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A national prayer is needed
Dear Editor,
Time and again, we attend public gatherings – celebrations, commemorations, observances etc.- where prayers to be offered, are on top of the agenda.
That is all well and good; we ought to be virtuous and, by choice, God-fearing people.
However, when religious leaders from three popular religions- Christianity, Hinduism and Islam- are invited to lead prayers, it leaves much to be desired.
For these reasons listed below, we should pray using a generic, national prayer.
It is time consuming to have several leaders offer prayers, sometimes in one language, then translating in English.
Persons with short attention span do not sincerely observe the offerings.
A few religious leaders arrive late or do not show up.
Through the grapevine it was rumoured that political affiliation causes a few of them to abstain.
What about religions other than the mainstream ones (such as the Baha’I Faith, Buddhism, Rastafarianism, Judaism, etc. ?
Are they not recognized? While we cannot logistically have prayers from all religions, every time, we can have one common prayer.
It is time that we have a competition for composing a national prayer and use the winning prayer at all events as desired.
That will certainly be in the spirit of genuine social cohesion.
Karan Chand
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