Managing Editor of the Insight
Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has impressed upon the entire nation to
stop hurling invectives on people who profess disbelief in prophecies
from men of God.
Kwesi Pratt, who was obviously not happy with
the scathing attacks on unbelievers or atheists, wants the law to be
enforced so as to avert any infringement on the rights and freedoms of
such people.
According to him, it is unconstitutional for any person’s beliefs or disbeliefs to be curtailed.
“We
have the right to believe in God and not to believe in God, and so on
but the practice of the faith must not violate the fundamental laws of
Ghana,” he said.
He stressed that the citizens should recognize
that the constitution mandates all persons to have freedom of worship
and consequently make their choice to either believe or disbelieve
religious leaders who claim to have received a calling from God.
Speaking on Radio Gold’s political programme “Alhaji and Alhaji”,
Mr Pratt insisted that the nation’s leadership and citizenry should be
religiously tolerant, knowing very well that not all Ghanaians believe
in prophecies.
To him, the constitution should not be undermined
pointing out that “attacking people and so on because they do not
believe, is an affront not to the people but to the constitution. You
cannot claim to be a democrat and constitutionalist, and so on and
attack people on the basis of their belief, especially their religious
beliefs.”
To him, it is “unfortunate” that people cannot be
allowed to exercise their freedom to express their disbelief, stressing
that it behooves on the entire nation to realize that “being democratic,
being constitutional also requires some religious tolerance.” |
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