Anwar-ul-Islam sensitises members

ALL chief imams and missioners of the Anwar-ul Islam Movement of Nigeria in the country and abroad have been charged to ensure that all rites and programmes are conducted in conformity with the mode of worship and the movement’s code of conduct.

Speaking at a two-day seminar held in Lagos, the national president of the movement, Mubashir Ojelade, said the purpose of the seminar was to make the participants familiar with the movement’s routine and code of conduct.

He noted that participants must resist the temptation to turn the forum to an academic exercise or general exposition or tafsir of the Holy Qur’an or the Sunnah, saying emphasis should be on Anwar-ul Islam conduct, acts of worship and religious rites like salat, haqeedah, janazah and fidau.

Ojelade stated that the new missionary board of the group must rise to the occasion and give a more positive direction to spiritual and religious activities in the movement.

“It will be necessary to make a critical assessment of the situation in the missions so as to determine the current state of missionary and religious activities as against what used to be in the past,” he stated.

He urged the board to look at critical areas like the code of conduct for Imams and Alfas, strict adherence to the movement’s traditions and mode of worship, ensuring uniformity in the conduct of religious programmes and translation of mode of worship to English.