Nigerian Muslim women donate Bibles to Church in bid to strengthen religious tolerance

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Monday 01 Feb 2016 - 10:48 Makkah mean time-22-4-1437 Image from gistmania Kaduna, Nigeria (IINA) - In a bid to strengthening religious tolerance and mutual understanding as the world marks International Interfaith Harmony week by the United Nations, a Muslim woman in Kaduna on Sunday donated 50 Bibles written in Hausa language to Church cleric and members, according to media reports. The women who donated hundreds of prayer mats and plastic kettles to some mosques in Kaduna recently, attended Sunday Church service with Christian fellows at Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna-South this Sunday. They donated Bibles written in Hausa language to the Church Clerics. Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani, accompanied by other women, said the World Interfaith Harmony was meant to donate important gifts, share love, unity, visit each other at places of worship, and encourage togetherness irrespective of faith organization in order to boost mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue between the followers of the two religions, Information Nigeria news reported. “I attended the Church service and give my own donation like every Christian just to encourage religious understanding and tolerance between Christians and Muslims for peaceful coexistence in the country and the world at large,” Tijjani said. Ramatu said both religions preach peace, harmony, forgiveness and tolerance. Receiving the Bibles, the general overseer of the Church, Pastor Yohanna Buru expressed satisfaction with the donation and appealed to Christians and Muslims to learn how to tolerate, accommodate and live in peace with one another in order to make the country great and peaceful. SM/IINA