Africa-Press – Senegal. Prime Minister Amadou Ba on Thursday invited religious leaders to pray for the appeasement of the political space, stressing that it is in true peace that one can » build a prosperous Nation, work and improve the living conditions of all our compatriots”.
Amadou Ba s’exprimait à la fin de la prière de l’Aïd el Kébir ou Tabaski à la grande mosquée de Dakar où il représentait le chef de l’Etat parti à La Mecque pour les besoins du pèlerinage. Le PM était accompagné des ministres de l’Intérieur, Antoine Félix Diome, et de l’Environnement et du Développement durable et de la transition écologique, Alioune Ndoye.
“The advocacy of all religious leaders and their prayers are more than necessary to safeguard this momentum of unity and this consensus around the appeasement of the political space”, he launched.
« It is in true peace that we can build a prosperous Nation, work in joy, improve the living conditions of all our compatriots », he said.
Selon lui, l’Aïd el Kébir est »une occasion » de »rendre grâce à Dieu et de prier pour la paix, l’unité et la concorde dans notre pays en mettant l’intérêt du Sénégal au-dessus de toute autre considération ».
Le Premier ministre a assuré que le président de la République et son gouvernement ‘’sont conscients des enjeux et défis de l’heure au regard des menaces sécuritaires’’.
The public authorities « are also aware of the dangers of radical extremism which seeks to annihilate the foundations of the State and to attack the peaceful religious model of Senegal with the aim of imposing on us ideologies and practices which have no produced elsewhere than violence and chaos,” he added.
He underlined that the Tabaski which « perpetuates the tradition of the prophet » is the celebration « of unity and cohesion around a higher ideal, the Oneness of God as illustrated so well by the family of Abraham ». .
Eid el-Kébir is also, according to him, “the feast of mercy that God shows to believers when they submit to his Will”.
Continuing his remarks, Mr. Ba indicated that it is “the festival of transcendence which symbolizes the triumph of the person over the ego and the promotion of fundamental values such as peace, respect and solidarity”.
La Tabaski « offers us the pleasant opportunity to strengthen family ties and to express our compassion for those among us who are in need », he further noted.
Eid el Kébir commonly called Tabaski in Senegal celebrates an episode recounted in the Koran where God asked Ibrahim to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, to test his faith. As the man was about to immolate the child with a knife, the angel Jibril stopped his gesture and replaced the child’s body with a ram.
A large part of the Senegalese Muslim community celebrates Eid el Kebir this Thursday.
The other part of Muslims chose to commemorate Abraham’s sacrifice on Wednesday, like Muslims in other countries, including Saudi Arabia where the pilgrimage to Mecca ended the same day.
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