Kaduna pastors, Christians join Muslims to celebrate Prophet Muhammad’s birth

In Kaduna State, more than 30 pastors have gathered with their Muslim followers to celebrate the 2022 Maulud, which commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad.

Along with the Muslims, several Christians participated in the celebrations during the event on Saturday at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna.
Pastor Yohana Buru, the general overseer of the Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry in the state, led the Christian clergymen, while

Sheikh Tukur Abdulsalam is an Islamic scholar and the Fityanul Islam of Nigeria’s Public Relations Officer.

At the conclusion of the celebration, Buru spoke to reporters and said that the Maulud celebration offered a unique chance for people of the Muslim and Christian faiths to mingle, communicate, and exchange goodwill messages, which would ultimately promote peace and unity in the nation.

“We want to find better ways of promoting peaceful co-existence and religious tolerance among the adherents of the different faiths.

“We must remember that we are created by one God, and we are the children of Adam and Eve, and we both have our holy scriptures (Bible and Qur’an) from One God which guided us on how to live in peace and harmony with each other,” Pastor Buru said.

“We Christian clerics are here to join in felicitating with our Muslim brothers just to find a better way of peaceful co-existence, and religious tolerance, among adherents of both faiths.

“Gatherings like this will help us understand ourselves better and will also help in bringing down daily bloodshed, banditry, kidnapping, is affecting the Northern region badly in terms of access to education, agriculture, economy, tourism, sport, entertainment and all sectors of human development,” he added.