“If we want to have a peaceful political process, why can’t the parties have a religious balance of the whole process?”
Dhul-Hijjah is a sacred month in the Islamic calendar, in which the Ḥajj takes place, as well as the Festival of the Sacrifice.
A Nigerian pilgrim, Aisha Ahmed, from Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, died in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
“We had over 4,000 intending pilgrims that have registered with the state.”
Dhul-Hijjah is the 12th and the last month in the Islamic calendar where the Holy Pilgrimage (Hajj) takes place as well as the festival of sacrifice.
“We direct that special prayer and fasting be observed exactly a month after the occurrence on Tuesday, July 5,” said the Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, Gabriel Abegunrin.
The group also lamented the seeming silence of President Muhammadu Buhari in the face of violent attacks on Christian communities.
Vitus Borogo was the Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic.
The cleric said that “There is a strong need for good people to dominate the space with positive contents in order to defeat the evil forces.”
The cleric admonished his followers to “actively participate in the electoral process.”
