Muslims Offer Thanksgiving Prayers for President And Country

February 18, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AllAfrica

http://allafrica.com/stories/200802180977.html

Liberian Muslims have offered prayers of thanksgiving and well wishes for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the government and people of Liberia.

At a ceremony Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Muslims praised the President and her government for polices which promote religious harmony and peaceful co-existence in the country. The Chairman of the Liberian National Hajj Committee, Sheikh Abubarkar Sumawolo, lauded the decision by the President to establish the Committee, which he noted, has produced a more organized Pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Sumawolo reiterated the need for the establishment of a Liberian diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia to help strengthen relations between Liberia and Saudi Arabia and help ease the travel burden between the two countries.