Kumasi: Muslim clerics made up of regional and district imams of the Ashanti region have offered special prayers for the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as he begins the new year.

The prayer session held at the Manhyia Palace was part of a longstanding tradition where Muslim leaders in the region converged to offer supplications for the Asantehene, exemplifying a profound interfaith relationship and mutual reverence.

Led by the Ashanti Regional Chief Imam, Sheikh Zakariya Abdul Rahman, the clerics fervently prayed for the Otumfuo’s enduring health, longevity, and overall prosperity of the Asante Kingdom.

The Muslim clerics climaxed the prayer session with a full Quran recitation that was witnessed by Sheikh Abass Umar Karara, the Deputy Ashanti Regional Chief Imam, and members of the Council of Muslim scholars.

Present at the solemn occasion were Alhaji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Sanfo III, the Moshe Chief of the Ashanti Region and custodian of the Zongo Stool, Alhaji Abdallah Ali Barry, the Asanteman Zongo Nkosuohene, and various leaders from Zongo communities across the region.

The prayers followed the Asantehene’s participation in a New Year’s service at the Ramseyer Presbyterian Church on January 1, 2026, underscoring the spirit of interfaith harmony within the Ashanti Region.