Imam, allegedly made the statements while delivering a sermon at a mosque at Ntensere in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of …

Ghana Police accused of looking the other way as Muslim cleric incites violence

Concerns have been raised over the handling of a viral video in which a Muslim cleric is alleged to have called for violence against a person accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad. In the video cited in the briefing, the cleric is alleged to have called on his listeners to “cut off his head” and “behead him”, while suggesting that anyone who carried out the act would go to heaven and should not fear arrest. The comments have sparked concerns abo…