{"id":39523,"date":"2019-06-17T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/minister-shyaka-urges-muslims-against\/"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:56:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:56:27","slug":"minister-shyaka-urges-muslims-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/minister-shyaka-urges-muslims-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Shyaka urges Muslims against misinterpretation of Quran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He made the request yesterday as he graced the completion of international competition on reading and learning by heart the Quran held at Kigali Convention Center. <\/p>\n<p>The competition was organized by Muslim Community in Rwanda in collaboration with Haya Alkair-a Saudi Arabia Muslim organization.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Shyaka said that Quran is a book teaching people to live in harmony and cooperation and urged Muslims to read its good message to stand against people misinterpreting it that might lead to involvement in wrong doing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c Learning and understanding Quran for Muslims is an opportunity to dig deeper into its insights leading them to explore the good message it carries and stand against negative intentions that might arise from illiterate readers or people misinterpreting it be it radicalism among other tarnishing the reputation,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Islam means peace which aligns with Rwanda\u2019s core goals to maintain peace and security. It goes with the saying \u2018Birds of feather flock together\u2019. Being a Muslim in Rwanda must be translated into loving peace, striving for it and love the beautiful country like Rwanda,\u201d added Minister Shyaka. <\/p>\n<p>The Mufti of Rwanda, Sheikh Salim Hitimana assured that Muslim Community in Rwanda shall keep supporting goof governance that paved way for Islam freedom after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch activity highlights good governance in our country giving indiscriminate religious freedom. History shows that during Belgium colonial rule in 1924, a law was established to bring Muslims together in a camp to exclude and isolate them from other Rwandans,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Based on Islam freedom currently, Mufti Hitimana said that over 100 Muslims memorized the Quran unlike before 1994 where no one did learn the Quran by heart. <\/p>\n<p>The Quran reading international competition is held in Rwanda for the 8th time. 51 contestants from 25 countries reached finals of this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29826 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abana_bo_mu_bihugu_bitandukanye_barushanyijwe_gusoma_neza_quran_-8d14a.jpg\" alt=\"The competition was organized by Muslim Community in Rwanda together with Haya Alkair-a Saudi Arabia Muslim organization\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29827 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayisilamu_basabwe_gusama_quran_bagacengerwa_n_inyigisho_zayo_z_ukuri-c753d.jpg\" alt=\"The completion of international competition on reading and learning by heart the Quran held at Kigali Convention Center. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29828 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayisilamu_batandukanye_bari_bitabiriyeb_amarushanwa-d4710.jpg\" alt=\"The Quran reading international competition is held in Rwanda for the 8th time.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29829 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/khalid_al_hajaj_uhagarariye_abafatanyabikorwa_muri_iryo_rushanwa-5ba7b.jpg\" alt=\"Khalid al Hajaj, representing the partners of this competition\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29830 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sheikh_hitimana_yavuze_ko_guhera_mu_gihe_cy_abakoloni_kugeza_kuri_repubulika_ya_mbere_n_iya_kabiri_abayisilamu_nta_bwisanzure_bari_bafite_mu_rwanda-70ea5.jpg\" alt=\"Sheikh Salim Hitimana assured that Muslim Community in Rwanda shall keep supporting goof governance that paved way for Islam freedom\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-29831 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/shyaka_yasabye_abayisilamu_mu_rwanda_kuba_umusemburo_w_amahoro-2cb1a.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Shyaka said that Quran is a book teaching people to live in harmony and cooperation \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Local Government, Prof. Shyaka Anastase has requested Muslims in Rwanda to learn deeply the Quran avoiding those who misinterpret 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