Insecurity: Bichi Emirate holds special prayers in Kano
By : NAN
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6 August 2022 11:21am WAT
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This picture taken at sunset on April 23, 2020 shows a view of a mosque by a waterfront in Gaza City, just before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. - From cancelled iftar (fast breaking) feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for a bleak month of Ramadan fasting as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic lingers. The holy Muslims fasting month of Ramadan is a period for both self-reflection and socialising. Believers fast from dawn to dusk and then gather around a family or community meal each evening of Islam's holiest month. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
[FILES] Kano State. Photo/facebook/drabdullahiumargandujeofr/Bichi Emirate Council in Kano State, on Friday, organised a special prayer session to seek Allah’s intervention on the insecurity and other challenges bedeviling the country.
The Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasir Ado-Bayero, led the session at Bichi Central Mosque.
Imams, Qur’anic and Islamic school teachers from nine local governments in the emirate, under the leadership of Bichi Chief Imam, Khalifa Lawan Abubakar, attended the session.
The clerics recited the Holy Qur’an with the intention to seek Allah’s mercy for an end to the various security challenges facing the country.
Speaking after the prayers, Chairman, Bichi Local Government, Prof. Yusuf Muhammad, thanked the Emirate for organising the prayer.
Muhammad said that the prayers were timely considering the series of insecurity challenges facing the country.
He urged the people to organise similar prayers in their domains.
