Category: Religion

Friday sermon: Worshipping Allah Through Sacrificing An Animal On Eid-ul-Adha By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His aid and we ask for His forgiveness. We seek Allah’s refuge from the evils of ourselves and from our evil actions. Whosoever Allah guides, there is no one who can misguide him; and whosoever Allah misguides, there is no one who can guide him. I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, who has no partner; and I testify that Muhammad (Peace…

International Scholars raise concerns over attempt to destroy New Religious Movement in South Korea

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On July 20, a webinar on a new religious movement in South Korea and its political, religious, and social dimensions with the recent COVID-19 crisis invited international scholars and experts in the field of religion, international law, and human rights. Titled “COVID-19 and Religious Freedom: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea”, the webinar addressed the recent issues of aggressive attack from politically powerful conservative and fundamentalist Protestant churches in the country on a newly-established, fast-growing Christian denomination named ‘Shincheonji (New Heaven and New Earth) Church of Jesus’ founded in 1984. The…

Sultan announces Wednesday as 1st day of Dhul-Hijjah,1441 AH.

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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on Tuesday in a press release signed by the NSCIA Deputy Secretary-General,Prof. Salisu Shehu has informed the Nigerian Muslim Ummah that there was proven sighting of the crescent of Dhul-Hijjah, 1441 AH in Nigeria on the 29th of Dhul-Qa’dah, 1441 AH, equivalent to Tuesday, 21st July, 2020. NSCIA therefore stated that Tuesday, 21st July, 2020 was the last day of Dhul-Qa’dah, 1441 AH. Meanwhile, the President-General…

Use four Approaches to workout problems, Dr Abdulfattah advises newly graduated marriage counselors

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By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez   The 5th Graduation Ceremony of the Baynakum marriage Counseling Training course in Abuja held today Sunday July 19, 2020 at the main auditorium of Sunrise International School, Asokoro-Abuja, the Director General of Baynakum Family Counseling Centre Abuja Dr. Abdulfattah Adeyemi while advising the graduands, gave four approaches to solving problems as counselors. Dr. Adeyemi stated that depression was a kind of sadness that doesn’t stop or go away on time ,he said the four approaches to problem are; 1. Solve the problem, 2. Resolve the…

Machines are taking over from man says Abdurasaq …… as Baynakum inducts another set of marriage counselors

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By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez   The Coordinator of Baynakum training course who also doubled as the Coordinator of Singledom, the duo is a wing of Baynakum Family Counseling Centre, Abuja. Abdurasaq Olayode aka philosopher King, a marriage counselor, mind discovery coach and a TV/ Radio personality has said the future of work was getting interesting and challenging, as human being has to dig it out with machine, and the struggle is now between human being and machine. Abdurasaq stated this in an interview with our crew when he was asked…

THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE IS THE REFLECTION OF YOUR STANDARD says Abdurasaq Olayode

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By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez   “He who doesn’t have standard falls for anything”. According to Abdurasaq Olayode aka philosopher king, he defined personal standard during his weekly program”TALK ISLAM” on Jordan 93.9 FM as ” setting a set of rules, behaviour and belief for ones everyday life”. In other words, they lay down the benchmarks of performance for one’s life. If you want to change your life, you have to raise your standards. The quality of your life is the reflection of your standard, he said. Thus, there are areas…

NIGERIAN MUSLIMS AND THE INTERVENTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the guidelines for the non-interest version of all its intervention programmes. The initiative covers the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP), Agri-Business, Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS), Creative Industry Financing Initiative, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund, Real Sector Support Facility (RSSF) and Credit Support for the Healthcare Sector. For decades, Nigerian Muslims have been grossly marginalized in the country’s financial sector and other growth triggering financial interventions of the CBN due largely to the interest element that is usually involved…

Friday sermon : The Virtues, Greatness And Importance Of The First Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Merciful All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His aid and we ask for His forgiveness. We seek Allah’s refuge from the evils of ourselves and from our evil actions. Whosoever Allah guides, there is no one who can misguide him; and whosoever Allah misguides, there is no one who can guide him. I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, who has no partner; and I testify that Prophet Muhammad (Peace be…

Of Bank Interest and the Economic Misfortunes of Nigerian Muslims By Abdullahi Abubakar Lamido

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A misleading article titled Is bank Interest Riba or Not written by one journalist, Ali Abubakar Sadiq, went viral recently in which the writer tried to legitimize the devouring of bank interest. The author built his theory on the pretext that Muslims are economically backward because they have decided to shun interest. He claims that simple interest, and interest charged on productive/commercial loan are both not forbidden in the Sharī’ah. Reading his article presents him as someone who neither understands riba and its constituents, nor of the workings of modern…

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A WEBINAR ON “COVID-19”: EFFECTS AND MUSLIMS RESPONSES ON THURSDAY 2ND JULY, 2020 (11TH DHUL QA‘DAH, 1441)

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INTRODUCTION The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) organized a webinar with the theme “COVID-19”: EFFECTS AND MUSLIMS RESPONSES to access views of Islamic Scholars and other experts on the fallouts of the ravaging Pandemic and come up with recommendations on the way forward. Four (4) presentations were made as follows: i. ‘The Source of “COVID-19”: Speculations, Possibilities and the Scientific Reality’ by Professor Muheez Durosinmi of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife ii. ‘Lockdown of Mosques for “COVID-19”: Justification, Implications and Limitations’ by Professor Abdul-Razaq Abdul-Majeed Alaro of University…