{"id":62237,"date":"2018-05-17T19:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62237"},"modified":"2018-05-17T19:47:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T18:47:30","slug":"ramadan-saraki-urges-muslims-ummah-to-pray-for-peace-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ramadan-saraki-urges-muslims-ummah-to-pray-for-peace-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan: Saraki Urges Muslims Ummah to Pray For Peace, Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has felicitated with<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Muslim faithful in the country for another opportunity afforded by the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">commencement of the Ramadan which is aimed at strengthening their devotion<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to the Almighty Allah.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, also urged the entire Muslim Ummah to use the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">period to pray for continuous unity and peaceful coexistence in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He noted that, &#8220;the commencement of fasting has yet provided us with rare<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and unique opportunity to fervently pray over the security situation of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the country and call on Allah to help us restore sanity and love among our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">country men and women.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Nigerians, Muslims in particular, should make use of this opportunity to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">pray for the end of insecurity and other violent crimes threatening our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">existence both as a people and nation.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He noted that Ramadan is a unique and special period for Muslims around<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the world to renew their faith in the Almighty Allah, deepen their worship<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and practicalize the injunctions of the Holy Quran in their daily lives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;May Almighty Allah be praised for another unique opportunity to fast and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">pray in obedience to the dictates of the Holy Quran, which is to fulfill<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">one of the five pillars of Islam, through family and congregational<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">prayers, sharing of Iftar meals and being generous to the less fortunate<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">around us.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Apart from being a time to assist the weak, vulnerable and less fortunate<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">among us, let us utilize this period to pray for continuous peace and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">unity in the country because with Allah&#8217;s help all our individual and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">national challenges are surmountable,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He urged all Muslims to strictly observe the injunctions of the Holy Quran<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">as they pertain to their conduct and personal disposition during the holy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">month in order to benefit maximally from the fasting exercise.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has felicitated with Muslim faithful in the country for another opportunity afforded by the commencement of the Ramadan which is aimed at&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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