SHABAN PEACE FORUM

SHABAN PEACE FORUM

Introduction The Shaban Peace Forum is an initiative of Sheikh Salis Shaban Foundation and the Islamic Humanitarian Foundation to promote peace and eradicate conflict among Ghanaian in general and Muslims in particular through dialogue and grass-root interactions. As a Trans-African Islamic leader, Sheikh Salis Shaban has contributed a lot in maintaining peace in numerous Muslim communities in Ghana, Togo and Benin. As a leader, he believes in Alternative Dispute Resolution as a way to manage conflict and misunderstanding.  Internationally, he has preached about peace, dialogue and interreligious co-existence to Muslim populations in Birmingham, UK, USA, Holland. Ghana as a nation is seen as a beacon of peace not only in West Africa or Africa but in the world at large.

However, Sheikh Salis Shaban believes that there is no need to take this peace for granted. He advocates that we need to be proactive in sustaining and maintaining this peace we are enjoying. Thus, sustaining Peace should be seen as a process and not an event. The responsibility lies on all Ghanaians to contribute their quota in assisting peace instritution like the police to maintain the peace we are enjoying.

BACKGROUND Sheikh Salis Shaban as a renowned Islamic Sufi cleric in the Tijaniya group organizes annual Maulid celebration, an international event to commemorate the life of The Holy Prophet Mohammed (SAW) and a Key renowned Islamic scholar; Sheikh Ibrahim Niass. The event is graced by over 3000 people all over the world. In recent times, the event is preceded with forum, seminers, free health screening amongst others. This year the theme of the Anniversary is ‘’the role of Muslims in ensuring peace ‘’.in line with this; we propose a special programme duubed The Shaban Peace Forum to be orgainsed in collaboration with the Nima Divisional police Command, the Ayawaso council of chiefs,

PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES DETAILS

Peace Forum:  Theme: Assisting the police to maintain peace Venue; The premesis of the Nima Police Station, TIME: 10am to 12 noon. Date Thursday 15^th May, 2014 .Moderator: Chief Alhaji Umar Baba Issah, Chairman of the Ayawaso Council of chiefs and the PRO of National Council of Muslim Chiefs.

Contacts :Abdulslam Mohammed (Secretary) 0242755537