Introduction
Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, masks, and a public street party. People wear masks and costumes during many such celebrations, allowing them to lose their everyday individuality and experience a...
ASALATU WITHOUT AS-SOLAAH (Episode 2)
BY
SANNI KAY. YUSUF
The activities at the Sunday assembly of Muslims - asalatu - should be overhauled (not jettisoned or proscribed), and its nomenclature changed - as in asalatu to halqah, tadhkirah, ta'leem etc.
Competent imams who...
In the late 90s when we moved to our new apartment in a remote area of Lagos, to me, there was no significant difference because I was born just a few streets away from there. The difference was not...
Aisha Umaru (L) holds a basin of milk as Umaru Usman Kaski holds firewood at the Bakasi IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria. AFOLABI SOTUNDE/REUTERS
Maiduguri, Nigeria - Cash is not king at Bakasi's internally displaced persons (IDP) camp.
With little money to hand at...
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...
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About 3.45 million Muslims were living in the US in 2017, representing 1.1 percent of the population
Muslims are expected to become the second-largest religious group in the United States after Christians by 2040, according to a new report.
There were...
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Sulai's speech.
Dear Omar,
Tonight,do not cause your eyes to shed tears,do not weep at the dark corner of your room,do not watch as the sky enfold its black lining,for all that won't pull a strand of hair and your tears; won't...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ZAKAT
1 – To complete and perfect a person’s Islam, because it is one of the pillars of Islam. If a person fulfils it, his Islam is complete. Undoubtedly this is an important aim for every Muslim,...
SPECIAL TAHAAJUD FOR DECEMBER 31ST
BY
SANNI KAY. YUSUF
The poster of a young, self-styled ‘shaykh’ advertising a special tahaajud (vigil) to usher in 2018 went viral on social media a couple of weeks ago. As his likes were agog and the...
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