The Head of State supports the fasting effort of the Muslim community – Togo-Presse

The President of the Republic, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, supports the fasting effort of the Muslim community in Togo. In this sense, he offered a batch of 700 bags of rice of 50 kilograms, 600 bags of 50 kilograms of sugar and 675 cartons of milk to the Muslim community of the Maritime Region including the prefectures of Golfe and Agoè-Nyivé . The reception of this donation took place at the Central Mosque of Lomé. These foodstuffs will allow the faithful of Allah to pursue, in all serenity, fasting, one of the pillars of Islam.

The Muslim faithful took the opportunity to pray for the Head of State, so that Allah assists him in his noble mission at the head of the country. They also prayed for peace and national cohesion.

Milk to hold until the end of the fast.

In the same vein, the President of the Muslim Union of Togo (UMT), El Hadj Inoussa Bouraima, expressed the gratitude of the faithful of Allah to the donor and invited his co-religionists to always carry him in their prayers. ” On behalf of the entire Muslim community, we warmly thank the President of the Republic, His Excellency Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, for this important offer. It is an annual act that the Head of State takes each Ramadan period. We ask our co-religionists to always pray for the President of the Republic and for peace in Togo. We take this opportunity to ask God to rid us of recurring scourges such as the pandemic and terrorism “said El Hadj Bouraïma Inoussa. And to repel terrorism, health crises, as well as other disasters far from the Togolese borders, he also invited the Muslim community to constantly implore peace in the country and to behave in ways that contribute to national cohesion. ” Islam is a religion of peace and the faithful must work for a lasting peace in the country “, he underlined. He reassured that the provisions will be made so that this food actually reaches the beneficiaries, in particular the vulnerable.

Moreover, this same donation of food was made in the four other economic regions of the country.

Islam is a monotheistic religion which rests on five pillars namely: the profession of faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting during the month of Ramadan and the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Francoise AOUI