Tag: Muslims
German rally against Muslim extremists, avoids feared riot
A German rally by far-right hooligans against “Islamist extremism” passed off without incident Saturday, amid fears of clashes after violent…
Navy School Bans Students From Solat
Harrison Iyoha Barely weeks after a court in Lagos upheld the ban of Hijab in public primary and secondary schools…
US court ponders whether Muslim inmate can grow beard
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Arkansas prison authorities can prevent inmates from growing beards over fears they…
Sallah: Terrorists are not Muslims, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja restated that the activities of terrorist groups across the world had nothing to…
Eid-El-Kabir: Glo Celebrates With Muslims
National Carrier, Globacom, has congratulated all Nigerian Muslims as they celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Kabir, an important festival in the Islamic…
French Muslims hit back at pressure to denounce jihadists
Imams and ordinary Muslims in France have reacted with fury to the beheading of a fellow citizen by jihadists, but…
IS Jihadists urge Muslims to kill citizens of US, France, others
The Islamic State group called on Muslims to kill citizens of all countries taking part in the US-led anti-jihadist coalition…
German Muslims rally against extremism
Muslims across Germany are holding a day of prayers and rallies on Friday to condemn Islamic extremism and a backlash…
Interfaith Conference: Muslim, Christian clerics meet
The Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja on Thursday said the second conference of the Interfaith Initiative for Peace would hold between…
37 civilians, 59 ‘terrorists’ killed in China
Chinese state media early Sunday said that 37 civilians and 59 “terrorists” had been killed in a terror attack in…
Dozens killed and injured in terror attack in China’s Xinjiang
Dozens of people were killed and injured in a “terrorist attack” in China’s far western Xinjiang region, home to the…
Muslims mark sombre Eid in bloodied Gaza
The end of a month of fasting was supposed to be a time to celebrate for Abeer Shamali. But instead,…
Sallah: Nigerian Market Leader Calls For Peace, Tolerance
President of the Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria and Iyaloja-General, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, has urged all…
FBI pushed Muslims to plot terrorist attacks
The FBI encouraged and sometimes even paid Muslims to commit terrorist acts during numerous sting operations after the 9/11 attacks,…
NSCDC ask Muslims to pray against insurgency
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has urged Muslims to offer special prayers during the holy month of…
Ikuforiji urges Muslims to pray for Nigeria’s progress
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has called on all Muslims to pray fervently for the…
Ramadan: Prices Of Food Items Stable
Prices of food items have remained stable in some markets in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government of Kwara, less than one…
Christians lose divisive bid to use ‘Allah’ in Malaysia
Malaysia’s highest court on Monday dismissed a bid by Christians for the right to use the word “Allah”, ending a…
Terrorists are not Muslims – Maku
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Friday said that terrorists are not Muslims, adding that, Nigerians must stand…
Anti-Boko Haram Protest In Ekiti
Simon Ateba, Nkrumah Bankong-Obi & Gbenro Adesina/Ado-Ekiti BringBackOurGirls protests spread to Nigeria’s southwestern State of Ekiti on Tuesday with hundreds…
Now is the time to rescue our daughters – Kwankwaso
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, northwest Nigeria has called on politicians and opinion leaders to come together…
Boko Haram Arrests Stoke ‘Profiling’ Fears
Nigeria’s Muslims have voiced concern about an apparent increase in religious “profiling” after hundreds of terror-related arrests in the country’s…
Soyinka Speaks To Africa
By Adebayo Lamikanra One of the great tragedies afflicting our continent is that the story of Africa and Africans has,…
Let The People’s Will Be
Nigeria came into being through the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates by Sir Frederick Lord Lugard in 1914.…
Muslim pilgrims set to stone the devil
Throngs of Muslim pilgrims converged Monday on Muzdalifah to prepare for Eid al-Adha feast after a day of prayer on…
Amosun Set For Breaking Of Fast With Ogun Muslims
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun will on Saturday hosts Muslims in the state at a…
Nasarawa Killings: More Bodies Of Policemen Recovered
More bodies of policemen have been recovered after gunmen from a shadowy cult ambushed a group of police officers in…
Muslim Women Cry Out Over MEND’s Threat
Muslim women have cried out to Nigeria’s Federal Government to put security measures in place to protect the lives of…
Politicians Behind Boko Haram —Sheik Ahmad
The Chief Missioner of Ansar-deen Society of Nigeria, Sheik Rahman Ahmad, has said that the Boko Haram insurgency is more…
Imbibing The Spirit Of Sacrifice
Last weekend’s Eid-El-Kabir celebrations were about sacrifice and the need to be accommodating, but how accommodating have we been in…