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First Class Muslim Foundation holds maiden conference
THE First-Class Muslim Foundation (FCMF), a non-governmental organisation that celebrates and mentors exceptional Muslim students and graduates, has held its first leadership programme on the video conferencing platform, Zoom.The event,…
Hijrah: An event that changed the course of human history
MADINAH was still a city with a non-Muslim majority as the total number of Muslims in Medina some 1442 years ago was not more than 75. Yet, at the command of God, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his companion Abdu Bakr (rta) travelled to this…
Hijrah 1442 and COVID-19 challenge
BEHIND every phenomenon in Islam, there is always a divine cause. Hijrah is the monumental migration of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) from Makkah to Madinah under the command of Allah (SWT) in order to set a pace for mankind in terms of striving…
NAHCON mobilises support for proposed hajj training institute, savings scheme
THE chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, has sought support for the success of the proposed Hajj Training Institute (HTI) and the Hajj Savings Scheme (HSS).Hassan solicited support for…
MMWG warns against overheating of polity
THE Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has condemned what it called the incessant hate speeches grounded in falsehood and ethnic and religious intolerance across the country.The organisation, in a statement by its national…
Hajj in the shadow of coronavirus
This year’s Hajj was scaled down from 2.5 million pilgrims to as few as 10,000 due to the coronavirus pandemic.In the years before the coronavirus, some three million white-clad pilgrims from across the world flocked to Islam’s holiest…
Malam Yusuf Chinedozi Nwoha: Tribute to an Islamic icon
I slept with a light heart on the night of Wednesday, 29 July 2020 with the expectation that the next day would be the Day of Arafah. In the words of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), “There is no day on which Allah frees more people…
Emir inaugurates Ilorin central mosque library
THE Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has inaugurated the ultramodern library of the Ilorin Juma’at Central Mosque, Ilorin, Kwara State.The library comprises conventional and e-library sections.Speaking at a brief…
Rep preaches religious harmony
THE member representing Irepo/Olorunsogo/Oorelope Federal Constituency of Oyo State, Honourable Olumide Ojerinde, has called for peaceful coexistence among adherents of the different faiths, especially Islam and Christianity, in Oyo State…
10 quarterfinalists emerge in NASFAT’s ‘BUILD’ competition
TEN participants have emerged as quarterfinalists in the Business Incubation Launchpad (BUILD) competition organised by the Nasrul-Lahi-Li-Fathi Society (NASFAT).The chairperson of the BUILD initiative, Fatai Olayemi, explained in a…