Guinea’s Islamic affairs council bans Imam who prays in Mandinka

An Imam in Guinea has been banned from speaking in the name of Islam amid the cleric’s defiance to continue praying and spreading the word of God in his native tongue, Malinke known in Gambia as Mandinka.

Imam Nanfy Diaby was recently released from prison for leading congregational prayers in Mandinka in Guinea.

The religious affairs council of Guinea has now issued a ban to the cleric which forbids him from speaking on behalf of Islam in the country.

The move came on November 4.

In Islam, all prayers are done in the Arabic language.