Tag: Muslim

Mr Babalola was also the President-General of the Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN).

The leaders urge Nigerian Muslims to be mindful of the purpose of the celebration

Muslim students since last year have been agitating for their right to wear the Hijab.

The government has also established 138 feeding centres to feed between 200 and 250 persons daily in Sokoto metropolis.

Mr El-Rufai said his decision to pick a Muslim running mate was not based on religion and ethnicity, as speculated.

The school says it is still considering whether to allow the use of the veil

The cleric says religious leaders have a duty to promote mutual understanding and tolerance among adherents of diverse faith.

He said instead of creating more tension in the state, the indigenous people should be assimilated and not pushed out.

Critics have accused the governor of insensitivity in picking a fellow Muslim for a religiously delicate state as Kaduna.

The case has outraged Christians worldwide.

The group says the re-orientation will help reduce youth's vulnerability to Boko Haram’s propaganda.

Muslims fast obligatorily for 29 or 30 days every year in fulfillment of their religious obligation.

The House set up a committee to treat the bill.

The monarch is the President-General of the Nigerian Islamic Council for Islamic Affairs.

The government says the group is an affiliate of Boko Haram.

The U.S. government says those affected by last week's ban can now fly

The man claimed he acted in self-defence.

The bank breaks its silence on the decision to sell dollars at N197 to pilgrims.

His closest rival in the poll, Mr. Goldsmith, ran a particularly divisive campaign.

"During Ramadan, devout Muslims abstain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to sunset".

Kidnappers appear to be moving from Ekiti to Ondo State.

“Islam is not in support of forced marriage, which the insurgents claimed to subject the abducted girls to.” An Onitsha-based ...

 Two Islamic groups narrated their grievances ‪The Police in Plateau State said on Monday that its intelligence department foiled an ...

Imam says celebration of Prophet's birthday is commercialised. An Ibadan-based Islamic scholar, Fadhilulah Hamzat, says it is not appropriate for ...

The Sultan of Sokoto confirmed October 15 as Eid-el-Kabir. Nigeria Muslims will join their counterparts across the globe to celebrate ...