Georgetown : President Donald Ramotar today attended two services in celebrating the muslim national holiday Yoman Nabi. He spoke at the Queenstown Masjid and later at the Peter’s hall Masjid where he reminded Muslims that many of the issues that Prophet Muhammad sought to overcome, still exist today.
“What he was fighting for was to end poverty, to give people dignity. He was fighting for justice and freedom. Today we look around the world, we see some of those same things existing, and therefore we need to continue to work to eradicate them in our society,” he said.
The President urged the gathering at both masjids to take inspiration from the example set by the Holy Prophet. He cited conflicts such as that in the Sudan, noting, “what the Holy Prophet was trying to do was show the oneness of humanity, despite the diversity of our culture and our ethnic background, but if you look around the place, you will see many of these wars and struggles that are taking place are covered by differences that are created by people.”
He added, “In our country we still have lot to do, still have to fight to get our people out of poverty and the best way to do that is to try to help them to help themselves… we recognise that we have to do two things that are important; we have to create wealth in our country to satisfy the needs of our people, and we have to able to distribute that wealth so that everyone benefits,” he said.
He also challenged the worshippers to improve their situation. “It is a challenge put here by who created us, and the best way that we can show our appreciation for his creation is to improve on our circumstances,” he said.
Yoman Nabi is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who is believed by Muslims to be a messenger and prophet of God. Muhammad is almost considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God for mankind and to have been the founder of Islam.
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