Monrovia – Visiting American Muslim scholar Sheikh Khalid Ysain is calling on both Muslims and Christians in Liberia to unite for the development of their country.
Speaking Sunday, October 22, at the ATS to thousand of Muslim and non-Muslim, Sheikh Ysain urged Liberians to avoid religious conflict if they are to see their country becomes corruption and violence free.
“Citizens of Liberia whether you are a Muslim or a Christian, we are all one people because we all call the name of God Almighty in our different ways of praying, so Liberians Muslims and Christians get to come together and work as one people because that is the only way this country of yours is going to be developed just like any other civilized nation in the 21st Century,” Sheikh Ysain noted.
The Islamic cleric, who was in Liberia on the invitation of the Muslim United to Invite scholars (MUTIS) said the problem of Liberia is not Muslim or Christian issues but rather the problem of patriotism.
“This is a democratic nation, and in a democratic country anybody can be president so it is not good for a Muslim to say it is time for a Muslim to be President or a Christian to say it is time for a Christian to be President.
Liberia’s problem is not which type of religion produces the next President, Liberia’s real problem is patriotism and that is something all of you Liberians be it Muslim or Christian got to come together to work on and move this beautiful country of yours forward,” the Muslim cleric stated.
Speaking further Sheikh Ysain called on youth in Liberia to obey their leaders and the elders if they want to see their country prosperous.
“Muslim and non Muslim youth of Liberia please respect your elders, dignify yourself and show love for your country because if you don’t respect your leaders and elders you will be undermining your country and that will not be good for your future,” he said.
He said the continent of Africa is not developed as compare to the West or the continent of America because the key to the resources of Africa has been taken away from them by Europeans.
“While we Africans were dancing our resources were being taken away by the Europeans that is the reason we are underdeveloped, so we need to get the key back to our resources if we are to develop this continent”.
Jackson F. Kanneh, FPA Contributor