General News of Friday, 13 April 2018Source: Muhammed Faisal MustaphaMuslim groups demand removal of Prof. Frimpong Boateng for ‘call to prayer’ commentProf. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister for Env't, Science, Technology and InnovationMuslim groups, the Northerners and Zongos Concerned Youth Association Ghana and Ghana Muslim Broadcast Journalists Association are demanding the removal of the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng from his position for his call on Muslim leaders to consider the use of text messages to call to prayer. Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng on April 10 proposed the use of mobile applications like text messages and Whatsapp in calling Muslims to prayer. He observed places of worship in the country had become places of noisemaking and questioned why worshipers are unable to contain the noise they make within their auditorium or premises. According to the group, the utterances of the Minister has not been palatable thereby causing unnecessary tension in the country hence the demand for his removal. This he said, most of the Imams and the leaders have no knowledge about text or Whatsapp messages adding that Azan or call to prayer is a Quranic injunction which cannot be changed or whatsoever.

Source: GhanaWeb April 13, 2018 10:30 UTC