The plight of a Muslim girl, Sadiya Idris, who was stolen by a Kaduna pastor, Reverend Jonah Gangers, has been brought into limelight. Although the case is already in court, the Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has reacted to the Christian Association of Nigeria's (CAN) claim of marginalization following the shortlisting of 20 Justices-designate by the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC).
Attached is the full text of the Press Release;
"The...
Living in a multi-religious society where my religion is met with some stereotype, my button pressed and my reaction blamed on my religion, oppressed yet accused of intolerance, I have continued to attmept to understand the philosophy of tolerance.
I...
As salaam alaykum warahmatuLlahi wabarakaatuhu,
Consequent upon a viral video of a reportedly Igbo revert to Islam, the KnowIslam Project reached out to him and we could ascertain some facts.
This is the summary of a statement the KnowIslam Project gathered...
Let me firstly state unequivocally (like I did in the article, "RE: AISHA YESUFU") that this article is not to debate the permissibilty of protest by a Muslim or Muslimah in Islam. Rather, I am putting this into writing...
I remember being a new student at the prestigious Federal Government Girls' College, Oyo in the year 2009. Hijab being part of the school uniform was a thing of delight to me. Aside that, we would on Fridays don...
"Alhaji, your people showed the true color of Imale (Islam) in Owo yesterday. The religion of perdition"
The statement quoted above was sent to me on Whatsapp by 70-year-old Mr. Raimi Adeleke who has made tormenting me over religious issues...
By Farooq A. Kperogi
Twitter: @farooqkperogi
Amid the grief of the heartrendingly tragic collapse of the 21-storey luxury apartment building in Ikoyi, Lagos, a sadly familiar, barely acknowledged but nonetheless insidiously widespread anti-Muslim bigotry in Yoruba land came to light.
A Yoruba...
"I refrained from commenting on the Kwara hijab controversy because there have been contending and conflicting propaganda from both sides and unless one sifts through them to get the facts one runs the risk of being misled by wrong...
The KnowIslam Project on Wednesday received disturbing, but not unfamiliar news from LAUTECH about an alleged but not proven-to-be-Muslim Professor who prides himself as the "remover of Niqab on Niqabi students".
Following diligent research, we gathered that;
- Ajibade gathered students...
