Bishop Morgan Ogechi kneels down to pray outside Westgate mall following
attack by the terrorists. 24th September 2013 Photo/ ANTONY OMUYA
Religious leaders of all faiths Wednesday
offered to conduct joint prayers for the victims of the Westgate terror
attack on Tuesday next week.
The prayers will be at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.
The
clerics took turns in condemning the terror attack in which 61
civilians, three Kenya Defence Forces soldiers and three GSU officers
were killed and more than 240 other people injured.
CONSOLE EACH OTHER
“Terrorists
profess no religion and have no borders. We should get together as a
nation and console each other. We should support our security forces to
fight these criminals.
“Somalia is occupied by only
one community and there is no other faith but Islam, yet the terrorists
have been butchering innocent people there,” said secretary general of
the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims Adan Wachu.
Interior Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo said Tuesday’s inter-faith national prayers would be the first of many similar events.
It will be a permanent feature of interaction between the State and religious groups, he said.
The function is scheduled to take place between 10am and 1pm.
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