Freetown — A long weekend begins tomorrow. First, the birthday of the Muslim prophet Mohamed (pbh) who was born in 570 and died some 61 years later. And on the following day, the sad day when Christians believe Jesus was crucified, as part of a commemoration marking the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year - the resurrection of Christ.
It comes just few years after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the birthday of Christ, Christmas, came so close to each other. Signs perhaps of how the two faiths should learn to live side by side.
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