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Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has impressed upon the entire nation to stop hurling invectives on people who profess disbelief in prophecies from men of God. Kwesi Pratt, who was obviously not happy with the scathing attacks on unbelievers or atheists, wants the law to be enforced so as to avert any infringement on the rights and freedoms of such people. According to him, it is unconstitutional for any person�s beliefs or disbeliefs to be curtailed. �We have the right to believe in God and not to believe in God, and so on but the practice of the faith must not violate the fundamental laws of Ghana,� he said. He stressed that the citizens should recognize that the constitution mandates all persons to have freedom of worship and consequently make their choice to either believe or disbelieve religious leaders who claim to have received a calling from God. Speaking on Radio Gold�s political programme �Alhaji and Alhaji�, Mr Pratt insisted that the nation�s leadership and citizenry should be religiously tolerant, knowing very well that not all Ghanaians believe in prophecies. To him, the constitution should not be undermined pointing out that �attacking people and so on because they do not believe, is an affront not to the people but to the constitution. You cannot claim to be a democrat and constitutionalist, and so on and attack people on the basis of their belief, especially their religious beliefs.� To him, it is �unfortunate� that people cannot be allowed to exercise their freedom to express their disbelief, stressing that it behooves on the entire nation to realize that �being democratic, being constitutional also requires some religious tolerance.�