The Muslim Peace and Reconciliation Committee of the Ashanti Region has issued guidelines to clerics and traditional authorities in zongo communities for peace campaigns.

In achieving an incident-free election in the zongo communities, clerics are to consistently include peace messages in their teachings at the mosques.

Secretary, Uztaz Deen says the guidelines are based on the teachings of the Holy Quran and acceptable norms of society.

“With the guidelines, our imams will ensure these messages for part of their sermons delivered after prayers”, he said.

The call for peace has often heightened in election seasons. It has often come with public sensitization of rules and regulations of election.

According to the leaders of Islam, most political parties tend to recruit some individuals from the zongo communities for vigilante activities.

This phenomenon is among the issues the guidelines aim at halting.

Chairman for the Muslim Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Sheik Mohammed Ridwan explains the documents have been simplified into three languages.

“We have circulated the document to all imams in the region. The documents are in English and Arabic to make it easier for the clerics. He hopes that after the teachings go down to the grounds, the politicians are not able to recruit young people from the zongos for disturbances”, he added.

An event dubbed “Peace before, during and after the December 7th General Elections” organized by the Muslim grouping is among a series of peace fora being held ahead of the election.

The event brought together stakeholders in zongo communities in the Ashanti Region, with other representatives from the Christian faith.