Tag: muslims
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RAMADAN: Buhari warns Muslims to avoid congregational prayers amid Covid-19 fears
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has warned Muslims in the country to shun all forms of congregational prayers and group meals as Ramadan begins on Friday in a bid to avert spreading the deadly Coronavirus. Buhari, in a statement on Thursday, also wished Muslims well as they begin this year’s 30-day fast, following the sighting of…
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Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia asks Muslims to put Hajj plans on hold
Saudi Arabia wants Muslims to wait until there is more clarity about the coronavirus pandemic before planning to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the minister for Hajj and Umrah said on state TV on Tuesday. Some 2.5 million pilgrims from around the world usually flock to the holiest sites of Islam in Mecca and Medina…
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US Air Force approves hijab, beard for Muslims
Sikhs and Muslim officers in the United States Air Force can now wear turban and hijab as part of their military uniforms. Officers are now also permitted to keep beards, according to the Air Force updated dress code reported by CNN. Under the new guidelines, which were finalised last week, Sikhs and Muslims can seek…
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Muslims end Ramadan fast, celebrate Eid-el-fitr today
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Tuesday June 4, as the Eid-el-Fitr day marking the end of Ramadan fast. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Sultan announced the sighting of the new moon of Shawwal in a radio and television broadcast in Sokoto on Monday. Abubakar said that…
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Sultan directs Muslims to watch out for new moon
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed Muslims in the country to watch out for the new lunar month of Safar 1440 A.H. from Tuesday. Mr Abubakar gave the directive in a statement by Sambo Junaidu, the chairman of Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto on Monday in Sokoto. He said:…
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Eid-el-Kabir: Buhari salutes Muslims, vows not to back track on anti-corruption war
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday facilitated with Muslims on the 2018 edition of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. He also used the occasion to sound his untiring commitment to the ongoing fight against corruption in the country. Buhari said this in a Sallah message to Nigerians. The President Buhari urged all Muslims to use the occasion for…
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Eid-el-Kabir: Saraki, Atiku felicitate with Muslims, preach love, peaceful co-existence
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Monday felicitated with Muslim faithful on the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations which comes up on Tuesday (tomorrow). Saraki and Atiku made the felicitations in their Eid-el-Kabir message to Muslim faithful in the country Saraki enjoined Nigerians to increase their efforts…
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Muslims are victims of senseless killings too, MURIC tells CAN
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to see ongoing attacks by suspected herdsmen as not a sectional issue but a tragedy that befalls every body in the country. The group made this remark in reaction to last week’s call by the president of the Christian Association of…
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BREAKING: Muslims protest as reps postpones hearing on Hijab saga indefinitely
The House of Representatives joint committee on Justice and Judiciary has adjourned its public hearing on the hijab controversy between the Nigerian Law School and a law school graduate, Miss. Firdaus Amasa, due to a court injunction. This decision by the lawmaker according to witnesses outraged the Muslim faithful at the hearing as a protest…
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We lost over 5,247 Muslims to Boko Haram’s rampage in Adamawa – Muslim Council
The Adamawa State chapter of Muslim Council has said at least 5,247 Muslims have been killed in the Boko Haram violence in seven local government areas of the state in the past five years (2013 to 2017). The council, which comprises all Islamic organisations in Adamawa, said it compiled the report from its various local…