Why Islam is different in Yorubaland and Hausaland
By Farooq Kperogi
Popular narratives about Nigeria, particularly in the West, routinely dichotomize the country into a “Muslim North” and a “Christian South”. But this dichotomization elides many subtleties, such as the fact...
In the words of one Israeli opposition member of parliament: "When Jerusalem burns, everything burns".
Nahman Shai fears a newly passed law in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, could lead to more unrest in the Middle East.
The Israeli law makes it harder...
Sheikh Muhammed Saalih al-Munajjid
Praise be to Allah
Firstly:
Taqiyyah, in the usual and well-known sense, is one of the basic principles of the Ithna-Ash‘ari Raafidis; Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah differ from them concerning it and it is something that takes them beyond...
HOPE
When I tell you about hope,
I want you to imagine
the sweat dropping off Hajara's skin as she insistently runs for water in the midst of the desert.
Feel the pain and the strength
of a father like Ibrahim
when he looked into his...
Yemen: At least 1,500 dead in cholera outbreak
The UN says at least 1,500 people have died in a cholera outbreak in Yemen which is the worst ever.
The World Health Organization says more than a quarter of a million suspected...
The Nigerian Army commenced a military exercise tagged ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ in the South West few days ago. A major feature of the exercise is its medical outreach which provides locals the opportunity to access medical care pro bono.
The...
The first point of enmity against the wearing of jilbāb is the home. The father hates the sacred garment as passionately does the mother. Aunts, uncles, grandparents including nieces and nephews usually see their relative-jilbābīs as complete strangers who...
SUSPICION: A KILLER-DISORDER
By
Sanni K. Yusuf
If there is any disease that is worse, more terminable and that should be scarier than ebola, it is the disease of the mind, such as jealousy, hate for no tenable factor, and of course,...
Once, Allah blessed me with the opportunity to educate one of my Lecturers who happened to be the coordinator for my set way back in Nursing school, he also doubled as a lecturer of anatomy. He had claim that...
The moon has been sighted in different parts of the country. While we await the official announcement, we have received info from respectable and reliable informants...
Brother Abdulrazak Umoru wrote :
Glory be to Allah....The moon has been sighted.
For the first...
