Dakar, Jan 16 (APS) – The Head of State invited the Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs, during the Council of Ministers this Wednesday, to take the necessary measures for the proper organization of the next pilgrimages to holy places of Islam and Christianity.
”The President of the Republic invited the Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs to take all necessary measures, under the supervision of the Prime Minister, in order to ensure a good organization of the 2025 edition of the pilgrimage to the places saints of Islam, as well as the holy places of Christianity,” wrote government spokesperson Amadou Moustapha Njekk Sarré.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye also asked the Minister of the Interior and Public Security to ensure the proper preparation of the Magal ”Kazu Rajab” scheduled for January 27 and the 145e edition of Seydina Limamou Laye’s call, scheduled for January 30 and 31.
”By evoking the strengthening of relations between the State and religions, the Head of State reminded the government of the central role of religious centers in the consolidation of national unity and social stability in Senegal,” reports Mr. Sarré in the press release from the Council of Ministers.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye ”reiterated his desire to raise these relations to a high institutional level with the upcoming creation, after consultation of all stakeholders, of the general delegation for Religious Affairs”.
”In this spirit, he asked the Prime Minister to further engage the government in accelerating the modernization of religious cities and the development of religious tourism,” we read in the press release from the Council of Ministers.
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