The
Police in the Kanifing Municipality have averted “a serious confrontation”
between the Muslims and Ahmadis of Tallinding on Saturday, the police spokesman
said.
PRO
Inspector Foday Conta said the confrontation was due to the burial rite of a
deceased Ahmadiyya man of Tallinding who died in his early 70s and was to be
buried at the Tallinding Muslim Cemetery.
The
burial was denied by the Muslim youth of Tallinding.
“The
Tallinding youth claimed that Ahmadis are non-Muslims and therefore cannot be
allowed access to bury their dead ones in Muslim cemetery, which according to
them is against Islamic principles,” Conta said.
“The
police, through dialogue, brokered a relative peace between them and the body
was finally buried.”
He
said the central police command invited all the stakeholders in the conflict –
the Muslims and Ahmadis of Tallinding, the Supreme Islamic Council and the
Police – to the Police Headquarters for a dialogue on Monday, 8 May 2017.
The
dialogue was aimed at a lasting solution to the misunderstandings between the
two religious sects.
According
to the police PRO, the office of the Inspector General of Police urges the
general public, especially the two religious sects in Tallinding, to maintain
peace and be law-abiding at all time.
