Frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant for the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has felicitated with Nigerian Muslims on the successful commencement of this year’s Ramadan. Obi in a statement on Saturday by his Media Office described the Holy…
70k Muslim worshipers flock to Jerusalem for 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan
Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attended the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, in the largest such gathering since the coronavirus pandemic began. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Waqf Islamic affairs…
Obi urges Islamic faithful to offer prayers for Nigeria at Ramadan
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Islamic faithful in the country to use the holy period of Ramadan and offer special prayers for Nigeria, currently facing…
Obi to Muslim faithful at Sallah, let’s pray God to re-engineer our country for the better
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has urged Muslims in the country to pray for God to re-engineer our country and position it for true greatness. Obi said in…
Ramadan: German church opens doors for Muslim prayers
A church in Berlin has opened its doors to Muslim worshippers unable to fit into their mosque under new social distancing rules. Germany allowed religious services to resume on 4 May but worshippers must maintain a distance of 1.5m (5ft).…
COVID-19 threatens centuries-old Ramadan traditions
The coronavirus outbreak threatens to upend faith-based traditions that have gone on for almost 1,500 years. The world’s nearly 2 billion Muslims will not be able to hold communal feasts and prayers that are a hallmark of Ramadan, their holiest…
Ramadan keeps Sudan protesters hungry for change (BBC)
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih explains how Sudan’s protesters are managing to keep going during the Muslim fasting month. More than a month since Sudan’s long-time leader Omar al-Bashir was arrested by the military,…
I know the weight of responsibility I carry – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said he will not let Nigerians down in providing effective and result-oriented leadership that safeguards and ensures a better life for citizens, assuring that he is conscious of the weight of responsibility on his…
Fear Allah, make food prices affordable, imam tells traders as Ramadan approaches (Punch)
An Abuja-based Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Yahya Al-Yolawi, has urged traders to show their fear for Allah by not increasing prices of commodities as the Ramadan fast approaches. He also advised Muslims to hasten and seek repentance from the almighty Allah…