Kaduna Muslims, Christians in joint Maulud celebration

Many Christians, including clerics, joined Muslims to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad in Kaduna on Tuesday.

They said the ceremony held at the Rachers Bees Stadium, Kaduna was aimed at strengthening ties and promoting the culture of togetherness.

The General Overseer of Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministries, Sabon Tasha, Pastor Yohanna Buru, who led a team of Christians, said he went there to celebrate the birth of the prophet.

He said, “The prophet is for everyone irrespective of his tribe, culture, tradition, colour, continent and region as he preached peace throughout his life time.”

He said as a peace ambassador and a Christian cleric, coming to join the Muslims would not change his being a Christian, adding, “During Christmas, thousands of Muslims from different parts of northern Nigeria usually came to his church to celebrate with many Christians with the aim of promoting religious tolerance and better understanding among different faith base organization.”

He urged the people to use period to promote inter-religious tolerance, love, unity and peace throughout the nation.

The cleric called on all Muslims to use the Maulud period to pray for God’s intervention to bring an end to problems facing the country.

Buru said, “We must remember that we are from one family Adam and Eve. We are brothers and sisters that belief in our holy scriptures, Bible and Qur’an and believe in life after death, then we must be our brother keeper.”