The President, Afemai Islamic Movement, Ismail Danesi has called for proper Quranic teaching for the children and youths so that the society would be a better place for all.
Danesi was speaking at the 2023 Eid-el-Fitr feast and Quranic recitation for children of primary and secondary schools in Abuja on Saturday.
According to him, Quranic recitation is a constitution for every Muslims to know how to behave in the right manner as well as how to be good to themselves and others.
”The event is part of our Salah celebration after the successful completion of the month of Ramadan through the favour of Almighty Allah.
”We thought it worthwhile to come together as a Muslim organisation with all our members to felicitate with ourselves to commemorate the end of Ramadan and to celebrate it.
”Eid-el-Fitr is one of the celebration in Islam and we are doing this with the recitation of the Holy Quran as we brought our children together to compete among themselves.
”Thus will encourage them to learn the Holy Quran which is the constitution of every Muslims and to know how to behave morally in the society,” he said.
Speaking on expectations of the incoming government, Danesi urged the new administration to consider the poor masses, do the right thing at all times and work with the mandate of God.
Also Mrs Fatima Oyarebu, a member of the movement charged parents to put more efforts in helping their children memorise the Quran effectively.
”I have noticed that the children have the Quran in their heads but they need more push by parents to be able to recite the Quran.
”Knowledge of the Quran must start from the home so parent must support the children to do this so they could participate actively in Quranic competitions,” she said.
Mr Yunus Abdulhamid, also a member of the movement said the Quranic recitation would add value to the day-to-day activities of Muslims, thereby living a righteous life
”We are also incorporating the Quranic recitation because we believe the Quran is the constitution for Muslims.
”And when the content are implemented properly, there will not be extremism, negative tendencies, armed robbery and rape in our society,” he said.
Some of the Quranic reciters who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), called on the organisation to sustain the programme as it would impact positively on them.
Miss Rahma Shuaib expressed satisfaction with her recitation saying that the competition taught us to be on our toes with the word of God, while also helping to live a better life.
Another reciter, an 11 year-old Al-Amin Abdulhamid, said that the competition had taught them the importance of taking Quran serious as well as the need to get more closer to God.
