{"id":34634,"date":"2023-05-10T08:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/veil-issue-religious-affairs-ministry-meets-supreme-islamic-council-and-christian-council"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:06:40","slug":"veil-issue-religious-affairs-ministry-meets-supreme-islamic-council-and-christian-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/veil-issue-religious-affairs-ministry-meets-supreme-islamic-council-and-christian-council","title":{"rendered":"Veil Issue: Religious Affairs Ministry Meets Supreme Islamic Council And Christian Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Ministry of Lands, Regional Administration, and Religious Affairs has confirmed meeting both the Supreme Islamic Council and Christian Council to find a lasting solution to the current veil issue.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmid raging debate over the issue of veil wearing in some schools, The Gambia<\/p>\n<p>Government through the Ministry of Lands, Regional Administration, and Religious Affairs, convened a fruitful meeting with members of The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council and The Gambia Christian Council.<\/p>\n<p>Chaired by Religious Affairs Minister, Hon Sheriff Abba Sanyang, the meeting aimed at finding a lasting solution to the current veil issue, which potentially threatens to undermine the very fabric of our society known for its culture of religious harmony, interfaith tolerance, and peaceful coexistence,\u201d the ministry announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this spirit, the two Councils advised and resolved that to amicably settle the<\/p>\n<p>current veil issue, both parties approach the matter through:<\/p>\n<p>1. Deescalating from the respective tense faith positions<\/p>\n<p>2. Religious and opinion leaders to show restraint and avoid rhetoric and any<\/p>\n<p>unhelpful language that could negatively galvanize followers and impact the<\/p>\n<p>peace, security, and harmonious co-existence between members of the Muslim and Christian faiths.<\/p>\n<p>3. That the two Councils, immediately and urgently initiate dialogue between<\/p>\n<p>Christians and Muslims to find a durable solution.<\/p>\n<p>4. To further deescalate the matter, the Minister of Lands and Religious Affairs,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said the meeting was attended by a cross-section of Cabinet Ministers and senior civil servants. The meeting echoed The Gambia\u2019s well-known and cherished interfaith spirit and encouraged everyone to help in fostering and consolidating an environment of peace, harmony, and dialogue especially, on the veil issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Ministry of Lands, Regional Administration, and Religious Affairs has confirmed meeting both the Supreme Islamic Council and Christian Council to find a lasting solution to the current veil issue. \u201cAmid raging debate over the issue of veil wearing in some schools, The Gambia Government through the Ministry of Lands, Regional Administration, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-34634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Veil Issue: Religious Affairs Ministry Meets Supreme Islamic Council And Christian Council - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/veil-issue-religious-affairs-ministry-meets-supreme-islamic-council-and-christian-council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Veil Issue: Religious Affairs Ministry Meets Supreme Islamic Council And Christian Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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