Imam Kobine Layama, President of the Central Islam of the Central African Republic, died on Saturday night, November 28, in Bangui, aged 62. As a member of the Platform for Non secular Confessions, he’s thought of by many to be an influential actor for peace within the Central African Republic. He was buried on Sunday within the Muslim cemetery in Boeing. A rally was additionally held on the Al Atiq Mosque in PK5. Reportage.
as reported from Bangui, Charlotte cosset
Within the courtyard of the Al Atiq Mosque, individuals hug, many mourn Imam Kobin. He had studied in Saudi Arabia within the first promotion of the Islamic College of Medina with Imam Youssouf Abdel Nam-Inguina.
The latter emphasizes: “He is a superb persona who helped in the course of the occasions that shook the Central African Republic. He has invested closely within the gradual return to peace within the Central African Republic, alongside along with his comrades, the cardinal and the pastor. I keep in mind him as a faithful man as a result of he has forbidden himself to exit. He stayed there to advocate nationally and internationally in order that the world grew to become conscious and knowledgeable of what the Central Africans have been going via at the moment. ”
Ahamat Eeleris Rator could be very moved. He’s the primary Vice-President of the Supreme Islamic Council of the Central African Republic, the appropriate arm of Imam Kobine.
“The imam is at the beginning my large brother,” he explains. In the course of the disaster, they [l’imam Kobine, le cardinal Nzapalainga et le pasteur Guerekoyame-Gbangou, ndlr] has sat on the platform for non secular denominations. We referred to as them the trio as a result of from the second it acquired scorching they regarded for peace. It isn’t a sectarian disaster, it’s a actual political disaster. Now we’re nearly on the door to peace. He did the job, a extremely good job. It isn’t society that regrets it, it’s the CAR that regrets it. It is an amazing Baoba who left … ”
This week, Imam Kobin spoke once more on Ndeke Luka radio. He mentioned he was apprehensive about hate messages spreading on social networks forward of the election.
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