The popular saying among Muslims that the first part of Ramadan is mercy, second is forgiveness and the third is emancipation from hell has no strong jurisprudential backing, Muslim News investigations have revealed. What is however evident, according to authentic narrations, is that all nights and days of Ramadan are of Rahmah (mercy), Maghfirah (forgiveness) […]
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Have you heard of a mosque called “Ibn Rushd-Goethe” in Berlin, Germany where a lady without hijab (Muslims’ headscarf) led the congregation of learned men and women in solaat, the second pillar of Islam? The “mosque” – which I deliberately put in quote to question its sanctity as a Muslim place of worship – was […]
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Rajab is the 7th month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is one of the four sacred months mentioned by Allah in the Noble Qur’an 9: 36, where the Almighty says: “Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and […]
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‘It’s an objective narrative from the correct Islamic perspective’ – Director A budding faith-based production outfit, Wonu Filmworks has dropped the trailer of Blunder, an Islam-inspired feature length movie that reflects on the social ills of the Nigerian society. The trailer was released at a time when there is growing demand for an alternative movie […]
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The basic reality we must all accept in theory, in reality and in practice is that only the Prophet of Allah is infallible, no other person, be he a Sheikh, a Sultan, or a subject (citizens) – is free from errors or mistakes. Though, we may overlook their errors for being human, we must […]
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Three days ago, the professor better known as ‘sex-for-marks’ professor was sentenced to a total of six years imprisonment for doing what his colleagues have done for generations and got away with. How unlucky! Of all the professors and lecturers who have awarded marks for sex, to think he is the one – the only […]
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In contemporary times in Nigeria, Muslims have been at the receiving end of institutional discrimination and this is becoming so alarmingly pronounced, even in other part of the world where western cultural norms hold sway. The way and manner with which Muslims are being treated in the modern society are not appealing to eyes, neither […]
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Gone were those days when many Nigerian Muslims only relied on the one-sided reporting of BBC, CNN and other western media. The coming of Al Jazeera news channel in 1996 was a great succour for this Ummah. With the introduction of Al Jazeera English (AJE) ten years later, the international state-funded 24-hours English-language news and […]
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Facebook on Monday announced its decision to ban Myanmar’s army chief and other top military officials following a UN investigation which recommended their prosecution for genocide for a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims. The news was applauded by all peace-loving people across the world. Many believed that it will curtail the excesses of the extremist Buddhist […]
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Why should the use of the Hijab be an issue in any sane society? Why should a mere head covering become a hitch factor in Nigeria, a country that has always claimed to have regard for citizens’ fundamental human rights as entrenched in the Constitution? Why should there be wa-ha-la (a Yoruba word for “trouble”) […]
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