Tag: muslim
Independence: 100 clerics pray for peace in Nigeria
A total of 100 clerics from across the 19 Northern states have agreed to commit Nigeria to sustained prayers, for…
Eid El Fitri : Makinde urges Muslims not to return to vices
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged Muslim faithful to hold on to all the good deeds imbibed during…
Eid-el-Kabir: Osun commissioner tasks Muslims
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Osun, Dr. Ajibola Bashiru, on Friday, called on Muslims and other residents of…
NAHCON urges states to remit 50% hajj fare
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has urged State Pilgrims Welfare Boards to ensure timely remittance of their 50…
Muslim clerics endorse child-spacing for healthy family
Some Islamic clerics in Zaria, Kaduna State, have identified child spacing as the best option to establish an ideal, healthy,…
Hindu radicals beat Muslim women over beef rumour
A report said that suspected Hindu radicals in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh assaulted two Muslim women on suspicion…
Sultan to Muslim, Christian clerics: Speak truth to leaders
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has admonished Muslim and Christian Clerics in the country to always tell…
Muslim woman donates Bibles to Kaduna cleric, church members
Femi Adi/Kaduna In a bid to strengthening religious tolerance and mutual understanding as the world marks International Interfaith Harmony Week…
White House receives Muslim teen falsely accused of making a bomb
Washington (AFP) – The Muslim teenager who was detained when his teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb visited…
Ben Carson under attack as Clinton, Trump react to “Can a Muslim be US president?”
Washington (AFP) – The question has suddenly emerged as a test of US White House hopefuls: can a Muslim be…
Don’t vote a Muslim as US President – Ben Carson
AP – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a…
10 killed in CAR after beheading of Muslim youth
10 people were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bambari, in an incident that began when a…
China Publicly Humiliates Imams
In another crackdown on religious freedoms, China has forced the imams of eastern Muslim majority district of Xinjiang to dance…
Muslim scholars want UN to outlaw ‘contempt’ of religions
A leading Islamic organisation has called on the United Nations to make “contempt of religions” illegal and urged the West…
Muslims ‘main victims of fanaticism’ says Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that Muslims were the “main victims” of fanaticism, as five of the 17 killed…
Pope calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Islamist terror
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Muslim leaders worldwide to “clearly” condemn terrorism carried out in the name of Islam. In…
Clashes in West Bank after Muslim prayers
Clashes erupted in the West Bank Friday after weekly Muslim prayers while security forces deployed heavily around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa…
Sallah: Pastor feeds Muslim inmates
Pastor Yohana Buru of Christ Evangelical and Intercessory Fellowship Ministries, Kaduna, on Saturday fed 400 prison inmates, mainly Muslims, at…
German court backs Christian hospital against headscarf nurse
A German court ruled Wednesday that Christian church-run institutions may generally bar their employees from wearing a Muslim headscarf. The…
Boko Haram Republic Of Gwoza; A Bad Idea And Bad Omen
By Obinna Akukwe Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza is both a bad idea and a bad omen for Nigeria because…
Ebola: Lagos Orders Churches To Stop Crusades
Kazeem Ugbodaga/with Agency Report Following the death of two victims of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Lagos, western Nigeria, the…
Sultan commends Muslim, Catholic cordial relationship
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Saturday commended the cordial relationship existing between the Catholic community and people…
Facebook becomes outlet for religious anger in Myanmar
Facebook is coming under scrutiny in Myanmar as an unwitting platform for a rising tide of hate speech following a…
Wrongfully detained atheist freed from Kano psychiatric ward
A Nigerian man was detained on a psychiatric ward for 18 days because he did not believe in God, a…
No true Muslim will kill innocent people – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said Boko Haram’s attacks on churches in villages near Chibok, Borno, on Sunday were attempts…
Muslims are not terrorists – Oloyede
Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on security agencies in the country…
Ramadan: Bishop urges Muslims to show love, care
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Bishop Alfred Martins, has enjoined all Muslims to rededicate themselves to charity during Ramadan and…
I’m Living My Dream, UNILAG’s Youngest Doctor
Harrison Iyoha Miss Maryam Raji, 21, was the youngest graduating medical student at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos,…
Boko Haram is Un-Islamic, Says Assemblyman
Eromosele Ebhomele To Abdulbaq Ladi Balogun, a Muslim and lawmaker representing Ajeromi/Ifelodun Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of…
Muslim barred from marrying Christian burns to death
A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, a muslim, on Friday, burnt himself to death in Jalingo, capital of the northern Nigerian…