The good news was disclosed via a Facebook post shared by one Bakara Adegboyegba, who said that the building was commissioned few days before the Sallah celebration.
Sharing before and after pictures of the Mosque, Bakara wrote;
“It was a joyful gathering of Muslim leaders in the quiet city of Ikire, in Irewole local government area of Osun State on Friday the 16th day of July 2021, as a sixty year old Alatise mosque located at Popo junction of the town renovated by a pastor was commisoned for use.”
The Chief Imam of Ikire land, Alhaji Yunus, praised Pastor Alabi for his generous act towards the community. He also led a special prayer session for the pastor who stays in Minnesota, United States of America.
Speaking on why he choose to renovate the mosque, Pastor Alabi said,
”I grew up in an Ikire community where religion had no effect on our relationship. It was a time when chritians participated actively in the religious festivities of Muslims.
A time when you would find many hijab wearing women attending church sessions of chritian weddings and burials. It was a time you find young children, Muslims and Christians play together in the mosques and eat saara (food items brought to mosque as alms)together without fear or intimidation.
It was a time that humanity United us and made us one strong family, living and sharing our goodness with love and togetherness.”
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